Obamas and Rezko toured house before purchase--Obama memory lapse

Chicago Tribune ^ | 2/19/2008 | Pinetop

[Pinetop]

Before he bought his South Side mansion in 2005, Sen. Barack Obama took his friend and fundraiser Antoin "Tony" Rezko on a tour of the premises to make sure it was a good deal, Obama's campaign revealed Monday. Weeks after saying he'd answered all questions about his controversial dealings with the now-indicted Rezko, Obama released new details about their purchase of adjacent lots from the same seller on the same day. But the disclosures by Obama's presidential campaign left unanswered questions and raised new ones. Obama was able to buy the house for $300,000 less than the listed price while Rezko, in his wife's name, paid the full $625,000 asking price for an undeveloped side lot.

[Pinetop]

Now, the Chicago Tribune is digging into the Rezko-Obama real estate transaction. That's a shift...

[Founding Father]

C T has been on this for at least a year, it’s just that no one was listening.

[Pinetop]

I thought it had been primarily the Chicago Sun Times on this story. Thanks for the information.

[Mr. K]

hey! It’s not like he fleeced many out of their savings in Whitewater! (that was HilLIARy)

[Para-Ord.45]

referancping for nov.

[linn37]

bump

[ThomasThomas]

Simple, Obama is smarter than Rezko’s wife. With smart moves like this he could save or economy.