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Barack Obama's Accomplishments - Chicago Housing
The Virginian
2008-07-05 16:51:00
Belmont Club: Community OrganizerBinyamin Appelbaum of the Boston Globe describes how Chicago proved that it is actually possible to build a perpetual motion — ahem — perpetual money machine. The formula is as follows: take one large batch of community activists, add programs to create massive amounts of low cost housing, add public subsidies and stand back!The squat brick buildings of Grove Parc Plaza, in a dense neighborhood that Barack Obama represented for eight years as a state senator, hold 504 apartments subsidized by the federal government for people who can’t afford to live anyw

Tom Hayden and Progressives for Obama on the Iraq pivot
Bill Baar's West Side
2008-07-05 09:51:00
From Tom Hayden at Progressives for Obama, Obama's position, which always left a trail of unasked questions, now plants a seed of doubt, justifiably, among the peace bloc of American voters who harbor a legacy of betrayals beginning with Lyndon Johnson's 1064 pledge of "no wider war" through Richard Nixon's "secret plan for peace" to Ronald Reagan's Iran-Contra scandal and the deep complicity of Democrats in the evolution of the Iraq War.It is difficult to understand Obama's motivation. Perhaps it is his lifetime success at straddling positions and disarming potential opponents. Perhaps it is

Obama's "sweetheart" mortgage: Was the competing lender Broadway Bank'
Colecurtis The McCain Monitor
2008-07-04 22:48:00
I've had two days (with a 12 1/2 hour workday in between) to ponder Major Garrett's Fox News' Bourbon Room blog post. It leaves a lot of questions unanswered.Two days ago the Washington Post published an article stating that the Obamas received a discount on their mortgage when they purchased their Kenwood mansion in 2005. Obama told the Chicago Tribune that financially it was "a stretch" to buy the stately home, so in stepped Barack Obama's pal of more than a decade, since-convicted political fixer Antoin "Tony" Rezko, through his wife Rita, to purchase the garden lot on the south end of the

Governor Blagojovich: "I have nothing to fear but the truth"
Dr. X's Free Associations
2008-07-04 21:17:41
That's what he said. It's about 50 seconds into this heated exchanged over his Rezko troubles. Housekeeping is probably making up another bed in the Governor's Suite at the Illinois politician's wing in the federal pen right now.

Rod Blagojevich - in a State of Denial or Just Gone Crazy
Samaritans Scalawags Scoundrels & Fleecing the Sheep
2008-07-04 17:22:06
Perhaps someone needs to give Illinois Governor, Rod Blagojevich, a wake-up call and a psychological test afterwards! Is the Governor is denial or has he just gone crazy after all these years of Illinois Democrat power strangleholds' The Governor has been interviewed by the Feds numerously over his connections with Tony Rezko. His name came

Is Valerie Jarrett the next person under the bus and not the woman Obama knew'
Blue Grass, Red State
2008-07-04 14:07:00
The Boston Globe recently had an amazing report on the status of federal low-income housing in Barrack Obama's former state Senate district in Illinois. In it you will find some familiar names, like Tony Rezko, as people associated with Obama that made millions from Federal Housing subsidies but later allowed the properties to fall into disrepair even though they were still being paid to maintain the properties. Valerie Jarrett is a senior adviser to Obama's presidential campaign and a member of his finance committee. She is the chief executive of Habitat Co., which managed Grove Parc Plaza fr

A Fine Kettle of Fish
The Political Hotwire - Political Forum - World Politics & Current Events
2008-07-04 14:04:21
Kamau Rashidi Kambon...remember that name. In April, The Independent Weekly (an independent newspaper from NC that gives news from the "liberal" perspective) endorsed Senator Barack Obama for President. U.S. President and Congress: Elections: Our Endorsements: Independent Weekly: Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill (http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content'oid=oid%3A256724) I have yet to hear Obama reject and renounce that endorsement. Have you' In 1999, The Independent Weekly presented Professor Kambon its Citizen Award. Professor Kambon taught at St Augustines College from 1982 until 200

The Biased Record of the Associated Press
Cuba Journal
2008-07-04 12:34:00
JG: Not only is the AP biased on their Obama reporting, when it comes to the issue of Cuba they consistently issue biased reports. There are some reporters who are objective, but they are a minority.The Carpetbagger ReportWhen the AP takes sidesPosted July 3rd, 2008 at 11:05 amShare This | Spotlight | PermalinkIn March, at a conference of the nation’s newspaper editors, two of the Associated Press’ top political reporters greeted John McCain with a box of Dunkin’ Donuts. One of the reporters was careful to get McCain his favorite kind — “Oh, yes, with sprinkles!” he said — and th

Obama's "sweetheart" mortgage: Was the competing lender Broadway Bank'
Marathon Pundit
2008-07-04 10:27:00
I've had two days (with a 12 1/2 hour workday in between) to ponder Major Garrett's Fox News' Bourbon Room blog post. It leaves a lot of questions unanswered.Two days ago the Washington Post published an article stating that the Obamas received a discount on their mortgage when they purchased their Kenwood mansion in 2005. Obama told the Chicago Tribune that financially it was "a stretch" to buy the stately home, so in stepped Barack Obama's pal of more than a decade, since-convicted political fixer Antoin "Tony" Rezko, through his wife Rita, to purchase the garden lot on the south end of the

Will Blago Throw Obama Under The Bus'
Advance Indiana
2008-07-04 09:27:00
Following the conviction of political fixer Tony Rezko on 16 of 24 counts of corruption, speculation has turned to whom U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald will indict next in his ongoing investigation of political corruption in Illinois. Much of the focus has been on Gov. Rod Blagojevich, particularly in the wake of news that he had been interviewed on several occasions by federal investigators. Pressed by reporters yesterday about being a target, Blagojevich suggested he was no closer to Rezko than Sen. Barack Obama or Attorney General Lisa Madigan:"Tony Rezko is a friend who helped me. He help

B.O. Fails Sen Kerry Test
SNAKE HUNTERS
2008-07-04 09:27:00
Raymond S Kraft Just four years ago, Senator John Kerry strode onstage at the Democrat National Convention and declared, "I'm John Kerry, and I'm reporting for duty." In the course of the contest between Kerry and Bush, John Kerry and the Democrats set up the John Kerry Test for Presidential Qualification, one which George W. Bush could only fail, one which only John Kerry could pass. There are three points to the test: One: To be qualified to be president, a candidate must have military service. Two: Active duty service in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, or Coast Guard, in a wa

News Briefing 04-JULY-2008
Pine River World News
2008-07-04 07:48:00
I'm about an hour late in posting today's News Briefing - my apologies. I didn't oversleep or anything like that, but I started reading some foreign press reports and lost track of the time.- - -Today is Independence Day here in the United States - and many of my American readers are beginning a 3-day weekend. As for me, aside from watching fireworks tonight I will be staying close to home. For those of you "on the road" have a safe journey - and to everyone I wish you a pleasant holiday.- - - Wisconsin News - - -Kagen working on plan for rising fuel costsThe Daily News, Rhinelander 03-JUL-200

Blagojevich's walls-closing-in air-getting-thin press conference
Bill Baar's West Side
2008-07-04 07:31:00
From the ST, At first, Blagojevich answered the questions as he had in the past. "Tony Rezko is a friend who helped me. He helped Sen. [Barack] Obama. He helped [Illinois Attorney General] Lisa Madigan. . . . He helped all kinds of political figures," Blagojevich said.But when told by a reporter that -- unlike the governor -- neither Madigan nor Obama, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, has been questioned by federal authorities about Rezko, Blagojevich seemed to suggest the reporter might be wrong."We don't know that about the other people," he said. "And let me simply say I kno

Blagojevich's walls-closing-in air-getting-thin press conference
ILLINOIZE
2008-07-04 07:20:00
From the ST, At first, Blagojevich answered the questions as he had in the past. "Tony Rezko is a friend who helped me. He helped Sen. [Barack] Obama. He helped [Illinois Attorney General] Lisa Madigan. . . . He helped all kinds of political figures," Blagojevich said.But when told by a reporter that -- unlike the governor -- neither Madigan nor Obama, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, has been questioned by federal authorities about Rezko, Blagojevich seemed to suggest the reporter might be wrong."We don't know that about the other people," he said. "And let me simply say I kno

Rezko Fallout Continues
Dr. X's Free Associations
2008-07-04 02:37:59
Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich feeling the heat. Details

Obama and Rezko Come Up as Gov. Blagojevich gets heated with reporters:
Newsalert
2008-07-03 20:06:00
The Chicago Sun-Times reports:Gov. Blagojevich angrily denied being a target of a federal corruption investigation, calling questions about the matter “ridiculous,” “absurd” and “stupid.”The heated exchange between the governor and reporters overshadowed what was supposed to be a feel-good news conference about Blagojevich beefing up gas-pump inspections statewide. Reporters surrounded the governor afterward, peppering him with questions about political fund-raiser Tony Rezko’s recent criminal convictions and the sway Rezko held in Blagojevich’s administration — a subject at

Obama's ill conceived Iraq policy in flux
PrairiePundit
2008-07-03 19:50:00
Jeff Zeleny, The Caucus:After Senator Barack Obama said Thursday that he might “refine” his Iraq policies after meeting with military commanders there later this summer, he hastily held a second news conference to emphasize that he remains committed to his central proposal for withdrawing all combat troops from Iraq within 16 months of taking office. “I have said throughout this campaign that this war was ill-conceived,” Mr. Obama said. “That it was a strategic blunder and that it needs to come to an end. I have also said that I would be deliberate and careful in how we got out. Tha

Obama's Buddy Tony Rezko. Some News Never gets Old!
Political Forum - US & World Politics Forum
2008-07-03 18:07:16
*_Obamas Association With Rezko._* **-*Obama became associated with Rezko in the 1990's when Rezco Offered Obama A Job of which was...

Rezko violated terms of bail
PrairiePundit
2008-07-03 16:49:00
Chicago Sun-Times:Convicted political fixer Tony Rezko had a hard time following rules -- even simple ones, like when a federal judge told him: Stay home. Twice, Rezko violated the home-confinement terms of his bail, formerly sealed court files show, by making "social calls" -- including last September to the home of former top Cook County official Orlando Jones after Jones committed suicide."FBI agents responding to information regarding the suicide of Rezko's associate Orlando Jones were surprised to find Rezko at the Jones home after Jones' suicide. This was not Rezko's only social call,"

Rezko Fallout: Press Conference Turns Into Gubernatorial Meltdown
Newsalert
2008-07-03 16:24:00
Chicago Public Radio

Any room left under the bus'
Common Sense and Wonder
2008-07-03 15:00:14
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The Obama-Rezko Partnership
Common Sense Junction
2008-07-03 14:30:55
If you've wondered why a conniving crook like Tony Rezko went out of his way to get close to a young man like Barack Obama, you need only look at two factors: Rezko was a real estate developer and Obama was a charismatic black with open access to the poor vulnerable minority populations of Chicago's

Rezko-Blago-Obama-Jones-Auchi-Hussein
illinoisreview
2008-07-03 11:48:48
Secrets revealed this week about Governor Blagojevich's million dollar fundraiser, convicted and now-imprisoned Tony Rezko indicate just how entangled and influential he has been in Illinois political circles . . . and how much more there is untold and unrevealed...

Obama’s Sweetheart Deals - Living in Glass Houses or House of Cards
Liberally Conservative
2008-07-03 09:31:13
Tony Rezko and "Friends of Angelo" have made recent news and many Democrats have only been slightly smeared by the events. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid got caught temporarily and while Republicans lost office and marched off to jail it took months for William Jefferson to get indicted and Democrats allowed him to stay in office

Secrets from the Rezko files: violated bail terms and had a net worth of $53 million
Newsalert
2008-07-03 09:04:00
The Chicago Sun-Times reports:Convicted political fixer Tony Rezko had a hard time following rules -- even simple ones, like when a federal judge told him: Stay home.Twice, Rezko violated the home-confinement terms of his bail, formerly sealed court files show, by making "social calls" -- including last September to the home of former top Cook County official Orlando Jones after Jones committed suicide.» Click to enlarge imageTony Rezko (right); Orlando Jones (inset).(Sun-Times files)"FBI agents responding to information regarding the suicide of Rezko's associate Orlando Jones were surprised

29 days and counting--Gov. Blagojevich still hasn't returned his Rezko cash
Marathon Pundit
2008-07-03 08:51:00
The Illinois Republican Party sent me an e-mail yesterday:It's been 28 days (now 29) since Rod Blagojevich's pal and top fundraiser Tony Rezko was convicted on charges of swindling Illinois' taxpayers and the question voters are still asking: Will Rod Blagojevich give back the $1.4 million Tony Rezko raised for his campaign fund'Meanhwhile, the drums of impeachment are getting louder.Related post:Obama meets with Dem govs in Chicago--Blagojevich downstateIll. House Speaker circulating papers on impeachment of governor Great orator Obama silent on Illinois Rezko fallout Technorati tags: politic

Rezko Files Reveal More Dirty Secrets
Advance Indiana
2008-07-03 08:43:00
According to new documents uncovered by the Sun-Times from the Tony Rezko corruption trial, Rezko had a difficult time following rules on the terms of his home confinement. One example involved the suicide death of Orlando Jones, a former top Cook County official, last September. The Sun-Times reports that FBI officials were stunned to discover Rezko at the Jones' residence shortly after the suicide:"FBI agents responding to information regarding the suicide of Rezko's associate Orlando Jones were surprised to find Rezko at the Jones home after Jones' suicide. This was not Rezko's only social

John McCain: Obama wrong on Colombia, FARC, Ayers, Dohrn, and American Interests in General
. . . With Both Hands
2008-07-03 08:21:00
John McCain returned from Colombia and three Americans and a Colombian Presidential candidate held by Marxist FARC terrorists fro six years were freed by Columbia's military with American assistance.Senator Obama is wrong on America's Free Trade Agreement with Colombia, which is fighting Venezuela's dictator Hugo Chavez for the liberty of South American democracies - Ecuador, Bolivia, Paraguay, and Brazil are all in danger from Chavez's ambitions for a Marxist Continent.William Ayers has been and continues to be an influence on Obama. Ayers has a long history with Chavez.From American Thinker:

WaPo Getting Pummeled On Obama Home Loan Story
Free Democracy
2008-07-03 06:43:00
by kravitz - Tue Jul 01, 2008 at 10:33:40 PM PDTAppearing in tomorrow's paper is a piece by Joe Stephens titled "Obama Got Discount on Home Loan" which is already being torn apart. It hasn't even made its way to press.The campaign released the loan documents.Basically, the writer seems to find an issue with the 5.625 rate the Obamas got from Northern Trust to mortgage their house.And of course, Rezko is mentioned. Though he has no relation to the story. Dang, even less to report! As if that stops Stephens from bringing it up...Take a look at the comments. The story is being debunked in a very

Obama Got Sweet Deal
Dan Cirucci
2008-07-03 06:07:00
From Investor's Business Daily:Yet another Democrat's sweetheart mortgage deal is exposed — and this time it's the party's standard bearer. What could Sen. Barack Obama do for a lender in exchange for more than $100,000' Plenty.Read More: Election 2008Obama, presumptive Democratic presidential nominee from Illinois and self-styled man of the people, lives in a mansion described by the Washington Post as featuring "six bedrooms, four fireplaces, a four-car garage and 5 1/2 baths, including a double steam shower and a marble powder room . . . a wine cellar, a music room, a library, a solarium,

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Secrets from the Rezko files
Chicago Sun-Times
2008-07-03 06:00:00
The Watchdogs: Convicted political fixer Tony Rezko had a hard time following rules -- even simple ones, like when a federal judge told him: Stay home. Twice, Rezko violated the home-confinement terms of his bail, formerly sealed court files show, by making "social calls" -- including last September to the home of former top Cook County official Orlando Jones after Jones committed suicide.

Clout Corner: Inside the Halls of Power
Chicago Sun-Times
2008-07-03 06:00:00
Rezko witness Levine sells home for $2 million profit

Influence peddler Levine ends 33-year marriage
Chicago Sun-Times
2008-07-02 06:00:00
Stuart P. Levine, the Republican influence peddler who helped bring down Tony Rezko, got divorced Tuesday in Cook County Circuit Court. Levine's wife, Sheri, sued to end the couple's 33-year marriage two weeks ago, shortly after her husband testified about his "secret life" -- doing cocaine, crystal methamphetamine and other drugs with several male companions at all-night parties in hotel rooms.

Rezko witness, wife divorce
The Chicago Tribune
2008-07-02 00:58:00
The government's star witness at the corruption trial of political fixer Antoin "Tony" Rezko was quietly divorced Tuesday, Linda Kagan, his former wife's attorney, confirmed.

Star witness against Rezko divorces
ABC7 Chicago
2008-07-01 17:59:25
The wife of Stuart Levine has been granted a divorce.

Divorce For Wife Of Star Witness In Rezko Trial
CBS2 Chicago
2008-07-01 17:27:03
The wife of a star witness in the successful prosecution of political fundraiser Tony Rezko has been granted a divorce.

Levine's Wife Files For Divorce
WBBM Chicago
2008-07-01 17:25:00
The government's star witness at the corruption trial of alleged political fixer Antoin ``Tony'' Rezko was quietly divorced Tuesday, his former wife's attorney confirmed.

Wife Of Star Witness In Rezko Case Granted Divorce
NBC5 Chicago
2008-07-01 14:56:39
Sheri Levine filed for and was immediately granted a divorce from Stuart Levine on Tuesday in Cook County Circuit Court. Get the latest Chicago-area news when and where you want it! Go to www.NBC5.com for more headlines.