[dubie]

bullshi*!

[Zeppo]

"Obama owned stock in two companies which he did nothing to help — an investment that lost him $13,000," Burton said in a statement Wednesday.

Now where have I heard something like that before... Sounds awfully familiar...

Oh, now I remember - Whitewater was simply a land deal that lost money for the Clintons and their partners.

[Paisan]

This whole thing has, in the words of Liberals, the appearance of impropriety.

Oh, wait a minute, no it doesn't. We're talking about a Democrat.

Nothing to see here...

[The_Victor]

Obama purchased $5,000 in shares for AVI, which was developing a drug to treat avian flu. Two weeks after buying the stock, Obama pushed for more federal funding to fight the disease, but company officials said they never talked to Obama about his work in the area.

Cheney completely divests himself of all interests in Haliburton prior to becoming a candidate for office, but every action he or the government takes is assumed buy the MSM to be a payoff to his "buddies." Obama has a genuine conflict of interest here. This is the reason government officials are supposed to place all investments into a blind trust. Anyone want to take bets as to whether the MSM actually pursues this story?

[BenLurkin]

The two companies — AVI Biopharma and Skyterra Communications — were backed by some top donors to Obama's political committees.

Typical democrat crook.

[HuntsvilleTxVeteran]

"Hello," lied the politician.

Stealing is illegal:
The government hates competition.

[gondramB]

For contrast

>>Frist Stock Sale Raises Questions on Timing

By R. Jeffrey Smith and Jeffrey H. Birnbaum
Washington Post Staff Writers
Thursday, September 22, 2005; Page A10

Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) has maintained for years that his stock holdings in the nation's largest for-profit hospital chain posed no conflict of interest for a policymaker deeply involved in health care matters. He even received two rulings in the 1990s from the Senate ethics committee that blessed the holding of the stock in blind trusts.<<

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/21/AR2005092102065.html

[gondramB]

And this

>>Common Cause Insists the Senate Ethics Committee Launch an Investigation of Senator Bill Frist's Controversial Stock Sales

September 27, 2005

Dear Chairman Voinovich and Vice Chairman Johnson:

Common Cause calls on the Senate Ethics Committee to initiate an investigation to determine whether Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-TN) violated Senate ethics rules by directing trustees to sell his HCA Inc. stock held in a blind trust. <<

[gate2wire]

The hypocrisy is astounding.
When Pres. Bush was in private life, he sold his stock in some company, Harkin I believe, to buy the Rangers. The libs tried to make a stink of this when GW ran for Pres.
They tried to claim insider info or some such. Failing to mention that about a year later the stock doubled.
Now we have a POLITICIAN doing something improper and they say "nothing to see here, move along." Spit.

[Beckwith]

He may not be helping his contributors but he sure is helping his brother Muslims.

Obama sponsored Illinois Senate Bill 750 creating the "Halal Food Act," providing for inspections by the Department of Agriculture to ensure that all food labeled Halal is prepared according to Islamic law.

There it is folks -- Obama introduced Shari'a law into Illinois. Just wait till he hits the White House.