Obama’s Friday News Dump
Mar 14th, 2008 at 5:47 pm by Susie
I’d say yeah, this was pretty piss-poor judgment:
Indicted Chicago businessman Antoin “Tony” Rezko was a more significant fundraiser for presidential candidate Barack Obama’s earlier political campaigns than previously known. Rezko raised as much as $250,000 for the first three offices Obama sought, the senator told the Tribune on Friday.
Obama also said for the first time that his private real estate transactions with Rezko involved repeated lapses of judgment. The mistake, Obama said, was not simply that Rezko was under grand jury investigation at the time of their 2005 and 2006 dealings. “The mistake was he had been a contributor and somebody involved in politics,” he said.
In an extensive interview that he hoped would quell the lingering controversy over his relationship with Rezko, Obama said that voters concerned about his judgment should view it as “a mistake in not seeing the potential conflicts of interest.”
UPDATE: This is the third time the Rezko fundraising total has changed. From 6/18/07, Chicago Sun-Times:
During his 12 years in politics, Sen. Barack Obama has received nearly three times more campaign cash from indicted businessman Tony Rezko and his associates than he has publicly acknowledged, the Chicago Sun-Times has found.
Obama has collected at least $168,308 from Rezko and his circle. Obama also has taken in an unknown amount of money from people who attended fund-raising events hosted by Rezko since the mid-1990s.
Obama has collected at least $168,308 from Rezko and his circle. Obama also has taken in an unknown amount of money from people who attended fund-raising events hosted by Rezko since the mid-1990s.
But seven months ago, Obama told the Sun-Times his “best estimate” was that Rezko raised “between $50,000 and $60,000″ during Obama’s political career.
And now it’s gone up again. Gee, what else is he hiding?
Train wreck.
The balls of “that woman” to bring up shady business deals. SHE IS THE QUEEN OF SHADY! Try retching over Don Tyson his chicken waste problem in Arkansas that’s now Monsanto. He’s financing Bill all along.
Love the misogyny of “the balls of that woman.”
Do all Obama supporters hate women, or only some of them?
Yes, Lambert. We all hate women. You found us out. 10 points for you!
Not to point out anything too obvious, but I think you were just reading and reacting to a poorly constructed parody written by a right wing troll. Or a moron. But, whatever. Why let that get in the way of good time?
Chris, you’ll have to forgive Lambert. If you saw the Obama trolls he gets over at his place, you’d understand. Personally, you’re one of the nicest Obama people I know. (And definitely the funniest.)
Do all Obama supporters hate women, or only some of them?
All.
Thanks Susie! One day I’d like to go over there and troll myself, but those cats won’t even approve my account.
hey Nunny, givemn that my girlfriend is supporting Obama, does that mean she hates herself?
Cus last time I checked, she was a woman.
“Do all Obama supporters hate women, or only some of them?”
Christ, even Lambert’s getting caught up in the ad hominem sniping ^_^ … though in fairness, some of the Dem troll talk coming from both sides is beyond any silliness I could ever have imagined. I TRULY do not blame bloggers for getting fed up with it, not at all sure I could put up with it. We’ll surely give Lambert a pass on that little quip.
But, where’s Rodney King when we need him?
Go with the flow. Neither Hillary nor Obama are perfect. Can anyone figure this out? …or do you all want to default to McSame?