Tag Archives: Obama

The Blago/Obama/Blackwell pay-to-play circle

by admin on 11. Aug, 2010 in Emil Jones, Mainstream Media, Michelle Obama

The news media reported this in pieces but never put the whole thing together. Essentially, Chicago entrepreneurs Robert Blackwell Jr. and Sr. were good friends to Barack Obama and Rod Blagojevich (campaign contributions) and Obama and Blagojevich were good friends to the Blackwells. A chronology: 2001–Barack Obama gets an $8,000 a month legal consulting contract [...]

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Were both Blago and Obama lying about Auchi?

by admin on 05. Aug, 2010 in Mainstream Media, Obama/Rezko House Purchase, Tony Rezko

Federal prosecutors were successful in revoking Tony Rezko’s bond in early 2008 when they found out the infamous Illinois fixer had taken $3.5 million from British/Iraqi billionaire Nadhmi Auchi without telling the court. Auchi is a controversial figure closely linked to Saddam Hussein over the years. For background on Auchi, check here and here. It’s [...]

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He had the political courage Obama lacked

by admin on 04. Aug, 2010 in Mainstream Media, Tony Rezko

There was one Democrat in 2006 who dared take on Rod Blagojevich’s re-election bid. His name wasn’t Barack Obama, of course, he endorsed Rod, corruption and all. He was Edwin Eisendrath, who ran against Rod in the Democratic primary. He was interviewed recently by Steve Rhodes of the website Beachwood Reporter. Beachwood: Obama stood behind [...]

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Three questions for Tony Rezko

by admin on 02. Aug, 2010 in Mainstream Media, Obama/Rezko House Purchase, Tony Rezko

As we’ve mentioned before, the mainstream press has virtually no curiosity about convicted fixer Tony Rezko any more. Let us amend that: There is no curiosity about Rezko’s relationship with Barack Obama. Former Chicago Tribune top editor James Warren, now writing for the Chicago News Cooperative, which feeds stories to the NY Times, outlines some [...]

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Right from the start, national media whitewashers tried to erase Blago from Obama’s past

by admin on 30. Jul, 2010 in Mainstream Media, Uncategorized

When looking for evidence of the national media’s attempt to extricate Barack Obama from his numerous ties to Rod Blagojevich, the Washington Post published a classic misdirection piece by Eli Saslow that is a museum piece of liberal propaganda. The first clue ought to be the title, “Obama worked to distance self from Blagojevich early [...]

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Sam Adam’s lawyer got one thing right

by admin on 29. Jul, 2010 in John Wyma, Mainstream Media, Rahm Emanuel, Senate Seat, Tom Balanoff

Rod Blagojevich’s cartoonish defense lawyer did get one thing right in his closing argument—that the Obama team was “negotiating” for a Valerie Jarrett appointment to the U.S. Senate. Sam Adam Jr. has just accused President Barack Obama and his transition team of negotiating with Blagojevich. The offer came from Rod to Tom Balanoff, Adam says. [...]

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Blago campaign chairman, transition director helps create train wreck then walks away unscathed

by admin on 28. Jul, 2010 in David Axelrod, David Wilhelm, Mainstream Media, Rahm Emanuel, Tony Rezko

“Rod realizes that he is being elected as a reformer. People in this state are fed up with corruption and broken promises. The Blagojevich administration will be one of honesty,” he said. —David Wilhelm Another member of the club that brought us Rod Blagojevich is David Wilhelm, the former DNC chairman and Clintonista who ran [...]

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Did Rezko/Obama coverage get JournoListed?

by admin on 26. Jul, 2010 in Obama/Rezko House Purchase, Tony Rezko

It wasn’t lost on those who closely followed the 2008 presidential election that scrutiny on Barack Obama was less than intense. Plenty of material was there. When it surfaced, more often than not, it just faded away. One reason why, we are finding out, was that instead of watchdogs, the national press corps acted like [...]

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Lynn Sweet passes WH spin class but flunks beginner logic and reading comprehension 101

by admin on 19. Jul, 2010 in Mainstream Media, Rahm Emanuel, SEIU, Tom Balanoff, Valerie Jarrett

Lynn Sweet of the Chicago Sun-Times often gets the Obama version of events first from sources inside the White House. Her reports often are sympathetic and oblivious to obvious gaps in logic. Here are a couple of whoppers from today’s Sweet blog post, complete with inside WH spin. First, Sweet says that only biased people [...]

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Obama’s rolling disclosure on Rezko a clue national press chose to ignore

by admin on 19. Jul, 2010 in Obama/Rezko House Purchase, Tony Rezko

We’ve documented how the incoming Obama administration was far from truthful when it tried to exonerate itself with the Greg Craig report. This shouldn’t have been a surprise to anyone in Illinois. When Obama’s relationship with fixer/financier/fundraiser Tony Rezko started to hurt his political career, he dissembled. The Obama-Rezko relationship came under scrutiny after Rezko [...]

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