http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/pritzker/ en-us Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:18:06 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2136034/posts "Moreover, Ms. Pritzker’s family is renowned for finding ways to avoid paying taxes on its wealth. The Pritzkers were pioneers in using tax loopholes to shelter their holdings from the Internal Revenue Service, and many of their dealings have never been made public." Ny Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2136034/posts#comment Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:18:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2135422/posts Chicago billionaire Penny Pritzker has told Barack Obama's team she does not want to serve as Commerce Secretary, said a senior Obama official. Chicago Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2135422/posts#comment Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:27:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2135433/posts Chicago businesswoman Penny Pritzker, national campaign finance chairwoman for the Obama campaign, has taken herself out of the running to be secretary of Commerce because of vetting issues, a Democratic official said. Yahoo - via Politico http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2135433/posts#comment Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:41:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2135312/posts Penny Pritzker is connected to the Hyatt family. She was head of Superior Bank in Chicago that went under and cost shareholders millions. She also helped develop sub prime bundling schemes. Oh, and she was one of Obama's campaign finance helpers. AND, NOW....she'll be running the COMMERCE DEPARTMENT! Research http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2135312/posts#comment Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:09:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2135260/posts Chicagoan Penny Pritzker has emerged as President-elect Barack Obama's choice for commerce secretary, The New York Times is reporting. Pritzker, who was the national finance chairman of the Obama campaign, was in the final stages of vetting for the post, according to the Times. Chicago Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2135260/posts#comment Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:01:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2135102/posts WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President-elect Barack Obama's top choice to lead the U.S. Department of Homeland Security is Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano, CNN reported on Wednesday, citing multiple sources. The Democratic governor, a supporter and campaigner for Obama's presidential campaign, had been reported to be on a short list of people to fill cabinet posts in the new administration. CNN also reported that Chicago businesswoman Penny Pritzker was Obama's pick for commerce secretary. Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2135102/posts#comment Thu, 20 Nov 2008 04:59:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2123301/posts Barack Obama's audacity is a grave concern for anyone troubled by the Wall Street meltdown. Sen. Obama continues to support Penny Pritzker -- the disgraced billionaire hotel heiress who helped sink a major bank that used subprime mortgage machinations -- as she helps fund his crusade. Ms. Pritzker is the finance chairwoman overseeing Obama's fundraising and a "bundler" who has pledged to personally raise between $200,000 and $500,000 for him. She has contributed nearly $500,000 to Democrat candidates and political action committees since 2000, reports The Washington Times. Pritzker, among Forbes magazine's 2008 richest Americans with a net worth of... Pittsburgh Tribune Review http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2123301/posts#comment Mon, 3 Nov 2008 10:59:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2120502/posts John W. Courtney's world collapsed at dinnertime on a Friday in July 2001. That's when he learned from a television newscast that much of the $200,000 that he had saved from his construction job over a 30-year period was lost when his Chicago-area bank was shut down after pursuing a failed strategy of subprime loans. Seven years later, the Vietnam War veteran has yet to recoup $85,000 of his uninsured losses from Superior Bank's failure. And he watches in disbelief as one of the bank's former top officials, billionaire hotel heiress Penny Pritzker, leads the record-breaking fundraising machine of Democratic... The Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2120502/posts#comment Fri, 31 Oct 2008 08:38:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2118305/posts John W. Courtney's world collapsed at dinnertime on a Friday in July 2001. That's when he learned from a television newscast that much of the $200,000 that he had saved from his construction job over a 30-year period was lost when his Chicago-area bank was shut down after pursuing a failed strategy of subprime loans. Seven years later, the Vietnam War veteran has yet to recoup $85,000 of his uninsured losses from Superior Bank's failure. And he watches in disbelief as one of the bank's former top officials, billionaire hotel heiress Penny Pritzker, leads the record-breaking fundraising machine of Democratic... Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2118305/posts#comment Wed, 29 Oct 2008 09:40:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2108537/posts Never more prophetic words have been written in recent months than those by Jennifer Rubin, who concluded in a September 13, 2008, Pajamas Media article … the monies doled out through the Woods Fund to these groups, including [Bill] Ayers own Annenberg Challenge, helped cement Obama’s political relationships and bond with key players in Chicago. The Real Barack Obama http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2108537/posts#comment Sat, 18 Oct 2008 01:19:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2103871/posts Here is a list of friends of Obama.....Penny Pritzker is Obama's Campaign FINANCE Manager.....do the research on her and Superior Bank....needs more exposure...pass it around ACORN... Obama gave them $800,000 this year? Alinsky, Saul.....Obama is a follower of Alinsky Auchi, Nadhmi... lent Obama over $3 million Ayers, William Weather Underground unrepentent terrorist Bean, Terrence ....raised 50-100K - once controlled the biggest producer of gay porn in America. Chandoo, Muhammad Hasa College roommate #1 from Pakistan Communist Party of USA ....ENDORSED Obama Davidson, Carl .....SDS Member, associated with Chicago’s “New Party” - felt Dem party was TOO centrist Davis, Frank Marshall......Mentor... multiple http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2103871/posts#comment Sun, 12 Oct 2008 17:20:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2098964/posts Video of Obama in his own words from various interviews regarding Chicago Annenburg Challenge and who hired him. Bill Ayers, infact, Ayers built the foundation with a 50 Mill grant then hired Obama, the ACORN community Organization attorney (Obama) to run it. It was one of his only job resume points he pointed to while running for US Senate. nakedemperornews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2098964/posts#comment Mon, 6 Oct 2008 21:07:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2095849/posts We are all now focused on Obama's financial industry bedfellows, who are running his campaign. Here is a story that the main street media (aka Obama protective press) will not cover. His national chairperson, senior advisor on economic issues, and close personal friend rumored for a cabinet post or senior advisor in an Obama White House is Penny Pritzker. • Penny Pritzker through her development of Superior Bank utilizing accounting firm of Ernst & Young and close personal business relationship with Merrill Lynch developed and pioneered the securitization of sub-prime/predatory loans. Using Pritzker reputation convinced rating agencies to give junk... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2095849/posts#comment Thu, 2 Oct 2008 16:16:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2091744/posts Today's banking crisis demonstrates that keeping our banks safe is the President's highest responsibility. If our banks are collapsing, we can't pay our bills, and our government can't fund health care, fight wars to defend us, rebuild our roads, or make our cities safe from hurricanes and other natural disasters. Franklin Roosevelt's first "fireside chat" famously began, "I want to talk for a few minutes with the people of the United States about banking." Our next President's first words to the nation are also likely to be "about banking." So which man do we want to be talking to us... The American Spectator http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2091744/posts#comment Sat, 27 Sep 2008 14:19:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2087243/posts OBAMA'S MONEY CZAR OWNS HOTEL HOSTING AHMADINEJAD Penny Pritzker, national finance chair of Barack Obama's presidential campaign, is the owner of the Hyatt, the hotel hosting the genocidal Hitler wannabee, Ahmadinejad. This is the latest in an assault on Israel and Jewish Americans. Obama and co. strong armed and bullied the craven organizers of the Anti-Ahmadinejad rally to disinvite Pro-Israel supporter Sarah Palin. Clearly Obama's chief fundraiser could refuse to host the Ahmadinejad at her hotel. Instead, she has rolled out the red carpet. It was bad enough that Obama would not send someone to represent him at the anti-Ahmadinejad... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2087243/posts#comment Sun, 21 Sep 2008 20:23:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2086795/posts Most important was corruption and mismanagement at the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (Freddie Mac), which together controlled 90 percent of the secondary mortgage market. Fannie and Freddie went broke because they bought billions of dollars worth of subprime mortgages, on which borrowers defaulted when the housing bubble popped. Fannie bought most of its bad mortgages from Countrywide Financial, whose CEO, Angelo Mozilo, gave sweetheart loans to senior executives of Fannie Mae. Fannie and Freddie cooked their books so senior executives would be paid millions of dollars in bonuses to which they... Toledo Blade http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2086795/posts#comment Sun, 21 Sep 2008 00:00:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2086352/posts For the Pritzker family of Chicago, the 2001 collapse of subprime-mortgage lender Superior Bank was an embarrassing failure in a corner of their giant business empire. Billionaire Penny Pritzker helped run Hinsdale, Ill.-based Superior, overseeing her family's 50% ownership stake. She now serves as Barack Obama's national campaign-finance chairwoman, which means her banking past could prove to be an embarrassment to her -- and perhaps to the campaign. Superior was seized in 2001 and later closed by federal regulators. Government investigators and consumer advocates have contended that Superior engaged in unsound financial activities and predatory lending practices. Ms. Pritzker, a... WSJ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2086352/posts#comment Sat, 20 Sep 2008 03:50:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2086099/posts ABC News' Imtiyaz Delawala Reports: Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin warned against Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's pursuit of nuclear weapons for a "second holocaust," while blaming "Democrat partisans" for forcing rally organizers to withdraw her invitation to speak before an anti-Iran protest in New York next week. "John McCain and I are committed to drawing attention to the danger posed by Iran's nuclear program and we will not waver in our commitment," Palin told a crowd of 9,000 supporters in Blaine, MN. "I will continue to call for sustained action to prevent Iranian President Ahmadinejad from getting these weapons that he... ABC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2086099/posts#comment Fri, 19 Sep 2008 20:28:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2084495/posts ...Penny Pritzker, Obama's national finance chair was, with her family, the half owner of Superior Bank, which was shut down in 2001 by the FDIC after it had lost nearly all of its more than $2 billion of assets on bad loans to high-risk borrowers, federal regulators said. Pritzker has avoided media attention over the past week as reporters covering the Obama campaign sought comment on the Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac debacle. Pritzker also served as finance chair for Obama's Senate run, and supported him during his time in the Illinois state legislature. One reason Pritzker may have been... American Spectator http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2084495/posts#comment Wed, 17 Sep 2008 18:29:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2086228/posts Mike Reagan declared the runaway government bailout of Wall Street at taxpayers expense a "ROBBERY!" Los Angeles, Ca. - On his nationally syndicated radio show Reagan declared that the "Democrats Franklin Raines, Jim Johnson, Jamie Gorelick, Penny Pritzker, Chris Dodd and Barney Frank, are robbing the American taxpayer, and Republicans in the House and Senate had been tapped to drive the getaway car. In a political system where well paid Democrat operatives can enrich themselves at the expense of the American people with zero downside, there is no incentive to behave properly, when the taxpayer will bail you out. Enough... The Michael Reagan Show http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2086228/posts#comment Sat, 20 Sep 2008 00:24:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2085936/posts I’m sure this isn’t the Penny Pritzker Obama knows and all, but it sure doesn’t look good to have her around anymore. Senator Barack Obama’s campaign faces a potential controversy over finance chairwoman Penny Pritzker’s past association with Superior Bank, which failed and was seized by regulators in 2001. “Billionaire Penny Pritzker helped run Hinsdale, Ill.-based Superior, overseeing her family’s 50% ownership stake,” John R. Emshwiller writes for The Wall Street Journal. “She now serves as Barack Obama’s national campaign-finance chairwoman, which means her banking past could prove to be an embarrassment to her — and perhaps to the campaign.”... Beltway Snark http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2085936/posts#comment Fri, 19 Sep 2008 16:33:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2083596/posts Obama’s Pritzker Problem September 16, 2008 Incorporated into today’s post—Obama’s Finance Chair Failed Bank Owner Penny Pritzker—Uppity Woman reposted her April 3, 2008, article on Penny Pritzker and the failed Superior Bank. Be sure to read it. However, not to be outdone, RBO is posting below our April 3, 2008, piece, “Obama’s subprime problem”. Also see Dan Riehl’s July 22, 2008, post Penny Pritzker: It Gets Worse? h/t Bessie On a list of ten questions he’d like Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) to answer, author and political analyst Earl Ofari Hutchinson recently listed the following as number 6: The head of... The Real Barack Obama http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2083596/posts#comment Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:28:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049340/posts For the Pritzker family of Chicago, the 2001 collapse of subprime-mortgage lender Superior Bank was an embarrassing failure in a corner of their giant business empire. Billionaire Penny Pritzker helped run Hinsdale, Ill.-based Superior, overseeing her family's 50% ownership stake. She now serves as Barack Obama's national campaign-finance chairwoman, which means her banking past could prove to be an embarrassment to her -- and perhaps to the campaign. Superior was seized in 2001 and later closed by federal regulators. Government investigators and consumer advocates have contended that Superior engaged in unsound financial activities and predatory lending practices. Ms. Pritzker, a... Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049340/posts#comment Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:48:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048817/posts For the Pritzker family of Chicago, the 2001 collapse of subprime-mortgage lender Superior Bank was an embarrassing failure in a corner of their giant business empire. Billionaire Penny Pritzker helped run Hinsdale, Ill.-based Superior, overseeing her family's 50% ownership stake. She now serves as Barack Obama's national campaign-finance chairwoman, which means her banking past could prove to be an embarrassment to her -- and perhaps to the campaign. Superior was seized in 2001 and later closed by federal regulators. Government investigators and consumer advocates have contended that Superior engaged in unsound financial activities and predatory lending practices. Ms. Pritzker, a... WSJ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048817/posts#comment Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:52:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2007985/posts Obama's subprime pal PENNY PRITZKER Finance chief's bank failed in 2001, costing 1,400 customers some of their savings April 28, 2008 BY ABDON M. PALLASCH Political Reporter/apallasch@suntimes.com White House hopeful Barack Obama talks a lot on the campaign trail about how failing banks have used subprime loans to victimize customers. "Part of the reason we got a current mortgage crisis has to do with the fact that people got suckered in to loans that they could not pay," he told a crowd in Reading, Pa., last week. "There were a lot of predatory loans that were given out, a lot... Chicago Sun-Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2007985/posts#comment Mon, 28 Apr 2008 12:23:55 GMT