You might not realize this, but this is actually not the first time someone in Chicago has helped the Obamas buy a house beyond their financial reach: convicted felon and Chicago machine political fixer Tony Rezko helped the Obamas assemble the funding for the home they currently own in Chicagos murder and robbery-prone neighborhood known as Hyde Park. Penny Pritzker is making aggressive use of the recent headlines about gunshots being fired and people killed just two blocks or so away from the Obamas Hyde Park home, with Pritzker saying, You dont want them moving back where theres gunfire, do you? DO YOU?.
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There were a few threads on FR on Kevin's (Hillbuzz) article on the house in Hawaii that the Obama's would move into in January 2013.
Here's one: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2925740/posts?q=1&;page=51
I remebered hearing the Pritzker name but couldn't remember why. I did a little research (searched her name on bing.com), and here are a couple of the items I found:
According to Wikipedia, she's the finance chair of the Obama 2012 campaign and was considered for Commerce Secretary. "However, it was later reported that because of her involvement in the failure of subprime lender Superior Bank, Pritzker took herself out of the running." In addition, it states, "Pritzker is involved in the reform of Chicagos public education system. Currently she is chair[12][13] of the Chicago Public Education Fund, the successor organization to the Chicago Annenberg Challenge."
In addition, "Accused of looting family trusts, Ms. Pritzker and cousins Tom and Nick were sued by cousin Liesel Pritzker and Matthew Pritzker who claimed fraud and sought damages in excess of $6 billion.[28] In early 2005, the parties settled the lawsuit which led to the family fortune being split 11 ways, resulting in 10 more Pritzkers joining the Forbes 400; the most members of any family.[29] Under the settlement, Liesel and Matthew each received roughly U.S. $280 million in cash and were given more control over other trusts valued at about U.S. $170 million each."
More here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penny_Pritzker
Link to opensecrets re her Dim financing and her bundling for The Won): http://www.opensecrets.org/usearch/index.php?q=pritzker&cx=010677907462955562473%3Anlldkv0jvam&cof=FORID%3A11&searchButt_clean.x=61&searchButt_clean.y=39
Here's a FR Thread from July 2012: Obama Crosses Picket Line - Hotel Mogul Pritzker Gets Ride on Air Force One... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2925740/posts?q=1&;page=51
I’d contribute $25 to get him out of MY White House, he can’t keep his feet off MY furniture.
Who could that possibly be?
In the future, the rest of us would appreciate a "swallow coffee before reading" tag on these posts, especially those of us on a laptop. Is that too much to ask?
Romney was just handed an amazing gift. Obama is fleeing the Chicago home he purchased through convicted felon Rezko to purchase a $35,000,000 estate in Hawaii. The hypocritical, so-called champion of the middle class living like a one percenter should go over should go over big.
” ...move into in January 2013 when they leave the White House...”
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Do the Obamas really anticipate losing the election? Or are they looking for a place to vacation, which, during his four years in office, was about every other week?
can we get an ALO-HA???!!
Actually I love Hawaii, and prolly won’t go visit if they are there.
Always thought they’d live in another country, less mean than this one.
Who’s buying 0bama a hawaii home??
My guess, the Chicago Mob
Actually, I would consider that a bargain for us taxpayers, if it meant we didn’t have to fund their lavish vacations for the next 4 years.
I do NOT belive this story that the Obama’s are going to move to Hawaii......they are NEVER leaving the White House.
They probably plan to charge the SS “rent” for their garage that amounts to 70% of the mortgage.
The Clintons did it in Chappaqua.
Hillbuzz! Love that site
“There is no hope of Obama winning the election, and though the corrupt media and Democrats will never admit it, behind the scenes those close to the Obamas have thrown in the towel and are helping plan the Hawaiian move four years earlier than they anticipated just a few months ago.”
Hope this excerpt is correct.
Also who bought the Bush or Ragan familys a home to meet their “new stature in life” after leaving the White House.I believe they already had pretty nice digs could be wrong?
Thought about chipping in a quarter, provided they would promise to leave the U.S. permanently, but then the 47 fictional counties that got stimulus money and other “perks” on taxpayer dime are probably more than adequate to buy them the lifestyle they unfairly imagine they deserve. I hope the Just God will see to it that they end their lives in poverty, and Michelle’s spending habits could just do it to them.
“appeals of you dont want the President to be homeless in January, do you?”
That’s not and entirely unappealing thought.
You’ve gone to the finest schools Miss Lonely
But you know you only used to get juiced in it
Nobody ever taught you how to live out on the street
And now you’re gonna have to get used to it.
Nice fantasy. But in reality, he will live comfortably for the rest of his life on huge speaking fees funded by left-wing groups. Like Jimmy Carter, his theme will be how awful America is, how stupid it was not to reelect him, how the Jews and Israel took him down, and how non-progressives are awful, mean people. Obama will add to Carter’s refrain an overlay of explicit racism.
Equally important, by turning the public's attention to a potential new home in Hawaii he is effectively distancing himself as far as he can from his war-zone Chicago digs. It's no longer cool or politically productive to be from this corrupt city.
I have little doubt the rather run-of-the mill, hardly-attractive home in the crime-laden south side of the mostly frigid, windy city is already privately up for sale.....and the first couple will return there only to pack up their things and steal the copper wiring out of the walls.
Leni
I think Pritzker must know a lot more than the media is telling us.
Whoever it is I thank them.
Though the thought of that slime living in a beachfront mansion makes me sick, better there than back here in Chi.
The what? What the heck could be in it that we are going to be allowed to see?
C’mon that’s easy.
Remember the MF Global customers $1.6 billion that went missing?
Remember John Corzine was given a pass?
Plus oboingo will have piles of cash from his campaign to use how he sees fit. Illegal? Like that matters to the first clown of islam.