Monday, April 21, 2008

Revisiting Rezko & Obama

How does a Harvard educated lawyer make a bone headed move? Hard to imagine. But if it was part of some sort of political-trade-for-favors deal then it makes sense.

Excerpt from WSJ:

'Sen. Obama entered into a real-estate deal that would later come to haunt him. He and his wife bought a mansion in Hyde Park for $1.65 million, $300,000 below the asking price. The wife of a longtime friend and donor, real-estate developer Tony Rezko, paid full price for an adjacent lot that was listed at the same time by the seller. Six months later, the Rezkos sold Mr. Obama a strip of their land so he could have a bigger yard. At the time, newspapers were reporting that Mr. Rezko was under investigation for corruption and influence peddling involving the Illinois governor's office. He was subsequently indicted and is currently standing trial.

Sen. Obama, who hasn't been named in connection with that case, has since called his decision "boneheaded" because it gave the impression Mr. Rezko was trying to curry favor. Mr. Axelrod says Sen. Obama never discussed the house purchase with his political team. If he had, Mr. Axelrod says, they would have told him not to do it.'


Why didn't tell his campaign about the bone headed move?

Lets eat up what is fed to us by brand Obama!! Not!

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