Rezko gets sentencing delayed till October

[ourbluenation]

Source: Chicago Sun Times

A federal judge has postponed the sentencing of convicted political fund-raiser Tony Rezko by nearly two months, pushing his sentencing hearing back to Oct. 28 -- one week before the presidential election.

Read more: http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/rezko/1119312,CST-NWS-rezko21.article

[ourbluenation]

1. cross posted this in the gd - someone there said the judge is a * appointee.

:mad:

[sparkswillfly00]

2. why wait?

[peacebird]

3. to help McLame perhaps...?

[BeatleBoot]

4. Wow. I never saw that one coming.

:rofl:

Buckle up.

It's goint to get bumpy.

[AnnieBW]

5. Quelle surprise.

Maybe we should drag out Charles Keating about that time, too?

[stillcool]

6. I guess it doesn't make any difference

to him, since he's already in jail. But the reasoning seems lame.

"The current sentencing date is simply not realistic," the lawyers wrote, citing a "number of witnesses that must be prepared to testify at sentencing, and the number of letters that must be gathered from family and friends."

[bluestateguy]

7. For months the Rezco story has failed to gain traction

Namely because Obama did nothing, and was accused of nothing illegal.

[Nevernose]

8. What's that got to do with anything?

John Kerry was a decorated war hero and was smeared as a fake and/or coward. NOT taking a bribe was a scandal for John Murtha. All they have to do is include Obama's name whenever they mention Rezco, and to many people, Obama's guilty of...well, he'll be guilty of SOMETHING.

Reality plays no role with either the electorate of the Republicans, otherwise John McCain would have, at most, 20% of the vote.

[ourbluenation]

9. thank you. I think this could be a problem with undecideds for sure. n/t