Posted on 03/25/2008 4:14:23 PM PDT by Libloather
Obama 'money man' tied to 'house n-ggers' pastor
Indicted fundraiser Rezko also raised cash for senator's spiritual adviser, superdelegate
Posted: March 24, 2008
9:37 pm Eastern
Indicted Illinois businessman Antoin Rezko, a key fundraiser for Sen. Barack Obama, also raised money for a controversial pastor and superdelegate linked to the Democratic presidential candidate, WND has learned.
James Meeks – an Illinois state senator, pastor of one of the largest churches in the state and a declared spiritual adviser for Obama – came under fire for comments rebroadcast last week calling white American mayors "slave masters" and referring to black preachers and politicians who "protect" the "white man" as "house n-ggers."
According to Illinois State Board of Elections records, Rezko's businesses, Rezmar Corp. and Rezko Concession, contributed $9,000 to Meeks' campaign funds in 2002. A Rezko employee contributed $5,000 to Meeks that same year, and Ali Ata, Rezko's co-defendant, contributed $2,000, the records show.
Rezko is on trial in federal court on charges arising from a multimillion-dollar hospital contract scandal. Scores of media reports describe Rezko as an Obama friend and a key campaign fundraiser and networker for the presidential candidate.
At first, Rezko was linked to Obama through two 2005 real estate purchases in which the senator bought a Chicago mansion at less than the asking price on the same day Rezko and his wife, Rita, purchased a lot adjacent to the property. Rita Rezko then sold part of the lot to Obama.
Obama told the Chicago Sun-Times the real estate purchase was "an area where I can see sort of a lapse in judgment, where I could have said, 'No, I'm not sure that's a good idea,'"
Later, Obama's campaign disclosed Rezko provided or raised up to $160,000 in contributions.
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Is it irony or just a cruel joke? "A Family Tradition." This being Illinois, and this being one of the most political administrations that has ever run the state, we had to connect the dots.
http://www.herald-review.com/articles/2008/03/25/columnists/erickson/1031185.txt
HYPOCRITES ARE ONLY HYPOCRITES WHEN THEY DON’T DO OR AGREE WITH YOU!!! The Rev Wright knows when to put his hand out and it don’t matter who is giving. SKUNK LIKE THE REST!
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