Posted on 01/07/2018 1:54:39 AM PST by Freedom of Speech Wins
As President Barack Obama gets set to travel to Copenhagen Thursday night to make the case that Chicago should host the 2016 Olympics, good government groups are torn over how to handle the presidential sales pitch.
After all, the moneyed interests behind Chicago’s bid — who bundled nearly $2 million for Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign — are hard to ignore and they raise the specter of influence-peddling that reformists are dedicated to fighting.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/01/chicago-olympic-committee_n_306135.html
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This seemed to be the most important article I could spot on a quick glance of a search.
What are the legal issues and possible ramifications here?
If I recall you had Chicago going ape over and Olympic bid and Barry winning a Nobel Peace Prize for nothing.
IIRC loop enterprise is partly run by Craig Robinson, Brother of Michelle
They also paid The future Senator Burrel(sp) 5,000 a month. Partly as pay for help in a pay to play case in Pennsylvania.
The Obama house (held in name of a lawyer) was probably bought by his family trust as an investment. It is within the boundary of the area that was to be used for the olympics.
Chicago Olympic Committee Members Bundled Nearly $ 2 Million for Obama>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
I hope they used a red hot metal shoe horn to wedge it up his liberal fascist a$$.
The Quintessential Liberal Fascist:
http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html
“Chicago is OUT?” —CNN newsreader when Olympic Cmte took Chicago out of the running for the Olympiad.
In Portland OR if I remember right an Air America, or some kind of prog talk station, changed to a sports format
since that makes money.Ironically enough on the same day the station ran a game where one team was coached by Moochelle’s brother.
The entire regime was corrupt from word one.
Obama and his Nobel Prize gives the depth.
Keep in mind the drain must be incremental.
I have been up for a bit, signing off.
Research from years ago on Burris and Loop
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2160983/posts
Link to Chicago Crime thread from there.
I eBayed one of those orange shirts they were all wearing. Slightly tear-stained, no doubt.
I loved watching Chicago lose that bid. Can you imagine how much money the JEF would have made on that deal?
It’s amazing that this appeared in the Huffington Post.
Agree!
He was head basketball coach at Oregon State, right.
Article on the 1997 founding of Loop Capital Markets by James Reynolds and Albert Grace Jr..
Description of Albert Grace Jr.’s wife Cheryl Pearson-McNeil who is a Senior Vice President at Neilsen which influences television programs:
https://thegrio.com/2012/01/28/2012-cheryl-pearson-mcneil/
Picture of the couple:
http://www.chicagosplash.com/2016/11/03/ever-cheryl-pearson-mcneil-albert-r-grace-jr
And here is a 2012 article showing major progress, growth by the firm:
Loop Capital in on Apple issuing bonds:
http://appleinsider.com/articles/16/03/18/apple-issues-35b-three-part-bond-in-return-to-us-market
The Oprah lost a lot of money buying up potential Olympic properties in Chicago.
Loop Capital analyst commenting on Facebook initiatives to fight the spread of “ fake news”
Generally speaking, if you take money from people in Chicago and fail to deliver, you’re in deep doo.
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