Rezko was a part of Obama's senatorial campaign FINANCE committee.

[boston bean]

Rezko, who was part of Obama’s senatorial finance committee, also is accused of directing “at least one other individual” to donate money to Obama and then reimbursing that individual — in possible violation of federal election law.

Nothing to see here....

move along little doggies!

edit to add this pic:



http://www.suntimes.com/news/politics/obama/749138,obama20web.article

[joeybee12]

1. Norman Hsu!

Sorry, I just drank the Barak Kool-aid...when you can't defend yourself, change the subject.

[wyldwolf]

4. Gave Obama Money, Too! (hey, that rhymed)

[boston bean]

8. lol

DU cracks me up sometimes!

:rofl:

[ccpup]

13. Norman Hsu ... introduced Barack to Mark Gorenberg

who continues to work as Barack's top fund raiser and sits on his campaign finance committee.

[sunonmars]

17. the plot thickens

any thicker and you'll be able to stand a spoon up straight in it.

[ccpup]

21. stand a spoon up straight in it?

I can't get my spoon out! It's like concrete! :evilgrin:

[flpoljunkie]

19. Norman Hsu was a Hillraiser. Hillary returned over $850,000 she took from him and his associates.

This is more than relevant to the discussion here.

[ccpup]

23. and this ISN'T relevant?

Before becoming a major bundler for Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's presidential campaign, disgraced Democratic donor Norman Hsu helped host a 2005 California event for Barack Obama's political action committee and introduced the senator from Illinois to one of the biggest fundraisers for his presidential bid.

Federal Election Commission records show that Hsu gave $5,000 to Obama's Hopefund PAC in connection with the fundraiser and that people publicly identified with Hsu and his companies gave an additional $19,500 to the PAC in 2005 and 2006.

Mark Gorenberg, who now sits on Obama's national finance committee and is one of his biggest fundraisers, said Hsu organized an early 2005 event for the Hopefund and invited him to help raise money.

"He introduced me to Barack Obama," Gorenberg said of Hsu. "He was working on an event for Barack's PAC, and he asked me to help, and I did. Barack came up to San Francisco, and introduced him to a bunch of people."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/07/AR2007090703047.html

[Little Star]

39. hahaha! Good one!

[Gman]

2. The Ostrich Syndrome of the Obama supporters

will keep them from realizing how disastrous this will be should Obama make it to November.

[ClericJohnPreston]

3. It is cultism

ala Jim Jones.

They would rather label anyone a RACIST, than come to terms with at least 20 issues we all probably share regaring our low opinion of Obama.

For me, it is his bashing of the liberal arm of the Democratic Party when an FDR correction is needed, reaching out to Republicans for political expediency, his political hypocrisy as I don't believe he is above the "sleaze", his smearing of Democratic icons and activists, as well as the fact his past is riddled with questionable campaign funders like Rezko.

His speech is as empty as a dry gas tank, filled with glittering genmeralities and banal fluff, that only a cultist wouldn't recognize for what it is.

Sad, really.....

*Edited for spelling*

[global1]

20. Whadda Ya Mean - The "Culture Of Corruption" Repugs Are Used To This........

sort of thing.

And HRC and WJC perfected this when they were in D.C.

[goodhue]

5. tired stuff

nothing to see indeed

[boston bean]

37. Keep dreamin on!

[wndycty]

6. Let's not forget David Rosen ran Hillary's senatorial fundraising committee

Google David Rosen Hillary Clinton

[robbedvoter]

7. Why did MSM sat on all this ?

[Cameron27]

10. Why is most of the media

still sitting on this story? They're waiting to ambush us with it in the GE.

[sunonmars]

9. He was on the senatorial finance committee, no way!

Are you joking me, if thats true, jesus, thats gonna look bad.

[wyldwolf]

11. did Obama forget about that when he gave his debate answer?

[sunonmars]

14. its not the sort of thing you forget about, really is it!

Yeah, who was in charge of my fundraising again, I've completely forgotten his name, oh well i only known him for 17 years, means nothing.

[boston bean]

15. Depends on the question. He wasn't confronted about Rezko working for him

he was confronted about him (obama) working for rezko.

He's just your usual sleezy slimy politician. And I think that's all the Clintons want to point out. It has been a fairytale story with the media. He has not been vetted and he needs to be. It is very frustrating that he hasn't been.

[DemDogs]

36. But his answer suggested he had no dealings with him

That's the problem. It is not a NEW kind of politics. It is a very old kind of politics, the kind for which Chicago, rightly or wrongly, is known. Corruption, handouts, special deals. And this isn't the only shady fellow along those lines with whom Obama has had dealings.

[ccpup]

18. poor Barack

his memory has been notoriously faulty when it comes to Rezko. From "I never did him any favors" (he wrote letters to help him land multi-million dollar taxpayer funded contracts) to asserting he had only got "$50,000 to $60,000" from him (it was $200,000) to claiming, during the debate, that Rezko was someone Barack had "only" done 5 hours of work for (it was a long-standing and well-known 17 year friendship).

It's almost as if Barack believes the American Voter doesn't have access to a home computer, is completely unfamiliar with Google and won't become big-time disillusioned and pissed off when they learn that he's LIED to them. Because if he's lied about this, what ELSE is he hiding?

If you're going to put on that halo, Barack, you better make sure it fits first.

[sunonmars]

24. its true, his problem is bigger than Hillary

Its the "you lied to us" when we believed in you. When that gets smashed its irreperable damage, you cannot stick it back together.

[ccpup]

26. when he started selling himself as the candidate of New Politics

and Hope and Change, I immediately thought to myself that that was a dangerously shaky pedestal to be climbing onto.

The Voter can forgive a lot, but not a candidate trying to pull a fast one and claim they're something wonderful and pure that they're easily disproved not to be. Hillary was smart to run on her experience and her strength 'cause Lord knows the halo wouldn't necessarily fit with her.

[sunonmars]

27. why do think politicians dont run those campaigns of change and hope

because in the end, they always ending up looking like a typical politician.

[ccpup]

29. it's an amateur mistake

I'm sure Barack will do better when he runs for President in eight years.

[boston bean]

28. That is what the obamabots do not seem to realize.

No politician is a squeaky clean as he claims to be. And therefore that is where you begin to unravel.

Everyone already knows everything about the clintons, that is what she means when she says she has been tested.

[sunonmars]

30. Theres a slight problem here no one is looking at

1 : If he runs that hope and change thing in the GE, the republicans tear him down with the Rezko thing and make him look dirty.

2 : If he doesnt run on the hope and change theme in the GE, his supporters and the rest of the people will think he lied to them to get the nomination and end up disillusioned.

So whats he going to do. I can't get my head around this situation.

[ccpup]

32. he's painted himself into an impossible corner

I don't even know if Houdini could work himself out of this one.

Again, amateur mistake and, if I may say so, it also shows a surprising tendency to underestimate the intelligence of the voter. It's not as if we don't know what Google is, right?

[ccpup]

31. and the thread that begins the unraveling is so easy to find

and, once pulled, the whole shebang falls apart like a flimsy spiderweb. Earning back the trust of the voters is another story altogether, though.

People know what they're getting with Hillary and, if her wins in NH and NV as well as her continued strong showing in the Polls in 19 of the 22 Super Tuesday States are any indication, they don't give a damn what the Repugs have said about her for 16 years.

[Little Star]

40. Dog ate my home work is his excuse for everything...

including pushing the wrong button on those devastating votes in IL. He is slick and knows how to avoid answering the WHOLE question. I call that lying by omission. People gotta be blinded by all the word-smith bling he throws to not be able to see!

[Zodiak]

12. It is disturbing, to say the least.

But then again, Obama doesn't have the grand albatross around his neck....the DLC. Hot got away from that pack of vipers at the first opportunity.

I will still take ties to a corrupt individual over ties with a corrupt organization that has a history of derailing all progressive efforts, denigrating progressives from within the party, and going to bed with the neocons ala PNAC.

Still, I'm going to vote for Edwards because I cannot stand corporate politicians of any stripe.

However, I find this criticism coming from the Clinton camp to be the height of hypocrisy. Two right-leaning Democrats full of corruption accusing each other of corruption....cute, but it won't garner my vote.

[ClericJohnPreston]

16. What a fantastic photo

I'm saving that one for every thread where an Obamite tries to imply that an anonymous photo op with Clinton equals Obama's FRIENDSHIP with Rezko.

I'm an Edwards supporter, but their desperate attempts to render a donor op photo equal to one with Obama, when that donor is on a first name basis with their candidate, is patently absurd....and tellingly desperate!

[Marie26]

22. LOL

And that's why the Obama campaign "overlooked" $100,000 in Rezko-linked contributions. They don't want to open that particular can of worms for fear that the media will discover the full extent of the bundling Rezco did for their campaign.

[Armstead]

25. Small Potatoes compared to the Clinton connections

The Clintons believe they can use such attacks with immunity despite the fact that their own campaign is filled with Major League representatives of more systemic and large-scale corporate corruption.

[boston bean]

33. Continue to tell yourself this and maybe maybe maybe this doesn't hurt him.

But I think you are living in a dreamworld.

[Armstead]

34. I didn;t say it would not hurt him

It just pisses me off that such scrutiny is not given to the history and current suppoort the Clintons receive.

(And I'm not an Obamaite.)

[boston bean]

35. WTF, scrutiny of the Clintons, you're right, they have never ever been scrutinized. nt

[TankLV]

38. Yep! Obama LIED when Hillary NAILED him on this...typical...

sorry obama and his bots - not "boneheaded" - but a BIG FUCKING LIE ON YOUR PART!!!