Posted on 09/05/2007 4:46:24 PM PDT by wagglebee
Sen. Barack Obama’s campaign will benefit from a Wednesday night fundraiser hosted by an Illinois official whose family’s bank helped finance a Chicago crime figure.
Alexi Giannoulias, who became Illinois state treasurer last year, has pledged to raise $100,000 for the Democratic hopeful’s White House bid.
Giannoulias was his bank’s vice president and chief loan officer when the bank gave millions of dollars in loans to Michael “Jaws” Giorango, who was twice convicted of bookmaking and promoting prostitution, the New York Post reports.
Giannoulias was not charged with breaking any laws. But he is “so tainted by reputed mob links,” according to the Post, that several leading Illinois Democrats, including the state’s party chairman, refused to endorse him even after he won the Democratic nomination with Obama’s help.
I guess so.
Obama even backed away from Giannoulias during the election.
He basically pulled a Claude Rains
But he will keep the money. LOL
What a shock. (Not).
“Sen. Barack Obama’s campaign will benefit from a Wednesday night fundraiser hosted by an Illinois official whose family’s bank helped finance a Chicago crime figure.
Kind of weak, really.
Suppose he took a contribution from a guy whose brother-in-law once was an attorney for a Mafia guy?
Or maybe he bought groceries in a non-union grocery store....
How many is that... three?
Another one?
From IslamicHope.Org's Home Page, the lead banner:
That's Najee Ali to the left of Obama in the center.
Najee Ali (not his real name) was convicted in 2004 of a felony hit run and perjury. It was revealed Ali (real name Ronald Todd Eskew) had 9 prior bench warrants, 2 pending court appearances, 3 driver's licenses and 2 social security numbers while being investigated for identity theft. Just the kind of guy you want to appear publicly with.
That would be Obama's left- but to the right - when looking at the pic.
It’s Chicago. What can you expect?
B. H. Obama claims that he is going to clean up Washington and his groupies swoon with delight. This, from a product of the notorious Cook County political machine, which he forgot to clean up as he passed through it.
What about Joseph Kennedy Sr. and bootlegging liquor?
:’D
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