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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 08:48 AM Original message |
New Details from Obama on Rezko? Weeks after saying he'd answered all questions . . . |
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loveangelc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 08:49 AM Response to Original message |
1. I'm sure it will be a huge story everywhere as it has been... |
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paulk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 08:52 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. if this had been the Clintons |
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oasis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 09:00 AM Response to Reply #2 |
7. The MSM will await Obama's coronation before they lower the boom. |
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calico1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 09:02 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. You are exactly right. n/t |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 09:28 AM Response to Reply #2 |
18. Ummmmmm.....because people like Obama and hate Hillary? n/t |
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paulk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 09:38 AM Response to Reply #18 |
21. what a shallow reply |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 09:53 AM Response to Reply #21 |
24. You don't like the message, so take it out on the messenger? |
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paulk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 10:06 AM Response to Reply #24 |
26. you have a message? |
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WillYourVoteBCounted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 12:34 PM Response to Reply #2 |
65. Bill's conflict of interest-Hillary could be using husband's foreign cash for campaign |
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floridablue (996 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 08:52 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. You mean like Whitewater ??? |
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mikekohr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 08:35 PM Response to Reply #1 |
77. Is this the Same Rezko That was Photoed Between A Smiling Bill and Hillary Clinton? |
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Nitrogenica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 08:53 AM Response to Original message |
4. Swiftboat DU-ers for Truth don't give up easy, do they. |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 08:59 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. don't be stupid. This isn't some tabloid story. It reports exactly what it found out. |
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Tellurian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 01:19 PM Response to Reply #6 |
69. There was another aspect added to the mix the other day... |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 01:29 PM Response to Reply #69 |
71. where was that posted? |
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Tellurian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 01:59 PM Response to Reply #71 |
72. Here is an ongoing diary continually updated as new facts are revealed.. |
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calmblueocean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 09:03 AM Response to Reply #4 |
12. Nailed it. "Swift-DUers for Truth." |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 09:06 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. What nonsense. Are the Tribune and Bloomberg part of your imagined conspiracy? |
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calmblueocean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 09:22 AM Response to Reply #13 |
16. There's no conspiracy. Just a bunch of people who love scandal more than issues. |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 10:59 AM Response to Reply #16 |
33. Who the hell are you to judge me? You provide NO proof of the crap you accuse me of. |
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calmblueocean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 11:37 AM Response to Reply #33 |
43. My post was about a certain type of Hil supporter. If you're not one of 'em, then it doesn't apply. |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 11:41 AM Response to Reply #43 |
44. I'm a policy guy. I don't have the stomach for the investigative stuff, although, |
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calmblueocean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 12:08 PM Response to Reply #44 |
53. You know, that is a really good question! |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 12:18 PM Response to Reply #53 |
56. Dennis. You're right. That house is a big part of his story. |
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Saturday (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 08:56 AM Response to Original message |
5. Do you think Michelle considers the Rezko deal her husband made... |
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oasis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 09:02 AM Response to Reply #5 |
11. I'll bet she believed America was one great place to live in those days. (eom) |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 09:32 AM Response to Reply #5 |
19. You're an idiot on many levels....sheesh! |
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Straight Shooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 11:32 AM Response to Reply #19 |
41. You clearly missed the point of the post. |
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high density (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 12:03 PM Response to Reply #41 |
51. Buffett and Soros |
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Straight Shooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 01:24 PM Response to Reply #51 |
70. You don't get it. Obama is for big business, not for the little people. |
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CorpGovActivist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 09:00 AM Response to Original message |
8. The Clintons should tell us all they know about Vinod Gupta's dealings with them. |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 09:02 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. fine, but this is a thread about Obama and Rezko |
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CorpGovActivist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 10:08 AM Response to Reply #10 |
27. Rezco and Gupta are much alike in how the reflect, only Gupta moreso. |
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CookCountyResident (209 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 09:27 AM Response to Reply #8 |
17. Doubtful. |
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CorpGovActivist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 10:08 AM Response to Reply #17 |
29. And so will Gupta. Promise. |
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moobu2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 09:07 AM Response to Original message |
14. The audacity to hope |
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MethuenProgressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 09:21 AM Response to Original message |
15. The return of Chicago politics. |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 11:54 AM Response to Reply #15 |
49. where's the defense of the apparent closer involvement with Rezco than we were led to believe? |
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Iceburg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 09:35 AM Response to Original message |
20. I always take my best friend along when I make a major purchase too./nt |
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saracat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 09:50 AM Response to Reply #20 |
23. Particularly when my friend is under federal investigatrion! |
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Benhurst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 09:38 AM Response to Original message |
22. "Caesar's wife must be above suspicion." |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 10:08 AM Response to Reply #22 |
28. It is less questionable than the wife of the 1992 candidate's cattle future trades |
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CorpGovActivist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 10:45 AM Response to Reply #28 |
31. Chump change, compared to the Clintons' financial dealings in the last 8 years. |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 11:16 AM Response to Reply #31 |
38. yep - but easy to understand and HRC, not BC |
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CorpGovActivist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 11:28 AM Response to Reply #38 |
39. Oh, her financial dealings and inked signatures on docs in the last 8 years... |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 11:42 AM Response to Reply #39 |
45. I agree and have read many of your excellent posts on the Clinton library |
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CorpGovActivist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 12:16 PM Response to Reply #45 |
54. Well, I think voters in Ohio and Texas deserve the facts on those, don't you? |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 11:32 AM Response to Reply #31 |
42. you're a real good thread kicker |
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CorpGovActivist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 12:17 PM Response to Reply #42 |
55. Happy to oblige. Don't let the donor dollar amounts, names, and orgs put you to sleep. |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 08:02 PM Response to Reply #55 |
73. right |
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CorpGovActivist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 08:31 PM Response to Reply #73 |
76. Do you live in Ohio or Texas, perchance? n/t |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 08:54 PM Response to Reply #76 |
78. nope |
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CorpGovActivist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 09:01 PM Response to Reply #78 |
79. Well, voters in OH, RI, TX, and VT... |
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Benhurst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 10:52 AM Response to Reply #28 |
32. At this late date, I still don't have a dog in this fight. |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 11:16 AM Response to Reply #32 |
37. That was my argument about HRC - that they would not have to lie |
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Benhurst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 11:31 AM Response to Reply #37 |
40. I agree with most of what you say; but I think the Rezko business is |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 11:51 AM Response to Reply #40 |
46. At this point, this is our choice |
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Benhurst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 12:07 PM Response to Reply #46 |
52. Yeah, so far it looks like Obama is bad, Clinton worse. |
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CorpGovActivist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 10:34 AM Response to Reply #22 |
30. Calpurnia Clinton? |
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Benhurst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 11:01 AM Response to Reply #30 |
34. Yeah, neither of the front runners can pass the smell test, despite the protestations |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 11:04 AM Response to Reply #34 |
35. I think that pretty much sums up the theme of this post. |
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CorpGovActivist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 11:11 AM Response to Reply #34 |
36. But the Clintons seem to be whistling past their own graveyard on financial dealings... |
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Little Star (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 10:05 AM Response to Original message |
25. k&r |
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BlackVelvet04 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 11:53 AM Response to Original message |
47. I thought they weren't really friends? |
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Levgreee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 12:22 PM Response to Reply #47 |
58. No, he has explicitally stated that they WERE friends |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 12:29 PM Response to Reply #58 |
61. Doesn't this revelation indicate some sort of buisness relationship between the two |
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Levgreee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 12:36 PM Response to Reply #61 |
66. What business, exactly, is involved? |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 12:46 PM Response to Reply #66 |
67. I don't know. But, this is certainly more of a realtionship than he led us to believe |
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BlackVelvet04 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 01:11 PM Response to Reply #58 |
68. I can't keep up with his |
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CyberPieHole (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 11:53 AM Response to Original message |
48. Rezko and Obama are joined at the hip. |
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BootinUp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 11:56 AM Response to Original message |
50. fascinating nt |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 12:21 PM Response to Original message |
57. Honestly, I don't care about Rezco. |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 12:25 PM Response to Reply #57 |
59. For me, it echoes my own insistence that 'all the candidates have dirt. All of them' |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 12:30 PM Response to Reply #59 |
63. Indeed it does. |
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Labors of Hercules (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 12:28 PM Response to Reply #57 |
60. I have to say this is a non-issue. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 12:29 PM Response to Reply #60 |
62. Yes, you should both be chained in the public square and stoned to death. |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 12:32 PM Response to Reply #60 |
64. There is the issue of his criticisms of his rival's financial dealings and associations. |
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izzybeans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 08:04 PM Response to Original message |
74. 300,000 on a 1.65 million dollar home? |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 08:13 PM Response to Reply #74 |
75. his candor is the issue |
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jackson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 09:11 PM Response to Original message |
80. Why didn't he come clean right away? What more is he hiding? |
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