Rezko asked Obama to hirehis business assc. Joseph Aramanda's son as an intern in 05 & Obama did, .

[ElsewheresDaughter]

The Tribune had reported that Obama hired Aramanda's son as a 2005 summer intern in Obama's Capitol Hill office after Rezko recommended him.

John Aramanda got a very coveted internship

http://archpundit.com/blog/2008/01/23/rezko-primer-v-intern-son-of-rezko-allyobama-donor/

[woolldog]

1. Ummm, so what?

:shrug:

[ossman]

2. Didnt Hillary's brother get a presidential pardon?

So shut up.

[karmicglee]

9. No. Bill\'s half brother got a pardon, to be exact n/t

[ossman]

11. Sorry, close though...

Now, in the wake of the launch of her presidential campaign, the pardon controversy has reemerged in an obscure court case in which Senator Clinton's brother Tony is battling an order to repay more than $100,000 he received from a couple pardoned by President Clinton.

Tony Rodham, who acknowledged approaching the president about a pardon for the couple, is the second of Hillary Clinton's brothers to receive money from people who were eventually pardoned by President Clinton. Hugh Rodham received $400,000 from two people, one of whom was pardoned and one whose sentence was commuted.

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2007/02/28/pardons_reemerge_as_issue_in_clinton_run/

[jmg257]

3. And?

[catgirl]

4. Roger Clinton too.

[gabeana]

5. I asked my congressman to hire

one of my students and you know what he did
and there were only three intern spots available

[annie1]

6. 99 is a lot. fair enough to get the kid a job imo. but good point, he's certainly not....

above nepotism.

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

7. This is W-E-A-K

[Tellurian]

13. Hmm.. So where is the new "Change" Obama is talking about..

shouldn't he be the working example?

I guess he hasn't quite worked the kinks out of his "new poltics" policies.

[OhioBlue]

21. are you saying this over him hiring a kid as an intern?

seriously?

[Tellurian]

28. It's a pattern of behavior forming consistent characteristics in a linear unbroken pattern

In of itself, it isn't extraordinary. In light of the centerpiece of 'Clean Politics' as a major plank in Obama's Campaign. It's just another of the already mounting string of questionable business practices found to be business as usual for Obama. There is no evidence of the 'Change' he speaks of, and no working model on which to base his new politics.

[blm]

8. Jackson Stephens GROOMED Bill Clinton to protect BushInc and guess what? He DID.

And all it cost YOU and ME and the rest of the world, was the return of Bush2, 9-11, this iraq war and our future war with Iran.

That's all.

But, oh my, you sure hit the motherlode with this Rezko thing - - you must believe it will be the cause of nuclear Armageddon, since it concerns you so much more than all we KNOW was done by Clinton.

[Tellurian]

14. Rev Wright is the mother of all Armageddons..

Rezko is still in the oven not quite ready.

[blm]

17. Oh yeah - way worse than Bush2, 9-11 and the war on terrorism and Iraq.

You really have NO SENSE of proportion.

[Tellurian]

30. You have no sense of living in the present..

[Forkboy]

33. You have no sense, full stop.

[blm]

35. When serial killers are examined for their past and latest crimes, the examiners ALWAYS

study their past for the root causes so it can be treated and headed off.

You know, that IS also what an ACCURATE HISTORIC RECORD for a nation does when used with integrity and not distorted or covered up as faithless citizens seem to prefer.

[blm]

36. You think Rezko will hurt America more than Clintons' protection of Bush and Stephens and

the fascist agenda has?

[SunsetDreams]

10. There was a man named Paul...

just ask Clinton

[PVnRT]

12. Streeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeetch

[barack the house]

15. Rezko tells all here...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3qOi_l1RGY

[bowens43]

16. Do you really think that posting this irrlevent bullshit is going to make switch to hillary?

Even if all the lies and distortions the hillary supporters spout were true, Obama would still be a better choice then hillary, Obama would still be morally and ethically superior to hillary.

Your argument is equivalent to "your candidate committed a misdemeanor so vote for my candidate the felon"

[zulchzulu]

18. From link: "John Aramanda served as an intern for Obama for about a month in 2005"

Also in the link is this...I figured in case you have a problem reading:

The Illinois senator isn’t accused of any wrongdoing. And there’s no evidence Obama knew contributions to his 2004 U.S. Senate campaign came from schemes Rezko is accused of orchestrating.

Can you see that? I hope so.

[Johnny__Motown]

19. So, Rezko's friend's son had a summer job with Obama. that's the best you got?

And yes, interning with Obama is very coveted.








If you apply this standard to Hillary you are screwed. Remember she created a document that was used in the Whitewater Fraud. There is no septation there. In your example you need to go from Rezko to his friend to his friend's son to Obama.

Also, any evidence that the kid didn't deserve the position? No? Didn't think so.

[anonymous171]

20. lol rezko.

The horse is dead, you can stop beating it.

[Medusa]

22. Yes and I've written letters of recommendation and made phone calls

for my friends for internships and the like too. That's how it's done people. :eyes:

[Fresh_Start]

23. he hired an intern recommended to him. thats scandalous

he should have hired an intern that wasn't recommended

[OhioBlue]

24. R U kidding me?

really - this is where you are going??? the guy's friend's kid interned with Obama? Do you really think that is even worthy of a post?

A summer internship?

I know you want to get a lot of mileage out of the Rezko thing, but just... wow...

[DesEtoiles]

25. Pfft. So?

[rucky]

26. Is there any other way to get an internship?

[Armstead]

27. Um......"One of the hundreds of interns Obama hired..."

[cottonseed]

29. There's worse things a person can do to an intern.

[Warren Stupidity]

31. Will you be this energetic attacking McCain? nt.

[geek tragedy]

32. Did Obama have an affair with the son, ask him to commit perjury, and

then have his flunkies call the son a 'stalker?'

[anigbrowl]

34. So what?

An intern got a month's work experience in Obama's senate office. well, stop the presses.