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Politics : Barack Hussein Obama, Jr. President or Pretender? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: MJ who wrote (1065)	11/26/2008 1:22:30 PM
From: FJB	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1090

Yes, Rezko is a convicted felon. The connection to the governor is convoluted, but they are buddies. I am not sure if there are going to be any charges filed against the governor, but at one point there were reports Rezko was singing like a bird about him. This is the most recent story with Rezko and Blagojevich as keywords. findingdulcinea.com Gov. Blagojevich has been consistently tied with Antoin “Tony” Rezko, an Illinois food and real estate entrepreneur convicted of corruption relating to kickback schemes. Blagojevich worked to push Illinois laws outlawing campaign donations in excess of $50,000 from individuals hoping to pursue business contracts with the state and state legislators. Although the bills passed, some considered Blagojevich’s efforts a transparent cover of his own corruption: State Sen. Ira Silverstein, D-Chicago, was quoted by the Chicago Tribune as calling Blagojevich’s package mere “face-saving legislation.” The majority of Chicago voters believe that Blagojevich has failed to make good on his campaign platform of ending corruption in government. According to a poll conducted by the Chicago Tribune, Blagojevich has a 13 percent approval rating and a 71 percent disapproval rating—”the lowest ratings ever recorded for an elected politician in nearly three decades of Tribune polls.” The poll also showed that Blagojevich is even more unpopular than Governor Ryan was during the official investigation against him in 2002. Facing such damaged Democratic leadership, Durbin’s show of concern for Ryan may underscore a hope that Republicans will be sympathetic to Blagojevich if and when he is charged with corruption.