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1. Right Voices » Blog Archive » Say It Aint So: Obama’s Donor-TONY REZKO- ARRESTED

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1. #228520
   On January 28th, 2008 at 10:19 am, On-my-soap-box said:

   Obama says he has nothing more to say Tony who?

2. #228522
   On January 28th, 2008 at 10:21 am, trailortrash said:

   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

3. #228529
   On January 28th, 2008 at 10:32 am, Barry F. said:

   You should have recognized Rezko as a political seducer of young talent.

   Is the editorial implying that HRC is old talent, then?

4. #228530
   On January 28th, 2008 at 10:32 am, ajmontana said:

   He can share a cell with good ole Norman, and they can name their children HsuRez and HsuKo.

5. #228533
   On January 28th, 2008 at 10:34 am, greysheepdog said:

   Local Chicago news staions report Rezko as a campaign fund raiser for Gov. Blagojevich – no mention whatsoever about Obama or Clinton.

6. #228545
   On January 28th, 2008 at 10:43 am, southsideironworks said:

   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.

7. #228547
   On January 28th, 2008 at 10:44 am, cpodug said:

   Is the editorial implying that HRC is old talent, then?

   One out of two isn’t bad.

8. #228548
   On January 28th, 2008 at 10:45 am, ajmontana said:

   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.

9. #228563
   On January 28th, 2008 at 10:50 am, Peejz said:

   And yet the left somehow thinks a gay Republican is a much worse scandal?

10. #228594
    On January 28th, 2008 at 11:07 am, Boomer said:

    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.

11. #228596
    On January 28th, 2008 at 11:08 am, taylork said:

    #9, that;s because nothing the left does can be wrong.

12. #228598
    On January 28th, 2008 at 11:09 am, jrlingreenbay said:

    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….

13. #228615
    On January 28th, 2008 at 11:25 am, TexasTiger said:

    This deserves one Nelson Muntz ha-ha!

14. #228666
    On January 28th, 2008 at 12:14 pm, Melvin_Udall said:

    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.

15. #228722
    On January 28th, 2008 at 12:50 pm, meatpieandtatters said:

    Obama is full of rhetoric….and nothing else.

16. #228742
    On January 28th, 2008 at 1:05 pm, blues said:

    The more things CHANGE CHANGE CHANGE,the more they remain the same.

17. #228827
    On January 28th, 2008 at 2:11 pm, Larraby said:

    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.

18. #228868
    On January 28th, 2008 at 3:00 pm, Peejz said:

    In this article from 2006, Obama was also giving back money to Rezko..

    Obama and Rezko have been friends since 1990, and the Wilmette businessman has raised as much as $60,000 in campaign contributions for him.

    After Rezko’s indictment, Obama donated $11,500 to charity — the amount Rezko contributed to the senator’s federal campaign fund.

    Gibbs said he did not know whether Obama was considering returning any contributions from Aramanda given his alleged role in the federal corruption cases against Rezko and former Teachers Retirement System board member Stuart Levine.

    Aramanda is identified as “Individual D” in Rezko’s indictment. And when Levine pleaded guilty in October, Aramanda again was listed as “Individual D.”

    Aramanda was identified by the Sun-Times as “Individual D,” who allegedly received a $250,000 kickback tied to a scheme to steer lucrative state pension deals to firms and consultants that donated to Blagojevich. Aramanda is not specifically named or charged with criminal wrongdoing in the court papers. He could not be reached for comment Saturday.

    Aramanda has contributed $11,500 to Obama’s campaigns since 2000, Gibbs said. He gave $1,000 toward Obama’s run for Congress against Rep. Bobby Rush (D-Chicago) in 2000; $500 to Obama’s Senate campaign in 2003 and $10,000 to his Senate campaign in 2004, Gibbs said.

    Gibbs said John Aramanda served in Obama’s Capitol Hill office from July 20 to Aug. 26, 2005, during which he received an $804 cost-of-living stipend. Aramanda was one of nearly 100 interns who worked for Obama in 2005, Gibbs said.