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03-03-2008, 09:41 AM
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Obama's Former Friend
By Robert D. Novak
March 3, 2008
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- As Sen. Barack Obama nears the Democratic presidential nomination, a corruption trial of his former fund-raiser Antoin (Tony) Rezko on charges of influence peddling begins in Chicago today (Monday). Sen. Hillary Clinton's operatives have tried frantically, but not effectively, to interest U.S. news media outside Chicago in Obama's possible connection with his home state's latest major scandal.
Obama bought a mock Georgian mansion on Chicago's south side on June 15, 2005, the same day Rezko's wife bought a plot next door from the same seller. Obama then purchased from Rezko another parcel at above-market value. Federal prosecutors recently revealed that Nadhmi Auchi, an Iraqi billionaire who lives in London, wired $3.5 million to the financially strapped Rezko in Chicago less than a month before the Obama-Rezko purchases. James Bone, investigative reporter for the Times of London, wrote last Tuesday that "the money transfer raises the question of whether funds" from Auchi "helped" Obama buy his house.
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03-03-2008, 11:24 AM
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The Moll
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Re: Obama's Former Friend
Iraqi billionaire, huh?
Looks like Obama is not even one degree away from islam....and it's money.....gotta be ideology in there, too, Folks. Sure don't see any billionaire Catholics or evangelicals helping him out.
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03-03-2008, 11:52 AM
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Re: Obama's Former Friend
Hmmm Obama is sorry he used poor judgement here.
When he could/would have known all this info pre-investment, if he had researched it?
Do we give the reins to the free world to a man who acts before he investigates?
Oops?
Sorry?
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03-03-2008, 12:47 PM
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Re: Obama's Former Friend
WELL, NOW .... speaks volumes (????) regarding the 'judgement, connections, influences, background' issues, HUH ??????
Watch out America, be alert, wake up ????
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03-03-2008, 12:49 PM
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Re: Obama's Former Friend
Interesting. The article does not reference all of Hillary's financial scandals. Perhaps her campaign doesn't want to make a big stink out of it for fear of opening Pandora's box.
The media might aggresively pursue her dealings if she goes after their darling.
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03-03-2008, 02:10 PM
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Re: Obama's Former Friend
where there is smoke, there is fire.
there ought to be some news media that sould be willing and eager to investigate obama so the us citizens could have knowledge of WHOM they are voting for!!!
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03-03-2008, 10:13 PM
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Re: Obama's Former Friend
PLAIN OLD CITIZEN; Don't hold your breath waiting for the msm to investigate hussein, or you might smother. He is the darling of the media, and any one who says something bad against him, will suffer the comsequences. Just ask Hilary.
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03-03-2008, 10:45 PM
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Re: Obama's Former Friend
Looks like history will repeat itself if Obama is elected. Haven't we learned anything from the Clinton years?
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03-05-2008, 01:10 PM
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Re: Obama's Former Friend
Heard on the news this morning that an "Obama" staffer was observed in court quietly monitoring the trial. Hmmmmmmmmmm?
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