Posted on 01/25/2008 4:36:33 PM PST by tcrlaf
ABCNews.com Review Shows an Additional $100,000 in Rezko-Linked Contributions Not Returned by the Campaign
Months after reporters started asking Sen. Barack Obama to account for contributions raised by longtime friend and donor Antoin "Tony" Rezko, questions remain about the full extent of the accused Illinois political fixer's role as a patron of Obama's political career.
"We have returned any money that we know was associated to Mr. Rezko," Obama told Diane Sawyer on Wednesday morning during an appearance on "Good Morning America." "That is something that if there's additional information we don't know about, we'd be happy to return the money."
The Obama campaign says it has given away more than $85,000 in Rezko-linked contributions since Rezko was indicted on federal fraud and extortion charges in the fall of 2006.
An ABCNews.com review, however, has identified an additional $100,000 in contributions made to Obama from Rezko's associates that have not been returned, including $19,500 in contributions from Rezko's wife and employees of Rezko's business enterprises. The ABCNews.com review includes individuals who have been linked to Rezko in news reports, court documents and public records.
Other news organizations have reviewed Obama's campaign finance records and have also found Rezko-linked contributions that are more than double what the campaign has publicly acknowledged. The Chicago Sun-Times, which published its review last June, found that "Obama has collected at least $168,308 from Rezko and his circle," and earlier this week the Los Angeles Times reported that it had found that Rezko and his associates had given "Obama more than $200,000 in donations since 1995."
There isn’t enough popcorn in the world to get me through this! This is SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO cool!
Well, I hope SC voters will think, "He's just like the Clintons in that respect, and better in every other," and vote for him anyway. I also hope that black SC voters will see it as "Here's the so-called first black president, really a southern white man, trying to destroy the real first black presidential candidate," and rise up in indignation to vote for Obama.
The Clintons have to know the media is completely bought and paid for to pursue these accusations. If the media had any honesty left they would point out the hypocrisy. We’ll see.
Sadly, that's true.
Rezko is the one in the middle
I always pictured Hillary as the one with the moustache!
This is going to get ‘mean-spirited’ quick. Whoever survives this race won’t have much fight left in them.
bill and hell look like cardboard cutouts.
He is a Rat, he is therefore above the law. Prominent rat politicians are untouchable.
THAT is what most of this is about...
This was not supposed to be happening right now.
The EMPRESS was supposed to cruising along, bathing in her aura of “Inevitability”.
And if you’ve been following the opposition this week, you can clearly see that Shadow Party apparatus has become increasingly nervous about events.
There is FAR TOO MUCH MONEY at stake for the DC Democrat Establishment/SHADOW PARTY to allow an uppity negro like Obama to put the mansion payments at risk.
He should be VERY CAREFUL. It could be much worse, since Arkancide has way of just sneaking up on you....
“This is going to backfire on the Clintons!”
Nothing backfires on the KKKlintons. They live a charmed life and can do no wrong. In fact, I can’t think of one thing that has backfired on them in the 20 years that these spawn of Satan entered national politics.
We Republican's think our candidates are lousy!
Is it possible that Obama has a connection to Hsu as well?
“Clintons are desperate.”
Not desperate, just delivering the coup de gras on a hapless opponent. Watching Obama battle the KKKlintons is like watching a todler fight a pitbull.
“We Republican’s think our candidates are lousy!”
I’ve been saying this, all along. And it is a point missed by many.
While we may have our divisions, our candidates are discussing ISSUES, while the Democrats are talking about some mystical and undefined “Change”, while digging deeper and deeper into the mud.
The SHADOW PARTY wonks know they must end this thing, AND FAST...
“Of course, they have to be careful they don’t piss off Obama so much that he won’t take the VEEP slot.”
Hellary will never pick Obama as VP since she doesnt think a ticket that has a black and a woman can win. Besides she is almost guaranteed 95% of the black vote without Obama. He brings nothing to the table. Hellary’s veep will be Bill Richardson. He is a wimp she can control and will be chosen in order to get the hispanic vote.
Does Hussian not know the magic word “Whitewater”?
“Does Hussian not know the magic word “Whitewater”?”
Sorry. The Repubs tried to nail the KKKlintons on WW for 8 years with no results. It’s old news that no one cares about.
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