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Obama doesn't recall '04 Rezko party
Chicago Trib ^ | 4/26/08 | John McCormick

Posted on 04/26/2008 8:56:31 AM PDT by pissant

The question has lingered since it arose last week during the federal corruption trial of Antoin "Tony" Rezko: Why, just weeks after winning the Democratic U.S. Senate primary in 2004, would Barack Obama attend a party for a controversial Iraqi-born billionaire whom Rezko was trying to lure into an investment?

In an interview Friday, Obama didn't deny the assertion by Stuart Levine, the government's star witness in the Rezko trial, about the party honoring Nadhmi Auchi, a British citizen who is appealing a fraud conviction in France. Obama said he didn't recall the event.

The rest of this item is in Saturday's Tribune.

(Excerpt) Read more at swamppolitics.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Politics/Elections; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: 2008; fundraiser; larrysinclairslover; obama; rezko; whokilleddonaldyoung
Drip drip drip....
1 posted on 04/26/2008 8:56:32 AM PDT by pissant
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To: pissant
Of course he doesn't, Obama has selective Ole Timers Disease....
2 posted on 04/26/2008 8:57:50 AM PDT by OKIEDOC (Kalifornia, a red state wannabe. I don't take Ex Lax I just read the New York Times.)
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To: pissant

In an interview Friday, Obama didn’t deny the assertion by Stuart Levine, the government’s star witness in the Rezko trial, about the party honoring Nadhmi Auchi, a British citizen who is appealing a fraud conviction in France.

Obama said he didn’t recall the event.

Typical lawyer’s response.


3 posted on 04/26/2008 8:58:48 AM PDT by griswold3 (Al queda is guilty of hirabah (war against society) Penalty is death.)
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To: pissant

Wow. Both Democratic candidates have minds of Jell-O.


4 posted on 04/26/2008 9:02:33 AM PDT by Steely Tom (Steely's First Law of the Main Stream Media: if it doesn't advance the agenda, it's not news.)
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To: pissant
Dude, must have been the coke!

:-)

5 posted on 04/26/2008 9:04:21 AM PDT by 5thGenTexan
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To: 5thGenTexan

There is no doubt in my mind that Obama has been a coke user for many years after his college days.


6 posted on 04/26/2008 9:05:18 AM PDT by pissant (THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
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To: pissant

“Obama doesn’t recall ‘04 Rezko party”

Perhaps he was drunk and zoned out on too much coke?


7 posted on 04/26/2008 9:08:05 AM PDT by JackRyanCIA (The Obama, Pelosi, Reid Triumvirate. Who said Americans are not stupid?)
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To: OKIEDOC
Oh these forgetful Democrats are so boringly predictable:

Hillary and Bill Clinton: "Can't remember," "Don't recall," "Never knew," "Mis-spoke," etc., etc., etc.

Obama: "Doesn't remember," "Never heard those words (Rev. Wright), "Didn't know, "etc., etc, etc.

And these are supposed to be intelligent people who want to run the country? And they can't ever remember anything? Or what they remember is usually a lie or cover-up! These people will have to make agreements and sign papers with heads of state. Will they be so forgetful when doing so?

One thing is sure - We remember. We remember every contradiction, boldfaced lie, spin story, etc. We remember all the shameful acts, statements, liaisons, frauds of the Democrats that they think we will forget -- but we never forget. Guess that is why the GOP has an elephant as its symbol and the Dems have a dumb donkey - Hee haw!

8 posted on 04/26/2008 9:09:10 AM PDT by CitizenM ("An excuse is worse than an lie, because an excuse is a lie hidden." Pope John Paul, II)
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To: JackRyanCIA

he doesn’t recall Larry Sinclair either, I reckon.


9 posted on 04/26/2008 9:10:32 AM PDT by pissant (THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
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To: pissant

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVeFVtcdSYY


10 posted on 04/26/2008 9:12:46 AM PDT by JackRyanCIA (The Obama, Pelosi, Reid Triumvirate. Who said Americans are not stupid?)
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To: JackRyanCIA

11 posted on 04/26/2008 9:14:30 AM PDT by pissant (THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
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To: CitizenM

As I remember the Clintons were rather economical with the words I do not recall with the press to whom they usually just lied outright. They waited until they were put under oath, to start using the tried and true defense bar weasel phrases recommended for avoiding perjury.


12 posted on 04/26/2008 9:20:50 AM PDT by Biblebelter (Barry, let your Uncle Jeremiah speak publicly, so he can set the record straight himself.)
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To: OKIEDOC

“Of course he doesn’t, Obama has selective Ole Timers Disease....”

More likely that this kind of corrupt crap is so commonplace he can’t be expected to remember specific instances.


13 posted on 04/26/2008 9:23:16 AM PDT by bolobaby
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To: pissant
he didn't recall the event

Oh..... how Hitlery like. At least he's learned something from her.

14 posted on 04/26/2008 9:29:41 AM PDT by fella (Is he al-taquiya or is he murtadd? Only his iman knows for sure.)
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To: pissant

“Obama said he didn’t recall the event.”

“I was too stoned.”


15 posted on 04/26/2008 9:32:49 AM PDT by Brilliant
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To: pissant

There seems to be a lot of things Obama can’t seem to remember lately. Sign of a dope smoker. Has anyone asked him if he inhaled any pot during his collage years?


16 posted on 04/26/2008 9:33:25 AM PDT by Nathan Zachary
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To: pissant

He must have inherited the Rats “I can’t Recall” disease from $inator $hrilliarily.


17 posted on 04/26/2008 9:38:08 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (Hussein ObamaSamma's Pastor, Jeremiah Wright: "God Damn America, U.S. to Blame for 9/11")
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To: pissant

Smoking the green stuff and inhaling apparently affects the minds of a lot of liberals.


18 posted on 04/26/2008 9:39:09 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (Hussein ObamaSamma's Pastor, Jeremiah Wright: "God Damn America, U.S. to Blame for 9/11")
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To: griswold3
Has anyone checked Obama’s position on the Second Amendment and gun ownership issues? You should because he is one of THEM.
19 posted on 04/26/2008 9:39:54 AM PDT by ANGGAPO (LayteGulf BeachClub)
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To: pissant
Lets look at the democRAT Presidential candidate of CHANGE/HOPE per FR oxycon:.

He "hopes" no one notices when he quotes anti-white lines from movies while speaking to mostly black audiences.

He "hopes" no one notices when he uses gangsta rap gestures which reference misogynistic lyrics..

He "hopes" no one notices when he says he took no DC lobbyist money he didn't include Nadhmi Auchi..

He "hopes" no one notices that he is completely comfortable hanging out with America hating bigots..

He "hopes" no one notices that his political career shows very little accomplishments that he can call his own..

He "hopes" that he can continue to run a gutter/negative attack campaign against Hillary and no one will notice. Audacity, baby!

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20 posted on 04/26/2008 9:41:18 AM PDT by geo40xyz (McCain, Obama or Hillarybeast possibility of 4 Supreme Court Justices, Gore @UN. The WINNER is?)
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To: pissant
Obama doesn't recall '04 Rezko party
I believe him.
He was probably too high to remember.
 
21 posted on 04/26/2008 9:42:06 AM PDT by counterpunch (Kick McCain upstairs)
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To: Steely Tom
Both Democratic candidates have minds of Jell-O.

And in a blender... so to speak.

22 posted on 04/26/2008 9:44:17 AM PDT by johnny7
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To: pissant

Obama doesn’t recall ‘04 Rezko party....b. HUSSEIN and his short term selective memory loss....guess that day he WAS listening to a rev run’s wrong’s sermon!!!!


23 posted on 04/26/2008 10:06:36 AM PDT by nyyankeefan
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To: pissant

Osama Hussein & The Hildebeast are more common than they like to admit. Both suffer from early alzheimers among their many faults. Osama’s Rezko & Hildebeast’s Peter Paul coming back to bite their a**es.


24 posted on 04/26/2008 10:15:04 AM PDT by lilylangtree (Veni, Vidi, Vici)
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To: pissant

He’s learning from HRC. I do not recall. I do not recall. I do not recall. I do not recall. I do not recall. I do not recall. I do not recall. I do not recall. I do not recall. I do not recall. I do not recall.


25 posted on 04/26/2008 11:08:14 AM PDT by ModelBreaker
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To: bolobaby
Just today I was talking with a local politician about the corruption found in our government.

He is a long time Democrat, he told me that he was a DINO because he could not support his two candidates.

On another subject,Govenator Swansong is cutting 10% and that is not all bad.

However, the cuts are not being made to the do nothing employees in upper management but to low level employees such as teachers and that is BAD.

If 100 teachers are justified by the number of students then how can 10 of those teachers be taken away with what justification.

Our local school is losing several teachers but yet we still have a superintendent, asst to superintendent, principal, vice-principal, vice-principal for discipline, asst principal, coordinator, athletic director, several coaches, assistants and a huge office staff. Plus the school is making extensive improvements to it's physical plant that are very costly yet serve no learning purpose.

Not one of the upper echelon in school management is being let go.

Not one of the cost expensive nor cost effective projects has been canceled.

When liberals like Obama talk about cutting they are not talking about cutting useless jobs in management.

Teaching personnel are cut because it brings the hurt directly to the parents who are paying for this nonsense.

There I said it, rant for today.

26 posted on 04/26/2008 1:32:42 PM PDT by OKIEDOC (Kalifornia, a red state wannabe. I don't take Ex Lax I just read the New York Times.)
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To: CitizenM
The voters of Illinois and more especially Chicago should be ashamed to have voted in such a naivete nincompoop as Obama

Surely not all the voters in the Land of Lincoln are so ignorant as to believe sending an inexperienced boob like Obama to Washington would be to their benefit.

27 posted on 04/28/2008 6:53:44 AM PDT by OKIEDOC (Kalifornia, a red state wannabe. I don't take Ex Lax I just read the New York Times.)
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