Posted on 05/16/2012 7:16:19 AM PDT by ibytoohi
The stench of Chicago cronyism over the White House just got fouler. Inhale this:
A shadowy $10 billion Obamacare agency with zero oversight just awarded first lady Michelle Obama's pet patient-dumping scheme at the University of Chicago Medical Center a $5.9 million taxpayer-funded grant. It will enable Mrs. Obama's cronies to build a government-sponsored electronic medical record-sharing system.
The Chicago program, known as the Urban Health Initiative, is run by one of President Obama's closest golfing buddies, scandal magnet Eric Whitaker, who has been entangled with Illinois corruption celebrities Rod Blagojevich and Tony Rezko over the past decade.
Fun fact: Whitaker recently was named by author Edward Klein as the man who purportedly offered hate-mongering Rev. Jeremiah Wright $150,000 in hush money during the 2008 campaign.
(Excerpt) Read more at townhall.com ...
Yeah, the irony. “live and let live!” That’s not what there shouting now.
Which goes down fine in Chicago but is an unpleasant eye opener for the rest of the country. These Chicago bumpkins think that their way is the same as the rest of the country and don't bother to hide their criminality. I think they are in for a little surprise.
‘Shellie Obama makes Hillary seem like a rank amatuer when it comes to corruption and thievery of the taxpayer’s money as a FLOTUS.
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