Anyone shocked by the level or scope of corruption in Chicago or Illinois - is naive....or in denial.
I’m nearly 70, and Chicago/Crime/Corruption have been the sister “C’s” from my earliest recollections...
Oh, did I mention that is was CHICAGO that Obama CHOSE to make home and to make HIS entry into “politics”?
He had NO family connections at all to the area — but he KNEW it was fertile ground for the planting one’s seeds of political ambition....
Also note - Obama made not ONE COMMENT during his entire political life in Chicago about “change”,”hope” or cleaning up the greedy politicians....
Perhaps through his meetings with Ayers at Columbia U.