Obama donor Tony Rezko arrested
The Chicago Sun-Times reports this morning that Tony Rezko–Barack Obama fixer and Hillary Clinton photo pal–was arrested this morning on a bond violation.
Obama says he has nothing more to say. Via The Swamp:
The morning after winning South Carolina’s primary, Sen. Barack Obama said he has shared everything that is to be known about his relationship with indicted Chicago developer Tony Rezko.
Appearing on ABC’s “This Week,” the Illinois Democrat and presidential hopeful also answered a series of questions about racial campaigning and his leading challenger, Sen. Hillary Clinton.
Obama was asked specifically about a paragraph in an endorsement in Sunday’s editions of the Chicago Tribune that calls on him to “divulge all there is to know about that relationship.”
The editorial continues: “Until you do, the journalistic scrubbing and opposition research will intensify. You should have recognized Rezko as a political seducer of young talent. But given that you’ve not been accused of any crime or ethical breach, your Rezko history is not a deal-breaker.”
Obama responded by saying there is nothing more to say.
It’s not the end of the story.
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he has nothing more to sayTony who?saw this a little while ago on fox, wondered how long till this was posted lol
wonder who will get the bump from this arrest hill or O
Is the editorial implying that HRC is old talent, then?
He can share a cell with good ole Norman, and they can name their children HsuRez and HsuKo.
Local Chicago news staions report Rezko as a campaign fund raiser for Gov. Blagojevich – no mention whatsoever about Obama or Clinton.
I am surprised its taken this long for Tony Rezko to come to light nationally. I believe that Obama purchased property and built a home on land Rezko(or his wife) sold to Obama.
Rezko has bankrolled numerous Democratic Party politicians in Illinois including Comrade Blagojevich.
One out of two isn’t bad.
One thing about Obama he defended himself regarding Rezko during a Nationally televised debate and not duck the issue like the wicked witch did about Hsu flung doo.
And yet the left somehow thinks a gay Republican is a much worse scandal?
It appears that dirty money or association with dirty people is the mainstay of politicians. Of course none of the lying crapweasels in any political office would get elected without both. So glad McCain – Feingold took care of this issue.
#9, that;s because nothing the left does can be wrong.
What isn’t said in that article is what violation of his bond he committed that warranted his re-arrest.
Interesting that it happened at this time –
Not to be a conspiracy-nut, but the timing is awfully convenient….
This deserves one Nelson Muntz ha-ha!
jrlingreenbay beat me to it.
The SC win followed by the Kennedy endorsement, and this guy happens to get arrested?!?
Democrats are starting to open their eyes to the Clintons. Hopefully they’ll see this, too, and more of their antics will come to light.
Obama is full of rhetoric….and nothing else.
The more things CHANGE CHANGE CHANGE,the more they remain the same.
Nobody in the MSM ever asks Hillary Clinton about her husband’s pardon of one Mansour Azizkhani on Jan. 20, 2001, just hours before Clinton mercifully left the White House. Azizkhani was convicted of making false statements in bank loan applications. This sort of brazen misconduct is what led to the S&L debacle. There is no logical reason why Clinton pardoned Azizkhani. There was no movement to pardon this man. He was not famous and there was no allegation of misconduct in the prosecution or conviction of Azizkhani. So you would think that the MSM would want to know why, ony hours before leaving the presidency of the United States, Bill Clinton is fiddling around with a pardon for an obscure convicted criminal. One thing is sure. The New York Times won’t do any digging.
In this article from 2006, Obama was also giving back money to Rezko..