Posted on 05/14/2012 3:50:53 PM PDT by Nachum
On an appearance on Sean Hannitys radio show on Monday, The Amateur author Edward Klein revealed the name of a close ally of President Barack Obama that his book alleges offered a $150,000 bribe to Rev. Jeremiah Wright to be quiet until after the 2008 election.
Well, what happened is that after ABCs Brian Ross broadcast the video tapes of the Rev. Wright God damning America and slamming whites and slamming Jews and America, he was contacted by one of Obamas closest personal friends a guy who travels on Obamas plane, who plays basketball with him, who goes on vacation with him, Klein said. His name is Dr. Eric Whitaker. Dr. Whitaker is the vice president of the University of Chicago Medical Center and hes a member of Obamas very tight inner circle. And he sent an email to a member of the Trinity United Church of Christ.
Klein reminded listeners that Whitakers hospital is the same one that paid first lady Michelle Obama $316,962 a year to handle community affairs for the University of Chicago Medical Center while her husband served in the U.S. Senate.
In an email, Klein said Whitaker had offered Wright $150,000 if he would shut-up and not criticize Obama anymore. When Wright refused Whitakers offer, Klein said Obama himself personally met with Wright, which supposedly took place after Obamas March 18, 2008 race speech, confirmed by both Wrights word and the U.S. Secret Service logs.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailycaller.com ...
“This is more important than just the story—if it is true that a highly connected physician at UChi really did this, and it needs to be thoroughly researched—this could change the game.”
If and only if the MSM develops a sense of curiousity about it - thus far, none of the press seems to be interested in exploring all these strange coincidences where large amount of US taxpayer money seems to end up in the hands of people with close ties to Obama.
That statement makes Obama still a Muzzie.
Jeremiah Wright, an ex-Muslim, would know how to accept Christianity withoug renouncing his Muslim background. These words are very revealing for it tells of duality of both Obama and Wright. It also gives insight into Obama and Wright both holding onto their Muslim beliefs. It is a stubborn mind, that knowing Christianity, will not give up Muslim beliefs.
Executive Vice President, Strategic AffiliationsSounds very much like the high-paying job Michelle had while Barry was IL Senator. Sounds like this guy's a Dem operative.Associate Dean, Community-Based Research
Dr. Eric E. Whitaker is the executive vice president, strategic affiliations and associate dean of community-based research at the University of Chicago Medicine. He is responsible for leading the Urban Health Initiative, linking the medical centers mission of patient care, teaching and research for the purpose of improving the health of South Side residents.
A friend of ‘a friend’ called Wright’s church and asked if muslims went there. The answer was ‘yes.’ True story.
Wasn’t Wright first a MUslim??
I would be curious to know what the current person who handles community affairs for the University of Chicago Medical Center is paid?
No. His daddy was a baptist preacher and he became a pastor in 1972.
I would not be surprised if the position was eliminated after she left
If an Obama tree falls in the LSM forest and nobody heard it, did it make a sound?
I’m beginning to get somewhat suspicious of President Obama. I hope he addresses this stuff, otherwise I’m afraid it could damage his reputation.
Yes it was indeed eliminated.
“Obama’s pal Eric Whitaker, his Tony Rezko tie”
By Lynn Sweet on October 28, 2008
“With the prospects of Barack Obama winning the White House pretty good, the Sun-Times Watchdog team took a look in the Tuesday paper about a potential Obama administration appointee, pal Eric Whitaker.
By the Sun-Times Watchdog team
Dr. Eric Whitaker and Sen. Barack Obama go way back.
Their friendship began when they were graduate students at Harvard University. Now, Whitaker is one of Obama’s closest advisers.
Whitaker, 43, of Chicago, often travels with the presidential hopeful on the campaign trail and has vacationed with him in Hawaii. There’s talk Whitaker could be in line for a federal appointment if Obama becomes president.
Five years ago, Obama, then an Illinois state senator, gave a “glowing’’ reference for Whitaker to Tony Rezko, the now-convicted political fixer who helped Gov. Blagojevich find people to run state agencies. Blagojevich hired Whitaker to be the state’s public health director.
Obama has said that’s the only time he can recall talking to Rezko — who was a major campaign fund-raiser for him and for Blagojevich — about getting anyone a state job.
“Somebody who I do remember talking directly to Tony about was Dr. Eric Whitaker,” Obama told the Sun-Times in March. “He and I played basketball together when he was getting his master’s in public health at Harvard, while I was in law school there. He had expressed an interest in that job. I did contact Tony, or Tony contacted me, and I gave him a glowing recommendation because I thought he was outstanding.’’
Whitaker had been a rising star at Cook County’s Stroger Hospital, known for a program he created that went to barbershops to educate black men on preventive care.
“I did not seek any position and was stunned when I was asked to interview for the IDPH director position,” Whitaker, who declined an interview request, said in a written response to questions. “My first encounter with Tony Rezko was when he called and told me to come in for an interview approximately one week after I had already been interviewed’’ by three other Blagojevich advisers.
As state health chief, Whitaker spent millions on programs that used churches to educate minorities about AIDS, breast cancer and preparing for public health emergencies, a program hailed nationwide.
Whitaker’s agency also got caught up in scandal. He oversaw the budget of the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Board, which approves medical construction projects. Rezko and his associates controlled that board, which they used to solicit kickbacks and payoffs, according to testimony at Rezko’s trial.
Rezko was convicted. Whitaker, who said he wasn’t involved in the board’s day-to-day operations, was never accused of any wrongdoing.
“During my time as director of IDPH, I received four or five calls from Tony Rezko seeking my support for and attendance at the St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital charity event,’’ Whitaker said. “After my employment interview, I never had a conversation with Mr. Rezko about the” health department or the planning board.
Whitaker left the state payroll a year ago and joined Obama’s wife Michelle as a high-ranking executive at the University of Chicago Medical Center. When he was hired, U. of C. was seeking permission to expand its children’s hospital — one of five expansions the university sought from the state while Whitaker was health director. All were approved by the planning board. Whitaker and the U. of C. said he had nothing to do with those approvals.
“Whether and to what extent Dr. Whitaker had anything to do with the [approval] process while at IDPH was and is totally irrelevant to his hiring by or his work at the Medical Center,” wrote Susan S. Sher, a medical center attorney.”
http://blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/2008/10/obamas_pal_eric_whitaker_his_t.html
Nice find.
Appears that Obama’s buddy (Eric E Whitaker) offered Rev. Wright $150,000.00 hush money in ‘08.
Federal election laws violated. hhmmm.
Yes. It echoed, "Yes We Can, Yes We Can..."
“Valerie Jarrett to lead expanded Board of University of Chicago Medical Center
James Madara, M.D., appointed Medical Center CEO”
(2006)
http://www-news.uchicago.edu/releases/06/060613.governance.shtml
Jarrett—The Iranian that isn’t in a well outside of Qom.
hahahaahahahaha
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