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To: Jane4IceCream who wrote (130738)	8/8/2008 6:12:40 PM
From: TideGlider	Respond to of 173976

: Obama the Slumlord Senator 08/08/2008 During his time in Illinois, some of Barack Obama’s most important donors and fundraisers were slumlords, including convicted felon Tony Rezko, who lined their pockets with taxpayers’ money from public projects Obama pushed through the legislature. In his new book, The Case Against Barack Obama, journalist David Freddoso exposes Rezko and other Obama cronies who financed Obama’s political career, contributing several hundred thousand dollars to his campaigns, while Obama helped funnel government subsidies to these Chicago slumlords to help them build low-income housing. So what did the Illinois taxpayers get out of these deals? * Allison Davis, Obama’s former law firm boss, built several slums which were famous for the chronic plumbing failures that caused sewage to back up into residents’ sinks. Obama actually wrote letters to city and state officials supporting a bid by Rezko and Davis to get $14.6 million from the taxpayers to fund housing for seniors. * Cecil Butler, another Obama donor, had one of his apartment complexes confiscated by the government when city inspectors found over 1,800 code violations. * Valerie Jarrett, an Obama fundraiser and advisor, was the chief executive of a company that managed a housing complex that became so run-down it was seized by the federal government. * Tony Rezko’s housing company, Rezmar, raked in more than $100 million in loans from the city, state and federal government to fix up 30 Chicago buildings for low-income housing. All of the buildings have failed financially: As of 2007, 17 have gone into foreclosure, and 6 have been boarded up. Meanwhile, the city of Chicago has sued Rezmar at least a dozen times for failing to heat its buildings. Obama’s support for slumlords and corrupt developers proves once again that his claim to be a “reformer” is, as author David Freddoso points out, a great lie. humanevents.com

To: Jane4IceCream who wrote (130738)	8/8/2008 6:15:17 PM
From: TideGlider	Respond to of 173976

Obama is flim-flam man August 7, 2008 Ah, how fortunate we are to live in the moment graced with the specter of Barack Obama. Women swoon over his silver-tongued oratory as he glides across the political stage. We are blessed indeed to have him walk among us. It was quite amazing to witness his magic carpet ride across the Middle East and Europe, where he hoped to be zapped by the "resume enhancement fairy." A closer look, however, reveals that the good senator is "… too much with us, (or should I say with himself?), late and soon." What lies behind the lilting cadences, the warm smile, the confident stride, and the ease with which he flicks his jacket over his shoulder, to say nothing of his amazing swoosh shot on the b-ball court? Who really is this man? "Hope and change," as Obama himself would say, "words, just words." By your friends we shall know you, Senator. You have chosen to surround yourself with the likes of the charming and gracious Reverend Wright, Bill Ayers, (unrepentant leader in the radical Weather Underground organization), Louis Farrakhan, Tony Rezko, (facing federal charges of attempted extortion, money laundering and fraud). Of course, Obama might suggest as usual, "These are not the men I knew." We must also judge the man by his voting record, as the most leftist member of the U. S. Senate. Obama's supreme arrogance is breathtaking. But beware the man of words; he is dangerous and not at all amusing with his core socialist worldview. His meteoric rise to stardom should not be taken lightly; after all he is already referring to himself as holding the office of president. The fact that we haven't yet held an election seems to be of little import to the man — a mere blip on the yellow brick road. "The Audacity of Hope" — no sir, rather an empty suit, an unqualified figment of your own imagination, a fraud, a flim-flam man, the creation of moneyed leftists. Oh yes, Senator, you are the great pretender. VIRGINIA DUFFY Rutland rutlandherald.com