[My Favorite Headache]

So true...I can hear Colmes right now in my head saying “Hey...so and so..isn’t this really a non-issue and another way for Republicans to toss anything they can at Obama...with a weak opponent like McCain this is the best they got...don’t most politicians have some sort of deal like this in their past?”

I can hear it now.

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The Obamas had no prior relationship with Northern Trust when they applied for the loan. They received an oral commitment on Feb. 4, 2005, and locked in the rate of 5.625 percent, the campaign said. On that date, HSH data show, the average rate in Chicago for a 30-year fixed-rate jumbo loan with no points was about 5.94 percent.

Jumbo loans are for amounts up to $650,000, but the Obamas' $1.32 million loan was so large that few comparables are available.

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Man .. the fix was in all thru ChiTown and IL politics, the Machine's networks and the glitterati ... this deal was set in stone before we ever heard of him. Hand picked chosen one.

[ConservativeMan55]

Especially that last part.

That is his standard answer to defend any political wrongdoings.

He says that EVERY NIGHT