Obama Still Considers Rezko a Friend

[CatnHat]

USA Today

http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/2008-03-16-obama-rezko_N.htm?csp=34


Just proves Obama still doesn't get it!!!

[ossman]

1. He got enough to win. The party's over Hillbot.

[CatnHat]

2. IF Obama

gets the nod, say Hello to President McCain, thanks to Obama and his supporters. Obama is unelectable in the GE, and he will take the party down with him. Yeah, thanks alot.

[FrenchieCat]

4. Hillary can't even win the primaries.....and has no money!

I believe that makes her unelectable in the GE.

[pnwmom]

15. She has separate money already raised for the general.

But Obama has already half-pledged with McCain to take Federal Funds instead, and that option would be open to HRC as well.

[FARAFIELD]

32. McCains not going to take matching funds

doesnt matter what he said, he is using that to try to get a story for a DAY if OBAMA doesnt. Wont work Obama could outraise Mccain 3 or 4 to 1 easlly, no one will give a shit

[cali]

5. lol. anyone who thinks they know what will happen

8 months from now, is either delusional, or an idiot. It's impossible to know what things will transpire in that period of time. So which one are you?

[HCE SuiGeneris]

36. Hey crystal ball gazer... tell me the winner of next year's Super Bowl while you are prophesying.

[JoFerret]

40. Lets count the votes

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[FrenchieCat]

3. Do you work for Fox news? Do you read?

or what?

From your link......

Asked in an interview that appeared in weekend editions of the Chicago Sun-Times if he still considered Rezko a friend, Obama said he did — with an important qualification.

"Yes," Obama answered, "with the caveat that, obviously, if it turns out the allegations are true, then he's not who I thought he was. And I'd be very disappointed with that."

[CatnHat]

7. Twist it anyway

you want. and stating that . . . "And I'd be very disappointed with that." just doesn't cut it.

[FrenchieCat]

11. Has he been found guilty yet?

Or is everyone in the country you live in guilty before presumed innocent?

Like Hillary is squeaky clean. What a freak!

[Iceburg]

30. Not yet ... but its not looking good. BTW is he still mowing Rezko's lawn?/nt

[barb162]

46. He's just fertilizing it now for a quick Spring green-up.

LOL; mowing starts in another month or two.


http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=4111483
"In sharp contrast to his tough talk about ethics reform in government, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., approached a well-known Illinois political fixer under active federal investigation, Antoin "Tony" Rezko, for "advice" as he sought to find a way to buy a house shortly after being elected to the United States Senate. "

"ADVICE." Got that? Don't we all go to people like Rezko when buying a house and get side lots just thrown in for NOTHING?
DUH?

[Window]

33. Oh, for God's sake.

If he said the man was no longer his friend due to his legal problems, you would be saying he "threw him under the bus."

Please.

Hillary didn't the serial cheater husband bill under the damned bus.

See how stupid, petty and outrageous this shit is.

[Guava Jelly]

6. It just proves that you don't understand what it means to be a friend

I can't believe that you wasted a thread on this

[lligrd]

8. Obama Still Believes In Innocent Until Proven Guilty

Shame on him!

[Life Long Dem]

9. What I don't understand is why the dems are bashing Obama.

If I knew my candidate really has no chance of winning in delegates or popular votes, I wouldn't be taking out my party.

[JTFrog]

29. You give them far too much credit calling them dems. n/t

[indimuse]

10. The Tony Rezko drama is the real problem for Barack Obama.

I just posted a video.."The Great Pretender" about this...go see. :)

[Guava Jelly]

12. Jesus will you guys ever stop

I mean if you spent as much time promoting Sen Clinton as you do Bashing Obama on non-issues she may be winning right now.

[indimuse]

13. When the trial stops and Obama's name

quits surfacing...Michelle is next..mark my words. I know you don't like to follow the ever changing story..I DO! This is not going away this IS BIG!

[acrosstheuniverse]

14. Go vote for fucking Mccain then

Because Hillary has no chance. I hope your happy about all of this. This non-stop smear from the media.

[indimuse]

16. Obama STILL unelectable!

tear.

[acrosstheuniverse]

19. Ok then they are both unelectable

And so we get Mccain and another Republican Congress again.

The Democrats fucked it up BIG time again. So if you believe this, why do you bother coming to this Democratic Party website?

[indimuse]

21. the question is why YOU are here ?

GO Hillary! is why I'm here!!!

[acrosstheuniverse]

24. Fuck Hillary

She has the power to stop this party infighting. With power comes responsibility. She should know it will destroy the party if she is nominated because he will very likely keep his pledged delegate, popular vote, and state wins lead. If she doesn't know this then that shows very poor judgement on her part and she isn't fit to be the President.

[Life Long Dem]

17. I'm staying away from you.

[Guava Jelly]

18. I've seen people less aroused watching porn

than they are aroused fantasizing about destroying Sen Obama using every tactic plagiarized from the right.

And on a side note...Trashing the other candidate doesn't make yours look better by default..
It just makes you a part of the right wing echo chamber...I am sure they appreciate it :yourock:

[DerekJ]

20. I can't f!@# believe that the supporters of The King and The Queen of Scandals and shit ethics

are calling out Obama and his wife on this.

[CatnHat]

23. It's from a

newspaper article. (USA Today) Clinton's didn't make it up. Get a grip.

[DerekJ]

25. Who gives a fuck where is it from. You are trying to push the idea

that Obama will be swiftboated using Rezko. Forgetting that HRC has a fucking FRAUD trial she is personally involved in 3 to 4 weeks before the GE.

Ridiculous.

Do you know how many Rezkos does Hillary have? Rezkos that she actually did favors for.

[CatnHat]

35. Maybe you should

start reading what the other side is saying once in while; instead of fucking it off. Get a sense of what the other side is saying; and maybe Obama would have half a chance in the GE. Instead, all Obama supporters are capable of is bashing Clinton and Clinton supporters. Whatever---I don't care if Obama wins or loses; he's not presidential material and neither is McCain.

[HCE SuiGeneris]

37. An expert on Presidential material, as well as a fortune teller.

You ARE talented!

[CatnHat]

38. I am no expert

but just a voter who has an opinion; as of millions voters who share my opinion. That doesn't make us right or wrong, just objectively stating the obvious.

[HCE SuiGeneris]

39. There is nothing objective in your constant blather saying Obama can't win the GE

That would be purely speculative.

[CatnHat]

43. Clinton is not perfect

and Obama is not perfect. My question is who would be better equipped in handling the "swiftboating" from the right; Hillary Clinton is my bet; she's been vetted and put through the wringer with this before, and knows exactly what kind of politics it takes to win. And truthfully, many people don't know much about Obama other than what they read or hear. Will there be other stories coming out? Who knows? Can the democratic party afford another "zinger" like the Wright story. I don't know, but to stick any candidate out there with the wolves, without the proper vetting process is just nuts. In the beginning, even the media wasn't curious enough to ask the hard questions of Obama. Just my opinion.

[JTFrog]

31. Oh no you didn't.... steal Hillary's campaign song! Plagiarizer! n/t

[Syrinx]

22. Obama is loyal to a friend

Oh the horror.

[Iceburg]

26. Yes ... very much like Bush and his dubious connections. Don't want to ire the people who

may have goods on you. Its called the secret handshake.

[AllentownJake]

42. Comparison

A real estate guy in Chicago that was active with every democrat and republican polititian in the state is hardly comparable to Ken Lay and the boys from Haliburton. Show some honesty.

[JoFerret]

45. true

.

[JoFerret]

44. Bush is a very loyal person too

it IS a virtue. some of the time.

[LulaMay]

27. It's those years of leaning over that extended backyard fence for neighborly chats.

[LaurenG]

28. This just proves that there is nothing you won't do to spin a version

of your own reality.

[anonymous171]

34. lol Rezko

:rofl:

[AllentownJake]

41. So What?

So Obama doesn't throw a friend totally under the bus? You may have to disassociate with someone because of the choices they've made and the fact that you have chosen to live in Public Life but it doesn't mean you have to jump on someone and say terrible things to the press about them.