Obama Helped Supporters Get Millions in Illinois State Business

[candice]

http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=4861699&page=1



In a speech to the Urban
League last July, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., boasted of his efforts in 2001 to help a handful of African American-owned investment firms in Chicago get a larger share of business with Illinois state pension funds. "And in six months, they got about a half-billion dollars' worth of business simply on their excellence," Obama said.

What he did not say in his speech was that the owner of one of the investment firms, John Rogers of Ariel Capital, is a principal campaign fundraiser. Nor did he reveal that employees of the firms he helped have since contributed to or helped to raise more than $765,000 for his campaigns, according to campaign documents. Nor did he mention that two of the firms have allowed him to use their private jets. Nor did he mention that two of the firms have since been dismissed by the state pension fund for "underperformance."

[TheDonkey]

1. how else are we supposed to buy our lattes?

NEXT......

[neverforget]

15. you forgot the limos....

:)

[Phx_Dem]

19. And don't forget white wine

:9

[TheDonkey]

22. and arugula, how could I forget. Obama is just so evil and all

:sarcasm:

[unlawflcombatnt]

43. "Obama is just so evil and all". You sure got that right

A perfect assessment, in fact.

[avenger64]

2. hey, it's just business - 'bringing people to the table'.

Wait until this rezco thing gets big. We have the wrong (presumed) nominee.

To the convention!

[Connie_Corleone]

5. Rezko? That dog won't hunt.

It's over.

[Liberal Veteran]

8. Now now....let them have their little dreams...

After all, there's nothing I enjoy more than the taste of really sweet dreams with a touch of bitterness.

[DerekJ]

11. You know them by how they spell " rezco " ....TROLL ALERT

[unlawflcombatnt]

39. What?

And your point is?

[thunder rising]

13. Missed memo of the day...It's appeasement, appeasement, he's an appeaser ...history? its appeasement

[Liberal Veteran]

6. Wishing and hoping and

thinking and praying,
planning and dreaming
each night for some harms
that won't get Hil into our arms

[DerekJ]

12. Who is "rezco”?!! How is life in freeper land?!! You guys still can't spell there?!

[JimGinPA]

18. Some Very Interesting Info On Rezco Here

http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/youare">Link

[ms liberty]

26. Absolutely fascinating stuff, there at that link! n/t

[madrchsod]

35. i like mama`s better

[unlawflcombatnt]

38. Yes, as long as they have money

Obama wants to bring everybody together
-- as long as they have enough money.

[Liberal Veteran]

3. Well, then, it's a good thing we have the squeaky clean Clintons as a backup....

:rofl:

[LSparkle]

4. Blah-blah-blah-blah-blah-blah

I have much fewer problems with Obama's fundraising efforts (and use
of private jets) than I do with Bomb Bomb using his wife's plane or
HRC's cozying up to Rupert Murdoch and relying on other big money
donors.

[FrenchieCat]

7. Are you still here, my little desperado? Still trying to fling poo?

I feel sorry for you.

[SoonerPride]

9. I am missing something. There is no there there.

Help me out. I don't get why this means anything good or bad or anything. It sounds like what happens in politics.

[highplainsdem]

20. Politics as usual, according to an ethics watchdog group. But wasn't Obama supposed to be better?

Final paragraph of that article:

The executive director of an Illinois ethics watchdog group calls it politics as usual. "Did he get contributions from those companies down the line? Yeah. That story's been told a million times in American politics, and it will be told a million times more," said Jay Stewart of the Illinois-based Better Government Association. "I don't think Obama's any different."

Meet the new pol, same as the old pol...

[SoonerPride]

34. He's still not controlled by PACs. Better, but not perfect. No one is.

Yea, I'd like someone who was spotless, but that person doesn't exist.

He's still the least tainted major figure on the landscape.

Really.

[monmouth]

10. But John McSame flys in Cindy's plane... Such a dumb post..n/t

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[tritsofme]

16. Perfectly fine and normal parts of Daley's Chicago politics.

Probably doesn't fly too well in the heartland.

[GoesTo11]

17. Let's tear down our presumptive nominee. Go Hill !

[Skip Intro]

21. Let's know the truth and not follow blindly.

[Liberal Veteran]

23. Let's reconcile ourselves to the fact that a miracle or some heretofor hideous scandal...

....is not going to emerge and rescue the Clinton campaign from inevitable defeat this primary season.

And while we are finding a way to reconcile ourselves to who our nominee shall be, let's start figuring out how to gird our loins against the republican noise machine that isn't going to go down without a fight and THAT FIGHT is more important to ALL of us than our petty internecine warfare.

[Skip Intro]

27. Lemme see if I got this right...

"You suck, Hillary sucks. You must be a republican, Hillary is a republican. You are an idiot, Hillary's a monster. You're a liar, Hillary's a liar. You must be racist, Hillary is racist. Ok, that seems to have worked, now come on over and hold hands with us."

Yeah, ok.

[Liberal Veteran]

29. If it makes you feel better, I'll concede that Obama supporters are a bunch of meanie poopieheads..

...and Hillary supporters are an oppressed minority who's suffering cannot be adequately expressed without being compared as equivalent with the Inquisitions and massacre of the indigenous Americans and suffering of AIDS victims in Africa.

Do you feel better?

[Heather MC]

24. Ok now wheres the article about who is funding the clinton library

why won't McCain's wife release her tax records since McCain is using her corporate jet at a huge discount. What promises did Bill Clinton make to those corporations that were paying him $800,000 per speech.

Exactly how many american jobs left this country because of the policies Bill Clinton put into place during his administrations? I.E. Magnachench. Like that was the only company sold to Chinese business interest.

And as far as companies being dismissed for under-performance, well thank God the system of checks and balances works somewhere, it sure as hell didn't do shit for this country where President Bush is concern. NOW THAT's SOMEONE WHO NEEDS TO BE REMOVED FOR UNDER PERFORMANCE.

At least OBAMA was helping American Owned Businesses

[Bensthename]

25. did that same article mention Monica's jizzed stain dress from Bill?

Just curious.

:shrug:

[PurityOfEssence]

45. Does your mommy know you're up?

And how is this Hillary's fault?

[Skip Intro]

28. delete

wrong thread

[crimsonblue]

30. Hmmm...

didn't Hillary just request over $1 BILLION in earmarks for this current year?

[crimsonblue]

31. you worthless shills just don't stop, do you?

[grantcart]

41. shes trying for a record most locked threads in one night

[Melinda]

32. And HRC has delivered 500 million in earmarks benefiting 59 corporations...

and 64% of those corporations provided funds to her campaigns through donations made by employees, executives, board members or lobbyists, according to the LA Times.

SOS, diff candidate, diff rep... The day that all campaign funds are publically financed will be the day all influence buying ends, and we can truly reclaim an America by and for the people.

[madrchsod]

37. you forgot..she`s second in earmarks to the military industrial complex

i bet the boys were circle jerking during her nuke iran speech.

obama had 4 or 5 that dealt with new technologies concerning "green fuel and other stuff. plus money to one of the oldest armories in the country. i think the total funded-not requested was under 5 million

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[IndianaGreen]

36. And Hillary got Arkansas state business sent to her by her governor husband

Remember Hillary's comment about she could have stayed home and baked cookies? Her comment was a dodge to a reporter's question as to whether Bill Clinton had funneled state business to Rose Law where Hillary worked .

[Tim4319]

40. While Barack was helping small business, Hillary was helping Wal-Mart

Need I say more?

<<Snip>>

http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=4218509

In six years as a member of the Wal-Mart board of directors, between 1986 and 1992, Hillary Clinton remained silent as the world's largest retailer waged a major campaign against labor unions seeking to represent store workers.

[unlawflcombatnt]

42. bump

NT

[Lord Helmet]

44. Hilary was a Walmart shill.

[LTR]

46. So Whitewater and Wal-Mart make her a saint, huh?

:eyes: