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Obama's Mortgage Mess Deeper Than First Reported
PDOP ^ | 07/03/2008 | Jarid Brown

Posted on 07/03/2008 5:07:28 AM PDT by Jabrown

As reported by WaPo the Obama campaign claimed that the discounted rate on his $1.3 million mortgage was due to a competitive offer made by another lending institution. A campaign spokesman went further by claiming that Obama had no prior ties to the Chicago based Northern Trust. Apparently the Obama campaign has once again forgotten those “pesky”...

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; Politics; Society
KEYWORDS: 110th; corruptdems; election; mortgage; northerntrust; obama; perks

1 posted on 07/03/2008 5:07:29 AM PDT by Jabrown
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To: Jabrown

This IS the Hussein we have come to know so well over the last 20 weeks.


2 posted on 07/03/2008 5:10:08 AM PDT by Paladin2 (Huma for co-president! (it ain't over 'til it's over))
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To: Jabrown

Why worry about it? Everybody “knows” the Obamessiah can do no wrong. This will even less traction than Whitewater...


3 posted on 07/03/2008 5:13:00 AM PDT by Little Ray (I'm a Conservative. But I can vote for John McCain. If I have to. I guess.)
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To: Jabrown

Can he throw himself under the bus?


4 posted on 07/03/2008 5:14:01 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (Et si omnes ego non)
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To: ClearCase_guy

If he can’t, I’d like to have a go.


5 posted on 07/03/2008 5:15:11 AM PDT by Nipfan
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To: Paladin2

My, my and we wonder why he and the other DemonRats are working so hard on a bill to bail out the subprime lenders. The nasty word “BRIBERY” might even slither into evil minds.


6 posted on 07/03/2008 5:17:29 AM PDT by libstripper
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To: Jabrown

The man could murder his white devil grandma with a machete and people wouldn’t care. I don’t see how this is going to hurt him.


7 posted on 07/03/2008 5:24:40 AM PDT by demshateGod (the GOP is dead to me)
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To: Jabrown

If this was 2005, how does an Illinois State Senator afford a mortgage of 1.3 Million?


8 posted on 07/03/2008 5:35:07 AM PDT by Disturbin (Liberals: buying votes with your tax dollars)
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To: Jabrown

Chicago politics at work.

Just to expect to pay a lot. eg sales tax rate in Chicago 10.25%


9 posted on 07/03/2008 5:45:58 AM PDT by ADSUM (Democracy works when citizens get involved and keep government honest.)
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To: Jabrown

Most people that are going to vote for Obama couldn’t even comprehend this article. The other half doesn’t care.


10 posted on 07/03/2008 5:49:38 AM PDT by autumnraine
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To: Disturbin

Didn’t his wife gets lots of cushy gigs from his business dealings?


11 posted on 07/03/2008 5:50:14 AM PDT by autumnraine
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To: autumnraine

Her job is one of them. Her salary JUMPED when he got elected.


12 posted on 07/03/2008 5:53:54 AM PDT by AppyPappy (If you aren't part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
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To: Jabrown

Obama is just another crooked Chicago ‘Rat.


13 posted on 07/03/2008 6:15:15 AM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (G-d is not a Republican. But Satan is definitely a Democrat.)
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