Rezko Controversy: Headache For Obama

National Review Online: The Senator May Have To Denounce The Actions Of Some Of His Allies

(National Review Online)  This column was written by Stephen Spruiell.

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After the Reverend Jeremiah Wright’s now-notorious sermons gained a significant amount of national media attention, Illinois Senator Barack Obama felt compelled to explain his relationship with Wright in a major speech on race relations in America. Now that the governor of Illinois has been implicated in the schemes of Obama’s friend Tony Rezko, it might be time for Obama to explain his relationship with Rezko in a major speech on the endemic political corruption that afflicts his home state of Illinois.

Rezko’s trial has lifted the veil on Illinois’s infernally corrupt political establishment, and a government witness named Stuart Levine has taken the part of a meth-snorting, double-dealing Virgil, guiding the public through it. Levine is a broken man, testifying for the government in order to avoid spending the rest of his life in prison. Over seven days of direct examination, he has described an astonishingly broad network of fraud, extortion, and bribery, culminating in Wednesday’s revelation that Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich allegedly knew about at least one such scheme.

Levine used his positions on various state boards to steal as much money as he could from people with business before those boards. One of those people was a Hollywood producer and financier named Tom Rosenberg. Rosenberg was a principal at a firm called Capri Capital. Capri managed over a billion dollars for the Illinois Teachers Retirement System, of which Levine was a trustee.

Through a variety of corrupt means, including allowing TRS executive director Jon Bauman to write his own (glowing) evaluations, Levine wielded a disproportionate amount of influence over TRS investment decisions. Levine used this influence to steer TRS contracts to whomever would pay him and his associates the biggest “finder’s fees.” Levine decided that Rosenberg was getting far too much TRS business and paying far too little in the form of kickbacks to him and his cronies -- an arrangement that Levine saw an opportunity to amend when Capri sought a new contract from TRS in early 2004.

According to his testimony, Levine and an associate named Bill Cellini (both Republicans) conspired with two of Governor Blagojevich’s top fundraisers and advisers -- Tony Rezko and a roofing contractor named Chris Kelly (both Democrats) -- to offer Rosenberg a choice: Either pay a $2 million bribe or raise $1.5 million for Blagojevich’s re-election campaign. Rosenberg was to be made to understand that all of his business with TRS was at stake.

Levine testified that Allison Davis, a lawyer friend of Rosenberg’s, was the go-between. Davis allegedly approached Rezko on behalf of Rosenberg to ask about Capri’s business with TRS, and he told Rezko that Rosenberg would be willing to do some fundraising for Blagojevich if that would speed things along. Rezko told Davis that Rosenberg should “call Stuart Levine.”

When Rosenberg realized he was the target of such a massive shakedown, he was furious. In a recorded phone call between Cellini and Levine that prosecutors played for the jury, Cellini quoted Rosenberg’s reaction: “ ‘If [Tony Rezko and Chris Kelly are] going to do this to me and think they’re going to blackmail me, I’m going to take them down.’ ”

Rosenberg’s threat convinced the alleged conspirators to back off, and -- in the biggest bombshell to emerge during the trial so far -- Levine testified that Rezko told him that Governor Blagojevich had been informed of the situation. Prosecutors also played a recorded conversation between Cellini and Levine that appeared to confirm Levine’s testimony. In it, they discussed how “the big guy” had implied that Rosenberg should not get any further business from the state.

Blagojevich’s office issued a statement last night essentially accusing Levine of “not telling the truth” -- an accusation that is by no means baseless. Levine has major credibility problems. For one thing, he is testifying as part of a plea deal. For another, he testified on Monday that his drug of choice from the late ‘80s until his arrest in 2004 was a cocktail of crystal meth and the animal tranquilizer ketamine, known on the street as “Special K.” But much of his testimony is nonetheless backed up by phone conversations that were recorded without his knowledge, in which he was speaking freely and had little incentive to lie.

If Levine’s testimony regarding Blagojevich is true, then such nakedly corrupt behavior at such a high level is bound to attract greater scrutiny from the national media to the problem of corruption in the state of Illinois. To illustrate the gravity of the issue, three of the last seven governors elected in the state of Illinois have ended up in jail. If Blagojevich is indicted, tried and convicted, that will make four out of seven.

Cook County Commissioner Tony Peraica, a Republican who is running for Cook County state’s attorney, calls an indictment of Governor Blagojevich “inevitable.”

“What we have,” Peraica says, “is a level of corruption that is integrated both vertically and horizontally across all layers of government: city, municipal, county, and state.” To him, the Rezko case illustrates that corruption in Illinois is a bipartisan problem. “We have a corrupt political combine, where the members of the two parties… have come together, not pursuant to a public interest, but to pursue their own financial interests, which they have done with great zeal and ingenuity.”

This corruption, should it become an issue in the campaign, could cause problems for Obama when people start to wonder how he could have made it through “the combine” without getting involved in the overlapping networks of patronage and influence. Peraica, for one, argues that he didn’t.

“Senator Barack Obama is an integral part and a product of this corrupt system,” Peraica says. “Senator Obama has endorsed Todd Stroger for Cook County board president, Mayor [Richard M.] Daley for mayor of Chicago, Dorothy Tillman for re-election as an alderman, and other epitomes of bad government throughout his career in order to promote himself politically, at the expense of, I would argue, principles and morals and good government.”

Obama’s relationship with Allison Davis -- the alleged go-between in Rezko’s scheme to shake down Tom Rosenberg -- could pose another problem for him. Obama worked for Davis at the law firm of Davis Miner Barnhill. Later, when Obama sat on the board of a charity called the Woods Fund, he voted to invest $1 million in a partnership operated by Davis, according to the Chicago Sun-Times.

Levine’s testimony in the Rezko trial puts Davis in the middle of an attempted quid pro quo, making him yet another associate Obama might be pressured to disown. And the trial could stretch well into May, at which point a Rezko conviction could lead to even more headaches for the candidate. If Rezko is looking at a long prison sentence and decides to start talking, who knows what he might say?

All the more reason that Obama might be tempted to try to address this metastasizing problem with a single bold gesture. Obama made a big speech about race to distract from his ties to one unsavory Chicago character, but distancing himself from an entire network of them might prove to be a tougher task. After all, Obama was able to claim the middle ground in his defense of Wright, denouncing Wright’s most radical views while excusing his run-of-the-mill resentments as being a not-atypical part of the black experience.

But America will have a harder time swallowing excuses for corruption as being a run-of-the-mill aspect of the Illinois political experience -- particularly not from a candidate that has promised a new kind of politics. To succeed, Obama would have to denounce the behavior of some of his closest allies and demonstrate a candor about his own experience in state government that’s been missing from his campaign thus far. In the Rezko trial, Obama might have finally encountered a problem that a speech alone won’t solve.

[G H M]

The only problem here is that this is not news its dirty politics.

[heartlight3]

I don''t see anything in this article that proves Obama had anything to do with any of this. There is an assumption that because Obama was in politics in Illinois when this was going on the must have been involved somehow, but that is total conjecture. Obama sat down with the Chicago newspaper and answered all of their questions about Rezko. Don''t you think they asked him everything they could think of? I don''t know why the MSM didn''t make as big a deal of the Chicago newspapers exoneration of Sen. Obama as they make of the conjecture. This is very biased.

heartlight3:
Surely you''re not that naive...Obama and Rezko made a dirty land deal so Obama could buy a house he couldn''t afford on his own...Rezko bought the adjoining propery because one had to be sold the same day as the other. Obama couldn''t afford both. As a matter of fact...he paid 300,000 less than the asking price, while Rezko paid full price. Sounds like "quid pro quo" to me! It''s amazing to me that people are so caught up in this Obama thing that they are willing to forego common sense.

[Razzl]

The political lesson that Obama has hopefully learned by now is, apologize for nothing. He didn''t preach the words that his minister said, so he has nothing to apologize for or explain. If he has no particular association with Rezko other than the guy being a donor, then don''t apologize. Apologies only play into the hands of the filthy GOP schemers who try to sow doubt about everything. Ignore the NRO and Rove natterers and you dry up their swamp...

[suzyku]

Oh Please! Give us a break! They are trying to drag Obama into this, no where is his name mentioned in conjunction to the corrupt actions of these people. This rediculous article written in the National Review, with their own agenda and accusations by a Republican with his own agenda is rediculous and the fact that it''s been shown on the CBS news website is disgusting! More smear tactics and the media, as usual is helping it along!

[gaye5]

Clinton and Obama should join forces they are both corrupt..
Far to many people connected to them who have become out of sorts with them have sort of died.. or had accidents, or had heart attacks etc, hmmm
I appears that it is life threatening being involved with them..

[rayuk-2009]

Everything from the NRO and the Weekly Standard has a pro GOP agenda. This article is simply business as usual.

[stopkidding]

Can we please hear about McCains''s Keating Five migraine now?

[gaye5]

This is what happens when you have dirt on the Clintons:

1 - James McDougal - Clinton''s convicted Whitewater partner died of an apparent heart attack, while in solitary confinement. He was a key witness in Ken Starr''s investigation.

2 - Mary Mahoney - A former White House intern was murdered July 1997 at a Starbucks Coffee Shop in Georgetown. The murder happened just after she was to go public with her story of sexual harassment in the White House.

3 - Vince Foster - Former white House councilor, and colleague of Hillary Clinton at Little Rock''s Rose Law firm. Died of a gunshot wound to the head, ruled a suicide.

4 - Ron Brown - Secretary of Commerce and former DNC Chairman. Reported to have died by impact in a plane crash. A pathologist close to the investigation reported that there was a hole in the top of Brown''s skull resembling a gunshot wound. At the time of his death Brown was being investigated, and spoke publicly of his willingness to cut a deal with prosecutors.

5 - C. Victor Raiser II and Montgomery Raiser, Major players in the Clinton fund raising organization died in a private plane crash in July 1992.

6 - Paul Tulley - Democratic National Committee Political Director found dead in a hotel room in Little Rock, September 1992... Described by Clinton as a "Dear friend and trusted advisor."

[gaye5]

7- Ed Willey - Clinton fund raiser, found dead November 1993 deep in the woods in VA of a gunshot wound to the head. Ruled a suicide. Ed Willey died on the same day his wife Kathleen Willey claimed Bill Clinton groped her in the oval office in the White House. Ed Willey was in volved in several Clinton fund raising events.

8 - Jerry Parks - Head of Clinton''s gubernatorial security team in Little Rock. Gunned down in his car at a deserted intersection outside Little Rock. Park''s son said his father was building a dossier on Clinton. He allegedly threatened to reveal this information. After he died the files were mysteriously removed from his house.

9 - James Bunch - Died from a gunshot suicide. It was reported that he had a "Black Book" of people which contained names of influential people who visited prostitutes in Texas and Arkansas.

10 - James Wilson - Was found dead in May 1993 from an apparent hanging suicide. He was reported to have ties to Whitewater.

11- Kathy Ferguson, ex-wife of Arkansas Trooper Danny Ferguson, was found dead in May 1994, in her living room with a gunshot to her head. It was ruled a suicide even though there were several packed suitcases, as if she were going somewhere. Danny Ferguson was a co-defendant along with Bill Clinton in the Paula Jones lawsuit. Kathy Ferguson was a possible corroborating witness for Paula Jones.

[gaye5]

there are 35 on that list then there is
THE FOLLOWING CLINTON BODYGUARDS ARE DEAD:
36 - Major William S. Barkley Jr.
37 - Captain Scott J. Reynolds
38 - Sgt. Brian Hanley
39 - Sgt. Tim Sabel
40 - Major General William Robertson
41 - Col. William Densberger
42 - Col. Robert Kelly
43 - Spec. Gary Rhodes
44 - Steve Willis
45 - Robert Williams
46 - Conway LeBleu
47 - Todd McKeehan

Quite an impressive list!

[lottobee]

Obama can just give a little speech and say he had no idea that all this stuff was going on ---- and everyone will believe him. Then he''ll tell us how he wants bring honesty to government and everyone will say how wonderful he is --- especially the media. How fortunate for Obama that he gets preferential treatment in the media. He''ll tell us how he''s going to appoint another big czar to investigate govt corruption and everyone will applaud and he''ll never be implicated in anything. Nothing sticks to this guy. So don''t worry, he''ll get the nomination. But watch out for the Rove book of tricks because thus far no one has survived the dirty tricks meister. Obama will be another also-ran and will join the ranks of those who were out-meistered by Rove. And that''s not to mention all the faulty voting machines which will be dragged out of storage and placed in Obama country to take care of all those newly registered voters who have stars in their eyes believing that he has a chance to get elected. This will be a re-run of Gore and Kerry and no dems will reach the presidency unil we finally take care of our voting machines.

[Marie Zarankevich]

Instead of just looking at corrupt contacts (what politician doesn''t have them?) we should be looking at how many of them get to survive long enough to testify against the politician. That might at least have a chance of being honest or accurate. Seriously, surviving associates vs. ''accidentally'' dead associates could give a more precise head count. We already KNOW most of them are corrupt.

[wogerwabbit]

Actually, to be fair, everything the Nazi Regional Office says is a headache for America, not just Obama. We should take their advice and start denouncing people for purely idealogical reasons... it''s a stroke of genuis we should emulate. Perhaps we should start by hanging traitors like the morons that write these lies... it certainly would cleanse the air... I love the smell of rotting corpses in the morning... especially neocon corpses... lol.

[wogerwabbit]

I''m sorry. After my last post I went back and read the previous posts and realized that I was totally off topic because I was on topic. I hadn''t realized the crazies had taken over already. My apologies.

[roger_inkart]

Ah, another hyper-partisan hatchet job from the most dishonest rightwing media maggots around - the NRO.

You SOBs are scared s.hitless of Obama. And you should be.

[clint737]

Ahhh finally many will see how corrupt and sneaky Obama really is

[clint737]

IF Barrack Hussein OBAMA is too afraid to show his face at MLK event how will he be able to face any of our enemys ??lol

[hwebb54]

Why does CBS bury this story in their website on a Friday but Hillary Clinton gets 3 weeks of coverage because she didn''t remember or embellished a story? I mean really, she actually went to a war torn country to visit troops and thats left out because of one mess up and Obama has basically gotten a free ride and the things that we have learned about him are not good. The media has not done a great job in informing the public about Mr. Obama and his connections. Every major news outlet (CNN CBS NBC ABC MSNBC) are all in the tank for Obama. When 83 percent of your stories on the news in favorable and your opponent only gets 53 percent of favorable stories........something smells bad. Do your job journalist and put down the Kool AId

[hwebb54]

Hillary Clinton gets called a racist for saying that LBJ helped MLK''s dream be realized and Obama doesn''t even show up to remember him in Memphis and thats OK ??? Even John McCain took the time to come down a remember Dr. King properly. Obama is using black people for his own gain. I don''t know why they forget that the leader of the NAACP called Bill Clinton the "First Black President" for a reason. Obama has used the race card so many times in this campaign with the media as accomplices.

Bill Clinton calls Obama''s war position a "fairy tale"- Racist

Bob Johnson (a black man) talked about Obama''s drug use. A fact Obama himslef talked about in his book. because Bob Johnson ( a black man who owns BET) supports Hillary, Hillary-Racist.

Hillary says that LBJ helps pass important legislation to further Dr. Kings dream- Racist

Bill Clinton says that Obama won South Carolina just like Jesse Jackson won their.....by winning an over whelming majority of the black vote..fact-Racist.

Hillary makes the "3a.m. ad" Obama supporter and

Obama has not just played the race card.....he has played 52 race card pick up. I can''t believe that black people in this country bought that Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton of all people in the world would be considered racist. The media has failed the public for not calling Obama out on these charges. Instead they pick apart statements of the Clintons and help the Obama camp "spin" them into racist remarks. Its sickening.

[mcvet]

It''s so much fun watching and listening to the fascist and their propaganda wing attempt to create some sort of issue. They can not talk about the problems facing the nation... they CAUSED most of those so they fish and troll, trying to find something, anything, they can switch the focus too. Sieg Heil Bush

[pollroller1]

I certainly am not a bigot, but I just can''t bring myself to vote for Barack. I wouldn''t vote for him if he were white. It''s funny, being that I''m white, I can say that I don''t like a certain white candidate and that''s OK, but if I say that I don''t like a certain black candidate, then that makes me a racist.

[navyvet48]

Actually I am not surprised by this news. Chicago politics is probably the most crooked types of politics around. It doesn''t ever seem to get better but keeps getting worse. I have been saying for some time now there was something more to Rezko than meets the eye. I believe if Rezko is looking at a long prison term than he will sing like a canary.

[beebopareebo]

Many of Senator Obama''s supporters have spent the past five months with their fingers stuck in their ears refusing to hear anything negative about their candidate simply because they don''t want to believe facts. You will not be able to hold this trial at bay by wishing it so. It will have a tremendous impact on the election and it would serve the DEMOCRATIC party well to reflect on the truth and consequences of his canidacy.

[ranger1948]

Some people know how to spell seig heil because they have belonged to the nazi party for along time.

[xlib]

SO, here it is, the story of the empty suit and his felon friend right here in the opinion section. Funny, I would think this would be hard news, but NOOOOOO, the msm so afraid of being called racist, biased or whatever, if they were to really, really look at this empty suit, sticks it here.
Well, here is one "typical white woman''s" opinion-this guy is no different then any other politican. In fact, he is probably worse because of all the kid glove handling by the media and anyone else who dares to question him. You know what that makes him-very, very dangerous because he has not been challenged. Wake up America and white poeple who carry that whole white guilt garbage. This guy is bad news.

[xlib]

mcvet-BUSH isn''t runnig. And, this is news. Say this was about a Republican, what would you post then? Why don''t you want to know more about this guy? What are you afraid of? He is as crooked as any other politican and the fact that he is half black somehow excuses him. That''s dangerous thinking and just plain dumb.

[hungry1968]

mcvet-BUSH isn''''t runnig. And, this is news. Say this was about a Republican, what would you post then? Why don''''t you want to know more about this guy? What are you afraid of? He is as crooked as any other politican and the fact that he is half black somehow excuses him. That''''s dangerous thinking and just plain dumb.

Posted by Xlib at 10:59 AM : Apr 05, 2008




If it was a republican, we wouldn''t even hear about it.

The scandal and corruption of the GOP has become so common place, that they don''t even bother to report it anymore.

[charleschap]

%u201CA bone headed mistake...!" As Sen. Obama admitted his long time friendship, support, money backing and the house deal with Mr. Rizko, who is in jail right now, who is a long time backer of Sen. Obama, known to him since 1990. At long last, after a long period foot dragging, hiding and avoiding these issues from Chicago newspapers that investigated such dealing of Sen. Obama, he finally admitted that that he has received from Mr. Rizko at least $250,000.00 smakroos! And the house deal which he got for 1.6 million was less than 300,000 of the going market price. ABC News reported that Mr. Rizko received nearly 100 million dollars worth of housing-property deals from Sen. Obama%u2019s district. And in spite all these dealing with Rizko, Sen. Obama shrugged away with a simple disclaimer of a %u201CBone headed mistake!%u201D It was like %u201CMy dog ate my homework%u2026%u201D Prosecutors claim that Mr. Rezko effectively controlled decisions by the Teachers Retirement System, which manage Illinois teachers'' $30 billion pension fund, and the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Board, which must approve all building permits involving hospitals. Mr. Obama denounces lobbyists and special interests on one hand while keeping his other hand in the cookie jar!

[xlib]

hi hungry-are you really, really serious about your statement that we wouldn''t even hear about it if it were a Republican????? Come on, you have got to be smoking some funny, funny stuff. This site never ran a diane fienstein war profiteering story when she and her hubby made millions,did we??
Why is this only coming out now?? It''s been brewing for months and the msm has not covered it. Tell me one other story on a Republican that was not run?? Tell me.
Do you really, really think your party is without crooks? If you are you are a sad, sad person.

[tooloose2]

Before November, Obama is going to unravel like a cheap sweater right before our eyes, the media has given this Flim-Flam man a free ride. It is time CBS, NBC and ABC, got off the Obama train and started taking a real honest indepth look at this man. He is running for the highest office in the land, if he cannot withstand the scrutiny of an honest press, he should get out of the race. If the press had looked at Obama with the same scrutiny they have Hillary Clinton, he would not be in the race today, he would be an also ran......

Obama is not qualified to be president, and we certainly don''t need a pawn of Chicago''s dirty political system occupying the White House. Didn''t the election of George Bush teach us anything, or will we pull the trigger one more time, in this political game of russian roulette.

This man Barak Obama, will not get my vote, he is not ready to be president. Our country needs superior leadership now more than ever, Obama is not that leader.

[nuwnb]

I hope Hillary and her aids are reading excellent CBS articles such as "Rezko Controversy: Headache For Obama" and some of the great artices on Realclearpolitics. They should be asking Obama in pulic about many of the details found in this article. Obama has presented himself as the great moral crusader who will bring about change in US politics. Articles such as this are showing us that he is no better than anyone else in politcs but a lot worse because of the high standards he has imposed on others. At least with Hillary her warts are there for all to see. Unfortunately Obamas are popping up all over the place. John Cain must be rubbing his hands together at the thought of facing off with Obama in November.

[nuwnb]

Obama may say that his dealing with Rezko was a bone headed mistake. Some may prefer to say that it was just plain "Bad to the Bone"

[upbeatred1]

Barack Obama is doing well because he has alot of wealthy people funneling money to his campaign - people who hate Hillary because she is a ballsy, take-charge woman. There''s alot of sexism in this campaign - more than racism.

Obama is a racist - because his spiritual advisor is a racist (Rev Wright) who spews hateful lies about whites. He is corrupt because he is associated with Rezko. He is filled with half truths - he won''t even correct people when they describe him as black - he''s half white, folks! Do we describe bi-racials Mariah Carey and Derek Jeter as black? No. Obama stays silent when he is mistakenly described - because being described as black works to his advantage. His choice of (my former relative) Darfur-ignoring Susan Rice as advisor - shows bad judgement. Bad choices, bad judgement, bad character - Obama.

His money generating machine reminds me of a certain sitting President who raised incredible volumes of money due to his daddy and his ties to big oil. What did we get? An insulated man with no experience who is ruining this country.

[upbeatred1]

Barack Obama is doing well because he has alot of wealthy people funneling money to his campaign - people who hate Hillary because she is a ballsy, take-charge woman. There''s alot of sexism in this campaign - more than racism.

Obama is a racist - because his spiritual advisor is a racist (Rev Wright) who spews hateful lies about whites. He is corrupt because he is associated with Rezko. He is filled with half truths - he won''t even correct people when they describe him as black - he''s half white, folks! Do we describe bi-racials Mariah Carey and Derek Jeter as black? No. Obama stays silent when he is mistakenly described - because being described as black works to his advantage. His choice of (my former relative) Darfur-ignoring Susan Rice as advisor - shows bad judgement. Bad choices, bad judgement, bad character - Obama.

His money generating machine reminds me of a certain sitting President who raised incredible volumes of money due to his daddy and his ties to big oil. What did we get? An insulated man with no experience who is ruining this country.

[upbeatred1]

Barack Obama is doing well because he has alot of wealthy people funneling money to his campaign - people who hate Hillary because she is a ballsy, take-charge woman. There''s alot of sexism in this campaign - more than racism.

Obama is a racist - because his spiritual advisor is a racist (Rev Wright) who spews hateful lies about whites. He is corrupt because he is associated with Rezko. He is filled with half truths - he won''t even correct people when they describe him as black - he''s half white, folks! Do we describe bi-racials Mariah Carey and Derek Jeter as black? No. Obama stays silent when he is mistakenly described - because being described as black works to his advantage. His choice of (my former relative) Darfur-ignoring Susan Rice as advisor - shows bad judgement. Bad choices, bad judgement, bad character - Obama.

His money generating machine reminds me of a certain sitting President who raised incredible volumes of money due to his daddy and his ties to big oil. What did we get? An insulated man with no experience who is ruining this country.

[upbeatred1]

Barack Obama is doing well because he has alot of wealthy people funneling money to his campaign - people who hate Hillary because she is a ballsy, take-charge woman. There''s alot of sexism in this campaign - more than racism.

Obama is a racist - because his spiritual advisor is a racist (Rev Wright) who spews hateful lies about whites. He is corrupt because he is associated with Rezko. He is filled with half truths - he won''t even correct people when they describe him as black - he''s half white, folks! Do we describe bi-racials Mariah Carey and Derek Jeter as black? No. Obama stays silent when he is mistakenly described - because being described as black works to his advantage. His choice of (my former relative) Darfur-ignoring Susan Rice as advisor - shows bad judgement. Bad choices, bad judgement, bad character - Obama.

His money generating machine reminds me of a certain sitting President who raised incredible volumes of money due to his daddy and his ties to big oil. What did we get? An insulated man with no experience who is ruining this country.

[upbeatred1]

Barack Obama is doing well because he has alot of wealthy people funneling money to his campaign - people who hate Hillary because she is a ballsy, take-charge woman. There''s alot of sexism in this campaign - more than racism.

Obama is a racist - because his spiritual advisor is a racist (Rev Wright) who spews hateful lies about whites. He is corrupt because he is associated with Rezko. He is filled with half truths - he won''t even correct people when they describe him as black - he''s half white, folks! Do we describe bi-racials Mariah Carey and Derek Jeter as black? No. Obama stays silent when he is mistakenly described - because being described as black works to his advantage. His choice of (my former relative) Darfur-ignoring Susan Rice as advisor - shows bad judgement. Bad choices, bad judgement, bad character - Obama.

His money generating machine reminds me of a certain sitting President who raised incredible volumes of money due to his daddy and his ties to big oil. What did we get? An insulated man with no experience who is ruining this country.

[upbeatred1]

Barack Obama is doing well because he has alot of wealthy people funneling money to his campaign - people who hate Hillary because she is a ballsy, take-charge woman. There''s alot of sexism in this campaign - more than racism.

Obama is a racist - because his spiritual advisor is a racist (Rev Wright) who spews hateful lies about whites. He is corrupt because he is associated with Rezko. He is filled with half truths - he won''t even correct people when they describe him as black - he''s half white, folks! Do we describe bi-racials Mariah Carey and Derek Jeter as black? No. Obama stays silent when he is mistakenly described - because being described as black works to his advantage. His choice of (my former relative) Darfur-ignoring Susan Rice as advisor - shows bad judgement. Bad choices, bad judgement, bad character - Obama.

His money generating machine reminds me of a certain sitting President who raised incredible volumes of money due to his daddy and his ties to big oil. What did we get? An insulated man with no experience who is ruining this country.

[upbeatred1]

Barack Obama is doing well because he has alot of wealthy people funneling money to his campaign - people who hate Hillary because she is a ballsy, take-charge woman. There''s alot of sexism in this campaign - more than racism.

Obama is a racist - because his spiritual advisor is a racist (Rev Wright) who spews hateful lies about whites. He is corrupt because he is associated with Rezko. He is filled with half truths - he won''t even correct people when they describe him as black - he''s half white, folks! Do we describe bi-racials Mariah Carey and Derek Jeter as black? No. Obama stays silent when he is mistakenly described - because being described as black works to his advantage. His choice of (my former relative) Darfur-ignoring Susan Rice as advisor - shows bad judgement. Bad choices, bad judgement, bad character - Obama.

His money generating machine reminds me of a certain sitting President who raised incredible volumes of money due to his daddy and his ties to big oil. What did we get? An insulated man with no experience who is ruining this country.

[upbeatred1]

Barack Obama is doing well because he has alot of wealthy people funneling money to his campaign - people who hate Hillary because she is a ballsy, take-charge woman. There''s alot of sexism in this campaign - more than racism.

Obama is a racist - because his spiritual advisor is a racist (Rev Wright) who spews hateful lies about whites. He is corrupt because he is associated with Rezko. He is filled with half truths - he won''t even correct people when they describe him as black - he''s half white, folks! Do we describe bi-racials Mariah Carey and Derek Jeter as black? No. Obama stays silent when he is mistakenly described - because being described as black works to his advantage. His choice of (my former relative) Darfur-ignoring Susan Rice as advisor - shows bad judgement. Bad choices, bad judgement, bad character - Obama.

His money generating machine reminds me of a certain sitting President who raised incredible volumes of money due to his daddy and his ties to big oil. What did we get? An insulated man with no experience who is ruining this country.

[upbeatred1]

Barack Obama is doing well because he has alot of wealthy people funneling money to his campaign - people who hate Hillary because she is a ballsy, take-charge woman. There''s alot of sexism in this campaign - more than racism.

Obama is a racist - because his spiritual advisor is a racist (Rev Wright) who spews hateful lies about whites. He is corrupt because he is associated with Rezko. He is filled with half truths - he won''t even correct people when they describe him as black - he''s half white, folks! Do we describe bi-racials Mariah Carey and Derek Jeter as black? No. Obama stays silent when he is mistakenly described - because being described as black works to his advantage. His choice of (my former relative) Darfur-ignoring Susan Rice as advisor - shows bad judgement. Bad choices, bad judgement, bad character - Obama.

His money generating machine reminds me of a certain sitting President who raised incredible volumes of money due to his daddy and his ties to big oil. What did we get? An insulated man with no experience who is ruining this country.

[upbeatred1]

Barack Obama is doing well because he has alot of wealthy people funneling money to his campaign - people who hate Hillary because she is a ballsy, take-charge woman. There''s alot of sexism in this campaign - more than racism.

Obama is a racist - because his spiritual advisor is a racist (Rev Wright) who spews hateful lies about whites. He is corrupt because he is associated with Rezko. He is filled with half truths - he won''t even correct people when they describe him as black - he''s half white, folks! Do we describe bi-racials Mariah Carey and Derek Jeter as black? No. Obama stays silent when he is mistakenly described - because being described as black works to his advantage. His choice of (my former relative) Darfur-ignoring Susan Rice as advisor - shows bad judgement. Bad choices, bad judgement, bad character - Obama.

His money generating machine reminds me of a certain sitting President who raised incredible volumes of money due to his daddy and his ties to big oil. What did we get? An insulated man with no experience who is ruining this country.

[upbeatred1]

Barack Obama is doing well because he has alot of wealthy people funneling money to his campaign - people who hate Hillary because she is a ballsy, take-charge woman. There''s alot of sexism in this campaign - more than racism.

Obama is a racist - because his spiritual advisor is a racist (Rev Wright) who spews hateful lies about whites. He is corrupt because he is associated with Rezko. He is filled with half truths - he won''t even correct people when they describe him as black - he''s half white, folks! Do we describe bi-racials Mariah Carey and Derek Jeter as black? No. Obama stays silent when he is mistakenly described - because being described as black works to his advantage. His choice of (my former relative) Darfur-ignoring Susan Rice as advisor - shows bad judgement. Bad choices, bad judgement, bad character - Obama.

His money generating machine reminds me of a certain sitting President who raised incredible volumes of money due to his daddy and his ties to big oil. What did we get? An insulated man with no experience who is ruining this country.

[upbeatred1]

Barack Obama is doing well because he has alot of wealthy people funneling money to his campaign - people who hate Hillary because she is a ballsy, take-charge woman. There''s alot of sexism in this campaign - more than racism.

Obama is a racist - because his spiritual advisor is a racist (Rev Wright) who spews hateful lies about whites. He is corrupt because he is associated with Rezko. He is filled with half truths - he won''t even correct people when they describe him as black - he''s half white, folks! Do we describe bi-racials Mariah Carey and Derek Jeter as black? No. Obama stays silent when he is mistakenly described - because being described as black works to his advantage. His choice of (my former relative) Darfur-ignoring Susan Rice as advisor - shows bad judgement. Bad choices, bad judgement, bad character - Obama.

His money generating machine reminds me of a certain sitting President who raised incredible volumes of money due to his daddy and his ties to big oil. What did we get? An insulated man with no experience who is ruining this country.

[upbeatred1]

Barack Obama is doing well because he has alot of wealthy people funneling money to his campaign - people who hate Hillary because she is a ballsy, take-charge woman. There''s alot of sexism in this campaign - more than racism.

Obama is a racist - because his spiritual advisor is a racist (Rev Wright) who spews hateful lies about whites. He is corrupt because he is associated with Rezko. He is filled with half truths - he won''t even correct people when they describe him as black - he''s half white, folks! Do we describe bi-racials Mariah Carey and Derek Jeter as black? No. Obama stays silent when he is mistakenly described - because being described as black works to his advantage. His choice of (my former relative) Darfur-ignoring Susan Rice as advisor - shows bad judgement. Bad choices, bad judgement, bad character - Obama.

His money generating machine reminds me of a certain sitting President who raised incredible volumes of money due to his daddy and his ties to big oil. What did we get? An insulated man with no experience who is ruining this country.

[upbeatred1]

Barack Obama is doing well because he has alot of wealthy people funneling money to his campaign - people who hate Hillary because she is a ballsy, take-charge woman. There''s alot of sexism in this campaign - more than racism.

Obama is a racist - because his spiritual advisor is a racist (Rev Wright) who spews hateful lies about whites. He is corrupt because he is associated with Rezko. He is filled with half truths - he won''t even correct people when they describe him as black - he''s half white, folks! Do we describe bi-racials Mariah Carey and Derek Jeter as black? No. Obama stays silent when he is mistakenly described - because being described as black works to his advantage. His choice of (my former relative) Darfur-ignoring Susan Rice as advisor - shows bad judgement. Bad choices, bad judgement, bad character - Obama.

His money generating machine reminds me of a certain sitting President who raised incredible volumes of money due to his daddy and his ties to big oil. What did we get? An insulated man with no experience who is ruining this country.