Election 2008

But don't let any of this bother you --- just go ahead and elect the next crooked politician!

My Way News - Obama fundraiser, convicted of fraud, spills beans:

"Jailed political fundraiser Antoin 'Tony' Rezko, the Chicago real estate developer who helped launch Barack Obama on his political career, is whispering secrets to federal prosecutors about corruption in Illinois and the political fallout could be explosive.
Democratic Gov. Rod Blagojevich, whose administration faces multiple federal investigations over how it handed out jobs and money with advice from Rezko, is considered the most vulnerable.
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Rezko, 53, a real estate developer, was convicted in June of scheming to use his clout with the Blagojevich administration to squeeze $7 million in kickbacks out of a contractor and seven money management firms seeking to do business with the state.
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Rezko could have a lot to tell. He has raised millions of dollars in campaign money for many Illinois politicians and according to federal prosecutors used his clout to control appointments to state boards.
Obama has sent to charity $159,000 that Rezko raised for his campaigns for the state legislature, the House and the Senate.
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Obama's name came up in testimony at the trial four times, twice in connection with an obscure legislative memo, as a guest at a Rezko party and when defense attorney Joseph Duffy told jurors his client was a friend of the senator.
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The two have known each other for years, starting when Rezko offered Obama a job after he graduated from Harvard Law School in 1991. Obama didn't take it, but a friendship developed.

The men talked politics frequently and occasionally dined together with their wives.

In 2005, the Obamas paid $1.65 million for their home near the University of Chicago. The sellers wanted a parcel they owned next door to sell on the same day, and Rezko's wife, Rita, was the buyer. At the request of the Obamas, Mrs. Rezko later sold them a 10-foot strip of land to enlarge their lot. They paid $104,500. [ginger interjects: there is no mention as to how long the strip of land was, but water front property goes for 100,000/linear foot ... this seems more than a touch assessive in my opinion]
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But that's okay -- don't you know that Clinton has already set the precedence that if you are being sought after for a crime all you should do is run & win the presidency at any cost and then they can't touch you ... and you can use the nation's resources in order to cover your butt???

Now I don't know about the rest of you ... but I think there is enough questionable 'friends' in Obama's life to make one start to wonder what kind of man he really is.

I can't imagine having that many friends of questionable background and not being part of it too.