Villaraigosa got $10,500 from indicted Obama contributor

[Jed Dilligan]

Source: L.A. Daily News

Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, chairman of Sen. Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign, has received $10,500 from indicted Chicago entrepreneur Antoin Rezko and his relatives or affiliates in previous council and mayoral campaigns, the Daily News has learned.



Read more: http://www.dailynews.com/ci_8130347

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[davidinalameda]

1. I love the Clintons trying to call anyone out on ethics

I can smell the hypocrisy from here

[Sadie5]

2. So, Obama is running a mud slinging campaign

The truth is that he sends out others to do his dirty work. Stuff like this will not change minds.

[Jed Dilligan]

3. Yeah, I guess anyone who wants a clean candidate

has already decided on Obama!

:hi:

[aquart]

4. Because a Hillary supporter is as corrupt as Obama? LOL!

So, did Rezko help this guy buy a house, too?

[Jed Dilligan]

5. Sorry, but

one minor scandal sticking to Obama is not going to gain any ground against the public's perception of the Clintons.

I do think it's pretty funny that Her Man in California is all up in it too, though.

[catgirl]

6. Clinton Co-Chair Took Checks From Rezko

Source: Huffington Post

LOS ANGELES — Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, a national co-chair of Hillary Rodham Clinton's presidential campaign, banked at least $1,500 in political donations from an indicted Chicago businessman whose past connections to Barack Obama have been used by Clinton to criticize her rival's judgment and ethics.

City records show Antoin Rezko, chairman of Rezmar Corp. of Chicago, contributed $1,000 to Villaraigosa's mayoral campaign in May 2001. Those records show Rezko also donated $500 to another Villaraigosa political committee in March 2003.

Villaraigosa's office did not respond to repeated calls and an e-mail for comment.

The donations could prove to be a political embarrassment for Clinton, who accused Obama in a South Carolina debate of representing Rezko "in his slum landlord business" when Obama was a young Chicago lawyer.

Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/01/31/clinton-cochair-took-che_n_84365.html

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Uh huh.

[Kittycat]

7. Interesting.

[ursi]

8. WTF? Didn't bill and hillary learn the "people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw rocks?"

damn

[saracat]

9. Villaraiosa took money for his mayor's race.What has that to do with Clinton?

[ursi]

12. hypocrisy is difficult for some to grasp?

[waiting for hope]

10. Rezko has so many legs -

I wonder how many before the story is all but put both campaigns under the speeding train?

[maddezmom]

11. so did a lot of folks including GWB

:)

[Sadie5]

13. The Obamites make me laugh

Are you really that desperate? Go dig in the dirt some more.

[maddezmom]

14. LOL!!

Are you calling me an Obamite? :rofl: Might want to a search on my posts. I've just followed the story and this guy has spread his money far and wide. Mostly to Dems, but here and there to repubs and even Bush.

[Jed Dilligan]

15. I'm voting for Obama, yes

I didn't have to "dig" for the article, though--it was e-mailed to me by someone in L.A. whose job includes staying up to date on scandals surrounding Tony V.

[burgundy floppy hat]

17. Does Hillary vet the mayor's donations?

Does Hillary vet the mayor's donations?

[mps]

20. Longtime patron may be a problem for Obama

>The donations could prove to be a political embarrassment for Clinton<

You have got to be kidding? You're unbelievable!

From the Los Angeles Times:

Longtime patron may be a problem for Obama

By Dan Morain and Tom Hamburger, Los Angeles Times Staff Writers
January 23, 2008

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-rezko23jan23,0,6946018.story?coll=la-home-center

"A review by the Los Angeles Times shows that Antoin 'Tony' Rezko, a businessman long active in Chicago politics, played a deeper role in Obama's political and financial biography than the candidate has acknowledged."

[kirby]

16. Barbara Boxer and many others listed here:

He gave to these folks:

Bobby Rush
John Kerry
Carol Mosley Braun
Spencer Abraham
Jesse Jackson, Jr.
George W Bush
Al Gore
Rick Lazio
Denise Majette
Peter Fitzgerald
Lauren Beth Gash

The DNC
Illinois Democratic Party
National Republican Congressional Cmte

Source: opensecrets.org database

[FightTheRight89]

18. I don't understand.

This guy donated. He's not running anyone's campaign. He donated money. Barack gave the money to charity anyway, but even if he didn't, what's the big deal? He's a citizen. He's free to support whoever he wants. Clinton supporters have no right to harp on Resko when Norman Hsu was found in a fetal position on a train. Not that that's the Clintons' fault. Just saying. Don't throw stones.

[Jed Dilligan]

19. That was my point in posting this

We live in America, which means a large proportion of the people with large amounts of money are total slimeballs. Clinton never should have opened this can of worms--it was truly the low point of her campaign. Glad she came back a little stronger tonight, though I still hope she doesn't get the nomination.