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Longtime Obama pal Eric Whitaker keeps popping onto political scene
The Daily Caller ^ | 05/15/2012 | Vince Coglianese

Posted on 05/15/2012 10:54:14 AM PDT by LucyT

Eric Whitaker has been friends with Obama ever since...".

Whitaker — who now runs the Urban Health Initiative (UHI) out of the University of Chicago Medical Center — often vacations with the first family, is a regular golf partner of Obama and has organized Chicago-area parties when the president visits the Windy City.

Publicly released visitor logs show “Eric Whitaker” officially visited the White House 7 times during the Obama admin..."

Whitaker had purportedly offered Rev. Jeremiah Wright — an infamous and challenging weight on Obama’s 2008 campaign — $150,000 to stay silent..."

(Excerpt) Read more at dailycaller.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: blagojevich; ericwhitaker; jeremiahwright; michelleobama; rezko
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The UHI was originally inspired by a program created by Michelle Obama when she..."

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1 posted on 05/15/2012 10:54:21 AM PDT by LucyT
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Longtime Obama pal Eric Whitaker keeps popping onto political scene

. . . . Now we have a name.

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2 posted on 05/15/2012 10:57:55 AM PDT by LucyT
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To: LucyT

Was there any tie between Eric Whitaker and the phone call received by Larry Sinclair “from the campaign” which may then tie Eric Whitaker to Donald Young via Larry? Inquiring minds want to know, but the death of Donald Young has become the radioactive third rail of this entire story-line. Now that “His Gayness” is slowly slithering out of the closet, these issues should be the sunshine beaming into the closet as its door is being opened.


3 posted on 05/15/2012 10:59:51 AM PDT by SERKIT ("Blazing Saddles" explains it all.......)
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To: LucyT

The stench, it grows.


4 posted on 05/15/2012 11:01:55 AM PDT by Madame Dufarge
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To: SERKIT
I was thinking something like you posted.

Questions, questions, questions.....

BTTT.

5 posted on 05/15/2012 11:03:18 AM PDT by hummingbird (I am Breitbart.)
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To: LucyT

President-elect Barack Obama jokes with friends Dr. Eric Whitaker (C) and Eugene Kang on the 18th green during a round of golf with friends December 29, 2008 at the Mid Pacific Country Club in Kailua, Hawaii. (TIM SLOAN/AFP/Getty Images)

6 posted on 05/15/2012 11:04:44 AM PDT by Brandonmark (2012: Our Hope IS Change!)
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To: LucyT

One thing that should be said along with the Michelle-connection is how she came to be in that position at UIC.

By virtue of the largesse of an Illinois Congressional committee which her husband served on, UIC was provided a large sum of grant money to develop community out-reach programs. The Wookie was “promoted” to manage the UHI program.

Her efforts resulted in a program that sent uninsured and under-insured patients to the city-run hospitals.


7 posted on 05/15/2012 11:05:20 AM PDT by Cletus.D.Yokel (Catastrophic Anthropogenic Climate Alterations - The acronym explains the science.)
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To: LucyT
How interesting:

Whitaker served as the state’s director of public health from 2003-2007, but his time in the post was not without controversy: Whitaker oversaw a state board responsible for approving medical construction projects, which Rezko utilized to facilitate political kickbacks, according to testimony delivered during Rezko’s trial.

Rezko was eventually convicted, while Whitaker was never accused of any impropriety.

8 posted on 05/15/2012 11:13:29 AM PDT by Madame Dufarge
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To: LucyT
Obama pal Eric Whitaker linked with Tony Rezko
9 posted on 05/15/2012 11:18:12 AM PDT by Brandonmark (2012: Our Hope IS Change!)
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To: SERKIT; LucyT

See also:

Pastor Manning interviews Larry Sinclair: “Will Obama Come Out Of The Closet?”

http://atlah.org/2012/05/11/will-obama-come-out-of-the-closet-larry-sinclair/

Sinclair says Barry’s new “girlfriend” meets perfect definition of what homosexuals call a “fag hag”.


10 posted on 05/15/2012 11:29:05 AM PDT by Seizethecarp
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To: LucyT; STARWISE; maggief; Army Air Corps; All

Lucy, IIRC he is mentioned in the long Chicago Crime thread...Due to the new grand baby and garden that needs tending NOW..Don’t have time to look.
(It all fits into the banking, real estate, medical triangle that the Chicago groups is intertwined in)

Here is the link:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2151323/posts


11 posted on 05/15/2012 11:32:36 AM PDT by hoosiermama
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To: LucyT
It seems like Eric Whitaker is an African-American. Imagine that.

Barack could at least introduce some diversity into his corruption.
12 posted on 05/15/2012 11:46:46 AM PDT by Jay Santos CP ("Idiocracy"... It's no longer just a movie.)
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To: Brandonmark
HHS Sends $5.9 Million to Program Run by Obama Buddy
13 posted on 05/15/2012 11:47:14 AM PDT by Brandonmark (2012: Our Hope IS Change!)
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To: LucyT

Did this guy give Mooochelle her no show job?


14 posted on 05/15/2012 11:50:29 AM PDT by depressed in 06 (6 November, 2012, the day our embarrassment is sent back to Kenya.)
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To: LucyT
Apparantly not a big secret according to WAPO:

Whitaker, who has been friends with Obama since both were in graduate school..."

The Washington Post | Who runs the federal government | Eric Whitaker

15 posted on 05/15/2012 12:00:53 PM PDT by Brandonmark (2012: Our Hope IS Change!)
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To: LucyT

Yesterday’s thread on Whitacre: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2883679/posts


16 posted on 05/15/2012 2:39:17 PM PDT by combat_boots (The Lion of Judah cometh. Hallelujah. Gloria Patri, Filio et Spiritui Sancto.)
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To: LucyT

Show Alert - Sean Hannity announced on his tv show tonight that tomorrow he will have Ed Klein, author of “The Amateur” on Hannity tomorrow night...get the popcorn ready!!!


17 posted on 05/15/2012 6:36:15 PM PDT by Hotlanta Mike (Resurrect the House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC)...before there is no America!)
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