Rezko Starts to Talk and Seriously this could Go Bad for Obama
So now you are telling me that Obama’s friend of more than 10 years is spilling the beans? Why would he do something like this? He has been watching Obama’s back for the last 4-5 years. If he wanted to come out with something he would have did it a long time ago. Right?
Tony Rezko, convicted of charges of corruption and bribery earlier this calendar year has seen fit to spill the beans so to say. The Associated Press (remarkably) reported the matter “The political fallout could be explosive”. I say that because the Associated press has been siding with Obama stories for the last few months now.
Rezko has connections to almost every Democratic player in Chicago, Illinois such as prominent indivudals Governor Rod Blagojevich and Senator Barack Obama. Blagojevich is probably the most vulnerable because he also faced multiple federal investigations over job handouts and money with advice from said name Rezko.
But then again Obama is also vulnerable because Rezko funded Obama early in his career and helped Obama purchase an expensive home with a super duper discount. Rezko also offered Obama a job when he finished law school. The deep cut could be labeled a scrape because the prosecutors might just only find minor infractions but to say the least…just being brought up with Rezko could be damage enough.
Is this Obama’s “October surprise”? Some feel that way For instance, The website HillBuzz, for instance, reported on Saturday that its information led it to believe that Obama could potentially face charges. The Chicago political landscape has always faced scrutiny especially when elections were held in the 60s and dead people rose to vote for Kennedy.
Mark Hemingway too explained for NRO’s the Corner:
So Obama chose to have him associated with his campaign. This was well after it became public that Giannoulias had loaned $11.8 million to Michael Giorango, a convicted bookmaker and
prostitution promoter. Giannoulias first denied he personally approved the loan, then Chicago Tribune reported that Giannoulias personally oversaw $11.8 million in mortgage loans to Giorango in 2005. Then
Giannoulias said the money had not gone to finance Casinos for organized crime. He appears to have lied again: “But newly obtained records show that $3.6 million of the recent loans were used by
Giorango and another convicted felon to acquire a casino boat marina in Myrtle Beach, S.C.,” reported the Tribune.
It’s not like the Obama campaign can credibly say they didn’t know about this before he was out raising money for the campaign. But I’d like to believe major news agencies might want to pull a few reporters
out of dumpsters in Wasilla (probably starting to get really cold up there anyway) and get them to Chicago to look into a potential Rezko-Giannoulias connection toot sweet. Maybe there’s nothing there,
but it’s worth looking into right?
Honestly, if this happens, it will be huge news. Problem is Obama seems teflon these days. Nothing sticks to him and he has a great spin meister in David Axlerod who also hails from Illinois and has his own problems too.
What bothers me is that as usual, CNN and MSNBC are silent about this. I have only seen this story on FoxNews and the Chicago Sun Times. The media has been all over Troopergate and this is a lot more sinister than Troopergate! The media isn’t even trying to hide their bias anymore.
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October 12, 2008 at 12:17 am