Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

When Daley says shhh, library is quiet on Obama
The Chicago Tribune ^ | August 21, 2008 | John Kass

Posted on 08/21/2008 1:54:10 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

Conservative writer Stanley Kurtz—researching an article for the National Review about connections between Barack Obama and former Weather Underground terrorist William Ayers—made a big mistake.

The poor man took a wrong turn on the Chicago Way. Now he's lost.

Kurtz's research was to be done in a special library run by the University of Illinois at Chicago. The library has 132 boxes full of documents pertaining to the Chicago Annenberg Challenge, a foundation vested heavily in school reform.

Kurtz believes the documents may show Obama and Ayers were close—far closer than Obama has acknowledged—over oodles of foundation gifts on education projects the two worked on together.

First the librarians told Kurtz yes, come look. But by the time Kurtz landed in Chicago, the librarians changed their minds. The donor of the documents hadn't cleared his research. Perhaps they'll let him look at the documents on Nov. 5.

The relationship between the ambitious Obama and the unrepentant Ayers is a subject that excites Republicans, who haven't really thwacked that pinata as hard as they might. It really irritates Obama and his political champion, Chicago's sovereign lord, Mayor Richard M. Daley.

"This is a public entity," Kurtz told us Wednesday. "I don't understand how confidentiality of the donor would be an issue."

You don't understand, Mr. Kurtz? Allow me to explain. The secret is hidden in the name of the library:

The Richard J. Daley Library.

Eureka!

The Richard J. Daley Library doesn't want nobody nobody sent. And Richard J.'s son, Shortshanks, is now the mayor.

Obama, wearing the reformer's mantle, has generously offered to extend that reform to Washington, even to Kenya, but not Chicago, because he knows Shortshanks would be miffed.

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


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Editorial; Government; Politics/Elections; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: 2008; annenbergchallenge; annenbergfiles; billayers; election; electionpresident; elections; mayordaley; obama; obamasecrets; terrorism; uic
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-31 next last
Unbelievable!
1 posted on 08/21/2008 1:54:11 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: 2ndDivisionVet

Unbelievable?

The Ministry of Truth says otherwise.


2 posted on 08/21/2008 2:02:36 AM PDT by BobbyT
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: 2ndDivisionVet

Shortshanks! Ha.

Some conservatives have gone so far as to tell me that Daley is a closet Republican!

I’d probably vote for black panther Bobby Rush to get rid of King Richard II.


3 posted on 08/21/2008 2:05:28 AM PDT by Impy (Spellcheck hates Obama, you should too.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: 2ndDivisionVet
Unbelievable!
But then, according to M. Stanton Evans, no library has the Wheeling newspaper's edition for the day after Senator Joseph McCarthy's famous speech, either. Evans says that the microfilm has been cleaned out. It has been systematically made difficult or impossible to research in that area.

4 posted on 08/21/2008 2:06:40 AM PDT by conservatism_IS_compassion (The conceit of journalistic objectivity is profoundly subversive of democratic principle.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: chicagolady; neverdem

ping


5 posted on 08/21/2008 2:08:12 AM PDT by endthematrix (Congress, Get Off Your Gas, And Drill!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: conservatism_IS_compassion

Blacklisted by History is the perfect comparison...no Commies left behind!


6 posted on 08/21/2008 2:11:14 AM PDT by iopscusa (El Vaquero. (SC Lowcountry Cowboy))
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies]

To: 2ndDivisionVet
Whew! My, my, I REALLY, REALLY thought Chicago had gotten better with their “political machine” problem. Evidently not. The Dalys’ must still own the place. When the Chicago Trib says so, it must be so.
7 posted on 08/21/2008 2:13:18 AM PDT by singfreedom (Obama's solution to the energy crisis: check the air in your tires! Why didn't we think of that?)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: 2ndDivisionVet

One good thing, articles on Obama/Ayres are starting to increase. Let’s hope it continues.


8 posted on 08/21/2008 2:22:50 AM PDT by Misschuck
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Misschuck
Photobucket
9 posted on 08/21/2008 2:36:23 AM PDT by Son House ( [ ]Obama=>LoseBothWars/Raise Taxes [X]McCain=>WinBothWars/CutPorkBarrelSpending)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 8 | View Replies]

To: BobbyT
Photobucket
10 posted on 08/21/2008 2:56:24 AM PDT by johnny7 ("Duck I says... ")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: 2ndDivisionVet

This is Chicago. The Daley machine makes Al Capone’s boys look like little kids in short pants.


11 posted on 08/21/2008 3:17:12 AM PDT by Jimmy Valentine (DemocRATS - when they speak, they lie; when they are silent, they are stealing the American Dream)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: 2ndDivisionVet

.


12 posted on 08/21/2008 3:25:08 AM PDT by ThreePuttinDude () ......Pelosi + Reid = $ 4.00 per gallon......()
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Jimmy Valentine

Gee I wonder where is the American Library Association. They are always championing openness and lack of censorship of any kind in libraries. I guess they think these public records should remain off limits though. I guess they think Obama needs to be defended, like Castro.


13 posted on 08/21/2008 3:34:59 AM PDT by TNCMAXQ
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 11 | View Replies]

To: TNCMAXQ
"Obama needs to be defended, like Castro."

No question in my mind.

14 posted on 08/21/2008 3:39:33 AM PDT by Jimmy Valentine (DemocRATS - when they speak, they lie; when they are silent, they are stealing the American Dream)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 13 | View Replies]

To: 2ndDivisionVet

http://www.annenberginstitute.org/challenge/sites/chicago.html


15 posted on 08/21/2008 3:55:19 AM PDT by TornadoAlley3 ('GOP' : Get Our Petroleum)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: All

http://globallabor.blogspot.com/2008/06/that-guy-who-lives-in-my-neighborhood.html


16 posted on 08/21/2008 4:12:49 AM PDT by TornadoAlley3 ('GOP' : Get Our Petroleum)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 15 | View Replies]

To: TornadoAlley3

Is This a Money Laundering Scandal?

Is the Obama Campaign falsifying its FEC disclosure reports by using a front company to disguise its relationship with ACORN, a controversial group?

http://noquarterusa.net/blog/2008/08/20/money-laundering-scandal/

This can’t be posted here as a thread due to FR rules- but it’s very important reading for everyone.


17 posted on 08/21/2008 4:17:23 AM PDT by SE Mom (Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 16 | View Replies]

To: Jet Jaguar

The Chicago Way and Mayor Daley..


18 posted on 08/21/2008 4:19:11 AM PDT by SE Mom (Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: SE Mom; pissant; Chieftain

Bump to your post. And, ping.


19 posted on 08/21/2008 4:22:04 AM PDT by Jet Jaguar (Obama: The presumptuous democratic nominee)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 17 | View Replies]

To: SE Mom

http://globallabor.blogspot.com/2008/06/that-guy-who-lives-in-my-neighborhood.html

this is long, but read it:)


20 posted on 08/21/2008 4:24:39 AM PDT by TornadoAlley3 ('GOP' : Get Our Petroleum)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 17 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-31 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson