Despicable Clintons Fix Rezko Arrest By Federal Agents To Diminish Kennedy Endorsement!

"This Individual" sharing an innocent laugh with Barack Obama

Federal agents loyal to Bill & Hillary Clinton today staged a dawn swoop to arrest Barack Obama's friend Antoin "Tony" Rezko in a blatant attempt to damage and dilute media coverage of the Kennedy-Obama endorsement.

Instigating this flagrant abuse of power by federal agents to arrest a man who Barack Obama has been close friends with for only 18 years -- and who has donated only $170,000 to Obama's campaigns -- is yet another example of the disgusting "do-anything-to-win" tactics of the shameless Clintons.

Asked about the man who is facing trumped-up charges of extortion, money laundering and fraud -- brought by Patrick Fitzgerald (a shady prosecutor who previously framed Irv "Scooter" Libby) -- Obama has quite rightly refused to mention Rezko by name. Instead he refers to the man who he had previously described as his "political godfather" simply as "This Individual"...

"This Individual" with the smile wiped off his face. He goes to trial February 25th

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Comments

[jerseyperson]

Is this Sen. Obama's "Bernie Kerick" moment?

[RAVEN13]

As it's been mentioned Sen.Obama is no politi-
cal virgin. Its unfortunate, despite, his abil-
ity to inspire many of us with his speeches, he
is aparently unwilling to be gracious towards his competitors. We have the latest example from last night at the SOTU.
It reveals an unattractive quality up til now,
for most ignored or explained away. Well, we all have alot riding on this election. Asking
questions, from the man who declared that he had "sharp elbows" and knows his way around
rough politics, should not cause the questioner
to be labeled racist. Obama needs to come for-
ward about that relationship in its entirity.
I applaud the Kennedy endorsement. I took Obama to task, right here on a HuffPo blog for
his:"get a spine..." comment to the Senator.
This is politics. I find him still short on
depth and substance on the issues. I've had my fill of the negative comments of Jesse Jackson
Jr. who is one of his surrogates.
Neither Sen.Clinto­n nor her husband are rascist. On this issue, Barbls post makes some good points. Others of you mention, the women in Bill's life. Women in Kennedy life are part
of the story. So, WTF! Let's Be Grown Ups.
And, face tough, contentious campaigning, while keeping in mind that we want to come out at the end with the best nominee, behind whom we will enthusiastically rally, to win back the WH!

[apresdeluge]

Tony Rezko is to Obama like "Kenny Boy" Lay is to George W. Bush. When confronted with the corruption, he became Ken "Who"? Just like Rezko has become "that individual".

[PLUMPLUM]

Has anybody found out the where, when or why about the picture that Hillary and Bill Clinton took with Rezko? All three were looking happy with their hands at each others backs.

[sjl106]

Clinton's use Rezko's arrest to Dilute Kennedy's endorsement? LOL give me a break the connection between Rezko and Obama need to be investigated Chicago Sun has continually reported obama isn't being truthful.

The only Dilution that has occurred has come from the media and the blogs treating Ted's endorsement as an inaugaration? When was the last endorsement by Ted sent anyone to the White House? Get real.

[engagedbuddhist]

Obama happens to be squeaky-clean. He long ago gave back Rezko campaign donations, which I believe were not even to this campaign. Rezko tried repeatedly to befriend Obama, even bought the lot next door to his house. Obama wouldn't even let his kids play frisbee on it, and commissioned and paid for an architect to design a fence. Rezko then built the fence, as the law of that subdivision required him to do. This has long ago been documented in Illinois and is a total non-issue there. This kind of psuedo-news is old-style politics, the kind Obama will rise above. Those who raise it and want to deflect his energy to counter it, would obscure the real issues facing this country, and Obama's skill, vision, awesome intellect, and the fact that he is creating a huge big tent movement to take back our country from corporate domination. This is why Ted, Caroline and Patrick Kennedy are supporting him, as well as other politicians like Kathleen Sebelius. These are the honest ones who are sick of the way that they must bow to their corporate donors, instead of legislating primarily in the public interest. That's real news.

[BARBLS]

What Obana has going for him is the monolithic MSM, and their hatred of the Clintons. You can all worship Obama for his likeability and words, but what this country needs is a competent, experienced leader. Hillary is that person. My only hope is that the country has learned from the MSM's selling of George Bush that has cost this country greatly, and not be sucked into electing just someone who is able to cause an emotional response from his words and personality. Bill Clinton who was the best friend of the Blacks, has now been turned into a racist. The MSM have gotten so much better at obfuscation than in 2000, or 2004. Bill Clinton was a very good President, but liberal Democrats are willing to sell him out for a man they know nothing about. The MSM played the race card, and now we can look forward to them playing the Latino card. I am so hoping the Latinos are smarter than the Blacks, and smarter than some of our political leaders such as Ted Kennedy. To compare Obama to Robert Kennedy is laughable and depressing for one who loved and respected him so much. Robert Kennedy touched your soul through his experiences. He went to the poorest parts of Mississippi, and Appalachia and showed American Poverty. He stood with Cesar Chavez and the Farm Workers. He was the most important advisor to his brother, the President, during the Cuban Missile Crisis. How dare anyone compare Obama to Robert Kennedy.

It is so laughable that Obama got away with his acknowledging of the Reagan Revolution being a grass roots phenomenon when Ronald Reagan and his ideological friends were out to bring this country back to the days before the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960's and the Progressive Era of FDR in the 1930's and 1940's. For Obama to even mention this anti-black and anti-liberal President is so sad because so many people have given their lives to try to make a better life for all of our citizens.

[Tellmethetruth]

If the Clintons were so "powerful" at "fixing" the uncorruptible FBI agents - the Clintons would have fixed it so Ted Kennedy wouldn't have endorsed Obama or "fixed" the S. Carolina vote.

Sorry, but Obama must take responsiblity for his 20 year relationship with a Syrian mobster.

[Mollye]

And you, Mr. Lewis, can prove this how?

[tt88]

Obama should come clean about his middle eastern connection. Tony Rezko who bankrolled Obama's political career from the start 20 years ago, is a Syrian born person who recently got $3.5 million from Iraqi billionaire, Nadhmi Auchi, who was convicted in France on fraud charges from a bank in Beirut, Lebanon. Why is Obama so quiet about his relationship with Tony?

[tt88]

Obama has been selling the point that he is more trust worthy than the Clintons.
I learned today that his political "Godfather" is a syrian born person who just got $3.5 million from an Iraqi billionaire, Nadhmi Auchi, who was convicted in France on fraud charges via a bank in Beirut, Lebanon very recently.
Maybe Obama didn't do anything criminal. But his 20 years close association with such a person makes me reluctant to trust him to have my best interest in mind as the president of the nation. I can overlook financial corruption if Obama made a "boneheaded" mistake. But what's up with such middle eastern connection? Why could he come clean about it like he did with drugs?
I will vote for any Republican Candidate if Obama is the nominee.

[Lon]

Since you changed your mind from your position that the most important thing was for democrats to not attack each other with things that could be used by the republicans in the fall, to your current position that the primaries should be an anything goes testing ground, I have been suspicious.

But it is increasingly looking like you were on to something. One thing that I think we are learning is that the Clintons are actually not very good at going negative. The Clinton haters have claimed that the Clintons ruled as attack dogs in the '90s, but my memory is that they are unequaled at turning being attacked into a virtue. I don't remember them doing the sliming.

When I saw them sliming in such an obvious manner, I thought maybe the Clinton haters were remembering right. But look at how bad they are at it. There sliming is too obvious and hurts them more than Obama.

It is better to know that they are ineffectual now than to only discover it in the fall.

[Political Voyeur]

You must also believe that Gary Condit was behind 9/11...
The timing, really, was too perfect. The guy couldn't get himself off the front cover of a newspaper if he drove a plane into the... hey, wait a minute.
http://archives.cnn.com/2001/US/08/23/condit.transcript/

[ulmew]

Despite the obvious tone of this essay, the idea that this was done today to counter the Ted Kennedy thing (forgetting that the Kennedy's themselves have a little history with corrupt Chicago politics).

The judge who revoked Rezko's bond was Hon Amy St. Eve. Most notably, she was on the WHITEWATER INDEPENDENT COUNSEL TEAM.

http://www.chicagobusiness.com/cgi-bin/article.pl?mpid=35;page_id=1269&seenIt=1

"The Cornell University Law School grad joined New York's Davis Polk & Wardwell, where partner Robert Fiske recommended her in 1994 to his independent counsel successor, Kenneth Starr."

So if it was a shot at Obama, I would look to blame not Hillary but the Republicans who want to run against her in November.

[Karoli]

I'm not willing to pin this on the Clintons without clear and incontrovertible evidence of their involvement. It could just as easily be the first salvo of the GOP, who must view Obama as a serious contender after his endorsements this morning and victory Saturday.