BE STILL MY HEART>>>
Oh, Hope springs eternal....and now, back to more cookies to ease the stress.
Cookies... good idea.
I WILL however be purchasing a large cigar if charges are filed on Obama as a result of Rezco’s singing to the feds.
“Clout lists” that tracked politically backed job seekers to Gov. Blagojevich’s administration have surfaced in the case of indicted businessman Tony Rezko, with Rezko’s lawyers arguing the documents shouldn’t be allowed as evidence in his upcoming corruption trial.
The lists, which total 26 pages, offer yet another glimpse into the administration’s hiring practices shortly after the governor took office in 2003. They include dozens of recommendations made by Rezko, other Blagojevich fund-raisers, members of the General Assembly and lobbyists for full-time jobs and seats on unpaid state boards and commissions.
The lists also use some of the same political-sponsorship codes as a separate clout list the Chicago Sun-Times disclosed in May 2006. Rezko, for example, is identified as “TR.” Another top Blagojevich fund-raiser, Christopher G. Kelly, is “CK.”
One of the lists, Rezko’s lawyers said, is a spreadsheet of “recommended candidates” for state jobs “made by or through Rezko” to Blagojevich’s Office of Intergovernmental Affairs. That list includes 39 recommendations, including one for Joseph Aramanda, a Glenview businessman whom sources have identified as the unnamed “Individual D” in prosecutors’ case against Rezko. Aramanda allegedly was part of a kickback scheme involving Rezko and co-defendant Stuart Levine, who has pleaded guilty and is to testify in Rezko’s trial.
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Rezko also pushed for the appointment of Chicago banker Demetris Giannoulias, brother of Democratic state Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias, to the Illinois Finance Authority board, records show.
Other Rezko-backed candidates on the lists of potential state job applicants or of those seeking state board appointments included Jabir Herbert Muhammad, a Rezko business associate who City of Chicago officials say headed a minority-front company that enabled Rezko to open three Panda Express restaurants at O’Hare Airport.
And to think Tony is the most savory of all of B.Hussein’s friends!
Obama was on ANOTHER board with Ayers...and this time his wife, too? For two people that barely know each other they sure have a lot in common.
I am sick to my tummy. Had a lot of cookies myself today. LOL