Birther Issue Goes Mainstream

Back in the days before the Internet, senior political reporters at the "serious" media outlets wouldn't write about personal scandals directly. They would "analyze" the "impact" of scandals on "perceptions."

That way, everybody could pretend that they weren't discussing Gary Hart's "liaison" with Donna Rice, they were just discussing its impact on Gary Hart's political future.

The challenge for journalists today is to somehow get the "birther" issue into their copy (because it generates a ton of hits) without alienating the good opinion of their colleagues, all of whom in New York-Washington media circles are resolute in their belief that "birthers" are insane.

Back to the old dodge! Don't talk about the issue. Talk about the politics of the issue.

So it is that David Weigel of Slate today publishes a longish piece about the "birther" issue going "mainstream." He credits Donald Trump for pushing the issue out of the chat rooms and into whatever passes for the "mainstream" today. He even identifies "two schools" of birther thought:

One reason Trump has been able to do this is that two schools of birtherism have developed since 2008, and one of them has become a surprisingly comfortable place for conservatives to lounge. There have always been Orthodox Birthers. They start with the belief that Obama cannot be eligible for the presidency. They trust evidence they find online—an erroneous report about "Obama's grandmother" saying he was born in Kenya, for example—which stays online forever, just like amateur diagnostic reports of how crashing planes couldn't possibly have brought down the Twin Towers. If that evidence is challenged, they look to theories about what the founders thought "natural born citizenship" meant.....

I have heard about the Media & talk show hosts being threatened by Obama Thugs Nov/2008 if they bring up the BC Or Obama’s eligibility

I was very pleased yesterday to hear Donald Trump mention the Rezko Deal... He said most of us would have gone to jail over this.

I sent this to Hannity in Feb, 2009; but nothing was ever said about it.

Sean Hannity: 2/18/09 you talked about Mr Obama’s helping people with mortgages that they “can not” afford & should not have purchased in the first place.

Mr Obama could not afford his Mansion!

He went to Rezko for help to purchase His Mansion @ 5046 S GREENWOOD AVE CHICAGO, IL 60615-2806

Michelle, was on the board of the Commission of Chicago Landmarks and in this capacity, learned of a designated historical home in Kenwood that was for sale — the home and the adjacent land at 5046 South Greenwood.”...She wanted this house!!

The price was too high for Obama, so he went to Rezko for help. Rezko’s plan was to buy the adjacent property on the same day Obama bought the house. Obama would still have to overpay, even for just the house. But once the whole deal was finished, the package would become a reasonably good deal.

The deal was “unethical” because Rezko had conferred a benefit by helping Obama obtain something he couldn’t otherwise afford.

And since Rezko’s lawyer actually owns the property, a benefit is still being conferred to Obama all the time he lives there.

(Note below Obama’s Mortgage was... “ $903,000 over “ FM/FM Legal Limits)

But wait, there’s more! The mortgaged amount is very high.

Obama Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac Chicago Home Mortgage $903,000 over Legal Limit It’s so high it “violates” the ordinary lending rules for Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac, which carries the mortgage. This is probably legal, because the owners set up a complicated land trust arrangement to bypass those rules. But why? And who pays this mortgage?

Why would Obama pay a mortgage on a house he doesn’t own? Does he just pay rent, while Rezko’s lawyer pays the mortgage?

But wait, there’s even more! It’s now clear the adjacent lot was “overvalued” by Rezko’s bank.

At the time, an appraiser said it was worth $500,000. But Rezko’s bank unilaterally upped the value to about $650,000.

This enabled Rezko’s wife to get a bigger mortgage on the lot. Bank employee Kenneth J. Conner found out, and complained this was “mortgage fraud”. Overvaluing a property to get a bigger mortgage is “against the law”. Conner blew the whistle, but he was “fired”. Now he’s suing the bank.

Conner filed a civil complaint in October with the Illinois Circuit Court in Cook County alleging he was fired by Mutual Bank of Harvey, Ill., because he objected to land appraisals submitted on behalf of the Rezkos and the Obamas, with the complicity of the bank.

After he was fired, Conner told World Net Daily ( WND) that the bank and the Rezkos were engaged in “fraud, bribes or kickbacks, use whatever term you want,” to benefit the Obamas.
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“Blago’s” wife was the Realtor on this crooked deal for Obama to obtain a mansion he could not afford!!
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I am sick of Obama getting away with all of this corruption!!!

EXPOSE OBAMA!!! Remove him from the WH Now!!

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