Kathianne
03-15-2008, 06:09 AM
This may be more serious than the minister deal, though so complicated:
http://www.talkleft.com/story/2008/3/14/19451/3708
Obama Says Rezko Played a Bigger Fundraising Role Than Previously Known
By Jeralyn, Section Elections 2008
Posted on Fri Mar 14, 2008 at 06:45:01 PM EST
In a just published interview with Sen. Barack Obama, the Chicago Tribune reports:
Indicted Chicago businessman Antoin "Tony" Rezko was a more significant fundraiser for presidential candidate Barack Obama's earlier political campaigns than previously known. Rezko raised as much as $250,000 for the first three offices Obama sought, the senator told the Tribune on Friday.
Obama also said for the first time that his private real estate transactions with Rezko involved repeated lapses of judgment. The mistake, Obama said, was not simply that Rezko was under grand jury investigation at the time of their 2005 and 2006 dealings. "The mistake was he had been a contributor and somebody involved in politics," he said.
Repeated lapses of judgment. The Tribune says that's how Obama views it.
The interview raises another question: Obama's naivite.
Obama said that when he questioned Rezko about news reports of his questionable political dealings, his friend assured him there was nothing wrong. "My instinct was to believe him," he said.
He relied on his "instinct" and didn't do anything to verify it. [More...]
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Here's the Trib link:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/chi-obama-rezkomar15,0,2968927.story
http://www.talkleft.com/story/2008/3/14/19451/3708
Obama Says Rezko Played a Bigger Fundraising Role Than Previously Known
By Jeralyn, Section Elections 2008
Posted on Fri Mar 14, 2008 at 06:45:01 PM EST
In a just published interview with Sen. Barack Obama, the Chicago Tribune reports:
Indicted Chicago businessman Antoin "Tony" Rezko was a more significant fundraiser for presidential candidate Barack Obama's earlier political campaigns than previously known. Rezko raised as much as $250,000 for the first three offices Obama sought, the senator told the Tribune on Friday.
Obama also said for the first time that his private real estate transactions with Rezko involved repeated lapses of judgment. The mistake, Obama said, was not simply that Rezko was under grand jury investigation at the time of their 2005 and 2006 dealings. "The mistake was he had been a contributor and somebody involved in politics," he said.
Repeated lapses of judgment. The Tribune says that's how Obama views it.
The interview raises another question: Obama's naivite.
Obama said that when he questioned Rezko about news reports of his questionable political dealings, his friend assured him there was nothing wrong. "My instinct was to believe him," he said.
He relied on his "instinct" and didn't do anything to verify it. [More...]
...
Here's the Trib link:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/chi-obama-rezkomar15,0,2968927.story