Category: Chicago politicsBy SusanUnPC on May 10, 2008 in Barack Obama, Chicago, Chicago politics | 53 Comments
Corrente Wire, a fine blog, has done us a service by breaking down one of those encyclopedic New York Times articles into bite-size chunks. The NYT piece you can read yourselves, but here are a couple snippets from what Corrente has gleaned (and which any rational being not addicted to the KoolKidAid can see plain […]
By Truthteller on May 8, 2008 in Alexi Giannoulias, Barack Obama, Chicago politics, David Axelrod, Rev. Jeremiah Wright Jr., Richard Daley | 52 Comments
So Mayor Richard Daley and Reverend Michael Pfleger decided it was time to for everyone to begin “Raising the Roof for St. Sabina.” Too bad their little fundraising scheme also raises the roof on the Barack Obama campaign’s den of political tricks and corruption.
Just view some of the names on this list of fundraisers […]
By PatRacimora on May 7, 2008 in Barack Obama, Chicago politics, Rev. Jeremiah Wright Jr., Tony Rezko, Weather Underground, William Ayers | 155 Comments
Barack Obama is running on his “judgment” and “integrity in government.” He tells us that Washington is broken, and he is the one who can fix it. But looking back at his fast rise up out of the slime of Chicago politics, one can legitimately question where he got the “creds” to fulfill […]
By Pacific John on May 4, 2008 in Barack Obama, Chicago politics, Delegates, Democrats, Hillary Clinton, Texas | 160 Comments
Following my friend Lois Capps’ endorsement of Barack Obama, it became clear that I had done her and other delegates a disservice by not disclosing information I witnessed at the Texas caucuses, and that endorsements should be made with the benefit of this information. After her endorsement, I wrote to Rep. Capps so that she […]
By PatRacimora on May 3, 2008 in Alice Palmer, Barack Obama, Chicago politics, Religion, Rev. Jeremiah Wright Jr., Small town America, Typical white person | 148 Comments
Perched on a picnic bench his week in Indiana, Michelle Obama asked the gathering to judge her husband based solely by the “choices he has made and his values.” Good directive, so I got started.
1. In his landmark speech in Philadelphia, he chose to say that Reverend Wright, his pastor of and counsel of 20 […]
By SusanUnPC on Apr 30, 2008 in Barack Obama, Black Agenda Report, Black nationalism, Chicago politics, Father Michael Pfleger, Minister Louis Farrakhan, Rev. James Meeks, Rev. Jeremiah Wright Jr. | 44 Comments
Here’s a sampling of the thinking of Father Michael Pfleger, who Barack Obama has often cited as a “spiritual adviser” and whose testimonial is on Obama’s official campaign site:
I’ll be damned if I’m going to sit back while you tear down Farrakhan and Jeremiah Wright. How dare you. How dare you. How dare you seek […]
By Uppity Woman on Apr 30, 2008 in Alsammarae, Barack Obama, Chicago politics, Iraq, Tony Rezko | 90 Comments
Aiham Alsammarae is a dual U.S.-Iraqi citizen, and Iraq’s former “Electricity Minister”. He posted more than $2.7 million in property to help spring Tony Rezko from jail. How’s that for friendship??
He also donated $2300 to Barack Obama’s Presidential campaign. Barack Obama will be donating Mr. Alsammarae’s contribution to charity now. Seems fair, right?
Alsammarae — a […]
By MBolack and SusanUnPC on Apr 26, 2008 in Barack Obama, Chicago politics, Nadhmi Auchi, Tony Rezko | 31 Comments
Over the last few months, Barack Obama has often stated that it was Chicago politics that made him tough enough to beat John McCain. Obama’s name has even come up a few times in the corruption trial of Tony Rezko, most recently in reference to toasting a man named Nadhmi Auchi at a Chicago party.
Just […]
By Bud White on Apr 18, 2008 in 9/11, Barack Obama, Bernardine Dohrn, Bill Ayers, CIA, Charity, Chicago, Chicago politics, Clinton, Commander in Chief, Ethics, George Stephanopoulos, Homeland Security, Intelligence, Patriotism, Rezko, Terrorism, Tony Rezko, William Ayers | 95 Comments
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Overview: This is a story of big-city behind-the-scenes politics — of scratch-my-back and I’ll-scratch-yours backroom dealings. It is a story of how Bill Ayers and Barack Obama — sitting on a charitable board (for which they were paid) — aided and abetted the lucrative real estate development projects of Obama’s former law firm associate […]
By SusanUnPC on Apr 17, 2008 in Barack Obama, Big Oil, Chicago politics, David Axelrod, Hillary Clinton, Lobbyists | 36 Comments
Flineo says that his new video was inspired by an important post by MBolack that traces the history of Barack Obama’s true views “about the working-class masses.” I’m reprinting her story here, in full.
Barack’s True Beliefs: Those to Which He “Clings” and “Clings” and “Clings”
Barack Obama outdid himself this week, didn’t he? […]
