Barack Worked For ACORN, Promises to Do So Again
By Larry Johnson on October 12, 2008 at 10:45 AM in ACORN, Allison Davis, Bamboozling, Barack Obama, Chicago, Chicago politics, Cullen Davis
Despite Barack Obama’s insistence that he had nothing to do with ACORN, insisting that his work with Illinois Project Vote was independent, but documentary evidence suggests otherwise. Here is what Barack’s Fight the Smears site states:
Barack Obama Never Organized with ACORN
Discredited Republican voter-suppression guru Ken Blackwell is attacking Barack Obama with naked lies about his supposed connection to ACORN.
• Fact: Barack was never an ACORN community organizer.
• Fact: ACORN never hired Obama as a trainer, organizer, or any type of employee.
• Fact: ACORN was not part of Project Vote, the successful voter registration drive Barack ran in 1992.
Before showing you that this is not a true statement, let’s hear from Barack’s own mouth his promise–I REPEAT, HIS PROMISE–to let ACORN help shape his administration’s agenda even before he is inaugurated.
In light of Barack’s early association with ACORN, this promise makes sense. To explore whether or no Illinois Project Vote was “independent” I did a search of corporate records. Well, lookee here.
The trail is a bit convoluted but very revealing.
First, PROJECT VOTE is a trademarked name and is registered at the address: 1024 ELYSIAN FIELDS AVE, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70117-8402.
Gee, who else shared that address? Remember the almost $800,000 that Barack’s campaign gave initially to Citizen Services Inc., but later insisted should have been listed as ACORN? Yep. The same address.
Barack’s Illinois Project Vote was incorporated as follows:
Filing Number: 55191247
Name: PROJECT VOTE FUND
Name Type: LEGAL
Business Type: NON-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION
Status: REVOKED
Foreign State of Incorporation: DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Place Incorporated: DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Date Incorporated: 08/16/1988
Anniversary Month: AUGUST
Terms: PERPETUAL
Additional Information: NOT REGULATED BY ILLINOIS COMMERCE COMMISSION
Purpose: CHARITABLE OR BENEVOLENTRegistered Agent
Name: DEMPSEY, MARY A
Title: REGISTERED AGENT
Registered Agent Address 54 W HUBBARD ST STE 400
CHICAGO, IL 60610-4669
As of Date: 08/16/1988
A subsequent search on the District of Columbia indicates the following:
Filing Number: 852582
Name: PROJECT VOTE FUND
Business Type: DOMESTIC BUSINESS
Status: REVOKED
Place Incorporated: DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Date Incorporated: 07/15/1985Registered Agent
Name: GLASMAN, FERNANDO B
Title: REGISTERED AGENT
Registered Agent Address 1424 16TH ST NW STE 101
WASHINGTON, DC 20036-2211
I then did a further search on the Chicago address–54 W. Hubbard Street, Suite 400. Guess who else had an office at that address but on the Second floor? Cullen J. Davis (Suite 205).
So what?
Well, guess who gave Barack his first job as a lawyer in Chicago? Cullen’s dad, Allison Davis. Want to know more about Cullen, check out Susan UnPC’s piece from earlier this year on Cullen Davis.
In some quarters Cullen Davis would be considered a slumlord. According to the Chicago Tribune report on the death of a child at a housing complex owned by Davis’ company, UPA, we learn:
UPA is run by Cullen Davis. His father, Allison, also has been an official with the firm, according to state records. Cullen Davis also declined to comment because of the pending lawsuit.
HUD inspectors reported that the conditions of the gates worsened over the last two years, records show. In 2006, the problem was judged to be of midlevel severity, with a rating of 2 on a scale of 1 to 3. The level was raised to 3 in two subsequent inspections, in April and December of last year.
Under HUD’s inspection system, housing authorities are required to immediately fix problems regarded as pressing health and safety concerns, such as exposed wiring and blocked fire exits. Inspectors found many such violations on their last visit to the Cabrini-Green Rowhouses and gave the project a score of 30 points out of a possible total of 100—a “very bad score,” Hanson said.
The condition of the gates, however, was not marked as life-threatening and thus did not require immediate repair. Hanson said HUD’s computer software, in use for about 10 years, does not allow problems with gates or fences to be designated as life-threatening.
Even though it was not required to fix the gates immediately, the CHA should have made sure they were repaired, said Eleny Ladias, director of technical services for HUD in Chicago. “It’s up to the housing authority. They’re required to follow up with those type of repairs.”
CHA officials said non-emergency items needing repair usually are “addressed by the property manager.” They declined to comment on whether the broken gates were ever fixed.
UPA got the contract to manage the rowhouses where Curtis Cooper lived at the end of 2005, taking over from a resident-run management group. Residents have been critical of the firm’s work, and some said the gates have long been in bad shape. “The gates were raggedy as hell,” said Sherri Montgomery, a lifelong resident of the rowhouses.
After the accident, UPA posted signs warning children not to play on or near the gates. “It’s too damn late,” said Clayton Wade, Curtis Cooper’s father. “The baby’s dead.”
So, let me get this straight:
Obama is working for an organization that is part of the ACORN umbrella and shares an office building with one Cullen Davis who, subsequently, with Obama’s help becomes a successful slumlord.
Yep, that is change I want to believe in.
And we might put this same brand of underhanded cronyism into the White House? God help us all!
Larry — More fantastic record searching. Maybe a reverse search starting with that NO address might turn up other strange corporate connections? Or have you already done that?
This is all so gross, and I don’t understand why the FBI is not (apparently) interested in any of this.
Read somewhere that there has not been a background check on Obama (or the other candidates) by the FBI. It appears that it is not specifically required.
Somebody tell me I’m wrong, please.
Dick “Lick My Toes” Morris stated the obvious on H&C. barky couldn’t get the security clearance to get appointed to any government office.
but he can get clearance to be president…I’m at a loss.
Has it ever been more painfully obvious that our entire COUNTRY is in dire need of a complete overhaul in order to return us to what our founding fathers established for us? Let’s start with the electoral process and how unbelievably lax it is..then let’s move to how ridiculously easy it is to be OK’d to run for leader of the free world. No background check necessary! What a frickin’ joke.
It’s harder to adopt a damn puppy than it is to be allowed to run for POUTUS.
Please also remember that BaraCK WAS HIRED by Davis’ father, Allison, (yes, that’s a man) as an attorney. That’s the hallowed firm where Barack launched his legal career. The same place that spawned a slum landlord who is ultimately responsible for the conditions that led to the death by rusty gate of a three-year-old child.
Better check, too, into who Cullen’s partners are. You will find the circles of Barack always contain the same people who are Barack’s close advisors.
ACORN’s Nutty Regime for Cities
If you thought the New Left was dead in America, think again. Walk through just about any of the nation’s inner cities, and you’re likely to find an office of ACORN, bustling with young people working 12-hour days to “organize the poor” and bring about “social change.” The largest radical group in the country, ACORN has 120,000 dues-paying members, chapters in 700 poor neighborhoods in 50 cities, and 30 years’ experience. It boasts two radio stations, a housing corporation, a law office, and affiliate relationships with a host of trade-union locals. Not only big, it is effective, with some remarkable successes in getting municipalities and state legislatures to enact its radical policy goals into law.
ACORN has perfected an in-your-face strategy that works effectively at capturing public attention and winning adherents in cities. ACORN’s revival of its Baltimore chapter is a textbook example of this style. Several years ago, a top ACORN organizer, Mitch Klein, injected a new aggressiveness into the Baltimore chapter. Underlings piled garbage in front of City Hall to protest lack of services in poor neighborhoods, wielded huge inflated rubber sharks to disrupt a bankers’ dinner, and—most controversially—staged a profanity-laced protest in front of Mayor Martin O’Malley’s home. “They unloaded a busload of people shouting pretty ugly things and scared the daylights out of my wife and kids,” an angry O’Malley complained. “I thought it was a pretty cruddy thing to do.” Baltimore city council member Lisa Joi Stancil sympathizes with ACORN’s political agenda but is uncomfortable with the group’s aggressive approach. “There are boundaries,” she told the Baltimore Sun, “and they don’t seem to have a problem crossing them.” But ACORN is unapologetic about its tactics. “We’re up in their face,” an ACORN representative enthused. (Despite—or perhaps because of—the intimidation, ACORN still gets $50,000 a year from the city of Baltimore to provide housing counseling to the poorhttp://www.city-journal.org/html/13_2_acorns_nutty_regime.html
Now that Martin O’Malley is the Governor of Maryland why doesn’t he kick their rumps out of the state? Or have the legislature pass some tough laws to prevent this type of intimidation. All done with tax-payers money.
But what agenda would they shape? he already ditched all his promises, remember?
http://edgeoforever.wordpress.com/2008/10/12/obama-to-acorn-b0bots-you-shall-shape-the-agenda-what-agenda-whoud-that-be/
PLEASE SAVE AMERICA FROM THE FRAUD!
VOTE MCCAIN/PALIN!
It is okay, Obama is going down anyway. Texas Darlin has a piece stating that three copies of the official Barack H. Obama II birth certificate from KENYA have been obtained. Guess who has one of those copies allegedly? Philip Berg. You recall, Berg has a lawsuit against Obama and the DNC and in his Response to Obama’s Motion for Protective Order to delay discovery, he mentions the specific city in Kenya Obama was born. Also, you recall the Obama campaign stated that Obama lost his Kenyan citizenship when he turned 21.
Obama is going down b/c the October Surprise is that he was not natural born in Hawaii nor is considered a U.S. citizen from his adoption/acknowledgement in Indonesia. He can’t even be president or a candidate.
I still believe Bush and the Republicans knew this and wanted to get their real threat, Clinton, from being on the ticket. It worked. Get your popcorn ready, this is going to be a high time education on the U.S. Constitution in politics.
PUMA 2008!
If that was really true why has it no been made public. What are they waiting for. I just don’t buy it. We have been led to believe that there is some type of a October surprise because we can’t phantom what the McCain camp is doing. They are playing Mr. nice guy with a crook. RNC did not say anything when they were being blamed for the financial crises. The only thing what matters now is turnout and letting people know who Obama really is. His connection to ACORN & Ayers for starters.
To John Smith:
The FEC is a federal agency run by Bush. The Supreme Court has a 5-4 Republican lead as well. Do you honestly think that they were not trying to let the DNC and the far left wing liberals not put the weakest candidate on the ticket who is an illegal alien with the economy as it is in order to trump him regardless of what happens in the election especially since he is an illegal alien (Kenyan born, Indonesian citizen through adoption/acknowledgement) when they know Democrats would elect Clinton into the white house to clean this mess up?
It makes perfect sense to me. This is the DNC’s fault. They did not do their homework and investigate this Manchurian candidate. I also believe the mess we are going in has more of a double effect on the supporters of ACORN (in particular, John Edwards, John Conyers, Kilpatrick, Maxine Waters, Barney Frank, Chris Dodd and others)
You forget 1968. Remember radical socialists like the Black Panthers, Weather Underground, and other radicals were exploited and wiped out. That is what is happening. The stuff has to be exposed to wipe them out.
Get your popcorn ready. As a lawyer, I am fascinated by this on a Constitutional level. But, the DNC has only themselves to blame for what is about to happen. The 2008 Version of the Nat Turner Rebellion is going to end in an ugly fashion.
PUMA 2008!
TD is not vouching for the Kenya story. She clearly states that. Neither is Berg for that matter. Right now it is only a rumor. Its an story that might have legs, and is worth watching, but its not an “October Surprise”…yet.
Obama is Teflon coated. Don’t put all your eggs in any one basket. This is from TD’s blog:
You are mistakenly hyping up speculation. There is no absolute proof of a Kenyan birth certificate. And even if we see one, it has to be verified. Remember Dan Rather? There were obvious flaws to the document they relied on. It was an obvious forgery.
It does not help to get people’s hopes up too much. We can defeat Obama with what we already have on the record about him such as ACORN, Ayers, Wright, Rezko, FISA, etc. Keep working the phones for Mac, donating and volunteering.
It is in Berg’s most recent court filing’s though.
The actual document or a mention of it? There is a big difference.
On October 9th, Philip Berg added the actual name of the hospital where Obama was born in Mombasa, Kenya to his court filings. Why add the name of the hospital and its location if you don’t have the actual birth certificate? I think Mr. Berg does but he cannot produce it until the judge rules on discovery.
Could be but we won’t know until then.
Everything is going to come out like a Tsunami. Even Fact check.org admitted that Obama lost Kenyan citizenship in 1982. Now, I am a lawyer, you don’t loose something you don’t already have. You don’t have Kenyan citizenship by being born in Hawaii. Dah, I know that and you don’t have to have a law degree to know that. Why do you think undocumented workers have there children born in America to gain citizenship.
All the issues: Ayers, Rezko, Foreign Contributions, ACORN, and others will cause Obama’s downfall. But, the not being born in Hawaii or Indonesian Citizenship is the Ace/Joker in a Spades Game. Lawyers like I know that if he is VOID from the get go, it does not matter what else comes out. He will loose with a legal technicality. Just like Ayers got off on one. How fitting is that.
PUMA 2008!
The way I understood it was his Kenyan citizenship was due to his father. Their law is that it expires.
That is what they want you to believe. A father does not give citizenship to a child unless the law gives it. Factcheck.org is also sponsored by CAC which Obama ran as chairman for Ayers.
They want you to just believe their lies. But, think about it.
Why won’t this guy just give evidence of his birth and not lies and statements if he had nothing to hide?
In law, this is called inconsistent statements and goes to the heart of credibility of a witness. Obama is in trouble and yes he knows that RNC, Bush, McCain and others know it. So, he is trying to buy off the MSM to do it. I say is keep digging the truth is going to come out of this MF and the people who supported this phony and the DNC only have themselves to blame.
Obama is just one of a bunch of thugs trying to take over the white house. THIS SOUNDS LIKE THE MOB.
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Please pass this around as THIS is the sort of thing that will bring Barky down.
Take note of the dates.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122290574391296381.html?mod=article-outset-box
The problem with an issue like this being the “sort of thing” that cripples the O candidacy is that it is rather complex and the time is very short. This demonstrates the culpability of the Dems in Congress, which is helpful for McCain, but probably cannot be developed into a game-changer in the short time remaining. A Kenyan birth certificate, on the other hand, would be an immediate solution to the problem. But I hate to engage in wishful thinking . . .
Ah, ditched promises. Seems Obama made news about that yesterday. Healthcare and education, under the bus officially?
HuffPo article about Obama appearances in PA, first at a campaign rally:
Then, reflecting many polls showing a substantial lead, he told a fundraiser:
He may have made actual news about actual policy:
But, on a happier note (heh), he did mention the Democratic Party! Even said it was his own party! A breakthrough, as he did not use the words “Democrat” or “Democratic Party” at all in the second debate!
So, does this mean that healthcare is officially under the bus, along with education? Even tho’ he said in the last debate that he thinks healthcare is a right?
And note that when he did mention his own party, it was to say that he would have to fight Congressional members of his own party.
He’ll get his majorities with initial Democratic enthusiasm, Blue Dogs for cuts and fiscal conervatism, and by meeting the needs of the Republicans as he reaches across the aisle in his trademark bipartisanship.
We will not get universal healthcare, I fear. Mortgage assistance? Education loans? Will we keep SocSec, which doesn’t need fixing? Will Medicare be “fixed”/cut even more?
Whatever will President Obama do?
He seems to be reassuring The Villagers that he will listen to their calls for the requisite Democratic president’s fiscal restraint. Dems are now expected to be “responsible” and clean up the mess left by Republican administrations. Even a really Big Me$$. Clinton did so well that BushCo was able to go hog wild–and the MCM barely whimpered any admonitions to show restraint; indeed, Dems were criticized for not going along with BushCo’s tax cut/spending efforts.
But, now that Dems may have a working majority? Ha! Time for cuts, fiscal restraint, and, most of all, No New Social Programs. (Military and Homeland Security will be A-OK.) Obama to The Villagers: I feel your pain.” He hears their message.
One thing for sure: Obama will eventually tell regular people that he’s been saying all along that there wasn’t enough money for real healthcare reform, meaningful education assistance, probably not for middle class tax cuts. He or his press secretary will reference these comments made at private or less public forums. The public will be told they ought to have known.
Just you wait, ‘Enry “Iggins, just you wait.
I will be delighted to be proved wrong–ecstatic!
But you won’t.
“I’m going to be in some fights with my own Democratic Party in getting some of that done,” he said.
Okay. Barack, you skunk. This quote is to show that golly, yuck, gee… he’s just like McCain.
See…he’s gonna fight his own party just like McCain and Palin did. What an Asshole Obama is.
Since he says it, it’s just as good as McCain and Palin having done it.
I wonder if the Mahi Mahi was any good. Obama sure wasn’t worth spending the money on.
XCELLENT LARRY…YOU AND NQ ROCK!
SOETEROBAMA’S MERDA TAURORUM ANIMUS CONTURBIT
Soeterobama’s Bullshit Baffles the Brain
Battle cry of the PUMAS.
“Ne conjugare nobiscum”
Cogito Ergo Suffragari McCain!
I Think Therefore I vote McCain!
That is almost perfect but how about this:
I Think Therefore I vote McCain but I really would have preferred Hillary.
Hmmmm….She isn’t running anymore and so I will state in the present tense…
I say if Barky can have dead folks vote for him…Why not have dead folks run…lol
( I’m Al Capone and I’m announcing my bid today )
Many of Obama’s supporters are low income who do not have health care and take advantage of education assistance. They still won’t care that he not only would not come through on his promises but had no intention to. He plans to keep the poor as poor so they can be controlled and oppressed.
FOUR MORE YEARS, FOUR MORE YEARS, FOUR MORE YEARS.
And CHAVEZ For Vice President.
McCain ABSOLUTELY MUST hit Obama repeatedly with this ACORN club. McCain needs to be running it 24/7, and BETTER bring it up in the next debate.
The only way the media covers this is if McCain starts using it.
ACORN = OBAMA
ACORN - Vote Fraud
ACORN - Sued banks to give loans to people who could ot afford them
ACORN - Is at the heart of the financial meltdown
ACORN - OBAMA will roll out the White House red carpet for them
McCain will not beat Obama with gloves on. And last Friday he decided to get them back on. Too bad Mr. McCain. Thanks for loosing us Gov. Palin and churning our country into Guacamole dip.
Lark,
I agree with you. This makes me furious with McCain but I will still vote for him because I could never vote for a corrupt man such as Obama is.
McCain is losing because he won’t fight and why will he not bring up the Jeremiah Wright issue.
I am furious with McCain.
This is a great article Larry Johnson and
Attorney Berg does have a new video out that is outstanding. go here to see it http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyspCRmJv7w
Mr. Berg is trying and perhaps he does have the Birth Certificate, We can hope and pray, also
as much as I always hated old Jerry Falwell, I must say Kudos today to Liberty University for they are registering all of their students in Virginia and busing them to the polls. Of course they will all vote for McCain, this could be the deciding factor in VA for most of them live out of state. There’s still hope, lots of us are trying to protect our country against Messiah Obama.
Nobama says he never worked for ACORN. Liar!
McCain ad says it all. This is a keeper. Pass it on. Nationwide voter fraud.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ohp5IX3y098
Remember his energy policy with inflating your tires?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mkkgk25ToqE
Agree Wodjei…But that’s what FASCISTS DO…No?
SOTERO/OBAMA IS A FASCIST AND UNFIT FOR ANY ELECTIVE OFFICE
Obama thinks he doesn’t have to abide by the law so his not being a U.S. citizen is no big deal. He’s going to try to bully his way into the white house regardless and the race issue is one of his tactics.
Yet one more disgusting dirty connection to Obama. Great work Larry,
John McCain said it well, “there’s always a back story with Sen. Obama”.
He should be impeached from the Senate. He has done so much to jeopardize the lives of people living in his district. He’s a complete and utter slob. According to CBS his plane smells? His entire life smells to high heaven. Deport the bastard.
So depressing but thanks for the research–no one in the msm is doing their job anymore so we have to rely on you and rest of NQ’s great posters.
Will this get coverage by the press? Obama has the greatest teflon coating of any politician I’ve seen–nothing seems to stick. Maybe the drip, drip drip of these latest stories will have an affect on undecided voters (who the hell is still undecided, for gosh sakes??!?!?!)
ACORN does seem to resonate with the public. More than Ayers. Maybe coupled with other scandals it will have an impact.
I think Mac now needs to get out there and give people the reasons to vote FOR him and let the 527s peddle this stuff or he won’t have a chance at winning.
Well, people are pretty offended when they hear the guy talk about being registered 72 times. Goodness, but that’s not sloppy, that’s just crazy. And we’re paying for this via tax dollars? Then someone has to weed out these bad registrations or, in some cases, allow the system to be open for voter problems?
I can see why the public “gets” this story.
Ayers is just an old story. The only relevance is that Obama lied to the public. Directly. He did the same about Rezko. He did the same about ACORN.
The pattern is clear. He has no problem lying.
You are missing the most part om why the MSM won’t tuch. They promoted, covered and lied for him, mutilated his oponenats and down right ran his campaign for him. They are pateners in crime. What would be their excuse if all came out before he is in the white house. They have no wiggle room any more
Fox News Covered Barack Obamas legal work on behalf of and involvement in ACORN way back.
The Quick Groundwork starts at 4:29
THE DAMNING EVIDENCE AGAINST BARACK OBAMA BEGINS AT 6:05
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0g0mtZyZB4
Its really shocking. Pay attention. Obama helped ACORN sue based on a bank not giving enough bad loans out and that started a major shift from chicago to the rest of the country.
Banks became worried about any potential mergers being disrupted if they didn’t comply with giving bad loans out as a result of this case.
Barack Obama eye-ball deep in our economic Crisis but getting off scott free.
Watch it start to finish to get the full story.
This is part 1 of 6
do not give up hope. the one has screwed many people on his climb up the ladder. dont think for a second the government hasnt kept an eye on ayres these past 40 yrs, as well as bambi. and theres still alot of onfo yet to come out. as a wise blogger on here once said, TIMING IS EVERYTHING IN ELECTIONS.
cruz,
As a Latino, I hope we make a difference in states like FL, CO, NM, NV, NJ and NC and give John MacCain the victory he deserves. I hope nuestra raza wakes up and realizes Obama does not have our best interest at heart..just ask Hillary!!
This is my response to Politico’s “McCain’s makes risky play for Pennsylvania.”
MacCain’s campaign will go down as one of the lousiest in history! He should have been up in PA big time (OH, VA and FL should have been secured by now) by simply reminding us of Barry’s “bitter” comments 24/7 like Barry’s campaign does, instead he’s let a golden opportunity and the chance of winning this state slip away!
p.s I don’t even feel sorry for him anymore! If he can’t fight a good fight, then he doesn’t deserve to win!
Whatever you think of McCain, if Obama gets in then America loses. Forget about McCain if it helps and just concentrate on stopping Obama.
NoTrollZone
That is why I’m sooooo mad!! I had a heated discussion with my wife about this very topic where I got so mad at the way McCain’s campaign is letting this slip away. If you had seen me, you’d thought I was making the case for my own life lol!
In a way, I feel let down that this country is blindly marching into a disaster named “president Obama.” My wife made a good point..she said it seems the stars have aligned for this guy somehow. He dodges every bullet at every turn..as if the Gods (or the fucking devil) are looking out for him. And then she finished with “MAYBE IT’S TRUE..HE IS THE ANTICHRIST.”
I second that!
I thought Davis sounded familiar… I checked my email, and I had just emailed some people an Obama timeline that gives Davis a mention in 1993.
This is the entire time line.
It’s from
http://conservativepolitics.today.com/2008/10/10/obamaayersdohrn-timeline/
I’m sure it’s not 100% accurate and i know it has a lot of things missing.. like Ayers and Obama meeting in NYC
1969 - 1981
Bill Ayers, son of philanthropist Thomas Ayers, creates terrorist group The Weathermen Underground (WU) in Chicago, home of Bill Ayers and Bernadine Dohrn.
The “Days of Rage” riots began when the WU blew up a statue dedicated to Chicago’s policemen in retaliation for beating several demonstrators. The shockwave shattered hundreds of windows.
Statue rebuilt and blown up the next year by the WU.
The statue was rebuilt and provided 24 hour security.
WU bombed home of a New York City judge involved in black panther case.
WU set off a bomb in a bathroom of the Pentagon.
WU set off a bomb at New York State Department of Correction.
1970 Bill Ayers and Bernadine Dohrn go underground. Dorhn on FBI’s 10 most wanted list.
March 8, 1970, three members of WU killed while trying to make a nail bomb.
September 1970 helped drug lord escape from prison and hid him out.
1976-1977 federal charges dropped against Ayers and Dohrn due to prosecutorial misconduct.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1980 Ayers and Dorhns come out of hiding and turn themselves in.
1981 marks official end of WU when WU member Kathy Boudin commits armed robbery and kills three men.
20+ years of Barack and Michelle Obama
1985
Barack moves to Chicago.
Barack goes to work for the Developing Communities Project (DCP).
Barack obtains the DCP’s first funding from the Woods Fund of Chicago.
1987
The Chicago School Reform Project is lead by Mayor Richard Daly, Jr and Bill Ayers who are good friends, as were their fathers Richard Daly, Sr (also Mayor of Chicago) and Thomas Ayers (Thomas Ayers served as an advisor to Richard Daley, Sr).
Barack Obama is the leader of the Development Community Project.
The Development Community Project works with Bill Ayers on their School Reform Project
The law firm of Sidley & Austin is run by Howard Trienens, friend of Thomas Ayers, father of Bill Ayers, Father-in-Law of Bernadine Dohrn.
Bernadine Dohrn, wife of Bill Ayers works for Sidley & Austin (hired in 1984 by Howard Trienens).
Michelle Robinson goes to work as an attorney at the law firm of Sidley & Austin
1988
Barack quits work at the Development Community Project. Travels to Kenya, the birthplace of his father, where he spent five weeks.
Barack enters Harvard Law School.
Bernadine Dohrn leaves Sidley & Austin. She is unable to obtain a license to practice law due to her criminal history. Trienens says it was because she would not say she was “sorry” for her terrorist past.
Bernadine Dohrn goes to work in the office of the Cook County Public Guardian.
1989
Barack interns at Sidley & Austin;
Barack first meets and begins his relationship with Michelle Robinson, who was assigned to be his mentor.
1990
Barack selected as editor for Harvard Law Review.
1991
Valerie Jarrett, Deputy Chief of Staff for Mayor Richard Daley, offers Michelle Robinson a job as Assistant to Mayor Richard Daley.
Michelle Robinson insists fiancé Barack Obama meet Valerie Jarrett.
Michelle Robinson leaves Sidley & Austin and goes to work for Mayor Richard Daley, Jr, friend of Bill Ayers – husband of Bernadine Dohrn.
Bernadine Dohrn goes to work at Northwestern University School of Law as an adjunct professor of law as a “Clinical Associate Professor of Law.”
Howard Trienens, former employer of Bernadine Dohrn at Sidley and Austin law firm, is a member of the Board of Trustees of Northwestern.
Thomas Ayers, father of Bill Ayers, father-in-law of Bernadine Dohrn, is a former board member of the Board of Trustees of Northwestern.
1992
Barack and Michelle get married.
Barack directs Illinois’ Project Vote, a voter registration drive.
Barack begin teaching Constitutional Law at the University of Chicago Law School.
1993
Barack and Michelle founded Chicago office of Public Allies. Michelle is named Executive Director of this group which encouraged young people to work on social issues in nonprofit groups and government agencies.
Barack goes to work as an associate for the law firm of Davis, Miner, Barnhill & Galland, which specializes in civil rights litigation and neighborhood economic development.
Barrack gets on board of directors of the Woods Fund of Chicago.
1994
Barack on board of directors of the Joyce Foundation.
Bernadine Dohrn says “I still see myself as a radical.”
1995
Ayers works with Mayor Richard Daley on the city’s school reform program.
Ayers writes grant proposal for Chicago Annenberg Challenge and obtains $49.2 million over 5 years for public school reform.
Barack selected as Founding President and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Chicago Annenberg Challenge.
Bill Ayers has Barack fundraiser and political coming out party in his home. Barack and Michelle Obama were both present.
In an interview published in 1995, Ayers characterized his political beliefs at that time and in the 1960s and 1970s: “I am a radical, Leftist, small ‘c’ communist … [Laughs] Maybe I’m the last communist who is willing to admit it. [Laughs] We have always been small ‘c’ communists in the sense that we were never in the [Communist] party and never Stalinists. The ethics of Communism still appeal to me. I don’t like Lenin as much as the early Marx. I also like Henry David Thoreau, Mother Jones and Jane Addams […]”
1996
Michelle Obama goes to work for the University of Chicago as Associate Dean of Student Services.
Barack promoted as Senior Lecturer at University of Chicago.
Barack elected to Illinois Senate.
Barack reported member of the “New Party,” (Democrat Socialist Party). They proudly announce their member Barack Obama won his State Seat.
1997
Connie Chung interviews Bill Ayers and Bernadine Dohrn. They say they do not regret what they did and would do it again. Wish they could have done more. Wish they had been more militant.
Mayor Richard Daley presents Bill Ayers the Key to the City and named his citizen of the year.
Michelle Obama organizes a discussion panel at the University of Chicago.
Michelle schedules Barack and Ayers to appear on the panel together.
1998
Barack re-elected to Illinois Senate
1999
Bill Ayers put on board at the Woods Fund of Chicago.
Barack steps down as President of the Chicago Annenberg Challenge but remains on the board.
The Socialist ‘New Party’ is defunct after losing a supreme court challenge that ruled the organizations “fusion” reform platform as unconstitutional.
2000
Barack loses bid for U.S. House of Representative.
Barack, Michelle and Bernadine Dohrn are listed together as mentors with the University of Chicago Irving B. Harris Graduate School of Public Policy Studies.
2001
Bill Ayers donates $200 to Barack’s re-election fund for the Illinois State Senate.
Bill Ayers publishes “Fugitive Says: A Memoir,” detailing his time as a terrorist.
In an article with the Chicago Tribune, Ayers said, “We weren’t terrorists. The reason we weren’t terrorists is because we did not commit random acts of terror against people. Terrorism was what was being practiced in the countryside of Vietnam by the United States.”
Bill Ayers gives interview to New York Times. Published on September 11, Ayers said he did not regret his militant tactics and believed they had not done enough.
2002
Barack reelected to Illinois Senate.
Barack loses his license to practice law for reasons unknown at the time of this writing.
Barack no longer serves on board of Woods Fund of Chicago.
Barack no longer serves on board of Joyce Foundation.
Barack no longer serves on board of Chicago Annenberg Challenge.
Barack hires political strategist David Axlerod.
Barack and Ayers are scheduled to appear together on a panel at the University of Illinois Chicago titled “Intellectuals in Times of Crisis.”
Michelle goes to work for the University of Chicago Hospitals as executive director for community affairs.
2003
Barack announces his bid for U.S. Senate.
2004
Barack wins primary.
Barack gives Keynote address at Democrat National Convention.
Barack elected to U.S. Senate.
Barack resigns his seat in Illinois Senate.
Bills Ayers gives interview: “How do you feel about what you did? Would you do it again under similar circumstances?” He replied:[24] “I’ve thought about this a lot. Being almost 60, it’s impossible to not have lots and lots of regrets about lots and lots of things, but the question of did we do something that was horrendous, awful? … I don’t think so. I think what we did was to respond to a situation that was unconscionable.”
2005
Barack sworn in as U.S. Senator
Michelle Obama is promoted to Vice President of Community and External Affairs where she still works part-time.
2006
Barack traveled to Kenya and openly campaigned for violent radical muslim Raila Odinga, Barack’s alleged cousin.
Bill Ayers travels to Venzeula and gives a speech to Hugo Chavez, stating “We share the belief that education is the motor-force of revolution” or “La educacion es revolucion!”.
2007
February Barack announces he will run for President.
cruz…
i agree the govt has had, and contimues to have, an eye on ayers and obama…
but who is the govt working for? or, who is “working” the govt?
right about now, i’m beginning to wonder.
hope your right about the timing thing.
the people that BOBO really works for make ayers look like the easter bunny.
by the time the populace wakes up, well……
Vince-
Thanks for this info.
When information is presented in this manner
(linear/chronological) certain connections can be seen that would otherwise have been missed.
Cogito Ergo Sine Dubito…Barky Non Gradus Anus Rodentum!
I Think Therefore Without A Doubt…Barky Is Not Worth A Rat’s Ass!
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Jeremiah-
Good work- Thanks for this link!I will cross post
What I am so frustrated about is that Obama is such a Liar.
Most of what we do know about the guy has been misstatements. The media has protected him from the truths that would mean the election.
Most of his promises have been reversed so many times that its hard to tell what he has in mind.
Most of the promises he has kept throughout will cost the taxpayers so much money that if he does keep them our nation will be total chaos.
Hey McCain and Palin are at least honest about their history.
That bothers me a great deal. People are not too concerned, apparently.
They are giving him a pass on lying to them.
I saw that in the primaries and felt strongly that was a key point. If Hillary brought up the lies, and she did, her favorability ratings plummetted.
It’s a kind of protection for the poor AA guy, a nation of codependents. LOL*
Everyone races to the rescue, and everyone forgets the issue was that he lied.
Hillary and Bill is out on the campaign trail once again for this man, while he is deep in doo doo with ACORN, now wonder Hillary lost but sad to say she cannot understand yet what has happened.
Maybe she got hit over the head with a silly stick because for the love of me I cannot understand why the both of them feel this must support this fraud, I know one thing if he wins and this country goes deeper into the shitter I will blame Hillary and Bill for helping to get this idiot elected, and will never support the Clintons again.
I used to sign my blogs with Hillary ‘12. I no longer do because I no longer have respect for either of the Clintons.
Never in history has someone who lost the Primary done this much, especially after the slanderous way the Clintons were treated.
Everytime I see Hillary and Bill out on the campaign trail I lose more and more respect for them.
I have yet to see an apology either directly or indirectly form Michelle or Barrack for all the slanderous things they said about the Clintons. Yet the Clintons seem to be crawling in the mud to please Obama. Do the Clintons not have any self esteem?
What is strange is that McCain apologized for Michael Pfleger’s remarks on Hillary. McCain has been man enough to apologize and admit his mistakes.
That is why I will never vote Obama or Hillary.
McCain ‘08
Interesting reaction. I respect people who deliver on their promises. Both Bill and Hillary made it clear that they would campaign for Obama, wheneveer he asked. He asked. They are now delivering.
How this is not a respectable action on their part is beyond me.
Just because I’m voting McCain sure doesn’t mean I expect the tycoons of the Democratic party to switch horses! LOL* That would shock me.
Perhaps as a Republican, I can spot the “handiwork” of the Clintons easier than their supporters, but I would not worry about anything. Seriously, these the Clintons. The only Democrats on the planet that can go blow for blow with the RNC. They need to do “their part” for the DNC, but they will be the leaders of the party on November 5th. And they know it. Stay strong for a few more weeks. It may be disheartening, but they aren’t selling you out…they are setting things up.
Just as an encouragement…see the video embedded in the link below. 2:38 mark. Look hard and you will find a hint.
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=5506458 7
McCain is making the same mistakes Hillary made - apologizing all the time for everything the media demands, only making himself appear weaker and weaker.
Hillary did this too. It’s totally out of fear of the media IMO.
Obama is acting just like Bush - going on vacations, in-your-face arrogance, etc. And guess who won. America prefers strong and wrong to weak and right, remember.
I’ve seen McCain be tough in the past when in Senate hearings, but since I’ve been watching him in this campaign against Obama, he seems like a wimp.
I can’t believe Obama is ahead in Florida! And Hillary and Bill are determined to bring it home for him. Hate to say it b