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To: Suma who wrote (51555)	3/4/2008 9:31:28 AM
From: slacker711	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 541598

Obama was attacked for something to do with buying land from a guy who was later convicted as a crook. Guilt by association. I dont think that is an accurate portrayal of the Obama-Rezko association. Here is a description of the transaction....the link also has more details about their relationship. suntimes.com . A few months after Obama became a U.S. senator, he and Rezko's wife, Rita, bought adjacent pieces of property from a doctor in Chicago's Kenwood neighborhood -- a deal that has dogged Obama the last two years. The doctor sold the mansion to Obama for $1.65 million -- $300,000 below the asking price. Rezko's wife paid full price -- $625,000 -- for the adjacent vacant lot. The deals closed in June 2005. Six months later, Obama paid Rezko's wife $104,500 for a strip of her land, so he could have a bigger yard. At the time, it had been widely reported that Tony Rezko was under federal investigation. Questioned later about the timing of the Rezko deal, Obama called it "boneheaded" because people might think the Rezkos had done him a favor. Is there any fire along with the smoke? No, and I dont particularly think there will be, but as Obama states, it was an incredibly dumb decision for a sitting senator to make. Slacker