Rezko old friend and financial backer of Barack Obama.

[MojoMojoMojo]

Old friend ?This guy Rezko is the sleaziest slumlord Ive ever heard about .Hillary was not exaggerating .He is a huge slumlord!
If there is no dirt involving Obama and Rezko it will be a miracle.
But regardless ,how can Obama sleep at night knowing that his "old friend" keeps his poor tenants in Chicago below freezing cold for 5 weeks with no heat?
How do people literally survive ?
How does Obama clean the slime off of himself after having a fancy dinner with Rezco?
Dont bother saying Obama didnt know about the conditions ,the LA times article in another post said Obama worked on one of the Rezco cases defending him for turning off the heat.
OBAMA SUPPORTERS READ THIS.
http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/353829,CST-NWS-rez23.article

"For more than five weeks during the brutal winter of 1997, tenants shivered without heat in a government-subsidized apartment building on Chicago's South Side.Rezko and Mahru couldn't find money to get the heat back on.But their company, Rezmar Corp., did come up with $1,000 to give to the political campaign fund of Barack Obama, the newly elected state senator whose district included the unheated building."

"By the time Rezmar started working with those community groups, at least two of its earlier buildings were falling into disrepair -- including the Englewood apartment building at 7000 S. Sangamon where the tenants were without heat for five weeks.

The tenants there had no heat from Dec. 27, 1996, until at least Feb. 3, 1997, when the city of Chicago sued to turn the heat on. The case was settled later that month with a $100 fine.

It was during that time that the area's new state senator, Barack Obama, got a $1,000 campaign donation from Rezmar. The date: Jan. 14, 1997. "
"Eleven of Rezko's buildings were in Obama's state Senate district."
"Seventeen buildings -- many beset with code violations, including a lack of heat -- ended up in foreclosure.

• Six buildings are currently boarded up.

• Hundreds of the apartments are vacant, in need of major repairs.

• Taxpayers have been stuck with millions in unpaid loans.

• At least a dozen times, the city of Chicago sued Rezmar for failure to heat buildings. "

[Hepburn]

1. Guess you didn't get the meme....or you would NOT be posting this!

:rofl:

[moobu2]

2. Did Obama get his Resko mansion during the time

those poor people were freezing to death? Damn, that’s cold.

[Ashy Larry]

3. You really want to go down this road?

Should we also discuss Marc Rich, Peter F. Paul and Norman Hsu?

Or perhaps the Rodham brothers:

For half a dozen former Clinton aides interviewed yesterday, word that Hugh Rodham had taken some $400,000 in fees to lobby for a presidential pardon and commutation, may have been the latest straw, but it was not particularly surprising.

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950DE3DE1339F930A15751C0A9679C8B63

Former President Bill Clinton's brother-in-law Tony Rodham helped obtain a presidential pardon for a Tennessee couple last March over the objections of the Justice Department, Mr. Rodham and lawyers involved in the pardon said today.

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C01E4D71F38F932A35750C0A9679C8B63

[nebula]

6. Hillary's alleged misdeeds are far too complex for the average voter to understand

Or at least the way you present them is. Far too wordy and snooze-inducing.

Obama needs to find a snappy way to deliver and press his attacks, learn how to push emotional buttons, or else he'll just end up putting people to sleep (ala John Kerry).

[Trajan]

4. Carrying water for the GOP ....

Hey ... someone has to do it ... right ?

[FrenchieCat]

5. Yes, let's talk Rezko and stuff!

Rezko has a tie with one of Clinton's biggest donors.
The inhouse atty. of a corporation headed by Clinton's big ($180,000) donor, IPA, is identified as "Individual H" in the Illnois criminal indictment of Rezko. This atty. is also a Clinton donor. Here's the link & the info
www.reversespin.com/?m=200709



From a letter sent to HRC:
The company’s attorney, Myron “Mike” Cherry, also a contributor of yours(Clinton's), has been identified in published reports as “Individual H” in the Illinois criminal indictment of businessman Antoin “Tony” Rezko. Cherry has acknowledged in published reports that he was the conduit for some of the IPA campaign contributions.
(The whole letter follows.)

Hillary Clinton for President
4420 North Fairfax Drive
Arlington, VA. 22203

Dear Senator Clinton:
We, the undersigned small business owners from across the country are deeply offended that you continue to accept campaign contributions from top officials of a business consulting company, International Profit Associates (IPA), Buffalo Grove, IL., that defrauded us. As we struggle in federal court via a civil racketeering lawsuit to recover the thousands of dollars this company took from us illegally, you continue to use political donations that might have come directly from our pockets.

We also are appalled because you accepted the money amid dark clouds of fraud allegations, a criminal past by the company’s founder, and one of the largest sexual harassment lawsuits ever filed by the federal government.

We are trying to fight back against this company and you, Senator Clinton, are enabling it. We ask that you immediately donate to charity the more than $150,000 the New York Times says you’ve accepted from IPA’s top officials, a figure that includes a ride on IPA’s corporate jet and a donation from a high school age son of an IPA official.

Surely, now, in the wake of the Norman Hsu scandal, your political staff will turn up the background we’ve known about for some time, including:

? IPA is being sued by the federal government’s Equal Employment Opportunity Commission for widespread sexual harassment. In a New York Times article May 7, 2006 titled, “Rubbing Shoulders with Trouble, and Presidents,” EEOC lawyer Diane Smason called the allegations “probably the most egregious” ever filed by the agency’s Chicago office. She said the investigation found that “sex harassment is the standard operating procedure for this company.” That case is pending in U.S. District Court.

? The Illinois Attorney General’s office has acknowledged publicly that it is investigating IPA for alleged fraud.

? The Better Business Bureau says IPA has an “unsatisfactory record” based on reoccurring complaints that total 427 in the last three years. The BBB has issued “alerts” in various states to warn businesses that IPA was soliciting work there.

? The company founder, John Burgess, is a convicted criminal, according to numerous published reports. He was convicted of attempted grand larceny and of soliciting a 16-year-old prostitute, those reports state. He was disbarred as a lawyer in New York state in July 1987 for “failing to answer charges which involved perjury, larceny, a conviction for patronizing a 16-year-old prostitute, possession of drugs and engaging in a pattern over a six-year period of lies and deceit,” according to The Lawyers Fund for Client Protection of New York state. Burgess also is named as a key defendant in the sexual harassment lawsuit.

? The company’s attorney, Myron “Mike” Cherry, also a contributor of yours(Clinton's), has been identified in published reports as “Individual H” in the Illinois criminal indictment of businessman Antoin “Tony” Rezko. Cherry has acknowledged in published reports that he was the conduit for some of the IPA campaign contributions.



? Already, politicians across the country have returned donations from IPA because of the company’s checkered past. Illinois Senator Barack Obama, Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich, New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle and former Wisconsin Attorney General Peg Lautenschlager are among those who have returned contributions from IPA.

We have made our fraud allegations in a federal racketeering lawsuit pending in U.S. District Court in Chicago.

Mrs. Clinton, we see from published reports that you have identified yourself as a champion for women’s rights and an advocate for small business owners. We cannot fathom, in light of those self-labels, how you could possibly accept campaign contributions from a company accused by the federal government of sexually harassing scores of women and one that has left behind a long trail of fraud complaints from small business owners. Do you believe the 114 women who were allegedly sexually harassed at IPA are not telling the truth about that harassment? Do you believe the Better Business Bureau is wrong? Do you think the state Attorney General is unjustified in her investigation of IPA?

We believe this is our concern because the campaign contributions you continue to accept came from the money that we believe was taken from us illegally. We do not believe you should continue to further your political career with such tainted cash.
We are not singling you out in this request. We plan to make the same request to other public officials who continue to accept and hold IPA-related campaign contributions. We wrote you first because you are running for President and certainly should be setting an example for other politicians.

Sincerely,
Amari Company, Inc., Amherst, NH.
Amazing Productions, Inc., Tamarac, FL.
Precision Painting and Decorating, Inc., Elmhurst, IL.
All About Construction, Inc., Fort Myers, FL.
Capital Removal, Gold River, CA.
BBQ Island, LLC., Gilbert, AZ.
Compsolution VA, Inc., Richmond, VA.
JRP Construction, LLC., Yuma, AZ.
Evco Commercial Construction, Corp., Lake Elsinore, CA.
Gunnison Metal Shop, Inc., Gunnison, CA.
Captains Select Seafood, Minneapolis, MN.
MSI Redimix Inc., Mesquite, CA.
Joseph E. Clouse, Inc., Lehigh Acres, FL.
Kyles Discount Stuff, McPherson, KS.
Dames Air, LLC., Warrenton, MO.
Home Theater Design Group, Carrollton, TX.
Gigs Inc., Tewksbury, MA.
Cool Access LLC., Mesquite, TX.
Philipsburg Electric & Supply, Inc., Philipsburg, PA.
Gilbert-American Companies, Rockwall, TX.
Hinsdale Sales and Rental, Inc., Hinsdale, NH.
Hitech Fire Detection, Inc., Houston, TX.



Video Link - http://nytimes.feedroom.com/?fr_story=a15c80a4f43b9bfbd7de0fe87dffc3d84e8b16ca

Bill and his "friend", John R. Burgess, CEO of I.P.A. !



Rubbing Shoulders With Trouble, and Presidents

Myron M. Cherry, a Chicago lawyer who represents I.P.A. in several legal matters, said that he believed Mr. Burgess first met Mr. Clinton at a fund-raising event that Mr. Cherry held at his home in 2000.

Mr. Cherry, who raises money for many Democrats and helped arrange at least some of the I.P.A. contributions to Mrs. Clinton, said Mr. Burgess's background was irrelevant to determining whether to accept his money or services.
www.nytimes.com/2006/05/07/nyregion/07company.html


Read the whole article to get the details of the close relationship between Bill and the IPA CEO ever since, including moneys promised to Clinton's "foundation" which never made it to NOLA relief as promised. Now you make sure you check this out. There's just a super duper color photo of Bill with the convicted, disbarred, currently charged with sexual harassment by 103 female employees, IPA CEO. Please someone with better computer skills than me, post that picture on this thread.

[MojoMojoMojo]

7. You all have missed my point ,Obama is supposed to be a champion of the poor

Obamas portrayed as an advocate for his community.
Why is he "friends" with Rezko?
I wouldnt walk on the same side of the street with him.
How can you support a man who sold out to sleaze?

[SoCalDem]

8. "...How can you support a man who sold out to sleaze?..."

LOTS of people supported Bill Clinton.. you should not talk about him like that :)

[WDIM]

13. So Obama has a different standard then Clinton?

I guess we already knew they sold out to sleaze long ago.

[chyjo]

14. And you have been a stalwart poster

here since february 19th. Thats around the same time Hillary Clinton turned against NAFTA. You keep on, keeping on friend!

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[golddigger]

10. As a Hillary supporter I find your post disgusting.

[Mass]

15. Enjoy your short stay at DU. May be somebody can show you the way back to freerepublic

[yourguide]

11. Major Clinton donor named in Rezko trial

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x4907332

[WDIM]

12. Peter Paul

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