Comments on: Obama Silent On Spending As State Senator

Information On Pet Projects Tucked Into Illinois Spending Bills Not Publicly Available

[xzonz]

Senator Barack Obama on Thursday released a list of $740 million in earmarked spending requests that he had made over the last three years, and his campaign challenged Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton to do the same.

... Obama''s presidential campaign also said that only about $220 million worth of his requests had been approved by Congress.

... Campaign officials said he had voluntarily released the list of his earmark requests to underscore his promise to bring greater openness and transparency to government.

... "Bringing real change requires changing the way we do business in Washington," said Robert Gibbs, Mr. Obama''s communications director. "If Senator Clinton will not agree to join Senator Obama in releasing her earmark requests, voters should ask why she doesn''t believe they have the right to know how she wants to spend their tax dollars."

[pepperp1]

It''''''''''''''''s clear from Rezko''''''''''''''''s unwinding problems that Obama either didn''''''''''''''''t care how his patron got the money, or ignored it as long as the political contributions and access to others contributions kept coming. Considering Mr. Obama models himself as Mr. Hope and promises that he''''''''''''''''ll change politics in Washington, this shouldn''''''''''''''''t




There a thrid reason 3.) Naiveti cant tell who the really bad guys are or measure differently than We the rest of America


Look John McCain had his problems with Keating some how I get he knew he lied down with the wrong kennel

[pepperp1]

It''''''''s clear from Rezko''''''''s unwinding problems that Obama either didn''''''''t care how his patron got the money, or ignored it as long as the political contributions and access to others contributions kept coming. Considering Mr. Obama models himself as Mr. Hope and promises that he''''''''ll change politics in Washington, this shouldn''''''''t


..............another assoication with another bad guy, now the Preacher with the God DAMMMMM America and Hillary the Rich White People are the evil speeches, time to peel this onion, certainly bad judgement, what are they teaching our youth, this is hate.

[xzonz]

innocent until proven guilty
he will show how the money was spent
Hillary we need your tax returns.....

[xzonz]

croft777: why should we electics se republican tacthillary just because she is a woman?

im a woman but believe me i would never use republican tactics to win y
as a woman i do not believe in say anything do anything tactic
as a woman i would never try to divide people at this difficult times.
i would like to have the president who has the interests of Americans before his or hers

the issue is not th that she is a woman, its just that it is hilary that we know

[jason_randon]

Well, I was once a Barak HUSSEIN OBama supporter because Uh...he inspires me and......he speaks for Change and Hope.

Now I come to my senses after seeing what he is really about and regret I voted for him in VA Prime

I believe his speeches do not have any "Beef" in it.

If Ya need %u201CHope%u201D you are already hopeless.....

Inspiring does not put food on the table and pays for your college tuition.


he plays too much on race card

[fleura-2009]

The republicans are feeding your brains with smoke to damage the party & most of the hatred here on these sites is driven by republicans wanting the WEAKER of the TWO candidates to be nominated.

Obama will be sustained and bring us True Democrats back to the White House. He drives such energy and enthusiasm into the whole election process. It''s not about McCain/Clinton/Obama, this season is all about ---- Barack Obama!!!! He is the shining star of this whole election & bringing young, old, all walks of life and all the energy back into Washington, DC.

We want our boys and girls out of that miserable war. Barack Obama is that -silent voice- for everyone who has lost a child & been touched by a Bush/Clinton war in Iraq and Afgha...their silent tears and the words gone - USPOKEN
Only one --- Barack Obama is that voice!!!!

[popstom1]

Jones do your own reseach wikipedia Hillary Rodham
Clinton

[rfield9]

cont;

Fast forward to today. According to the Chicago Sun-Times this past Sunday, Obama is the "unnamed ''political candidate''" referred to in one section of court documents:

Obama is not named in the Dec. 21 court document. But a source familiar with the case confirmed that Obama is the unnamed %u201Cpolitical candidate%u201D referred to in a section of the document that accuses Rezko of orchestrating a scheme in which a firm hired to handle state teacher pension investments first had to pay $250,000 in %u201Csham%u201D finder%u2019s fees. From that money, $10,000 was donated to Obama%u2019s successful run for the Senate in the name of a Rezko business associate, according to the court filing and the source.

Rezko, who was part of Obama%u2019s senatorial finance committee, also is accused of directing %u201Cat least one other individual%u201D to donate money to Obama and then reimbursing that individual %u2014 in possible violation of federal election law.


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[rfield9]

cont;

Additionally, as a community organizer, then as a state senator, how did Barack Obama not know of buildings in his own district that were in such dilapidated state? As a community organizer Obama had to know what this meant for his district to have such slum areas go untended by a negligent landlord. Was he ignorant, careless, or looking the other way? Or is there another explanation? Obama also accepted donations from Rezko while his urban housing empire was collapsing. Do you know how long it takes to pull apart a housing entity like Rezko''s? Where was Obama during all of this?


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