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  • Posted By: tiredoflies @ 08/23/2008 1:12:31 PM

    Again we see it plain.

    The Republicans trying to lie and cheat their way into the White House.

    This Rezko thing was already run through the wringer by Clinton. Any doubt they would have found something if there was something?

    And other blog writers adding their flavor to it does NOT CHANGE THE FACTS. They are putting these words down on the blog. It is their attempt to distort the facts.

    BELIEVE FactCheck.org BUT DO NOT BELIEVE OTHER BIASED MCCAIN SUPPORTERS WHO HAVE ALREADY SHOWN THEY AND THEIR CANDIDATE WILL LIE TO NO END TO GET INTO THE WHITE HOUSE.

    • Posted By: HolyRoller @ 08/23/2008 1:47:07 PM

      Clinton??? run through the wringer???? Guess you never knew the entire story. Thats O.K., you will very soon.

      NOBAMA!!!

  • Posted By: notroubleatall1963 @ 08/23/2008 1:08:20 AM



    Are you ready - for the Really-Really Rich REPUBLICANs ... AGAIN?

    McCain - Insanely Rich, yet still collecting Social Security.

    Out of touch, but not out of Ready Cash and Tons of Assets (some say 10, others say 8, Obama says 7 HOMES, just for starters).

    $600 Gucci tassled loafers with his silk-pocketed dockers to see the Dalai Lama -- Haute Couture of the Country Club Class.

    Bushes. The Final Frontier - To Boldly Go Where No Man Has Gone Before: Two serious BANKING SCANDALS in just three Administrations (12 years), HOW MANY CORPORATE SCANDALS (Enron alone permanently altered a whole trading industry, but then there was Worldcom, Tyco, so many others -- and so MANY PEOPLE, ORDINARY AMERICANS, WHOSE STOCKS BECAME WORTHLESS OVERNIGHT) "NO NEW TAXES" (AND WE ALL KNOW THAT STORY), THREE OR FOUR WARS (DON'T FORGET MOGADISHU) -- and still going strong in some pockets of this country. Unbelievable.

    Bushes - the sponsors of Hitler during WWII -- from Wall Street to HimmlerStrasse - mit Liebe.

    Mere "celebrities" like Obama and lesser mortals are apparently disdained, looked down upon, by these super-elitists like Bushes and McCains (and ROMNEYS -- also in this super-elitist class of Uber-Mensches) who are worth, individually, at least $100 million a year in personal wealth. But not social security from the Government - that is definitely worth pocketing - it's about milking the country for all it's worth.

    Are you ready for the ULTRA RICH Republicans? I sure hope not.

    Let's turn this tide in our favor - fight for the Democrats, Obama and Biden!

    • Posted By: HolyRoller @ 08/23/2008 1:14:35 AM

      What do you think about Hussein's brother??? Vanity Fair reports this....They visited George...in his thatched hut, in Kenya. The hut is dirt floored and George survives on about $1 per month. No electricity. No running water. No bathroom. But has pics of famous bro on the wall.

      He is savior to the "poor"??? I'll bet George would love some "CHANGE" Sean Hannity is sending George $1000 since his brother could care less.

      Vanity Fair story will be published in next issue.

      This is more fun every day.

      NOBAMA!!!

      • Posted By: Hermana @ 08/23/2008 4:09:57 AM

        I 've been to Kenya and to that area of Nairobi. That's a typical house there. and Hannity said he would send the money if the Obama people gave him the address (of course, Hannitycould just get the info from the CNN people who visited George, but that would mean hannity would really have to send the money rather than just flap his mouth.)
        While George Obama is living like a typical kenyan and on another continent from his half-brother, why isn't cindy McCain helping out her half-sister and family who live in the same town? Answer that!

        • Posted By: HolyRoller @ 08/23/2008 1:40:54 PM

          News to me. I'll FactCheck it, and get back...I'll bet she has gotten more than NOTHING.

          NOBAMA!!!

      • Posted By: notroubleatall1963 @ 08/23/2008 1:17:25 AM



        Not sure, I haven't seen the article - but it sounds stupid. Like Cindy Lou McCain and her half-sisters, who she ignores and treats as if they don't exist. They didn't inherit her money either. Well, life just sucks, don't it?

        • Posted By: dking312 @ 08/23/2008 2:40:15 AM

          Ha Ha, you got Holyroller too good! I nearly decided against laughing at anybody who thinks Sean Hannity said something worth repeating. Tell that bastard send his momma $1000. All he ever wants to do is give one side of the story (when related to Obama), oh, and gloat over this friend Hybrid Tahoe gift.

          WHopde freakin doo....This guy isn't even a real reporter...SO biased you know what he's gonna say before he even opens his trap.

  • Posted By: independentlyyours @ 08/23/2008 12:29:11 PM

    I used to think that FactCheck was a reputable org. Now I see that their agenda. I'm no McCain or Obama fan, but everything I've read points to an extremely shady deal between Obama and Rezko. That house deal stinks to high heaven and FactCheck seems to be exonerating BO for it. Now I have to take everything FactCheck puts out there with a huge grain of salt if their judgement (or bias) is so off-center on this issue.

    • Posted By: Zombiehero @ 08/23/2008 1:39:51 PM

      Factcheck is funded by Annenburg. Google Annenburg and Obama and see what you get....factcheck has bias....

    • Posted By: HolyRoller @ 08/23/2008 1:37:07 PM

      LOTS of others were like you. They assumed with a name like FactCheck, it would be an unbiased, reputable source of information. Nothing could be further from the truth. I'll give credit where credit is due. They lie very well. The use the old tried and true. Good name...mix truths with lies...use experts at spin. This however only works for a while. Only those looking for something to support their own opinions, fall for the crap very long. And obamamohammes as a rule are simple minded.

      National Enquirer is more factual than FactCheck. It is a shame. We are actually witnessing the end of MSM as a viable source of truth.

      NOBAMA!!!

  • Posted By: Mr.tutto @ 08/23/2008 11:40:56 AM

    I'll see your REZCO and raise you a Keating 5 .

    • Posted By: HolyRoller @ 08/23/2008 1:38:53 PM

      I'll take that bet, and call all in....Uh Oh....you lose. No criminal action, trumps crook and fraud every time. Pay up.

      NOBAMA!!!

  • Posted By: MXYZPTLK @ 08/23/2008 12:59:15 PM

    I am very disappointed about Obama???s choice of Joe Biden for VP. After all, because Obama and I have so much in common, I felt that I WOULD BE THE MOST LOGICAL CHOICE.

    After all, who was with Obama when he joined a racist and hateful black liberation theology church? I WAS !!

    And who was with him when he sat in the pews and listened to hateful and racist remarks year after year? I WAS !!

    And who was with him when he cast his vote against protecting the lives of innocent babies who survived a botched abortion attempt? I WAS !!

    And who was with him when he was the most vocal proponent of the heinous procedure called partial birth abortion, where late-term babies have their skulls cracked open while in the womb, and their brains sucked out so that they can be killed BEFORE they are delivered? I WAS !!

    Yes, I have stuck with Obama throughout his whole political life, and this is what I get in return?

    Oh, well, I will support him, nonetheless, because after all, he is furthering my cause, and for that I am grateful.

    Signed,

    Satan

  • Posted By: obamalovesrezko @ 08/23/2008 12:04:12 PM

    I'll see your Keating 5 and raise you a Weather Underground, a Jeremiah Wright, a Michael Pfleger, a MIchelle Obama, and all the other losers Obama is associated with!

  • Posted By: obamalovesrezko @ 08/23/2008 12:02:28 PM

    I'll see your Keating 5 and raise you a weather underground, Jeremiah Wright, Michael Pfleger, Obama's wife, and all the other losers he is associated with!

  • Posted By: ApostasyUSA @ 08/23/2008 11:51:55 AM

    McCain will lie right to your face with no fear of retribution from the media.

    Remember:
    The media is only as liberal as the giant corporations that own it.

    I hope the Democrats win in 08.

  • Posted By: howiefineman @ 08/23/2008 11:03:18 AM

    Your story is a joke. Fact check? How about selective bit analysis?

    "And the tenants of the building benefited too."

    And just how are they benefiting? The buildings--in Barry's senate district--are abandoned. How long was the heat on?

    "Can support for a low-income housing project be a "favor" to the developer if the developer didn't ask for it? You decide."

    This shows how absolutely clueless you are about barry, rezko and Chicago politics. What kind of "fact checking" did you do? You certainly didn't investigate anything. You selected out quotes that favored barry. For every article you cited, there's another article that goes deeper.

    Rezko was under federal investigation when barry bought his house. And rezko had already been involved/exposed in a false minority front business just months before barry bought his house. Boneheaded mistake = bad judgment.

    AND BEST OF ALL. THAT WHICH SHOWS YOUR ABSOLUTE IDIOCY AND LACK OF "FACT CHECKING":

    "As we reported in December, Obama has donated campaign contributions from Rezko and his associates to charity."

    DECEMBER? and what about the extra $159K barry admitted he got from rezko? Remember? barry admitted it after he was forced by the Chicago Trib/Sun Times on MARCH 14 2008. haha and what about the money barry had to give back in may that he got from the guy who bailed out rezko?

    "FACT CHECK" barry-style.

  • Posted By: willnotvoteobama @ 08/23/2008 10:55:13 AM

    facts; joe biden and john mccain have worked on a lot of bills together ! biden has been in politics 10yrs longer than mccain ! biden and the clintons have had very heated arguments fact biden supported hillary's run for president after he dropped out biden said he would not except the nomination of v.p. biden said that obama was not ready to lead ! FOLKS LISTEN UP ! AT THE DEMOCRAT CONVENTION THERE WILL BE ACHANGE UP PITCHED BIDEN WILL NOT ACCEPT THE .VP. SLOT AND HILLARY WILL GET IT CAUSING A UPROAR IN THE CROWDS AND GIVING OBNAMA THE BOUNCE HE NEEDS TO WIN THE WHITE HOUSE !!!! REMEMBER YOU READ IT HERE FIRST !!

  • Posted By: Kate10 @ 08/23/2008 10:39:56 AM

    The fact that McCains family owns numerous homes has no bearing whatsoever on his ability to lead the country on the contrary being independantly wealthy is common among those running for or being President. He was cleared in the Keating affair of any wrongdoing. Penalizing sucessful people or ones who marry sucessful families is against our Amercan way of life where any one can succeed. It's out there. Taking from and criticizing those who suceed and giving to those who don't is Socialist way of life. If O'bama gets in we can kiss our past way of life goodby.

  • Posted By: willnotvoteobama @ 08/23/2008 10:36:02 AM

    " BOTH MEN SAY ITS NOT SO " O.J. DENIED KILLING NICOLE , SCOTT PETERSON DENIED KILLING STACY , ROBERT BLAKE DENIED KILLING HIS WIFE , VICK DENIED DOG FIGHTING !!! DO YOU THINK THAT RESKO AND OBAMA WILL ADMITT THAT THEY DID ANYTHING WRONG ??

  • Posted By: willnotvoteobama @ 08/23/2008 10:33:20 AM

    BARACK OBAMA FOUND A FATHER FIGURE AND WILL NOW BE ABLE TO GET ADVISE ON WHAT TO DO IN A CRISIS !! ALBEIT IT WILL BE VIA TEXT MESSAGE LOL !!

  • Posted By: pat s austin @ 08/23/2008 10:09:41 AM

    I am sure McCain is eager to discuss the Keating affair. http://www.nationalreview.com/contributors/levin040501.shtml
    McCain was the only Republican implicated in the Keating Five scandal, yet today he lectures his party and his president about "the corrupting influence" of money in politics. He rails against the so-called "wealthy special interests" and their ability to buy access to elected officials, yet this is precisely what the Keating Five scandal was all about. And, of course, under McCain's current standard, a politician who takes a principled position that may benefit a donor is corrupt, even if no law has been violated.

    • Posted By: Zombiehero @ 08/23/2008 10:13:22 AM

      Oh yeah McCain was cleared of all charges....sorry to burst your bubble.

  • Posted By: jhubers @ 08/23/2008 10:06:15 AM

    Unfortunately what this indicates is that the Republicans, devoid of an actual political plan that may benefit our nation, are once again playing the Karl Rove tune which means bending, stretching and distorting the truth knowing that there wil always be people who will hear the sound byte without checking the source. I appreciate that you are exposing this for the falsehood it is. I fear, though, that the gutter politics of the Republicans wil continue. It's the only way they know how to win.

  • Posted By: pugs @ 08/23/2008 10:05:19 AM

    Rezco, the Weather Terrorists, Pastor Wright. I don't care what is attached to these these names the fact that these names in the bio of someone running for our Pres just draws me to vote for the other side.

  • Posted By: jhubers @ 08/23/2008 10:02:29 AM

    Unfortunately as the first responses suggest, Republicans are once again on the low road. It worked for Bush so now they figure it will work for McCain. Unfortunately what it indicates is just how bankrupt the Republican party is of any ideas that will benefit this country. They wave their flags and pat themselves on the back for being true patriots, but what they are mostly about is protecting the privileges of the rich. Like McCain.

  • Posted By: Zombiehero @ 08/23/2008 9:54:28 AM

    "It was simply not good enough that I paid above the appraised value for the strip of land that he sold me. It was a mistake to have been engaged with him at all in this or any other personal business dealing that would allow him, or anyone else, to believe that he had done me a favor," the senator said.

    http://www.suntimes.com/news/politics/124171,CST-NWS-obama05.article

  • Posted By: Zombiehero @ 08/23/2008 9:50:18 AM

    or more than five weeks during the brutal winter of 1997, tenants shivered without heat in a government-subsidized apartment building on Chicago's South Side.

    It was just four years after the landlords -- Antoin "Tony'' Rezko and his partner Daniel Mahru -- had rehabbed the 31-unit building in Englewood with a loan from Chicago taxpayers.

    Rezko and Mahru couldn't find money to get the heat back on.

    But their company, Rezmar Corp., did come up with $1,000 to give to the political campaign fund of Barack Obama, the newly elected state senator whose district included the unheated building.

    Obama has been friends with Rezko for 17 years. Rezko has been a political patron to Obama and many others, helping to raise millions of dollars for them through his own contributions and by hosting fund-raisers in his home.

    Obama, who has worked as a lawyer and a legislator to improve living conditions for the poor, took campaign donations from Rezko even as Rezko's low-income housing empire was collapsing, leaving many African-American families in buildings riddled with problems -- including squalid living conditions, vacant apartments, lack of heat, squatters and drug dealers.

    "Their buildings were falling apart,'' said a former city official. "They just didn't pay attention to the condition of these buildings.''

    Eleven of Rezko's buildings were in Obama's state Senate district.

    http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/353829,CST-NWS-rez23.article

  • Posted By: longwalksinparis.blogspot.com @ 08/23/2008 9:45:42 AM

    Rezko is nothing compared to the ads that will be coming out resurrecting McCain's role in the Keating5 S&L debacle. There you have $350,000 dollars going into McCain's pockets and a betrayal of the public trust.

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