Obama linked to 2004 party at Rezko's home

[Maribelle]

April 14, 2008; 12:57 p.m.
Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama's name came up again at the Antoin "Tony" Rezko corruption trial and in a way that earlier filings in the case did not telegraph.


Stuart Levine, the prosecution's star witness, said he and Obama were at a party Rezko threw at his Wilmette mansion on April 3, 2004, for Nadhmi Auchi, a controversial Iraqi-born billionaire who Rezko was trying to get to invest in a South Loop real-estate development.

Auchi, now a citizen of the United Kingdom, has faced criminal charges in Europe. He also figured in the revocation of Rezko's bond early this year after attempting to wire him more than $3 million. Upon learning of that attempt, U.S. District Judge Amy St. Eve declared Rezko a flight risk and ordered him held in a federal jail in the Loop.

more ...
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-rezko-court-story,0,7957753.htmlstory

[anonymous171]

1. lol rezko

:rofl: :rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

[GarbagemanLB]

2. Back to Rezko already? I thought Bittergate was sinking Obama...

[Bake]

56. Rezko is the gift that keeps on giving.

Mr. Good Judgment apparently didn't have any good judgment when he made friends with Mr. Rezko or when he partied at his home.

But I'm sure we'll be told to "move along, nothing to see here."

Bake

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

3. Sad.

Goodbye.

[boston bean]

4. oopsie daisie

[Symarip]

5. And this proves?? (nt)

[DJ13]

6. It proves Obama is a.........PARTY ANIMAL! He cant be trusted!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Symarip]

11. So when bittergate fails

Cough up another Rezko story.

"OMFG teh d00d iz a party aminal!!!! his toast!!!oneone!!!"

You guys... Keep chuckin'. Maybe someday something will stick.

[DJ13]

24. You guys... Keep chuckin'. Maybe someday something will stick.

You have me confused with a Clinton supporter.

I just thought this claim was so desperate it was funny!

:hi:

[Symarip]

26. Oh sorry

I was making a general 'you guys'. Not you. You go on with your bad self. I was laughing with you.

[DearAbby]

18. Since "bittergate" failed

they are back to flinging shit....wait for it and you'll start to see "pastorgate" threads...they are on rewind.

[Alter Ego]

7. How dare he attend a party!

[AZBlue]

8. Oh no, a party?!? Where there were dozens of other people there too??

Wow, that is a bombshell.
:sarcasm:

[bowens43]

9. I love the smell of desperate hillbots!!

LOL! Not this shit again.

[Cheap_Trick]

22. it smells like

victory....for Obama

[bigbrother05]

10. Breaking News OMG Obama goes to a Party

[Submariner]

12. And he fathered a BLACK child in "2001" of all years.....Jeebus...wake up everybody

or next thing you know Obama will have us in Pods.

[DearAbby]

13. Zzz

:boring:

[bagimin]

49. Wake up!

and smell the desperation

[bagimin]

14. Yeah my wife and I were there too and they had party favors

and funny hats....bfd

[Nitrogenica]

15. Hsu raised big money for Clinton supporters.

Candidates she courted benefit

Disgraced fund-raiser Norman Hsu did a lot more than just pump $850,000 into Hillary Clinton's campaign bank account: He also raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for local, state, and federal candidates who have endorsed Clinton or whose support she courted.

A major fund-raiser for Democrats since 2003, Hsu became one of Clinton's biggest bundlers - gathering scores of individual checks and sending them to her campaign. But since revelations last month that Hsu was a fugitive in a 15-year-old California fraud case, Clinton has said she would return the $850,000 she has taken from him and his associates.

In at least some cases, Clinton or her aides directly channeled contributions from Hsu and his network to other politicians supportive of her presidential campaign, according to interviews and campaign finance records. There is nothing illegal about one politician steering wealthy contributors to another, but the New York senator's close ties to Hsu have become an embarrassment for her and her campaign.

Last fall, as the Nevada governor's race was heating up, Clinton agreed to help raise money for Democrat Dina Titus, a prominent party leader in a state that holds a key early presidential caucus. Clinton arranged for Hsu, at the time a little-known New York apparel executive with no apparent reason to take interest in Nevada politics, to give Titus $5,000 on Nov. 3, according to a person with knowledge of Clinton's fund-raising.

And in February, when former Iowa governor Tom Vilsack ended his own White House bid, he was about $450,000 in the red. A month after dropping out, Vilsack endorsed Clinton, and Clinton agreed to help him retire his debts. (Both insisted there was no quid pro quo.)

Over the next few months, some of Clinton's biggest fund-raisers gave Vilsack checks, including Hsu, who kicked in the maximum allowable contribution, $2,300, on May 3 after attending an event organized by Clinton's campaign, Newsweek reported this month. An associate of Hsu's, Paul Su, chipped in $1,000 on the same day.

More here: http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2007/09/26/hsu_raised_big_money_for_clinton_supporters/

Perhaps I should post this three times per day for the next week and one day.

hmmmm

[pocoloco]

34. Works for me!

"Perhaps I should post this three times per day for the next week and one day."

[BattyDem]

16. OMG ... he went to a party?!

That's it. I'm voting for McCain! :sarcasm:

[JackORoses]

17. Let Hillarite Shit Sink!

[democrattotheend]

19. I don't think this is a new revelation

I believe Obama disclosed this last month in his interview with the Chicago Tribune, unless I am thinking of something else. I know he said he attended a fundraiser that Rezko held for him when he was running for Senate in 2004.

[Maribelle]

31. It was a party for Auchi.

Auchi is one of the world's richest men. They were hoping for him to invest in Chicago. And he did. He purchased a 62-acre tract of which Rezko was once a part-owner.

This story has legs.

http://www.wthitv.com/Global/story.asp?S=8163418

[uponit7771]

47. Unless you can add more context this is FUCKIN STUPID!! Attending a PARTY of some crooked?! Shit, in

...that case Obama and the rest of the ruling class might as well stay home.

[MethuenProgressive]

20. Were they feeding over priced arugula to the bitter anti-immigrant peasents?

Elitist party at the Rezkos. Let them eat Arugula!

[boston bean]

36. lol

[endarkenment]

21. Oh Noes, a politician went to a social event? OMG! GadZookS!

[Texas Hill Country]

23. LOL at a party for AUCHI!!! HAHAHA, the guy is suspected of laundering money for Saddam and Khadafi

and Obama was at a party for this guy!

LOLZ

[Lucinda]

28. Yup.

REAL funny stuff.

[Texas Hill Country]

35. that is gonna go over like a fart in an elevator....

[Lucinda]

38. LOL

a crowded elevator

[Tellurian]

41. Exactly, the more they pressure Levine... the more he remembers..

Obama linked to 2004 party at Rezko's home

Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama's name came up again at the Antoin "Tony" Rezko corruption trial and in a way that earlier filings in the case did not telegraph.

Stuart Levine, the prosecution's star witness, said he and Obama were at a party Rezko threw at his Wilmette mansion on April 3, 2004, for Nadhmi Auchi, a controversial Iraqi-born billionaire who Rezko was trying to get to invest in a South Loop real-estate development.

The Rezko party in 2004 was designed to induce Auchi to pour money into the South Loop investment. Obama's presence at the party was not previously known. At the time, Obama was fresh off a surprise win in the Illinois Democratic primary for U.S. Senate and was riding a crest of national publicity.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlLP6Mb9e9k&NR=1

"I don't remember the Rev Wright saying anything hateful.." Barack H. Obama..

[Vinca]

25. Excuse my while I sneeze again. Ah-ah-ah-Hsu! nt

[babylonsister]

27. OH MY GOD, HE WENT TO A PARTY! I cannot vote for Obama now!

:eyes:

[Egnever]

29. Did he double dip with the carrot sticks?

the horror!

[Bad Thoughts]

32. Put his cigarette out in a cup of beer

[uponit7771]

48. He didn't slap someone on the ass either, that upsets me.

[Whisp]

30. Clintons linked to Colombian union busting

and worse.

[MojoMojoMojo]

33. Obama has lied about meeting Auchi.He must want to keep his Iraq financing

under wraps.
Lets hear Obama under oath.

[cali]

39. under oath?

you guys are truly deranged. Ain't gonna happen. He's in no way implicated in any wrong doing. tough shit for you desperate little hillarians.

[MojoMojoMojo]

40. Auchi loaned Rezko 3.5 million before the house deal.The Times London

also says Auchi loaned the Obama campaign money.
The Ken Starr associate judge and Fitzgerald are the "vast right wing conspiracy."

[emilyg]

42. Wait till November.

[cali]

45. ooh, emmy, what does your little faux crystal ball say?

:rofl:

[emilyg]

61. You don't want to know. Trust me. Em

[Maribelle]

43. 'Obama bomb dropped' - the Chicago Sun Times

http://blogs.suntimes.com/rezko/2008/04/obama_bomb_dropped.html

[ima_sinnic]

53. hey, pretty neat about Billary's double dealings with the Colombian chainaw union murderer, eh?

you phony "Democrats" could care less that your lying sack of shit, corrupt greed-head corporate ass-kisser is doing little deals with the fascist scum union murderer Uribe.

Take your molehill nonissues and shove 'em where the sun don't shine.

Your botoxed wannabe Rambo is NOT going to get the nomination--but somehow I don't think you'd be voting for her in the GE even if she did, since you appear to be Limbaugh bots without a brain cell among you, just trolling the message boards with your bullshit.

[ima_sinnic]

52. Clinton has lied about not supporting a trade deal with union murderer Uribe in Colombia

I don't think the Hillayites want to go there, because if you're looking for corruption, shillary is up to her botoxed eyebrows in it, the LYING SACK OF SHIT.

Let's hear that skank Hillary under oath about her double-dealing, duplicitous ways, eh?

[stratomagi]

37. He went to a party

AND?!?!?!?!

[zulchzulu]

44. OMG! Here's what we should do about this story!!!!

There is only one thing to do!

[uponit7771]

46. Where big butted strippers there??!!?! ....no? Then why not?!!!?!?!?

[DearAbby]

50. I don't care what has been reported

I WAS NOT THERE!!! I don't even remove my MuuMuu when I shower...saves laundry detergent :D...but that is another story. I haven't been nakey since 1955!

[Nedsdag]

51. Oh, the Hillbots are jubilant!

We'll see who has the last laugh and it won't be Queen Hillary.

[MojoMojoMojo]

54. Im happy its coming out before the nomination not after weve selected a glass jaw candidate

[jeffrey_X]

55. and?

who gives a shit.

It's already established that they "know" each.

BFD.

[kwenu]

57. Exactly.

[MoonRiver]

58. Obama suffers from selective memory syndrome.

I'm starting to believe he is just too cognitively impaired to function as president. McLame looks like an Einstein next to him.

[oasis]

59. Barack with his "excellent judgement" strikes again.

:eyes:

[boston bean]

60. OBAMNESIA

[davsand]

62. This is HUGH1111 I am series111111

You just KNOW Obama probably puts out on the first date too...



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