Post: #1

Why is it so easy for people to dismiss this guys extremely poor judgement? Oh, and Sarah Palin isn't running for PRESIDENT.
This guy is.


Obama's Connection to Slumlord Tony Rezko


There is an old proverb: Lay down with dogs — wake up with fleas. Right now the case of Tony Rezko is biting the Obama campaign and to scratch it will open up old wounds.

Rezko is a Syrian immigrant who rose to power inside Chicago, becoming a well-known "slumlord" and a player in Illinois politics. He was convicted in June of 16 counts of corruption. According to the charges, Rezko ripped off $6 million from the state of Illinois through kickbacks while working for the administration of current Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich.

Rezko was also one of Obama's earliest supporters.

In 1995, when Obama ran for a seat in the Illinois Senate, Rezko, through two of his companies, donated thousands of dollars to the Obama campaign. Ironically, Obama won the election in a district that included 11 of Rezko's 30 low-income housing projects.

In 2003, Rezko held a lavish fundraiser at his Wilmette, Ill., mansion for Obama's Senate election. In fact, Rezko raised big dollars for Obama.

Still, Rezko and Obama had more than just a political relationship. In 2005, when Rezko was under federal investigation for influence peddling, Obama and Rezko's wife, Rita, bought adjacent pieces of property from a Chicago doctor.

The doctor sold one parcel to Obama for $1.65 million, $300,000 below the market price, while Rezko's wife paid full price, $625,000, for an adjacent vacant lot. Curiously, Mrs. Rezko made a $125,000 down payment and obtained a $500,000 mortgage when financial records shown at the Rezko trial noted that she had a salary of only $37,000 and assets of $35,000. The court records also show her husband had few assets at the time.

Obama claims that in buying his house in 2005, he also got a low mortgage rate from Northern Trust bank because another bank made a competitive bid for his loan. The only problem is the Obama campaign refuses to identify the other bank or show any proof of a competitive loan offer.

Six months later, Obama purchased a 10-foot wide strip of the Rezko property, paying Rezko's wife $104,500. According to Obama, the 10-foot strip was for a bigger yard. Still, the deal also rendered the Rezko parcel too small to build on, thereby increasing the value of Obama's property.


So the house (or mansion) that Obama built allegedly has some interesting foundations. Of course, the mainstream media is nowhere to be seen covering this explosive combination. Still, the old axiom of dogs and fleas proves true. One does not have to look far to find an infestation inside Obama's house.

Post: #2

Sarah Palin may not be running for President but she very well could be if, God forbid, McCain gets elected and something happens to him. I can't even allow myself to think about what a disaster that would be.

Also, the fact that McCain chose her shows very poor judgment on his part in my opinion. That's just the beginning.

I'm not a fan of any politico. They all say what they think we want to hear, they all flip-flop, and many of them leave our country in a bigger mess than what it was when they came into office.

Post: #3

Looking through Rose Colored Glasses is sure nice, but, when the tint is no longer there, it's like a slap to the face sometimes, and Obama/Biden would be worse than a slap!

McCain/Palin 08

Post: #4

There, corrected your typos

Post: #5

Understandably, Sarah Palin may not be the wisest choice for a VP, but you can't deny that she offers something that no other VP choice could: an outside view of Washington politics. Other than that, I can see how people may not have confidence in her.

Anywho, as I stated, she is not running for President. John McCain and Barack Obama are. You base your fears on the off chance that John McCain would die in office, if elected, putting Sarah Palin at the helm.

That "scenario" scares you more than a socialist, opportunist, smooth talking Chicago elitist politician who is linked with and has had dealings with so many shady characters.

Thank you for proving my point, though. You completely dodged the Rezko article. Rezko is a crook, Obama was/is his friend, personally and politically.

This country is doomed.

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Understandably, Sarah Palin may not be the wisest choice for a VP, but you can't deny that she offers something that no other VP choice could: an outside view of Washington politics. Other than that, I can see how people may not have confidence in her.

Anywho, as I stated, she is not running for President. John McCain and Barack Obama are. You base your fears on the off chance that John McCain would die in office, if elected, putting Sarah Palin at the helm.

That "scenario" scares you more than a socialist, opportunist, smooth talking Chicago elitist politician who is linked with and has had dealings with so many shady characters.

Thank you for proving my point, though. You completely dodged the Rezko article. Rezko is a crook, Obama was/is his friend, personally and politically.

This country is doomed.

Post: #6

Um no, I do not base my dislike of Palin on my "fear of McCain dying in office." I never said anything of the sort. I have many reasons why I would not want to see Palin in office. I was simply replying to your blase attitude that Palin is not the one running for President. You are the one that avoids that issue by saying that she isn't the one running. You're right, Mc Cain is the one running for PRESIDENT and guess what...he tacked Palin onto that decision. It is unavoidable. I cannot vote for one without voting for the other. She brings an outside view of Washington politics? Well hell, I do too. Vote for me. She brings an out of touch view of politics. I also don't want someone with her archaic religious views running my government.

I "dodged" the Rezko article because I don't care to spend my time refuting something that I don't care anything about. It's the same thing over and over. I don't like Obama either. Perhaps you missed that I said I don't like any politicos. I'm not here to change anyone's political viewpoints or to hurl insults if they happen to like Palin. However, I think it is a bit of a stretch to say that just because someone is friends with another person who is a dirtbag that they are a dirtbag too. If that's the case what was Mc Cain doing with (I can't think of his name this second) that Italian dirtbag that Anne Hathaway was dating who embezzled millions of dollars? Pictures of them together have surfaced taking a vacation on a yacht in Europe. Does that mean that just because he was with that guy McCain is a fraud and embezzler too? I'd say he's a pretty shady character. Are you afraid?