My sentiments exactly. And the prospect of the pardon will keep his mouth shut.
Chicago Tribune’s article omits ANY mention of Obama .. can ya believe that for so-called journalism????? Sheeesh ...
Media bias: Obama crony Rezko sentenced Tuesday; Chicago Trib article doesn’t mention president
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2810988/posts
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Interesting comments for Tribune article, and more to come for sure.
CaptAhab2 at 7:40 AM November 22, 2011
Tony Rezko is a witness to corruption on an outrageous scale right up to the President. He could testify to unprecedented levels of wrongdoing. Instead, he is being swept under a rug as quietly as possible. Crime is to be exposed and punished whereaver it leads. In this case the tip of the Rezko iceberg is all we have purposely been given.
The prosecutor has made the decision that the public does not need to know what lies beneath what little has been released about this man’s relationships. The prosecutor is wrong, it needs to be exposed and all participants must be punished.
This criminal made a carreer out of criminalizing Illinois politics, that’s all he did bribe, curry favor and profit from his crimes. All he did was bribe and steal. He had a lot of helpfrom politicians and unions, however Mr Fitzgerald and his handlers don’t think you should have any more involvement that paying for it all.
Expose the corruption wherever it leads. That is the law.
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catface at 7:54 AM November 22, 2011
This is why Obama hired Eric Holder to act as a “fire wall” between himself and “Operation Board Games”...Eric Holder would have been thrown under the bus months ago with the “fast and furious’ scandal but Obama needs Holder and now Holder needs Obama...What a cute couple...make me sick!!! and what is Patrick Fitzgerald doing???
A lot of nothing...If anyone thinks this guy cares about corruption they are very much mistaken...He didn’t even question Tony Rezko about the implications Frawley made in sworn depositions about the President...and the press has completely ignored the players in the Companion Security scam, I can see them not being able to get to Tony Rezko but Daniel T. Frawley, Dan Mahru, Stuart Levine, John Thomas/Bernard Barton are all out walking around free as birds and not one interview with the press....IF this was George Bush or a republican, they would be camping on their front lawns.
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JeffSiena at 8:10 AM November 22, 2011
why does the article mention nothing about his buying the property next door to Barrack Obama and reselling it to Obama for a tiny fraction of the purchase price......? I don’t understand , did I dream this? Why did the tribune leave that out??? Why would Rezko do this amazing outlandish financial debacle to give the president such a great epic windfall??? What was Tonys motivation in that particular deal??
I guess we the people are too stupid to understand why Rezko gave over $100k in value to a politican?? What did Obama think it meant to recieve this gift? Hope and Change..... ? Lying is in his DNA.
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alan62 at 9:55 AM November 22, 2011
Isn’t it magical how the media has forgotten how closely tied to the hip Rezko and Obama were? The Rezko who was one of Obama’s top fundraisers? Course, in the Tribune’s case, it is David Axelrod who spreads the magic. It is no secret that the Tribune operates at the bequest of its former employee Axelrod.
http://discussions.chicagotribune.com//20/ct-met-rezko-sentencing-1122-20111122/10?sort=asc