Obama Scant on Details the Day of Rezko Trial

He should answer questions but …today I as American citizen want to talk about my healthcare, my future being effected by Iraq, my parents being taken care of later on…social security, etc…
If I was Hillary I would probably want this to be the topic all day…along with the false reports about NAFTA.
This nasty stuff all piled on the last day I hope is transparent to regular Americans.

Enough of tony rezko stories already probably we all should turn blind eyes to hillary clinton cheap shot on obama trying to gain political points. And it’s obvious barack is whooping her butt nationally on every issues she need to quit getting upset cause she’s loosing on every level now.

The media has helped Obama develop a larger-than-life image. He has not been asked the really tough questions nor received the rough approaches and derogatory statements that McCain and Clinton and earlier candidates have been subjected to at times. However, Obama can continue to pick and choose the questions he wants to answer and deny any statements that show him in a less than positive image. But ANY candidate who does this type of campaigning for such a high visibility/high responsibility job as the Presidency is sure to meet increasing pressure by voters who simply want answers to issues they find very significant.

DL — welcome to Hillary’s world. The media have been bashing her over the head since Ted Kennedy announced his support. Actually, it started earlier — when college students and overzealous Iowans gave him a cornfield victory. Now, thanks to SNL of all things, they have decided to scrutinize him. Doesn’t feel so good, does it? But this is what is supposed to happen. Spread it around. Don’t just beat up one candidate. Notice how once they laid off of Hillary her poll numbers have gone up.

Poor Abdul. Not seeing the writing on the wall. The media darling is tanking. He has flip-flopped on campaign finance and Nafta and is now evasive on Rezko. The “great divider” is getting some heat, now that the “glow” is wearing off. We should not pick a person for president just because he has the ability to make young girls pass out at pep rallies.

It was fair game to call Hillary Clinton “untrustworthy” in an earlier debate as he took out the Karl Rove playbook. It must not feel very comfortable dealing with questions regarding his 17-year relationship with Rezko. When you live by the sword, you may have to suffer the sword, to paraphrase the cliche. Just think what John McCain and the Republicans plan to do–more of the same.

The press may let Obama walk now, but the Republicans won’t if he’s the nominee. A vote for Obama now means a McCaine presidency once they’re done with this connection. Obama acts like Mr.Entitled, entitled to live in a home he can’t afford, entitled to not answer questions he doesn’t deem appropriate. The charges against Rezko may not have anything to do with Obama, but Obama’s long relationship with Rezko does have very much to do Obama’s willingness to hang with sleaze to get where he wants to go.

Every Obama worshiper blames Hillary Clinton for Obama’s 17 year relationship with a crooked businessman. Why is that? How is it Hillary Clinton’s fault?

Hey you Obama supporters did it ever occur to you that maybe the republicans started this,but then again any you prefer to balme Hillary for this..Just once stick your head out of the kool-aid bowl and see how things are in the real world..If you think its abd now wait till the republican scum machine starts..now that the heat is on the worlds messiah it really feels bad,right.Well get used to it because the s..t hasn`t started flying yet..You folks are so overcome by the Voodoo crap that you hate to see the high priest falling off his throne..Wait once the fireworks start all of you will have to run for cover becAUSE all these slip ups are darn good ammunition for the republicans..Relax and enjoy the bumpy ride and while you doing this bring the kool aid as you will need it…hahaaahhhahahhaaha..phhhhhhh

Obama has always claimed that he didn’t know Rezco was under investigation when he did the land deal–which is denying any guilt.
Obama now calls it a bone headed mistake–which is admitting guilt.
Of course…that’s the problem with all of this… Obama says two opposite things and people don’t call him on it.
One is a lie one is the truth…it can’t be both.
Any talk about the Clinton machine is “silly.” Honestly, lets have the truth about the front runner without everyone blaming the Clinton machine. I swear Obama supporters see the Clinton machine in their own shadows.

ROB,
I think they are trying to get to the bottom of all this. That’s why Resko is in court today picking a jury. Obama may be called to testify. Most answers are yet to come.

Not violating any legal principals…is different than making a moral decision.
Also, not violating any legal principals…is different from telling the truth. That’s the problem with running as you are better than everyone.

Did I read this correctly that Rezko’s wife purchased the lot next door for $650.000 but after couple of months sold it to Obama for only $104,500. who will sales a lot for only 104.500 after paying over half million dollars. This sound like a payoff to me. Someone help me understand……………………………………………..“In June 2005, Obama and his wife, Michelle, purchased a large home on Chicago’s South Side. The owners of the property wanted to sell both the house and the adjacent lot as a package deal, but the Obamas didn’t want to buy the extra land. Obama consulted his friend Rezko, who had once lived in the same neighborhood. In transactions that closed at the same meeting on the same day, Obama bought the house for $1.65 million—$300,000 less than the sellers had originally asked—and Rezko’s wife, Rita, bought the lot next door for $625,000. Several months later Rita Rezko sold the Obamas a strip of the vacant lot for $104,500. Several months after that, Tony Rezko was indicted by the Feds on the unrelated charges.
Obama has said he negotiated a fair price for the house, got no help from Rezko in buying it and paid market value for the strip of land he later bought from the Rezkos. But critics have said the deal left the impression that Obama had allowed himself to become beholden to an operator known for cozying up to pols.

Yeah I said…he has to answer but this …today…is not about the answers…this is about four state primaries tomorrow…and a kitchen sink to stop a great candidate who beat Hillary on tone and merits.

DL – is the potential for “dirt” so painful that you cannot do a google search? i had never heard of the FBI mole thing until just now. There is coverage of it in legitimate sites — like the Chicago Sun Times and Salon.com.

Obama has had this whole season to answer these questions.
It’s about time the press has tried to make him answer all of these questions. Today…is better than tomorrow. There are MANY more questions to ask…about MANY different topics.

dl its called a newspaper,for those adults concerned about the issues in this country,we read them and now that its the age of the computer we can even get daily updates on Rezkos trial.And guess what we can get that information from Illinois news papers.According to articles in the Illinois press lately Obamas name will be coming up alot.

tony your inference was that revealed something about Obama…

Im sorry are we forgeting REZCO picture with Clintons.

Honestly, I think Clinton is stronger in the general. At least for every negative thing someone can bring up, there are good things to point too also from the Clinton years.
The Republicans and Independents will have a field day with Michelle Obama’s statement about not being proud of America…and tie it to Obama’s connection and praise of Ayers…and how he wouldn’t wear a flag pin.
We cannot have a President who is ashamed of America. WAKE UP DEMOCRATS!

Damm I wish I could get $300,000 knocked off the cost of a mansion.
You and I know “You’ve gotta have Friends”.
Come Clean Obama, you’ve been told this
before regarding Rezko.
His platform has so many sinkholes, I think he is about to crash.

The reason there were no new answers is that he told the truth the first time….sheesh…The Chicago papers have been all over this for years now. If they had a smoking gun, it would have been gleefully reported ad nauseum by now. This is the only thing the Clinton machine could come up with to use as a smear and they are playing it to the hilt.
Here is some fun Clinton connections for you. Do some looking into Mark Cherry and Bill Clinton. Face it, no one is totally clean in politics because it is not possible. The amounts of money needed to mount a viable campaign results in some people being involved in campaign finances that should not be. It happens. If you go back over the Clinton’s years of campaigning you will find MANY problematic contributors such as Hsu and IPA. Compared to the Clinton machine, Rezko is pretty small stuff.

Just look at that list of recent RADAR posts and check the kind of coverage the already historic front-runner in the Democratic campaign gets. Amazing that ABCnews gets away with it.
The Senator in question has become a world phenomenon by now, for many striking reasons, but here in these blogs people prefer to treat him as just another second choice runner with a big mouth. It’s all about Hillary, the Clintons, Hillary and the Clintons. Amazing how blind a country can be in recognizing its most gifted, passionate and revolutionary politician.
It’s a pretty sad sight but it tells a lot about why the USA appears to be going down instead of going up.

Well in the real world, people have to do something (anything in Obama’s case)to be called gifted, passionate, and revolutionary.
He’s sorta skipped a step–the work.
Maybe we should notify SD that there will be a new face on Rushmore.

Obama, you lost my vote. I will not vote for a hypocrite! Together we can, but you didn’t…

OMG. What a double standard. Hilary got a free pass on her buddy Hsu who is now in jail. Rezko targeted every Chicago politican. The question is did Obama return any favors to Rezko for his donations? By all accounts the answer is no. The Chicago Tribune did a thorough investigation into this and found nothing.

dl – i didnt say that the mole stories found anything against him. in fact, i said they DIDNT indicate anything — but that i had just started reading them. you obama guys are overly defensive.

Disgusting how ABC has sold out to the Clintons and is gleefully bashing Obama. This is non-story that has been thourough investigated over and over. Obama did nothing wrong.

I will vote for Hillary in the primary. If Obama heads off McCain in the general election, I’ll vote McCain. Enough is enough, Obama flip-flop.

So I should vote for Hillary because she has more scandals and dead bodies than Obama???
So who has more to Dig up Her or OBAMA????

Obama better stop running from the press because this is not going to go away, and why is he so shady on the events that Rezko held for him and who was there, I would think that would be a very simple question to answer.

Obama did not answer all the questions that needed to be answered. He walked away. (I guess if not now then maybe when he’s president they might have to impeach him, whichever comes first).
Up until the last debate I was an Obama supporter. Not because he was a phenomenon like a lot of people seem to call him, but because I thought he stood up for the “right” things. But when I heard that his pastor considers Farakan a “great” man, and Obama didn’t once denounce that I realized then that Obama can’t doesn’t stand for what is right. The church that Obama attends teaches racist ideologies against, whites etc. I find this deeply disturbing and unsettling. The pastor and the church and the kinds of teachings that they hold on to show a lot about the character and spiritual values that drive a person’s decisions and outlook in the world. Why hasn’t Obama denounced his pastor’s statement of adulation for Farakn? Why hasn’t Obama renounced his membership from that church? You cannot walk together unless you agree and are of the same mind, and I believe that Obama is of the same mind as this church and its pastor.
I have realized that Obama will say and do anything even if his answer goes against his own conscience just to get votes. It is devious and it is outright dishonest! And I hope that more and more people will begin to see that about this man.

This will hurt Obama more because he came to the public with a message of change, a message where he said he wanted to do thing differently and change politics, but now the public is seeing that all this was just words, all the new way of doing things is sure beginning to look like the old style.

I’m for change alright. I now realize that Obama is not who he claims to be. The Rezko story and his behind the scenes NAFTA flip flop are enough for me. I made the mistake of voting for Jimmy Carter and will not make that mistake again by voting for Obama.

Of course the public has more questions for Obama and are reluctant to believe that he has leveled with us about his relationship with Rezko. In fact, two weeks ago he released previously unknown, important facts that Rezko was the one who dreamed up the scheme enabling him to buy a house that was too expenseive (subdividing one lot into two) and took a walk through of the property prior to the sale.
If he thinks he can get away simply by calling it a “boneheaded” mistake – rather than the seamy, corrupt scheme that it was, then he is “boneheaded”.

What is it with the people who have been trolling Obama for months now claiming they “used to be Obama supporters?” Nobody is fooled.
Also, Jose, Rezko is a Christian. Why do Clinton supporters insist on pushing racist lies?

I think any one who voted for Jimmy Carter deserves Hilary! LOL Just please, keep her to yourself! If Hilary gets nominated you can bet your sweet Hilary I and many other Independents will vote for McCain! Obama is still the best choice, but I see now Obama may be loosing the uneducated back to Hilary, no big loss ;)

After seeing Obama studder while giving evasive answers I have to give McCain credit for how he came out and directly answered the question posed to him.

Its better if the public sees all now, what will happen if they give this guy a chance and then McCain throws this at him, what is he going to walk away or remind us he beat Clinton.
It will be a sad and humiliating day for all democrats if he happens to win the nomination and this Rezko mess blows up, many of us will end up kicking ourselves for being so dumb but sad to say it would be too late to turn back the clock or even think of making another try with another candidate.

Whitewater(hmmmm, that rings a Clinton bell). There has been a time in everyone’s life where they have tried to get ahead, that an investment has not producted what it was initially thought. That all the people we trusted made decisions that affected us directly and sometimes indirectly. We have trusted government to protect us. Many are asking who can protect us from the bureacrates that are getting fat while we are losing our homes. I am waiting to taste a piece of the American pie before someone snatches the spoon out of my mouth. And I don’t mean a silver spoon. I work for everything I have and and fighting hard with odd jobs not to lose it.

So leon pushes the same ‘line’ as Jose.
As I suspected, many of these anti-Obama comments are coming from some fanatical loon, or at least, one comment for each of his multiple personalities.
Rezko isn’t a Muslim. He’s part of the Syrian Orthodox Church, one of the oldest Christian churches in the world.

I want to know why it took an election for Obama to denounce or reject Farrakhan.
Obama in the debate mentioned Farrakhan and his anti-Jewish views. He should have also mentioned Farrakhan’s anti-white stance. Here is a quite from Wiki on Farrakhan: “White people are potential humans — they haven’t evolved yet” in March 2000. This is just one.
I guess this racist is admired in Obama’s church…and through attendance and participation in that church…Obama himself.
Hatred is hatred…and it shouldn’t take an election for it to matter.

SHAME ON YOU, Charles G. & George S.! These statements were actually made on the ABC Nightly News March 3, the night before a key election day. Charles: “Well, I guess your right, he’s(Senator Obama) been thrown off his game plan…” George: “He didn’t have a good week-end, Charlie.” Massive crowds, massive money flowing in, endorsements left and right all weekend and let me tell you about the 5,000 inside the University of Rhode Island fieldhouse the 5,000 outside in the pouring rain and how electric the energy was. But he (again, this is an exact quote) “didn’t have a good weekend” because of these three reasaon stated by Charles-”questions about first saying one thing but saying something else about NAFTA for political expediency, the indictment of a former fundraiser and the red phone ad.” An aide said something so misunderstood there was a FORMAL APOLOGY ISSUED BY THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT, proven not tied to Senator Obama, a smear tactic by Hillary beautifully retorted by Barack. Charles and George, this goes beyond sloppy and loose..it goes to a naked example of how the media needs this horse race to continue to keep the soap opera and blockbuster, money making news ratings going. You both owe an explanation to all of us to maintain a shred of credibility. Or are you both so above the rest of us now why even care?

I have to agree with Independent whoever wants to take a chance with Obama and the WH go for it, but I know this Rezko mess is going to buss wide open and Obama will not have a single answer for what is going to hit him.
On little media session and he was thrown off guard, when this issue comes up in a debate he cant walk off, or say he is busy he will have to give an answer and the entire US and the world will be watching.
If they don’t like the answer he is done and his run for the WH will come crashing down and his place in the senate will soon follow.

This is NEWS today because jury selection started for the Rezco trial.
The trial is estimated to last 3 months aaccording to CNN.
This has nothing to do with the election tomorrow, but rather the trial.

We’ve been talking about the Renko/Obama dealings for weeks now…the fact that Renko has supported/funded Obama over the past 17 years. But what we are not asking is, considering that Renko was broke for some time, who was financially supporting Renko as he funded Obamas political career? There’s no smoke without fire.

Obama didn’t look very presidential during his answer session. I have been to one of his speeches and it was very good (although a little empty) but when he has to address the issue on his own it’s not very good.

If Obama supporters are talking about Norman Hsu…who also raised money for Obama…then they are surely losing this debate!

OBAMA……….Way to many questions unanswered.
I am voting for Hillary. At least I will know what I’m getting.
100% of the U.S. Covered under her health care plan.
Leaders from Countries all over the world know her and admire her.
She is a good protector, a provider, a fighter, and she will WORK.
She will not worry about what people say about her, (and they do say horrible things). But she doesn’t care.
She has millions of dollars, she’s fine for the rest of her life, but she wants to complete her task… to make sure America is covered.
She will do an Awsome job.
Thank you Hillary for all your efforts,
Thank you for taking the job.

When are you idiots ever going to learn? Do you really think changes is going to happen in Washington? The answer is ‘No it isn’t Mr. Obama” Anyone who thinks this rookie can change anything is a complete idiot or is totally delusional.

Obama’s “CHANGE” seems to have lost credibility in his campaign, somewhere between the “talking” and the “doing”. His 17 year relationship with Resko is disgusting! What about the thousands, possibly millions of dollars Resko has gave /raised for Obama’s campaign. You know the old saying, “when you shake hands with the devil.” I guess the end justifys the means.

Louis, Hillary is running for President. She is preparing her taxes which are due on the 15th of April. Do you really think …. well never mind. People who vote for Obama are not thinking clearly. He is not ready, he may be one day, but he is not now. He needs to be under scrutiny for a much greater time than a few months. HECK. Hillary has been bashed for decades and is ok. It’s better to vote for who we know will do the right thing, then later if Obama is still up to the test, he can come back and get hammered again. He should be able to take it. This is the public office for goodness sake.

Get used to this title……President John McCain (brought to you by the warring/slashing/burning/smearing factions of Clinton/Obama). Is this a great country or what? Love it

Could anything be more ironic than Clinton supporters SHOCKED and OUTRAGED over a possible shady real-estate deal?
If these kind of stories moved votes, I wouldn’t have voted for Bill twice!!
Last week her campaign said they would throw the “Kitchen Sink” at Obama, well…. I’m not impressed.

I’m doing the math.
$300,000 off the price on a $1,650,000 house is 18%.
On a $500,000 house it is a savings of $90,000.
If you bought a $200,000 house that would be $36,000 off.
18 cents on the dollar.

Actually, I think Obama has had 2 years to come clean and rid his campaign funds of any dealings. But that is assuming he used good judgement when he did this and used good judgement afterwards. His campaign is about his judgement. Even if he is completely exonerated, his judgement of the whole thing is now in question – including the way he failed to handle the issue with the press today. It is likely that both camps called his judgement into question because he put it out there to be questioned by going negative towards Clinton on her judgement. This is all normal stuff and would not be an issue had he 1) not entered into the deal 2) known that if a deal sounds too good to be true it is 3) handled it as soon as he knew Rezko was under investigation 2 years ago 4) never purchased a strip of land from the adjoining lot knowing it would make that lot unbuildable … the questions being raised now are 1) what did he know 2) when did he know it 3) how many fundraisers 4) were they before or after he knew about the investigation 2 years ago 5) why does he not know or wont admit to how much money was raised 6) why did it take pressure from the press last year to identify funds in his campaign that he said were not related 7) did he meet or know the financial backer for Rezko purchasing the house and lot for him to buy from him at a lower rate 8) did he do favors for Rezko 9) how good can his judgement and mgmt skills really be with the handling of the situation so questionable 10) and the list will continue to build because he was evasive today… voters have a right to know and the media is doing their job vetting regardless of the source… the canadian media was doing their job vetting on the NAFTA issue even though it “looks” like the canadian embassy tried to cover for Obama since they said something different than the media who produced the story, the source, and the evidence that the Obama camp has been denying… he is being vetted and he should be… if he can come out squeaky clean on these issues he might survive the Rep machine… but as the media stated… perception is everything… this has people wondering what he is hiding and what else he might be hiding because of Rezko’s ties to middle eastern fund sources… it looks bad for Obama sad to say… i hope he vets ok but I still want him to be veep to Clinton as a preference

18% in Chicago when Obama bought his house would have been huge and almost unheard of. Of course in today’s market it seems like nothing.

Dogsoldier – No candidate wins without the INDIES and that is why HRC can not prevail … Barack has a substantial support from both INDIES and crossover REPS which she will never get.

Latest polling (that the Obama surrogates say is not accurate) show McCain beating Clinton and Obama. It appears to me the Rep machine may already be warming up since they are the ones benefitting the most and with the reputation of these kinds of dirty tricks. I am going to do a little research and find out which camp mentioned things first unless someone else has already done that to see if it started in McCain’s camp or not?

Lou – I am an Indie among many I know supporting Clinton. I know some Reps supporting her also. The polls show Obama pulled away some of the core yet Clinton is maintaining her numbers. Hence, she must be getting non-Dems.

If Clinton gets the nom, and there is no proof of wrongdoing for Obama, she will rescue him. Just like she rescued him about Farrahkan… because he is a Dem and she is loyal.

The media put Mr. Obama on a pedastal– Maureen Dawd of New York Times called him “the golden boy”…”the blessed child!” He was going to CHANGE everything in Washington, CHANGE the status quo, CHANGE the ways in which we did politics, stop the war in Iraq and bring home our troops–he was supposed end the politcal divisions and to bring the country together into a one big hug fest! He promised a true American peaceable knigdom! So that all this people went crazy with the idea that he was the ture savior of America, the man they’ve been wating for all these years. Most of it was a over-reaction to the enomous destruction of that our country experienced during Bush years. However, Mr. Obama is now begning show he isn’t at like what he was made up to be. He’s a mortal too; he too has faults. He is a product of a very corrupt system of Chicago politics. He’s no lotus that sprnag out of Chicago mud!People don’t realize in the last analysis that all the talk about change was only a “markting ploy.” The media has been hiding the truth about Mr. Obama; now that truth is slowly begnning to come about he’s going to dissapoint lot of people, and consequences could be very desasterous for his political future. May it is too late. I think Mr. Obama wanted pretend that he’s Mr. Clean but he’s not. He says that he’s original, but his speeches are full of borrowed material from MLK, JFK and FDR, not to mention his plagiarizing of Gov. Patrick’s speech. He says he’s against the establishment, but his major support comes from Hollywood and from Washington media establishment; we all know how corrupt Hollywood is and we all know that Washington media gave us Iraq war! Mr. Obama says that he’s not accepting money from special interests groups, but he accepted campaign contributions from lobbyists and special interests groups, for example Mr. Obama received $261,784 from pharmaceuticals/Health Products Industry. (Source: opensecrets.org) Until very recently, Mr. Obama also had habit of accepting private jet travel from America’s large corporations. His long friend and backer Tony Rezko, the slum lord from Chicago who contributed about $140,000 to Obama presidential campaign, just very recently,ABC news reported that Mr. Rezko received about 100 Million worth of housing project deals from the district that Mr. Obama represented. Mr. Rezko has been a long time fried and associate and fund raiser for Mr. Obama’s political career. Mr. Obama donated the money back to charities when the story broke out in Chicago newspapers. “When Sen. Barack Obama decided to buy a stately $1.65 million home last year on Chicago’s South Side, Antoin “Tony” Rezko and his wife wasted no time. The same day the Obamas closed on the house, the Rezkos closed on the purchase of the adjoining vacant lot, which once was the estate’s lush side yard.” Chicago Tribune said. I think lots of interesting information is going come out about Mr. Obama during his buddy Mr. Rezko’s trial.

I work for a large corporation with several offices throughout Ohio. People I talk to say they can hardly stand to turn on the tv because of all of the ads but stories like Rezko and NAFTA dominate the discussions at work and the mo of Obama is slipping away. I actually support McCain but find it interesting.

Be careful Larratta, Obama has a history of pushing the wrong button as he has complained about when questioned about his state voting record.

Tim – it is well known that the Rep machine has been talking about stopping Obama’s momentum by encouraging the Dem fight as long as possible. It helps them unite the Rep party and prepare for the general election. All campaign tactics… no big surprises.
I saw coverage about this weeks ago on Fox and from rep strategists interviewed on CNN and MSNBC. How the Obama camp could not see it coming is beyond me unless they just got overconfident and too involved to read and watch the news. Hopefully they were not so naive as to think it would just go away.

Go to whitehouse.gov and read the biography of William Jefferson Clinton. We had the most prosperous time in this country on nearly all measurable levels. Better economy, more peace, less unemployment, less crime, less poverty. More jobs, more home ownership, record highs across the board. How quickly we forget the prosperity we experienced during the Clinton reigeme because we’ve been under the oppressed Republican administration for so long. Even if she was just First Lady, what she stood for, what they stood for, led to dramatic POSITIVE RESULTS during the previous Clinton Administration. As the old saying goes, behind every good man there is a good woman, and if the prior Clinton presidency is any indication, we can only expect good things to come. ANything would be better than what we’ve had under Bush but with Obama, there are just too many unknowns. Lack of experience, questionable faith and personal relationships with questionable people. And now, he’s chairman of an oversight committee in one of the most volatile regions are military is entrenched in and he’s been too busy politicking to even hold one hearing? And he has the nerve to complain about our soldiers not having the supplies they need. As the Chairman of the Oversight Committee, IT IS HIS JOB to be sure they do have what they need and that things are being handled right but he’s too busy tooting his own horn to care about our soldiers in the field. He can promise all good faith now but actions speak louder than words and negating his own responsibilities as Chairman of the Oversight Committee speaks volumes about his priorities. He’s already been given a job to do and he has completely dropped the ball. Why then, do we think he will do any different as president? OUR SOLDIERS DESERVE BETTER – THEY DESERVE SOMEONE WHO WILL TRULY ACT AS COMMANDER NOT JUST TAKE THE TITLE, THE GLORY, THE CREDIT AND THE PAYCHECK AND NOT DELIVER. SHAME ON OBAMA ON THIS ONE.

When push comes to shove Obama just doesn’t appear to be very presidential. Good speeches but to much deception when he answers questions. He may be a rock star but I’m not sure he’s smarter than a 5th grader.

BTW in case anyone did not see it… Clinton’s town hall tonight in Austin had people in tears and on their feet more than once cheering. I think the momentum shift was already happening without this potential scandal.

Thank you Al Og …. Great insight !!!!

I don’t understand why he blames Hillary every time that he’s guestioned about something that she had nothing to do with.Obama has been friends with this man for over 17 years.Friend means one attached to another by affection or esteem. But i bet he will come back and say he was misquoted.

He’s simply a GREAT SPEAKER! He speaks LIES as well as he speaks in speeches!!!

aprendi – the facts are… there are no multiple Hillary Clinton scandals outstanding and we paid dearly for her to be attacked for years and vetted clean. 80% of Dems dont care about Bill’s sexual exploits.

Hey, willpart08, Canada said nothing about changing NAFTA. Canada is our number one supplier of oil, gas, and electricity, and has been our friend long before World War one. They are our largest trading partner, they already have better environmental and safety legislation and they also have a higher dollar than ours(1.03 as of today). What company in their right mind is going to shift their company north with their higher dollar? The answer: none. So both Obama and Clinton did not point out the real problem to vanishing American jobs, Indian and China is the problem. Where do they stand on each?

Bill Clinton was there for the tsunami victims, Bill Clinton was there for New Orleans, Bill Clinton was there for the 911 families and the victims. Bill Clinton stood tall raising funds to help his fellow human beings, where was Barrack Obama?

Patricia – him blaming Clinton shows his lack of experience with the RNC and not being vetted. They want him to blame her. They want the Dem voters to be divided. Divide and Conquer is their most popular strategy. Check the post I made earlier to a document sharing site where their press release and other documents spell it all out. Clinton knows how to beat the Rep machine and is trying to rescue him but he isnt listening. Voters should be getting a clear picture that she is the best candidate to be our next President of the United States. Even if he is exonerated, he is just not ready… his handling of the situation from 2 years ago through today and his inability to see throught he Rep machine’s ploys proves that. I wish him well in the future if he comes clean.

Clinton’s signs for her campaign say “Smart Change”. This is what she has been trying to convince voters of all along. She is the smart choice for the party, for America, and for the World. She can beat the Rep machine as the nominee. She can rescue him to be veep even after this. No one cares about veep scandals. The voters will vote for a unity ticket if she is the nominee. If he is the nominee the Rep machine will crush him. Vote Smart! Vote Clinton!

.. and how come b o never served in the army… or the navy…. or the airforce?????
GIVE EM HELL, HILLARY!!!!!

I guess that teflon cover-all was
like the emperor’s new clothes ;-)
poor ‘bama…..
in the meantime,
Give ‘em Hell, Hillary!

whatever happened to Dan Quail? LOL i know strange thoughts not enough sleep!

Dianne. It is a fact. It is part of the record of the on-going trial, that Nadhmi Auci, the thew fourth ricchest man in London, he is an Iraqui-billionaire with holdings all over
europe, middle east, etc., that he gave 3.5 million dollars to Rezko. That is only one. The saddest part, though not related to this case, Barack Obama has
received donations from Rezko, and for sure part of it, came from Auchi who has business dealings with Saddam and the leader of Hezbollah that killed
american soldiers and civilians in Israel. Remember that. If you have the chance, refress the memory of Mr.Barack Obama. For in the interview, he acted as Paul and Judas he disowned Rexko by saying “…he was my friend…”
THIS IS REAL CHANGE!!!

Why would anyone possibly think Obama wouldn’t be anything other than short on details? That’d be a real change.

Why doesn’t he make a simple statement.
“I have disclosed everything in regards to my asociation wih Rezko. I am so confident of this that I will happily step down as President if anything further concerning Reko and myself was to transpire, rather than drag the oval office into disrepute once more. I intend to stand by my comment no more old Washington ways.”
Like the old saying goes if he’s telling the truth he’s got nothing to worry about. If he isn’t then you know what he is as big a fraud as Bill. No one wants another President who thinks we will simply ignore their dishonest statments
End of discussion

Amazing how many Obama suppoters even in this blog are defending him by saying
“he said he did know that Rezko was in trouble when he took the land deal” which I agree has always been his position.
So wasn’t it interesting how today as quoted in this article (which they seemed to miss) he completely contradicts his previous position by now saying “I said that that was a mistake because at that point there was already a cloud over Tony Rezko’s head” Even he now realises we won’t buy he was the only politican and/or lawmaker in Illinois who didn’t know about Rezko’s investigation. He keeps admitting a little more each time he thinks he can no longer get away with something.
FACT: Bill is a shocker, Hillary is a shocker
I could not stand another politican who tells me he’s different and he is the only good guy only to find out he is as lenient with the truth as the those he condemns. No more execting voters to tolerate less from them than we ourselves are permitted.

Lets see: Run for nomination for Senator. – Obama and his lawyer budies had all other candidates removed from the ballot (including the incumbent democratic Senator Palmer) he even had the biggest longshots removed. You say elected I say coronated.
Another democratic nomination. One rival democrats sealed divorce record made public. Another coronation.
Another election. Rival GOPs sealed divorce records made public. Another coronation.
Gee its good to be a lawyer and the party golden boy. This is all public record don’t just take my word for it.
No they play clean and nice down there in Illinois right.
Of course he didn’t know Rezko was shifty he just behaved like all Obamas other friends.

Patricia – ya i saw that too while surfing channels… my first thought was oh ya right you said the reps would hold the congress in 2006… but then i thought hmm what does he know now that rove is freelance

Cleary Obama is not ready to be president; and at this point, I wonder if he’s capable of even being Senator. What other secrets don’t we know about? Just don’t trust him. For a “hope” and “change” candidate, I bet he’s “hoping” that the press would go back and just give him another pass. Don’t see that happening. The stories are out. Lies about Nafta, lies about Rezko; and I still think its creepy he can’t even show a mere gesture and pledge to our American flag. In all the years of seeing candidates, I have never seen any one of them; Democrat or Republican show this kind of disrespect.

ABC News must continue its investigative report regarding the Rezko’s case. What we have seen or heard so far is just the tip of the iceberg. What other business dealings that Obama and Rezko entered into in the last 17 years of their association? The media was preoccupied with the celebrity status of Obama that they forgot to see the risks that Americans may face if they vote the wrong Obama. This story should be a headliner in tomorrow’s network program. And with the NAFTA’s story, that is another major issue that American voters need to know.
We’re glad that ABC News is in the forefront reporting these important issues that other tv networks are busy reporting the rock star status of Obama.

dcvoter, i agree the repubs want obama – they want to win! re obama as vp, i personally hope that doesn’t happen. if it does, he’ll just stab her in the back in the white house and run against her in 4 years. or even sabotage the campaign for his own benefit. re him becoming transparent, i don’t think that’ll ever happen, because i believe there’s dirt so deep that bringing it out would likely equal jail time. imho.

Obama hides behind the likes of JFK, MLK, and Oprah’s skirts. It’s easy to see when faced with tough questions, he runs to nearest exit. His campaign is a joke. The only thing Obama “changed” was a lot of people’s minds about him. The truth is out.
My dad is a veteran, and he was appalled by Obama’s total lack of respect for the American flag. I hope veteran’s like my Dad, see Obama for what he is, secretative, arrogant, and disrespectful. Truth be told, maybe the flag is just a symbol to some, but it represents a heck of alot more to some people.

so saddened – of course i am presuming as stated in previous posts… veep if and only if he is clean… the party needs voter turnouts and his following is significant in number and would follow whoever he endorsed… i doubt he would fall on his sword without being veep… if the party finds out he is not clean… i doubt they will rescue him in any way without an agreement of being in the party line instead of rhetoric about change for the sake of change

Obama is “transparent” alright, I saw right through Obama from the very beginning, I never trusted him. It’s very disturbing how he could have fooled so many people. Are so many people, really that stupid in this country? Well I guess so, half the people voted for Bush, not once but twice.
I totatlly agree with Eugene:
An Obama win will spell disaster and misery on a scale not seen in the U.S. in 150 years. He’s a lot of talk, and he says he’s a uniter, but, in fact, America will see the REAL Obama if he has more power in his hands and America will become more divided than ever.
That has been my gut feeling all along.

dcvoter, sorry, i didn’t read all the posts and realize you meant only if he’s clean. but i REALLY doubt he’s clean. and i remember nixon all too well. i hope this country will recognize a crook BEFORE the election this time.

“Rezkogate”, “Xeroxgate”, “Naftagate”, what next before your eyes are opened??

When one has skeltons in the closet, one can never come clean… calling it a boneheaded move doesn’t mean it’s forgiven and forgotten. Just because Ruzko raised money for other politicians doesn’t mean Mr Obama is exempt from coming clean. He has failed miserably to answer questions and as more time passes by, I strongly believe more skeltons will pop out of the closet.

Obama was never one to give details.
No one knows him, or much about him.
No one knows much about all his plans and polices or how he plans on doing any of it.
He told us was what he wanted us to want, threw in some religion and some slogans, and bit of woe was me, Packaged it in a motivating speech
We fell for it hook line and sinker.
He fired you up, Dazzled you, now he ownz you!
No thank you Mr. Obama, I am a big girl now and I think for myself.
~~~You are Not the One~~~

THEY SAY IF SOMETHING IS TO GOOD TO BE TRUE IT USUALLY IS!!!!!! MSNBC NEEDS TO STEP UP & START TO EXAMINE THIS MAN PERSONALLY & AVOID BASHING H.C!!! CTV NEWS HAPPENS TO BE OSCAR GOLD. UNLIKE AMERICA OUR NEWS MEDIA REPORT FACTS & FACTS ALONE. YOU WILL NEVER SEE PERSONAL ATTACKS,SEXISM,LIKE THE MATTHEWS RUSSERTS,OLBERMANS,AND SCARBOROUGHS!!!!!!!!THEY SHOULD BE ASHAMED! NOW OBAMA IS STARTING TO SHOW HIS TRUE COLOURS!!!!!!! HE RAN LIKE A TORNADO WAS COMING,WHEN ALL THE REPORTERS WANTED TO QUESTION HIM FURTHER.IF SOMEONE IS TO GOOD TO BE TRUE THEY USUALLY ARE!!!!!!!!!!!

THANK YOU SENATOR HILLARY CLINTON FOR NOT GIVING UP.
The problems with Senator Obama:
1) He claimed he is the “Clean Candidate with no Special Interest Connections”. Well we are just now discovering that he has “Personal Interest Connections”. THIS IS CHANGE, RIGHT?
2) He claims he will bring change to Washington, DC and unite people and not practice divisive politics. Well, in order to unite people, you need to tell them the truth, and not just have the truth pulled out of you.
3) Now, it is clear that the only thing Senator had was speeches. And remember, even that also is a fraud. He used other people’s speeches, threw in some slogans, and called himself the Saviour of the Nation.
DEMOCRATS MUST WAKE UP NOW. IT IS NO TOO LATE. This is our chance to capture the White House as well as Congress and the Senate. We must not just be moved with the “FEEL GOOD AMBIANCE”.
Calls for Senator Clinton to drop now are just an attempt by Senator Obama’s supporters to make sure the lock the nomination before we all learn more about his true character. We need time. And the only way now is for the race to continue. Or for the Dems Leadership to call a meeting and convince Senator Obama to put the good of the Nation and the Party first. This is the only way to salvage him for the future and salvage the party’s chances of winning the White House.
Trust me, this so called “Uniting the People” will evaporate like smoke so fast as soon as people learn more about this. And then, it will be very difficult to preach the Change Gospel again any time soon.
Next, we need to find a way to hold the press accountable in some fashion. Even now, CNN and MSNBC have not mentioned the Rezko and the Mansion. What a shame!!!
GO SENATOR HILLARY CLINTON.

Senator Obama has run on three things:
1) Good Judgement. Well, we all teach our children this: IF YOU CANNOT AFFORD A MANSION, buy a smaller house you can afford. Or else, you may WAIT, save more and buy later. DO NOT CALL REZKO. THIS IS BAD, FLAWED JUDGEMENT. It is not just a boneheaded mistake. IT IS FLAWED JUDGEMENT.
2) Speeches. Again, it is better to just use your own words. Peeling off an entire speech from someone and not even credit the person is really not TRUSTWORTHY! How can I now teach my daughters not to do that. They will say, President Obama does it and he got away with it. Can you image our President giving a speech at the UN or in a foreign country, and then they later discover that the speech he gave was taken from their former President’s speech, for instance?
3) Change (No special Interests). Well, how about “Rezko” and the letters Senator Obama wrote to give Rezko favors.
TRUSTWORTHINESS: Senator Obama has a rethoric for the american public and a different message for foreign nations. AT A TIME WHEN WE NEED TO RESTORE THE CREDIBILITY OF THE OUR COUNTRY ABROAD (Senator Obama has talked about the damage done by President G.W. Bush), we do not need MANIPULATIVE AND UNTRUSTWORTHY POLITICIAN.
It seems to me this may be just the tip of the iceberg. I have nothing against Senator B.O. I would vote for him, but I feel that he needs to take time to get ready for this. His whole message is now not credible. FOR THE GOOD OF AMERICA AND THE DEMS PARTY, VOTE FOR HILLARY CLINTON!!!!

Read the Washinton Posts Robert Novak article ”Obama and the Fixer”: I think I hear Hillary saying, “I told you so…”
“Obama bought a mock Georgian mansion on Chicago’s South Side on June 15, 2005, the same day Rezko’s wife bought a plot next door from the same seller. Obama then purchased from Rezko another parcel at above-market value. Federal prosecutors recently revealed that Nadhmi Auchi, an Iraqi billionaire who lives in London, wired $3.5 million to the financially strapped Rezko in Chicago less than a month before the Obama-Rezko purchases. James Bone, an investigative reporter for the Times of London, wrote last Tuesday that “the money transfer raises the question of whether funds” from Auchi “helped” Obama buy his house.”
Will the “soft media” work at all, or are they too busy dancing to the music?

There is no story here. How many land deals has Hillary and Clinton been involved with? Rezko has giving monbey to both Republicans and democrats. Bill Clinton has testified in court before. No story here.

why is obama so hostile toward the press? why doesn’t he answer the questions?

“Did I read this correctly that Rezko’s wife purchased the lot next door for $650.000 but after couple of months sold it to Obama for only $104,500. who will sales a lot for only 104.500 after paying over half million dollars.”
Obama did not buy the entire piece of land . HE bought 1/6 the size of land for exactly 1/6 the purchase price Rezko paid a few months ago. Rezko maintained the rest of the land and eventually sold it. There is nothing shady about that deal at all. Get the facts, or do facts not play into your strategy of misinformation and slander.

Guess who set this trail in motion this early….First two don’t count.Billy boy is drity and deadly!!!!!!!!!!!This is proven more then once.They are both as dirty as dirt.If she wins this race the republicans will have a field day with her dirty laundry It will be fun to watch them go down….

The more Obama is exposed, the more “as usual” he looks. Why do we still believe in him? Can we be wrong? Yes we can!

What I don’t understand is why everyone assumes Rezco is guilty of anything. I am from England where we have a principle of INNOCENT until proven guilty. Given that there hasn’t even been a trial, how can Obama be said to have done anything wrong or to have anything to hide. Let’s have a trial first. It seems to be trial by the media-or shall I say by Hillary’s supporters.

Hmmmm…..could this unfortunate land deal between Obama and Rezko be evidence of….a lack of good judgment? You mean Obama’s not right all the time?! OMG! And I thought he was supposed to be right on day one. So, when does THAT day one start?
This proves he’s fallible. He’s not perfect. Finally, the press is starting to realize this. A little late….
Go Hillary!!!

So, this Rezko trial is set to last for 3-4 months, making the entire election about Obama and his ‘boneheaded’ real estate deal.
Because Obama had not sat down and cleared up his involvement this will be the topic every night on the evening news.
If Obama had clear judgment then he would have shown true leadership and been honest and open to questions about Rezko to end this entire mess.
The mere fact that he keeps avoiding questions and tries to pass it off as a ‘normal real estate deal’ makes it more suspicious to the press.
His own campaign has lied. They flatly stated they have sat down with Chicago reporters and answered questions. What really happened was the Obama campaign asked for written questions and the campaign answered. Sounding like transparent government at work? Like George W Bush?
The facts are:
Rezko’s wife bought the property in her name. Why didn’t your long time friend Tony Rezki buy it in his name?
Rezko’s wife in a sworn affidavit stated her annual income that year to be $35,000 and yet she was able to secure a loan to help the Obama’s?
Rezko was under investigation and all of Chicago knew it yet Obama stated twice, ‘nobody had an inkling’. Why are you making inaccurate statements?
Rezko got a loan of 3.5 million and that money went to the real estate deal. Where did that money come from?
Obama was an Illinois legislature and Rezki lived outside of Obama’s district and yet Obama wrote letters praising Rezko so Rezko could secure 14 million in funding from the state. Rezko himself pocketed over 890,000.00 when those deals came through. Why did you write those letters Obama?
How many other letters did Obama write for those who helped by donating to Obama’s campaign?
What other deals are yet tone revealed?
Why was an Obama campaign person at the opening of the Rezko jury selection yesterday? She tried to escape but the bailiff demanded to know who was attending and who they were representing. She got caught.
Lies about NAFTA. Lies about Rezko.
Next we will found out his Senate campaign employed (and still dies) Nation of Islam members.

Yes we can!!
Obama 08
The forces of evil will not embrace the change we are about to bring. They can bring the toilet, kitchen sink, but our believe will stay true.
Obama 08!!

The Washington Post endorsed Obama and will always show him leading Nationally.
Obama had deep ties to Rezko and it will all come out in the end. No matter what Obama stated Rezko bought Obama the house on the southside that he lives in. Obama said no, but he’s a liar. What else does he lie about? Most of this young generation is fooled by his big smile and his talk of change. What changes? I never heard him explain what changes he would make. He uses that word to make people think he is going to make changes in the white house. He is a big joke. If Hillary does not win the nomination her voters should vote for McCain to block Obama from ever becoming president of this country.

That is why Hillary has to stay in this race, its my gut feeling this Rezko thing is going to hit Obama hard.
If he wants this presidency he has to fight for it no easy pass we have had enough of that, if he does win then in the end we can all say without a doubt that he is clean and tested.

HEY CHICAGO!!! Is Obama being called as a witness at the Renko trial next week?
Now wouldn’t that be convenient! Right AFTER voters got to OHIO and TEXAS.
I’m saying no more!

First he said he barely knew Rezko. 17yrs very close relationship is not barely. In the SC debate he didn’t even mention his name. He referred to him as ‘that individual’. He has said he didn’t know Rezko was under investigation, but he has called it a bone headed mistake. Why is it a mistake if you didn’t know? He said that he didn’t know Rezko had bid on the lot next to his house. He then said he toured the house with Rezko because he needed Rezko’s advice. Rezko put the lot in his wives name, because he was being sued and was under investigation. Obama is not being honest, and the democrats would be fools to let this man be our nominee. Mccain and the republicans will have a field day. It will be so much worse for Obama because he has been living in a glass house. He is the holier than thoug candidate and he is lying through his teeth.

There’s nothing new to this story: simply more Clintonian dirty-pool tactics. Obama has been vetting questions and no connection has been made for 2 years. Obama is squashing Hillary like the bug she is on all the pertinent issues, so they have to find a way to appeal to all the idiots on here – spin a ‘scandal’ the day before the vote. Kinda like, ‘cry me a river’ the days before 3 different votes (have you ever seen ‘er cry before?). Hillary is a liar and a cheat and represents the very lowest form of politics.

Thank God you are beginning to see the REAL OBAMA.

Obama Scant on Details the Day of Rezko Trial. He’s scant on everything, so whats new?

Obama is just a corrupt and controlled by lobbyists as all the politicians. Explian all of Rezxkos fund raisers. Who was there? What is their influence peddling? Did you return their money? Who is N. Auchi the 138th richest man in the world in relation to your home property and your campaign.
You lied during the January debate. The last one with John Edwards. Obama said he only did 5 hours of legal work for Rezko and that he really did not have a connection with him. Why not show that on the news again?

For sure I don’t consider myself a businessman or business savvy, But when I hear Rezko paid FULL ASKING PRICE for the piece of Land and Obama paid 300,000.000 BELOW asking price for the house next door on same day (which had been said was way below market value), I wonder:
Why Rezko, a property developer, didn’t seek a better bargain for the lot like Obama’s bargain on the house next door?
I think Obama’s $300,000.00 discount was Rezko’s payoff/favor to Obama in paying FULL ASKING PRICE for the lot next to Obama’s house. Specially, since the seller’s condition of selling the house was that both the house and the lot next to it HAD to be paid and closed on the SAME DAY. Not hard to put 2&2 together, the seller gave a $300,000.00 discount for the sale of the house and the lot next to it.
Keep asking myself why Rezko would plunge into a real estate investment whose biggest beneficiary appears to have been Mr. Obama.

The democratic ract is NOT uniting the party, it’s splitting the young from the old…For the youth: we were once young too and were so amazed that the older we got the wiser we found our elders to be….quit “living in the obamaniac moment” of obamaniac….this race is not a waiting line for the latest iPhone or WII
learn from watergate! follow the money:
obama—>rezko—>—>auchi

Exactly my point…Clinton’s dirty laundry has been out and scrutinized for sometime..no one is denying that…Obama is working hard at hiding his…why?
The cry of “foul play” by Obama supporters reminds me of the younger sibling who runs crying to his mom with the words “…Mommy, Hillary hit me back!” LAPTY

The tone of this piece is that Obama said he would answer all the questions at the begining of his conference , then skipped out without answering any indepth questions. He’s pandering. Any intellegent person can see that.
Hillary 2008 “The Smart Choice”

Eleven22,
Yes we do , at least he can afford us!
I can now make my car payment.

Jeez, did anyone copy-edit this article?

What a wonderful page of comments. I thought I was living on the moon. Was I the only one who didn’t trust Obama? Almost every media report said Obama and Clinton were like two peas in a pod! What a ticket they would make! They both have the same views on…BULL!
Obama has copied almost every policy statement Clinton has made. On almost all of the debates he was allowed to answer after Hilary and on each occasion, he agreed with her. It wasn’t because he agreed it was because she made sense of the issues. And why shouldn’t he agree, after all, he has very little of his own ideas to add. He offers ‘hope’ and ‘change’. Now he’s being taken to task on NAFTA and Rezco. Two bad judgement decisions that he made himself. Too bad Obama, you’ll have to squirm your way out of this mess on your own. You can’t blame Hilary, even though you’ve tried to and I’m sure Hilary isn’t going to lead you by the hand on this one. I doubt the media will give you a free ride either.

Although I have some reservations about Obama’s deal with Rezko, let’s not forget about a rather LARGE deal called Whitewater that Hillary and her hubby were involved in. Either way, health care, the economy, and the pointless war in Iraq are the issues that should be discussed: some purchase of a strip of land with a guy that was ACCUSED (not to be confused with CONVICTED, since in this ocuntry, you are supposedly innocent until proven guilty) is hardly of any importance or relevance to the issues that face our country.

Hopefully, the press will smell his evasiveness and not let him get away with the “explanation” that this was a “boneheaded” mistake. This is a Harvard lawyer with a Harvard lawyer wife. A “boneheaded” mistake? I don’t think so BH.

I hope to God that the majority of people in Ohio and Texas are sane and not drinking the Kool-Aid. We are toast if Obama gets elected.

I live in Houston and I voted for Hillary today. I will go back for the caucus tonight. Obama has not been honest about the Rezko deal. I think he is a bunch of rhetoric with nothing to back it up. We need real experience and know how from the Clintons. They are the only ones who can get this country back on track.

We are not voting for Obama. We live in Illinois. He hasn’t done a thing for the majority of people in Illinois. He worked with the poor but signing them up to vote….then he ran for office, guess who voted for him?? He wasn’t in Washington in office when the vote was made after George Bush lied about WMD’s in Iraq…yet he voted when he is in office to fund the war….He wants all illegal aliens to be given amnesty and driver’s licenses, he ia smooth talking politician, he has had in his plans to run for President, that’s why he wrote his book..I don’t know why Kenya is being brought into the mix, his father may have been from there but his father didn’t have much to do with him after he left his mother and had two other wife’s (did he divorce Obama’s mother, No!). Obama’s political group had Tony Rezko’s bail revolked and put in him jail in Chicago, Tony is really being held as a political prisioner, Tony wasn’t put back in jail until the press outed Obama on Rezko…There are many unanswered questions about Obama and he doesn’t deserve to be our President. Many people are voting for him because he is black… well, why doesen’t Obama remember that he is 1/2 white too. Obama’s group are playing the race card hard and fast. There are many many other black men who are better qualified to be President of OUR United States than Obama. I’m tired of the campaigning and the millions of dollars being spent by all the people running for President. It is indecent and morally wrong to spend all this money, when the money could be spent to help citizens in our country will there health care, educations, school upgrades, roads, bridges, etc. We are sick of all this, are you too???

About Obama’s published books, Josie is right…it’s called staging…he hooked up with the old political machine, an old Daley-style politician, and sleazy big money backers in Chicago in his first race for office (in search for “power”). Thereafter he began aligning himself with other politicians from whose alliance he would benefit (so the Kennedy/Kerry/Rockfeller hook-up shouldn’t surprise anyone)…this is where the book comes into play (write a book, imbelish a few words and suppress the negative). While in office, he either voted “present” as a state senator or “no voted” in Washington, if it was something that might derail him on his trip to the White House (Obama, commit on record, please).By the way, he portrays himself as part of the black community, yet in school, changes his name to Barry to fit in (maybe ’cause he was attending a prestigious private school?). Isn’t it amazing that for someone who says he will be “right on day 1″, he and Michelle, both attorneys, could not have seen and smelled the stench of the Rezko real estate deal? There is an old saying on that very thing, which you’ve already heard, I’m sure.

Q:Obama, what’s your name?
A: Obama.
Q: Obama, what’s your name?
A: Obama.
Q: Obama, what’s your name?
A: i’ve answered these questions before.. adios..
At some point you have to just stop the farce. In the article, It did not raise a single question that has not already been answered, including the fund raising details question. It’s all been gone over in great detail.
If you are going to fault someone for not answering what they had for dinner 2 and half years ago on a a thursday night in september then be prepared that YOUR candidate will get swiftboated real good. Is that really the country you want to live in? Where trying to twist and make up connections that are not there is OK.. I should think Clinton supporters would be the last people to support that. Do we really want to look at whitewater again, do you want to look at “I did not have sex with that woman”? and all the details of what Hillary said during that time as well? are you sure that’s the country you want? It’s not he country I want. I think Obama handled it pretty damn well.
Especially considering the report above did not raise any questions that have not already been answered. and tapers off with a claim that .. well it never really says what those last questions were, does it.. hmmm.. perhaps “Obama, what’s your name?” again?
Whether it’s the muslim thing, the NAFTA thing, or this, it’s the same pattern. There is no beef to the accusations and repeating them doesn’t make it so. Now that being said, sure I would more disappointed to have Obama in a McCain style lobbyist influence scandal. That doesn’t appear to be the case however, and in respect to McCain, I sincerely hope the lobbyist influence scandal isn’t true.
Thing is, with all the noise from the cheap shots people toss around if there is a true fact we won’t be able to figure it out.
Perhaps the cheap shots and repeating the same debunked accusations is all fun and games, exciting and how you play for your ‘team’. But it’s not very ethical behavior. It sure is good entertainment, and maybe that’s all our country means to people. USA, entertainment capital of the world.
Are we afraid to conduct ourselves honorably? Could we at least pretend and try to behave a bit more honorably for awhile? And is winning the only thing that counts? As BKpete and others have said.. wait until the repub’s get started. So what if they take cheap shots too? The other team is cheating so that makes it ok?
I’m not sure we want a president that is willing to do anything, to have their way. Quite a few people feel we have not done so well the last 8 years with a president that is willing to bend the rules to get his way.
I think every single person here, writers of the articles, comment posters, republicans, democrats whomever you are for, myself included should be ashamed that this is the level of political discussion.
We are not discussing issues, or even what exactly is our post Bush iraq plan, or our economic plan to handle the Iraq war debt, or global warming (whether it’s what we intend to do to discredit it, or handle it.. we still should hear the plan), or our slide into what could be a bout of stagflation. No, we want to repeat the same questions over and over. We want to score points and try to get our candidate to WIN! I can’t possibly imagine Franklin, Jefferson, Washington, Adams, and the other founding fathers hoping for a democracy that has this level of political debate (i’m being nice by calling it a debate).
no matter who gets in the white house, they are going to have one hell of job to do. I think we would all be better off trying to help all the candidates guide our country.

What is that telling you? I can’t believe america is going to hand the country over to someone who isn’t really for us. Just stay prayed up the end is near

Obama stated that he made a “boneheaded move”, which goes to show you his inexperience. Don’t know about you, but I, for one, do not want a bonehead running the country and making decisions regarding my health, safety, and economic welfare.

I’m thankful that voters are willing and able to pause and really look at these two nominees. We know who has experience — in government, politics and life. We need strength to oppose “Bomb, bomb, bomb Iran” McCain and the Republicans sleaze machines. Besides the reality of more long-term experience (nationally, Clinton has been a senator for 8 years, Obama for two — with one spent mostly on campaigning) is critical with economic recession and the big challenge about the pre-emptive Iraq war. I’m afraid McCain can eat up Obama as a little boy with no creds. I LIKE Obama – but he’s not ready…yet. One more small thing: It takes awhile to get into it with a new job — 1 1/2 to 2 years to get Obama really functional. Senator Clinton has the been there, done that T-shirt. She’ll move quickly and decisively in January of 2009. And I will finally put a US flag back up in my front yard. MAH, COL, USAFR, Ret.

Obama needs to be vetted about things… but not have things created…
Posted by: dl | Mar 3, 2008 8:05:44 PM
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Ah, dl. Clinton did not “create” any of this. Obama did by being “boneheaded” remember? He’s the one that befriended Rezko and kept that friendship going for nearly 20 years. The Rezko connection is only one of several issues from his past that could be used by Republicans in negative campaigning. There’s also the Nadhmi Auchi connection. Auchi is a prominent British businessman who has been convicted of fraud in France. Auchi conveniently lent a cash-strapped Rezko $3.5M just weeks before the Chicago real-estate deal that benefitted the Obama’s greatly. And then there’s this other fundraiser for Obama, Lester Crown, who just happens to be a director of Maytag, the appliance-maker Obama often criticises for outsourcing US jobs abroad.
And of course there’s always Alexi Giannoulias, Illinois’ state treasurer and also known to be an ally of the Obama, whose family bank made loans to Michael Giorango, a twice-convicted local crime figure. And of course there’s the comments made by his pastor and spiritual mentor, Jeremiah Wright. Wright praised Louis Farrakhan, the Nation of Islam head widely seen as anti-Semitic. Mr Farrakhan himself publicly endorsed Mr Obama, prompting a denunciation from the candidate.
Oh, and how about the fact that Ma=ichelle Obama sate on teh Board of a Chicago (non-porofit) hospitol and was paid over $100K/yr. Just one year after Obama was elected ILL state senator, Mrs. Obama received a handsome raise to over $300K/yr. Questionable perhaps?
So this candidate’s real platform going forward may indeed be exposed as just politics as usual instead of the unity and change he loves to talk so much about.
Boneheaded = lack of judgement, one of the very things he’s been touting lately that Clinton is lacking in.
Boneheaded = not presidential material in my book.

Posted by: DCVoter | Mar 4, 2008 1:10:06 AM

I agree with you Jodi.