More Questions on Rezko [UPDATED]
By NoQuarter on February 15, 2008 at 12:26 AM in Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Tony Rezko
Via Taylor Marsh: “Today Howard Wolfson let it rip with Linda Douglas for the National Journal “On Air” show, which airs tomorrow. Here’s the transcript:”
Q: Your campaign often brings up this issue of whether or not Obama has been vetted, and I’m sure you saw Roger Simon’s column in Politico where he makes the argument that there will be new issues raised about Hillary Clinton as well if she is the nominee, and he brings up the issue of why she’s not releasing her tax returns. Why isn’t she releasing her tax returns?
Wolfson: Well, I understand that the Obama campaign is trying to push this issue. There is an awful lot known about Hillary Clinton’s finances. … [MORE BELOW from this section]
Much is known about her finances. There’s an awful lot of information disclosed by her, and if Senator Obama is actually, really interested in transparency, there are many questions — for instance, about his relationship with indicted political fixer Tony Rezko that he could answer, that he has not. What was the exact nature of his relationship with Mr. Rezko? How many fundraisers did Mr. Rezko throw for him? How much money did Mr. Rezko bundle for him? How many business meetings did Senator Obama attend that Mr. Rezko was at? What was he doing at those business meetings? What favors did Senator Obama perform for Mr. Rezko? So there’s an awful lot of information that, if Senator Obama is interested in transparency, that he could come forward and offer the American people.
Here are the rest of Mr. Wolfsons remarks about Hillary Clinton’s finances:
She files an annual report with the clerk of the Senate that reveals all the sources of her income, all the sources of her husband’s income. And so people know where she is getting her money, and this was raised initially when she gave the campaign a $5 million loan and questions were raised about where she got the money. Well, this is a woman who is a best-selling author. She’s made roughly $9 million from the sale of her book, so she has more than enough money to have given the campaign $5 million.
UPDATE — Recent CNN investigative report on Obama and Rezko:
FOR MORE BACKGROUND on Tony Rezko and Barack Obama, click here.
The Clinton campaign needs to put Wolfson out there more. He knows how to turn a phrase and to get his talking points out there. Penn needs to be put in a back room somewhere and never let near the media. I cringe every time I see him or see him quoted.
Hope things are going as well as possible for you Susan.
Rezko is a low budget Capone, until Auchi steps into the picture.
when unable to answer a question the best course is always to turn into into an unfounded attack on your “enemy.”
oh how Pot Kettle Black, Witherspoon. You gotta do better than pointing at people and hold them accountable for exactly what you do.
Like when you suggest that I am a Benevolent Sexist and you can so clearly know what happens in my life based on no information, simply your projected issues. But who gives a damn about facts or reality when you can just write a bunch of crap at others that you made up.
“Poor Little Victims” was your “unfounded attack” you hypocrite.
Are you going to slam down Susan, Larry J, or anyone with some facts that Rezko is a great guy and misunderstood, is a non-sequitor issue being applied in the wrong place, not a reflection on Barack Obama’s judgement?
or will you simply result to directly attacking the intelligence of people that excite your pathology.
Where do you see an attack ? I see only questions posed for Mr. Obama, not declaratory statements. Oh, I forgot. The Obama cult sees any questioning as an attack.
How does anyone yet know that it was a legal transaction?
Clients of a mere five hours work don’t buy mansions for people.
If Barack Hussein Obama did a favor for Rezko, the deal isn’t legal. It’s Duke Cunningham redux.
Rezko asked government officials to help him get Auchi in the country. Is the time frame for that the same as Obama’s asking Rezko for his dream home?
Like when Rezko’s buildings were unheated and he was being sued by the City, yet he was giving Obama campaign donations, and he magically escaped with low fines…
With the Obama letters of support, Rezko even received yet more millions in taxpayer loans to quickly leave people cold.
You know what’s weird? I encountered a blogger at the Big Orange who wrote this whole diatribe about Hillary’s tax returns, and said she would do the same to Obama if she discovered anything “questionable”. I brought up Rezko and the individual claimed to have never heard of him.
Amazing.
Aiham Alsammarae — Rezko’s long time friend, bilker of billions from the US Taxpayer and Iraqi jail-breaker currently residing happily in suburban Chicago.
Ya know.. I think Obama is probably a great person, he’s obviously intelligent and on occasion a great orator. There are many things to admire about him. However, he’s been on this meteoric rise and all sorts of people have latched onto him in the process, in one way or another for their own advantage. This is all normal politicking, of course, but there are alot of sharks out there. It’s not a kiddie pool he’s wading in.
Every politician has to beware of the shady donors. Money is so seductive, especially when you need it to run a campaign it’s hard to say no. Many have made bad decisions and had to deal with the fallout. The problem I have is that Obama has been very naive in this area. Hillary appears to have learned her hard lessons about campaign donors and influence peddling and where the legal boundaries are and survived it, so is much smarter about it now. Just one of many reasons I think Obama might be a better candidate in 2016. Experience and savvy are important and take time to develop.
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