Obama fundraiser, convicted of fraud, spills beans (October Surprise?)

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[Chet 99]

CHICAGO - Jailed political fundraiser Antoin "Tony" Rezko, the Chicago real estate developer who helped launch Barack Obama on his political career, is whispering secrets to federal prosecutors about corruption in Illinois and the political fallout could be explosive.

Democratic Gov. Rod Blagojevich, whose administration faces multiple federal investigations over how it handed out jobs and money with advice from Rezko, is considered the most vulnerable.

Rezko also was friendly with Obama — offering him a job when he finished law school, funding his earliest political campaigns and purchasing a lot next to his house. But based on the known facts, charges so far and testimony at Rezko's trial, there's no indication there'll be an October surprise that could hurt the Democratic presidential nominee — even though Rezko says prosecutors are pressing him for dirt about Obama.

[Netizen]

Ha! Did you see this?

‘Barack Osama’ Printed on Hundreds of NY Absentee Ballots

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2008/10/barack-osama-pr.html

[1035rep]

bttt

[KTM rider]

"Your Honor, the prosecutors have been overzealous in pursuing a crime that never happened," he wrote. "They are pressuring me to tell them the wrong things that I supposedly know about Gov. Blagojevich and Sen. Barack Obama."

This means a lot lot coming from a Palestinian of such high moral character as is Rezco ....leave it to the MSM to include this statement in the article from Mr (palestinian) Rezco

[Berlin_Freeper]

"Rezko also was friendly with Obama — offering him a job when he finished law school, funding his earliest political campaigns and purchasing a lot next to his house."

Could AP be any shorter on details?

[DoughtyOne]

AP: “Nothing to see here. Move along. Obama is clean as the driven snow.” Surprise surprise...

[Darkwolf377]

and purchasing a lot next to his house."

What a hilarious slanting of the REAL story.

Buying a lot next to someone's house isn't a crime. So why include that?

Obama helped put one of these deals together during his time as a junior associate at Davis Miner Barnhill & Galland. Other lawyers at Davis Miner helped Rezko acquire half of the properties that fell into disrepair. And many of these properties were located in the district Obama represented as an Illinois state senator.

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Even if Obama can claim plausible deniability about the deteriorating shape of Rezko’s slums, he faces a more difficult challenge in explaining why he entered into a real-estate deal with Rezko after the Chicago papers had run over 100 stories about the clouds gathering over Rezko’s head. When the Obamas were looking for a new house in the summer of 2005, Rezko helped them buy their dream home by purchasing an adjoining lot they could not afford, then selling them a strip of the land on which they wanted to build a fence. Obama admitted to the Sun-Times that when he bought the strip of land, he knew Rezko “was going to have some significant legal problems,” and characterized his decision to buy the property anyway as a “boneheaded move.” Obama said he proceeded with the transaction because Rezko had always acted “in an above-board manner with me and I considered him a friend.”

http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=ZTQyNjk1MmZhNDYyZjQ0OGNlMDIzOGMzZDQwMjk3NTY=

[leadhead]

Rezko could be the first public victim of Acorncide.

[Jenzo]

Sounds like wishful thinking on the AP’s part.

Somewhere in an AP newsroom in America a reporter is rockin’ the prayer beads in hopes Obama escapes this unscathed.

I don’t think so.

[rvoitier]

I wish my New Orleans Saints offensive line could run interference like that for Deuce McAllister.

[ChiMark]

If obama is elected the country will be pre occupied
again with endless scandals from a democrat president.
Rezko,ACORN,Ayers,Kenya and on and on it goes.

He's a sharp con man. An accomplished habitual liar who
may have the distinction of casting Bill Clinton as a
statesman in comparison. Obama is an incredibly gifted
grifter.

Tony Rezko the cash cow to Illinois democrats is singing like a canary. No code of omerta’ from this cheap crook.

[Prophet in the wilderness]

" CHICAGO - Jailed political fundraiser Antoin "Tony" Rezko, the Chicago real estate developer who helped launch Barack Obama on his political career, is whispering secrets to federal prosecutors about corruption in Illinois and the political fallout could be explosive. "

Well,,, if this is so.... let's hope it's not to little to late.... let's hope it will have a devastating effect on Osama Obama.

[itsthejourney]

McCain and vice running mate Sarah Palin have mentioned Rezko little if at all

Whoa, with Reuters giving Palin a little credit in their article on the Troopergate judgement and now AP with headlines linking Hussein with a crimminal they are handing McCain a golden opportunity to save this election. But no, McCain will just tell the voters what a good president Hussein would be.

[thatdewd]

From the moment he was arrested, prosecutors leaned on Resko to squeal on Blagojevich and Obama, but he wouldn’t do it. With his final sentencing hearing coming up, Resko thought twice and started talking to get a lighter sentence. People involved with the investigation have already revealed that he is giving them information about BOTH men. Prosecutors have already hinted that an indictment awaits Blagojevich...

[MuttTheHoople]

Tony Rezko singing like a canary. He better watch out, else he’ll be wearing cement shoes at the bottom of Lake Michigan.

[Ann Archy]

Rezko is SYRIAN, I think.

[DAC21]

Rezco isn’t going to talk, Bambi will pardon him

[rbmillerjr]

They never got Clinton and they’ll never get Obama.

[Joe Boucher]

One of the funniest Americas Funniest Home Videos;

Ladies walking to a vehicle with white snow on the ground.
Woman steps in to the snow to get to the vehicle and as she steps in to the 6 inch snow she comes out with dog pooh on her high heel.
Other ladies laugh and she goes ballistic. Yells to turn that damn camera off.
Clean white snow sometimes isn’t as clean as it appears.

[ASA Vet]