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Edited on Tue Feb-19-08 07:39 PM by cryingshame
when it comes to the Clintons. And that tells quite a bit about the sort of posters here who support Clinton.
There is a long, sordid list of filthy money campaign contributors for BOTH Clintons. And they are recent. This isn't "old, rehashed Whitewater or Rose Law Firm" stuff.
And in some cases we are talking about money or services worth millions.
Unlike the fucked up Hillary supporters who engage is swiftboating a fellow Democrat, Obama supporters post the stories about the Clintons' filthy money, comment on them and that's that. We move on except to try and point out the hypocracy of Clinton and/or their supporters who bring up Rezko or insinuate that Obama hasn't been fully vetted.
Clinton supporters, on the other hand, continue to swiftboat Obama with this NON-story concerning Rezko. Obama isn't implicated in anything. Neither he nor his supporters should have to constantly prove his innocence on a DEMOCRATIC website.
Clinton has not been vetted to the extent that the GOP & Media haven't yet latched onto any of the MANY stories involving them and filthy money and quid pro quo deals.
Newsflash, the freaking OWNERS OF THE HOUSE OBAMA BOUGHT SPOKE OUT YESTERDAY. There is no "there", there.
The couple who sold Barack Obama his Chicago home said the Illinois senator's $1.65 million bid ``was the best offer'' and they didn't cut their asking price because a campaign donor bought their adjacent land, according to e- mails between Obama's presidential campaign and the seller.
Bloomberg - the Sellers Speak
That's right - read it and weep. Becasue of Rezko's involvement, the Obamas received a ZERO dollar discount from the price they would have paid from the market. Because of the Rezko's purchase of the adjoining plot, the Obamas beat out ZERO other bidders on the same property!
Why did the Sellers come forward?
The sellers hadn't previously made their side of the story public out of concern for their privacy, according to Bill Burton, a spokesman for Obama's campaign. They approached Obama's Senate office 15 months ago and agreed to break their silence now through the campaign out of concern that the story was being distorted in the media, Burton said.
How did they reach the sales price?
It also says that ``in the course of the negotiation over the sales price,'' Obama and his wife, Michelle, ``made several offers until the one accepted at $1.65 million, and that this was the best offer you received on the house.''
Wondisford has declined to talk directly about the matter.
The Obamas submitted three bids: $1.3 million on Jan. 15, 2005; $1.5 million on Jan. 21; and $1.65 million on Jan. 23, according to a copy of the sale contract shown to Bloomberg News. Obama received more than $1.2 million in book royalties and a book advance in 2005, the year he was sworn in to the U.S. Senate, his financial disclosure statement shows.
Finally,
Burton said Obama toured the property with Rezko for 15 to 30 minutes at some point before the purchase. Burton said Obama wanted Rezko's opinion of the property because Rezko was a real- estate developer in the area. Burton said he didn't know when the pre-sale tour occurred.
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