Some Like It Cool

The point of the article was the affect Obama has on people and why. If you want an article on what the man has done or not done, this wasn't what you were looking for; however, keep looking. I have read many articles about his life and accomplishments and you won't have to look hard to find one.

She donated money to his campaign---nothing she says can be taking seriously. Have to give her credit for admitting to it--unlike the rest of NEWSWEEK/MSM people.

goebbels didn't have it so easy.

TIME 7 barry covers vs 2 McCain

WASHINGTON POST: barry on the front page 3x more than McCain

NEWSWEEK don't even have to count.

this election is a fraud. the Primary was illegitimate and can never be undone. and with the proobama MSM bias barry doesn't even have a lead against bush 3. and if barry loses it'll be because white America is racist. it's all a joke and who loses? the American people and the brave soldiers in Landstuhl.

part 3
Obama (March 15, 2008): [He] did not solicit that from me. ... This was a project that was well-regarded in the community, has done well, and was supported on its own merits, and it was essentially a form letter of the sort that I did all [the] time.

Can support for a low-income housing project be a "favor" to the developer if the developer didn't ask for it? You decide.
Million-Dollar Mansion
As for that claim about Rezko helping Obama buy his house, well, we've dealt with that one before. The gist of the story: In 2005, Barack and Michelle Obama found a house that they wanted to purchase. The property had been divided into two parcels, one containing a house and the other undeveloped land. The owner had listed the properties separately. After considerable haggling, the seller accepted the Obamas' third bid of $1.65 million for the parcel containing the house. Tony Rezko's wife, Rita, purchased the adjoining lot for $625,000.
When the Obamas wanted to increase the size of their yard, they approached the Rezkos about purchasing a strip of the adjacent parcel. Obama told the Sun-Times that a 10-foot strip of the 60-foot lot appraised for $40,000. The Obamas nevertheless paid Rita $104,500 (or 1/6 of the total purchase price of her lot) for the strip. In 2007, Rita sold the remaining lot for $575,000 (or roughly a $54,500 profit on the overall property).
McCain's ad, however, is worded in a way that could leave a false impression. It says Rezko "helped him buy his million-dollar mansion" by "purchasing part of the property he couldn't afford." That's true, but only because the seller wanted to sell the two parcels as a unit and the Obamas couldn't afford both. Rezko did not make a gift of any property to the Obamas. Furthermore, the fact that his wife sold her lot for more than she paid for it contradicts any suggestion that the Rezkos overpaid for their part of the deal as a way of getting the seller to lower the price to the Obamas for their part.
Convicted Felon
The McCain ad says of Rezko, "Now, he's a convicted felon." That's true; Rezko was indicted in 2006 and convicted of corruption charges on June 4, 2008. But those charges came after the 2005 Obama home purchase and had nothing to do with that or with the $14 million project mentioned in the ad.
Obama has conceded that purchasing the land from Rezko, whom Obama knew to be under investigation at the time, was "boneheaded." As we reported in December, Obama has donated campaign contributions from Rezko and his associates to charity.
What About That Obama Ad?
As we mentioned, McCain's ad was prompted by an Obama attack ad released earlier in the day. In that TV spot, Obama criticizes McCain for not knowing just how many houses he owns. The answer depends on what you count as a McCain-owned home. We're going with our colleagues at PolitiFact.com, who decided that the McCain total is eight.

Rezko Reality
August 22, 2008
McCain misfires as he attacks Obama's home purchase.
Summary
On the defensive over the extent of multiple McCain homes, the GOP candidate strikes back. But his TV spot gives an oversimplified and misleading account of how Obama bought his own $1.6 million house in Chicago.
The ad says Chicago power broker Tony Rezko got "political favors" including "$14 million from taxpayers." But there's no evidence of any connection to the Obama home purchase. The $14 million was to build apartments for low-income seniors. Obama wrote a letter supporting the "worthy" project, but both men say Rezko didn't ask for the letter.
It says Rezko "purchased part of the property [Obama] couldn't afford." Rezko's wife did buy an adjoining tract but later sold the land at a profit. Obama paid market price for his home.
McCain launched the attack after Obama ran one capitalizing on McCain's inability to recall for an interviewer how many homes the McCains own. Obama's ad says it's seven. The best tally we've seen puts the figure at eight, counting all the apartments and homes owned by McCain's wife, Cindy, and various family trusts, for themselves and their children.
Analysis
On Aug. 21, Barack Obama released an ad chiding Sen. John McCain for his inability to remember how many houses he owns, and McCain responded the same day with a counterattack charging that Obama got help buying his house from a "convicted felon" who got $14 million in "political favors" from Obama. We find McCain's ad is careless with the facts and could easily leave a false impression.
John McCain 2008 TV Ad: "Housing Problem"
Announcer: Barack Obama knows a lot about housing problems.
One of his "biggest fundraisers" helped him buy his million-dollar mansion.
Purchasing part of the property he couldn't afford.
From Obama, Rezko got "political favors" including "$14 million from taxpayers."
Now, he's a convicted felon, facing jail.

It's disgusting isn't it?

What I seek is an honest, transparent, fair, equitable and responsible government that represents all of the people. The Republican Party has currently clearly demonstrated that not one of those things is of interest to them; they simply arrogantly and aggressively pursue a private agenda to benefit Special Interests and a select few, those who return support, contributions and later kickback compensation, and they then give the average American only apathy, the costs and subterfuge. If you are one of the few, you probably are happy with Bush-Cheney-Rove-etal and feel good about continuing with more of the same. However, if you are not of that small group, which most of us aren???t, you may think you are, which many do, and then you are part of the problem. The Republicans have deceptively appealed to us using negative attacks, false accusations, exaggerations, distortions of the terms ???liberal??? and ???conservative??? and with efforts to excite our emotions over biases, prejudices and even religious beliefs; all efforts intended to confuse the reality of things. The only way to really understand is to look at your own status: are you better off today with more security and more spending power; are you satisfied with the Iraq War or do you believe it was falsely justified, falsely reported, has cost us too much and greatly benefited only a select few; do you feel the War on Terror has been neglected in favor of positions that benefit the few; do you feel too much has been neglected, like America???s infrastructure, education, medical costs, Global Warming and so on; do you feel that we are handicapping future generations, our children and grand children, with deficits and the current concentration on immediate gratification for the wealthy and powerful; do you feel the Bush administration has been consistently lying to us and so on. The Democrats are not perfect either but just noting how the Republicans focus on the meaningless garbage and avoid the issues, tells a story; they have literally developed dirty-politics into their art form. How can they seriously fault a lack of experience when their pride and joy was a movie actor and while McCain has a lot of time in as a Senator, there simply is still nothing impressive? Then there are the attacks on Obama because of those who are mere acquaintances and yet McCain was the one actually investigated during the Keating scandal and likely was excused only because he cooperated. No, it is really time for change, desperately needed change. Change from Bush-Cheney (-McCain) and change from Washington as usual (which is something Hillary didn???t offer). More of the same is really nothing but more negatives and even just a chance for change is what we really need!

barry bought the house at 300K less and rezko paid full price. part of the tract of land that was originally rezkos (who did nothing with it though barry just "cut the lawn") was sold to barry for $105K while rezko was under federal investigation for what he was ultimately convicted of. Rezko will be sentenced Sept 3rd. rezko also paid around 40k to build a fence that was on barrys land, this was part of the "boneheaded mistake" barry made. you know that great judgment he had in t2002 wasn't so good in 2005-2007 in regards to rezko as it wasnt in regards to 20yrs of Wright. this info is in the Chicago Sun-times and the Tribune. Check out TIM NOVAK at the sun-times. lynn sweet has a lot of info about rezko in her archives.

SHARENEWS have you gone to REZKOWATCH.COM? everything you ever wanted to know about rezko and his nefarious connections is there. rezkos ties with barry go much deeper than anything newsweek has gone into. and as you said, 11 of rezkos barry-influenced through the Woods Foundation developments are still dilapidated and abandoned are in barrys senate district.

barrys biggest problem came on 3/14/08 (the same day he lied about knowing about wrights evil rantings) when he finally had to admit that rezko-related donors gave him 250k not the 80k barry first admitted to and then barry had to give back more money. aramandas was given back just prior the beginning of rezkos trial. barry "had no idea".

the editors at the papers had tried to make barry sit down with them for over a year and at first barry would only answer written answers. axelrod got very creative with the non-answers. everything in the chicago papers, including barrys complete interview with them. barrys a total and utter fraud. just remember that rezko was on barrys 2004 Senate campaign as an official finance adivsor...much the same as Valerie JARRETT is now.

the website is www.citizensagainstproobamamsmbias. they had a private blog that I was part of (which went into detail about rezko and the rest of barrys fine friends) and they are trying to go public with it but theyre not too computer savvy which is why they still arent open yet. they tried to transfer the posts and the comments (hundreds) and havent been successful so please keep at it.

Don't get paranoid. I am not a paid blogger. By happenstance, I am home which is quite unusual for a Sunday.

In other words, they are either in Illinois today, lol, or they had the day off to just enjoy the VP hoopla. LoL

"can support for a low-income housing project be a "favor" developer didn't ask for it?"

they clearly don't know what chicago politics are all about. emil jones )the man who "made himself a senator" (barry) is retiring and giving the seat to his son who said he's looking forward to dealing "digitally" (meant to say diligently"). there's nothing they could do to stop him from getting on the ballot and he's a shoe-in because the Republicans have no chance. one wonders what role jones will play in barry's administration. you may also want to check out the earmarks barry set aside. barry didnt come clean about this either until forced. he earmarked 300 MILLION...TENS OF MILLIONS in jones senate district. tit for tat chicago style and nobody gives a dam.