June 29, 2008

So Tell Us, Sen. Obama, 'Who Else Sent You?'

Russ Vaughn
It was, of course, inevitable. How could any politician rise so quickly on the legendarily corrupt Chicago political scene and be as pure as Obama's devoted followers were purporting him to be? The question in the minds of skeptics was, "Who sent you?"

Well now we're beginning to find out and it ain't pretty. In a lengthy, and amazingly frank, Boston Globe article depicting the dismal results of Chicago's attempt to develop and manage low income housing through private developers, we see that the candidate of change is nothing more than another Chicago machine-generated pol with his feet firmly mired in the muck of corruption of the city he chose to make his political base.

From the Globe article we learn that Tony Rezko, FOB, (Friend of Barack's) whom we have known up to now only as a corrupt developer, was and is, in fact, a slum lord, although on a much grander scale than what we usually associate with that term. Using government subsidies which Obama helped them obtain, Rezko and other FOB's, some now actively associated with his campaign, developed low income housing with fancy sounding names and substandard construction within Obama's state senatorial district.

The article points out that it was Obama's law firm and Obama himself that represented these slum lords when angry tenants complained about overflowing sewage, inoperable heating units and rat infestations. And guess what? Just as we're expected to believe that Obama sat in his church for twenty years and never heard any of Reverend Jeremiah Wright's racist diatribes, now we're told Obama was unaware of the slum-like conditions his constituents were living in, conditions directly attributable to the thievery from public coffers of his political cronies like Rezko.

But getting to a partial answer of that old Chicago test of cronyism, "Who sent you?" will require you to read to page seven of the Boston Globe article where you find this:

"All the while, Tony Rezko was forging a close relationship with Barack Obama. When Obama opened his campaign for state Senate in 1995, Rezko's companies gave Obama $2,000 on the first day of fund raising. Save for a $500 contribution from another lawyer, Obama didn't raise another penny for six weeks. Rezko had essentially seeded the start of Obama's political career."   [emphasis added]

Thirteen years later, the now out-of-business slum lord, Tony Rezko, is a convicted felon and on his way to federal prison, while his political protégé is trying to become the head of the federal government. Do you suppose foreign-born Tony understands irony? Do you think he's scrambling to find Eric Holder's phone number? Although, considering Obama's demonstrated willingness to abandon anyone who comes between him and the White House, Ol' Tony probably shouldn't hold his breath waiting for a return call. After all, the tens of thousands he has given Obama in the past are now chump change for a candidate who can forego public campaign funding without a backward glance at either his promises or his former mentors.

The true irony in all this is not that this champion of change is tainted; it's by what he's tainted. You'd at least think if this Pied Piper of America's youth is going to be just another corrupt politician that it would be something hip like being in the pocket of some billionaire software developer or hip-hop promoter.

But slum lords? The Messiah of Change?

So what at first seemed nothing more than tainted whiffs of unwise political and religious associations by Obama are growing into a stench of ordinary political corruption that may very well be more than many moderate voters, even Democrats, can stomach. For sure there are increasing numbers of blowflies buzzing in and about the diminishing glow of that once-bright halo. Of course, for the Kool Aid drinkers, it will simply morph into a crown of thorns.

So tell us, Sen. Obama, "Who else sent you?"

Comments

Amazing, isn't it, how corrupt democrats are? They lecture us on how we should live, enact laws on what we can drive, what type of investment activities we can engage in and then call us corrupt, racist, xenophobes and what ever else the parrots in their media like all the while dipping their collectivist hands in the cookie jar.
The democrats are nothing more then the new mafia. Extorting riches from the producers in the name of compassion to line the pockets of the elites.
I was once told by a individual that even if the democrat was a known mobster and the Republican a saint they would still vote democrat. It really is quite amazing. To bad we all suffer with this type of lunacy.

I think it is pretty obvious that Obama is nothing more than Soro's sock puppet. If you look close enough, You'll find Soro's hand so far up Obama's rear end he can make Obama's mouth move.

I am almost positive that Soro's name should appear next to Rezco's name in who sent you> there is more to this then is out so far Bill Ayers and Alinsky is some of the smaller fish that have propelled this man to where he is at today , sounds like a great American to me?

If the American people actually elect that charlatan, they are going to get the rudest awakening in the history of democratic governance. They are going to find that the "savior" they expected and elected is, in fact, a slavemaster of the most brutal sort. And all of the evils they will be saddled with will be "for their own good"; and to"make the world a better place" [at our expense, of course].
Obama is an evil little man - bought and paid for by richer, more evil men.

The say anything do anything to get elected Democrats are all the same. Fortunately for them, the government education system has delivered.

@ DaveT

Unfortunately, the Republicans have diminished their brand significantly with their own corruption in the last 30 years. This is the only reason that this current election is a horse race as opposed to a slam-dunk. The Republicans need to spend some time soul-searching and re-thinking their overall approach to politics. As it stands now, they appear muddled, confused and contradictory.

What I see happening is that neither party is willing or able to take the mantle of leadership to clean American politics up. They are both compromised by the stain of corruption that the current rules on lobbying causes. This leaves increasingly large percentages of Americans disenchanted and alienated from the political process and therefore uninvolved in it.

You're right, however, about those who've committed their souls to the Democratic party. Good party apparatchiks - 'useful idiots' as Lenin allegedly said. I suppose in fairness, one should note there are those on the Republican side who are as rigidly supportive of their side, but they're clearly a smaller minority and they're not nearly as outrageously rabid as their loony left counterparts.

Considering the "in the tank" article on the main page today (Sunday), one has to ask if Obama's past will ever really catch him. Wright and Flager have quickly receded. Rezko was barely a blip in the MSM. Flip-flops galore seem to roll off Obama's political back. One senses the opening of some sad, Greek tragedy when no amount of human effort can derail the will of the gods.

But perhaps that opinion is a bit too strong.

Fabulous! Let's disseminate widely before it is too late.

You know, for someone who opposes Obama, you sure write a lot of puff pieces about him. Are you sure you're not an Obama mole?

I say this because there is plenty of evidence on the internet of Obama's actual criminal activity. Why are you bothering with this idiotic speculation, when you can present hard facts to your readers?

For example, Obama will be indicted under 18 USC 1346 (the same code section under which Rezko was convicted) for his actions on the boards legislation in 2003. Here, in detail (somehow, a joker like you seems incapable of providing incriminating detail), is a chronology of Obama's illegal activity.

It shows him as a smoothly functioning part of the Syrian mafia, whose flunkey he is. The real point is that if you elect Obama, you're putting the Syrian mafia in the White House, to loot the United States of whatever else remains in our pathetic dump of a country.

The following comes from Evelyn Pringle's opednews.com "Curtain Time" series.

In the future, try presenting in-depth facts, instead of being, you know, a scummy dog.

Now Evelyn:


"That part of the scheme will likely be detailed in future indictments, probably starting with Blagojevich. Blagojevich signed the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Act with an effective date of June 27, 2003. However, before he could sign the act, a bill had to be passed by the Illinois House and Senate. As discussed fully in Curtain Time Part II, Obama was the inside guy in the senate who pushed through the legislation that resulted in the Act.

Obama was appointed chairman of the Senate Health and Human Services Committee. The minute the bill was introduced, it was referred to his committee for review. The sponsors of the bill also served on this committee with Obama. Within a month, Chairman Obama sent word to the full senate that the legislation should be passed.

On May 31, 2003, Senate Bill 1332 passed and specified that the "Board shall be appointed by the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate." The legislation reduced the number of members from 15 to 9, paving the way for the appointment of a five-bloc majority to rig the votes.

The corrupt members appointed included three doctors who contributed to Obama. Michel Malek gave Obama $10,000 on June 30, 2003 and donated $25,000 to Blagojevich on July 25, 2003. Malek also gave Obama another $500 in September 2003.

Fortunee Massuda donated $25,000 to Blagojevich on July 25, 2003, and gave a total of $2,000 to Obama on different dates. After he was appointed, Dr Imad Almanaseer contributed a total of $3,000 to Obama. Almanaseer did not give money to Blagojevich.

When the first pay-to-play scheme was put in play, and the application for approval of a new hospital was submitted, the Department of Human Services, along with four other Illinois agencies, sent recommendations that the project should be approved even though experts said the hospital was not needed.

During the trial, Rezko's attorney presented an email exchange to the jury that hinted at Obama's role in setting up the scheme. The exchange showed that Obama and seven other top Illinois politicians consulted on the legislation passed in 2003 and were involved in recommending the members for the board.

Matthew Pickering wrote the memo to Blagojevich's general counsel, Susan Lichtenstein, on behalf of David Wilhelm, a former chairman of the Democratic National Committee, who headed Blagojevich's 2002 campaign for governor.

Pickering said he and Wilhelm had "worked closely" over six months with state legislators. The memo recommended the appointees listed above and stated, "our attached recommendations reflect that involvement" with the political leaders.

The persons appointed to rig the votes, including those who contributed to Blagojevich and Obama, are cooperating in exchange for immunity or lighter prison sentences."


Have you ever argued with a liberal? There is no amount of logic, reason, truth, historical proof or any other proof that will convince them that they are wrong. This is a classic case with this man. Nothing, nothing, no matter how vile or mendacious will thwart him from their preference. Reason has left the building. The left want this man because their leaders have annointed him. He is merely a puppet who dances at Pelosi's whim. Folks, America is all but dead when more than 50% of its people would vote/salivate over someone like this.

There is an easy answer to the question:

The ones who sent Barack Hussein Obama are the liberal left who believe their country is the villain, the terrorist, the murderer, and the one which invented AIDS to commit genocide of black people.

American haters and those who believe that religious conservatives are nothing but Islamic version of Osamas and Talibans, and those who believe that Bush is worse than Hitler are among the ardent supporters of Obama. And they are all Americans. And they are sending Obama to the top.

As simple as that.

Obama's connections read like a "Who's Who" of the radical left, the revolutionary black movements, and the corrupt DP underworld.

Bill Clinton had some very seedy connections of his own, but other than some shadowy Chinese links most of Bill's crooked contacts were centered in the Arkansas area and surroundings.

Barak looks like he has contacts all over the place from South American revolutionaries to middle eastern dictatorships to African sleazocracies to big money anti-US rich-o-crats.

If you are a little person supporting Obama, you'd best prepare yourself for some huge disappointment ahead of time. You can vote for him, but don't expect much good to come of it.

You Bush haters, and you know who you are,better wake up and realize who you're voting for.Barak Hussein Obama is no American.The proof is everywhere,just wake up.

Had Obama been a Republican, the Democrats and the media would have been all over him for being the stereotype of a typical Republican who only represents the interests of the wealthy, has no concerns for the poor and who accept funds from the likes of Tony Rezko. But, it's Obama and somehow, as usual, he's been given a free pass. The issue of the housing in his district plus his association with Rezko is enough for anyone to know not to support this guy. Yet, it remains one in a heap of outrageous realities that too many folks just don't seem to want to accept or care about.

Parallels

John Kerry and Barack Obama both came to public attention quickly after short, undistinguished careers marked by dishonesty and corruption, Kerry in the military and Obama in politics. Neither of them had anything to show for their years in public office; both are devoid of political accomplishments and significant legislation.

Both Kerry and Obama were selected to run for president because their main opponents (Howard Dean and Hillary respectively) did not meet the requirements of the leaders of the Democratic Party. Kerry was thought to be "electable" and I am sure that Obama is thought to be electable as well, at least by the Democratic wigs that decide such things.

Kerry was exposed as a fake and a scoundrel by the people who served with him in Vietnam. Obama, who inexplicably was not vetted by his backers (the Kennedys and Soros and his Marxist moneybags friends), is now being exposed by his own corrupt supporters and corrupt actions.

Kerry denied, furiously and futilely, the testimonies of hundreds of his comrades in Vietnam, but there seems to be no avenue for denial by Obama; Obama's misdeeds are cast in stome in the records of his time in the Illinois legislature and in the court records of his corrupt associates.

I would never have thought that anyone less qualified for public office than John Kerry would ever be found, but, lo, here comes Obama four short years later. No need to Swift Boat Obama, just give him an Apartment Complex.

Ther is a great peice RealClear today(6/29) showing that indeed Rezko luanched Obama, but further reveals the man behind Rezko, Auchi.

Obama is like a fence post turtle. Your driving along a nearly deserted road and you see a turtle on a fence post. You wonder to yourself how did that turtle get up there ? Then why is that turtle up there ? And then finally who put that turtle up there. Answer those three qusetions and the mystery of BHO is answered...B

Since 9/11 I have read much of the Quran to get a feel for why the Muslims seem to hate us so much. As a result of that study, I have two questions.
First, the Quran calls death for apostasy, this is anyone changing their religion from Muslim to aother religion. An Automatic death sentence. Yet this is what Obama has done and he has not been attacked by other Muslims. Why?
Second, Who really is funding his campaign? Don't ask me to believe all his finances are from big donors, or that the little people have that kind of money to contribute. Has anyone asked how much of his funds have flowed from Muslim countries thru the religious mosques here in America? I don't have the means to check, but I would wager that many of the small donations flowing into Obama'scampaign come thru the mosques and orders by the Mullahs to contribute it to Obama. Why are these issues not being talked about?

Anyone knowing Illinois politics, could have predicted this long ago. Where were the Chicago newspapers?

Evelyn Pringle's investigative story deemed Propaganda now seems to be all to accurate, I suggest anyone interested better read them quickly before billionaire Auchi has completed his scrub of the Internet. Why the DNC did not check into that is another mystery or just took Obama's word. I was for Obama but a quik research that any 5th grader could do , reveled more then just a "Bone Headed Mistake" or the 5 hours of work claimed in the Debate . Why the Democratic party has forced him on us is of great concern. Hillary has never looked so good , we know her baggage has been checked and rechecked . Anyone looking into the cast of characters associated with Obama will either be shocked or claim it's web junk , my favorite now is Obama warned us or his bogus web rumor site where no rumors exist of ties with slum lords , board games or anything of importance. By Rezko raising money for Bush , did that help ? Rove was reported to have met with Fitzpatrick , what was the real reason . There are so many questions unanswered and so little time to correct the mistake , yes Obama is a mistake . Since when have we stop questioning our leaders or just taken there word . Obama was an unknown , outside of Chicago , now that more is coming out , where is the media ? He could be a sociopath and still be followed blindly , that would not be the first time in History. Now , at the Democratic Convention are we going to have a vote like every other year or just Crown Obama ! There may still be a chance if we are allowed. I don't like having any politician pushed on me. His following is Cult like , I doubt if anything shown , proven to be true would change there mind . Good Question , who sent him and why .

A little boy died a few days ago because walls in one of the FOB's buildings crumbled on top of him.

"Who Sent You bama"????

For more than five weeks during the brutally cold winter of 1997, tenants suffered without any heat in a government-subsidized apartment building. The 31-unit building in Chicago's Englewood neighborhood had been "rehabbed" just four years prior at taxpayer expense, no less.

How cold was it? Temperatures routinely dipped around ten below zero. With wind-chills factored in, the effective temperatures approached 30 below.

And the residents of the building had no heat for more than a month.

The building's owner -- Rezmar Corporation -- didn't bother to turn on the heat for weeks. In fact, it didn't do so until it was sued.

And the Englewood building wasn't the only one of Rezmar's properties that had scores of code violations. At least a dozen times, Rezmar had to be sued in order to simply turn on the heat in its properties.

17 buildings ended up in foreclosure, 6 are boarded up, hundreds of apartments are vacant and require repair... and taxpayers were stuck with millions in unpaid loans.

All of these buildings were in -- or just blocks away -- from a single state senator's district. A district belonging to a young, up-and-coming politician named Barack Obama.

In fact, during the brutal winter of 1997, even while Rezmar refused to heat its Englewood apartments, it was donating $1,000 to state senator Obama's campaign fund.

During the winter or the scores of subsequent code violations, did state senator Obama ever lift a finger to protect his constituents from "predatory slumlords" like Rezmar?

The answer appears to be a resounding "No". In 2007, Obama's own campaign staff stated, "Senator Obama does not remember having conversations... about properties that [Rezmar] owned.."

The shivering tenants in in and around the district were left defenseless. Assailed on one side by predatory slumlords like Rezko, they were -- for all intents and purposes -- left out in the cold by their state senator, Barack Obama.

There's a simple reason Obama didn't lift a finger to protest these horrific violations. His political patron, Tony Rezko, was a driving force behind the Rezmar schemes. And Rezko helped raise a quarter of a million dollars for Obama's various campaigns.

And after stating he'd "never done any favors for" Rezko, the Chicago Sun-Times discovered letters Obama wrote to city and state officials supporting Rezko's bid for $14 million in taxpayers' money for an elder-care facility.

While Obama didn't expend an ounce of energy to protest Rezko's outrageous violations, he did take time to write letters on behalf of Rezko in his efforts to secure an additional $14 million in taxpayer funds.

State senator Obama couldn't effectively represent his abused constituents... perhaps because he was otherwise occupied helping his slumlord patrons with their various flim-flam operations.

And as a so-called "community organizer" and then a state senator, Obama couldn't even keep federally subsidized housing complexes like Grove Parc habitable.

Barack Obama couldn't effectively represent a tiny district in Chicago's south side.

Now extend that kind of failure to the entire United States?

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