[Barack Obama’s position on Iraq has shifted significantly over the last six years. What is interesting is how his position on Iraq matches up with developments in Chicago. Specifically, there appears to be a direct correlation between the rising and falling prospects of his longtime friend and fundraiser Tony Rezko’s attempts to secure multi- million- dollar contracts to build and operate a power plant in Kurdish Iraq and the senator’s Iraq flip- flops.]
[Obama’s change of tone in 2004 was so noticeable that Howard Kurtz couldn’t help but notice how striking the Illinois senator’s position was in mid-2004. Obama was quoted as saying:
There’s not that much difference between my position and George Bush’s position at this stage. The difference, in my mind, is who’s in a position to execute.]
[According to court documents, Mr. Rezko’s lawyer said his client had “longstanding indebtedness” to Mr. Auchi’s GMH. By June 2007 he owed it $27.9 million.
Under a Loan Forgiveness Agreement described in court, Mr. Auchi lent Mr. Rezko $3.5 million in April 2005 and $11 million in September 2005, as well as the $3.5 million transferred in April 2007.]
[Mr. Auchi visited the United States in 2004. Pictures show him meeting Emil Jones, the president of the Illinois state senate, an ally of Mr. Obama, a former state senator.]
[Senator Obama declined to help, though not right away. According to Obama staff spokesman Tim LaBolt in mid-2007: “The Senate staff had two meetings, one conference call, and sporadically emailed with representatives of Companion Security about their request for Senator Obama to write a letter introducing the company to senior officials in the Iraqi government. That is not the kind of action Senator Obama usually takes for individual companies, and our staff concluded on that basis to decline the requested assistance.”
Also, according to a report by the Chicago Sun-Times, Mr. Frawley negotiated over a six-month period with Senator Obama’s staffer Seamus Ahern at the Moline, Illinois, office. The explanation at the time was that the senator regarded Companion Security as an employment opportunity for the troubled Quad Cities area around Moline.]
[Alsammarae put up $1.9 million in equity in his Oak Brook mansion, along with $840,000 in equity from two South Loop condominiums, according to court records. In recent days, he appeared in the downtown federal courthouse to pledge his property and signed papers related to Rezko’s bail. That proceeding, however, was conducted in a private session with U.S. District Judge Amy J. St. Eve and lawyers. Records from the proceeding weren’t immediately released.
The shifts in Barack Obama’s policy toward Iraq show a remarkable correlation with the rise and fall of Tony Rezko’s business prospects in the Chamchamal Power Plant. As the story of the Rezko syndicate is exposed in his Chicago trial, the subject of its Iraqi commercial interests will come under a brighter light. Barack Obama has already said of his convicted ex-fundraiser, “this is not the Tony Rezko I used to know.”]
RTWT!!
unbelievable how the MSM has ignored all the connections to Iraq, not to mention Obama's connections to those Iraq connections..
["He said, 'Cliff, I'm gonna make me a U.S. senator.'" "Oh, you are? Who might that be?"
"Barack Obama."
Jones appointed Obama sponsor of virtually every high- profile piece of legislation, angering many rank- and- file state legislators who had more seniority than Obama and had spent years championing the bills.]
Obama see saws back & forth echoing Bush et al and Reid et al.. other than that, it is quite intriguing as well as revealing..
This is the problem with so many of these polls. You have to verify every single one for balance and demographics. These have upwards to 25% distortion built in. So when they say 3-4% error rate, they're not including the distortion rate.
It is pathetic. You end up with a circle of enforcement for the democrats usually with these type of polls.
[NOTE: Tony Rezko Stacked The Teachers Retirement System Board With Members Who Would Vote As They Were Told.
"A government witness testified Monday that political fundraiser Antoin 'Tony' Rezko stacked a $30 billion state pension board with two obedient members who would vote as they were told on key issues.
... Rezko, 52, is accused of scheming with Levine to pressure $7 million in kickbacks out of money management firms wanting to invest assets of the $30 billion Illinois Teachers Retirement System. The system pays the pensions of thousands of retired downstate and suburban school teachers." (Mike Robinson, "Rezko Stacked Pension Board With Obedient Members, Trial Told," The Associated Press, 3/31/08)]
[-- Redfield: "From Obama's standpoint, he's got to bend over backwards to avoid the appearance that he is just another Chicago politician that's connected to the underbelly of corruption in Illinois politics. If I were advising him, I would tell him, 'You have to be very careful to avoid situations where people will be tempted to connect the dots.'" (Alexander Bolton, "Obama Fundraiser Attracts Criticism From GOP, Raises Questions On Ethics," The Hill, 6/17/08)]
ya think?? who the heck connected to Obama doesn't he have to be careful not to associate himself with?? this isn't funny.. i don't believe the MSM would expose the real Obama even if they discovered he was a personal friend of Usama bin Laden himself, gah!!
[Further, a private investigator connected to the Chicago Police Department told the Globe, “Donald Young was silenced because of something he knew about Obama. Donald was in a position where he heard a lot of things and saw a lot of things concerning Barack.”]
[Are three murders within the span of 40 days among members of America’s most discussed church—one run by the controversial Rev. Jeremiah Wright—enough to arouse the suspicions of Chicago law enforcement officials and members of the national media?]
have you seen this blog?
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ReplyDeleteoh forget the polls.. :D
HT : The Belmont Club
Chumchumal [video]
HT : Pajamas Media
Obama’s Shifting Positions on Iraq: A Rezko Connection?
excerpts:
[Barack Obama’s position on Iraq has shifted significantly over the last six years. What is interesting is how his position on Iraq matches up with developments in Chicago. Specifically, there appears to be a direct correlation between the rising and falling prospects of his longtime friend and fundraiser Tony Rezko’s attempts to secure multi- million- dollar contracts to build and operate a power plant in Kurdish Iraq and the senator’s Iraq flip- flops.]
[Obama’s change of tone in 2004 was so noticeable that Howard Kurtz couldn’t help but notice how striking the Illinois senator’s position was in mid-2004. Obama was quoted as saying:
There’s not that much difference between my position and George Bush’s position at this stage. The difference, in my mind, is who’s in a position to execute.]
[According to court documents, Mr. Rezko’s lawyer said his client had “longstanding indebtedness” to Mr. Auchi’s GMH. By June 2007 he owed it $27.9 million.
Under a Loan Forgiveness Agreement described in court, Mr. Auchi lent Mr. Rezko $3.5 million in April 2005 and $11 million in September 2005, as well as the $3.5 million transferred in April 2007.]
[Mr. Auchi visited the United States in 2004. Pictures show him meeting Emil Jones, the president of the Illinois state senate, an ally of Mr. Obama, a former state senator.]
[Senator Obama declined to help, though not right away. According to Obama staff spokesman Tim LaBolt in mid-2007: “The Senate staff had two meetings, one conference call, and sporadically emailed with representatives of Companion Security about their request for Senator Obama to write a letter introducing the company to senior officials in the Iraqi government. That is not the kind of action Senator Obama usually takes for individual companies, and our staff concluded on that basis to decline the requested assistance.”
Also, according to a report by the Chicago Sun-Times, Mr. Frawley negotiated over a six-month period with Senator Obama’s staffer Seamus Ahern at the Moline, Illinois, office. The explanation at the time was that the senator regarded Companion Security as an employment opportunity for the troubled Quad Cities area around Moline.]
[Alsammarae put up $1.9 million in equity in his Oak Brook mansion, along with $840,000 in equity from two South Loop condominiums, according to court records. In recent days, he appeared in the downtown federal courthouse to pledge his property and signed papers related to Rezko’s bail. That proceeding, however, was conducted in a private session with U.S. District Judge Amy J. St. Eve and lawyers. Records from the proceeding weren’t immediately released.
The shifts in Barack Obama’s policy toward Iraq show a remarkable correlation with the rise and fall of Tony Rezko’s business prospects in the Chamchamal Power Plant. As the story of the Rezko syndicate is exposed in his Chicago trial, the subject of its Iraqi commercial interests will come under a brighter light. Barack Obama has already said of his convicted ex-fundraiser, “this is not the Tony Rezko I used to know.”]
RTWT!!
unbelievable how the MSM has ignored all the connections to Iraq, not to mention Obama's connections to those Iraq connections..
Obama & Me
excerpt:
["He said, 'Cliff, I'm gonna make me a U.S. senator.'" "Oh, you are? Who might that be?"
"Barack Obama."
Jones appointed Obama sponsor of virtually every high- profile piece of legislation, angering many rank- and- file state legislators who had more seniority than Obama and had spent years championing the bills.]
Obama see saws back & forth echoing Bush et al and Reid et
al.. other than that, it is quite intriguing as well as revealing..
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This is the problem with so many of these polls. You have to verify every single one for balance and demographics. These have upwards to 25% distortion built in. So when they say 3-4% error rate, they're not including the distortion rate.
ReplyDeleteIt is pathetic. You end up with a circle of enforcement for the democrats usually with these type of polls.
BG, excellent stuff there. Belmont, always good.
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ReplyDeletesorry to go OT again GP..
more trouble for Obama..
HT : Rezko [Obama] Watch
Why Has Obama Continued to Accept Money From Rezko's Fundraising Network?
excerpt:
[NOTE: Tony Rezko Stacked The Teachers Retirement System Board With Members Who Would Vote As They Were Told.
"A government witness testified Monday that political fundraiser Antoin 'Tony' Rezko stacked a $30 billion state pension board with two obedient members who would vote as they were told on key issues.
... Rezko, 52, is accused of scheming with Levine to pressure $7 million in kickbacks out of money management firms wanting to invest assets of the $30 billion Illinois Teachers Retirement System. The system pays the pensions of thousands of retired downstate and suburban school teachers." (Mike Robinson, "Rezko Stacked Pension Board With Obedient Members, Trial Told," The Associated Press, 3/31/08)]
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ReplyDeleteone more re: bg @ ..
[-- Redfield: "From Obama's standpoint, he's got to bend over backwards to avoid the appearance that he is just another Chicago politician that's connected to the underbelly of corruption in Illinois politics. If I were advising him, I would tell him, 'You have to be very careful to avoid situations where people will be tempted to connect the dots.'" (Alexander Bolton, "Obama Fundraiser Attracts Criticism From GOP, Raises Questions On Ethics," The Hill, 6/17/08)]
ya think?? who the heck connected to Obama doesn't he have to be careful not to associate himself with?? this isn't funny.. i don't believe the MSM would expose the real Obama even if they discovered he was a personal friend of Usama bin Laden himself, gah!!
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LOL BG,
ReplyDeleteDemocrats far left nutters beat out the Clintonistas... we should know they'd be even dirtier than Bubba and Billary.
;-)
We have a bunch of truly dumb people now voting in this country. Obama wants big gov, no lobbyist?
LOL! If SNL does not jump all over these Goombas from Chi-town, they deserve to have their show canceled.
Clintons - 1 "suicide" in whitehouse, bunch of bimbos in Bill's house.
Obama - 1 murdered Choir Director Donald Young from Obama's Church TUCC.
Where is all the news on this murder? And the investigation?
Popcorn prices are getting higher!
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ReplyDeleteJoshua @ 8:20 PM..
Clinton
Obama
excerpts:
[Further, a private investigator connected to the Chicago Police Department told the Globe, “Donald Young was silenced because of something he knew about Obama. Donald was in a position where he heard a lot of things and saw a lot of things concerning Barack.”]
[Are three murders within the span of 40 days among members of America’s most discussed church—one run by the controversial Rev. Jeremiah Wright—enough to arouse the suspicions of Chicago law enforcement officials and members of the national media?]
there you go.. ;-)
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