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OilemFirchen

(7,143 posts)
Wed Feb 11, 2015, 01:15 AM Feb 2015

Remember when Tony Rezko brought down the Obama campaign?

Yeah. Neither do I.

Nonetheless, it was a BLOCKBUSTER.

So, six years later, it's time for a remake. Many of the actors, you'll note, are still in the biz. Sadly, the new version seems indistinguishable from the original.

SPOILER ALERT: Hillary did it.

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Remember when Tony Rezko brought down the Obama campaign? (Original Post) OilemFirchen Feb 2015 OP
And, Larry! NYC_SKP Feb 2015 #1
Didn't he run a prostitution ring out of the Rose Law firm offices? OilemFirchen Feb 2015 #3
Her next cheap shot was bringing up Farrakhan. AtomicKitten Feb 2015 #2
Chicago politics are shady as fuck. joshcryer Feb 2015 #4
He went to jail. Got ten and a half years; he'll be locked up for a while, yet. MADem Feb 2015 #5
My point. OilemFirchen Feb 2015 #6
Rezko had a pic taken with Clinton, too--he was a political groupie. MADem Feb 2015 #7

OilemFirchen

(7,143 posts)
3. Didn't he run a prostitution ring out of the Rose Law firm offices?
Wed Feb 11, 2015, 01:25 AM
Feb 2015

Or was he smuggling cattle futures into Mena?

joshcryer

(62,276 posts)
4. Chicago politics are shady as fuck.
Wed Feb 11, 2015, 01:38 AM
Feb 2015

But Clinton didn't do anything near what Ken Starr did. $70 million for nothing.

MADem

(135,425 posts)
5. He went to jail. Got ten and a half years; he'll be locked up for a while, yet.
Wed Feb 11, 2015, 05:21 AM
Feb 2015

He liked associating with politicians of all stripes: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Rezko

OilemFirchen

(7,143 posts)
6. My point.
Wed Feb 11, 2015, 12:20 PM
Feb 2015

Pretty sure that Obama was elected, though my memory fails me these days.

This despite his sordid relationship with Rezko.

So Hillary's husband flew on a plane owned by a pedophile. Her son-in-law's hedge fund lost some of Lloyd Blankfein's ill-gotten loot. Donors to the Clinton foundation held Swiss bank accounts.

And the posters predicting that these horrific scandals will take her down? They were busy, six years ago, defending Obama against similar reactionary rhetoric... from ostensible Clinton supporters.

Not surprising, or course, nor necessarily revelatory. I was just waxing nostalgic...

MADem

(135,425 posts)
7. Rezko had a pic taken with Clinton, too--he was a political groupie.
Wed Feb 11, 2015, 12:25 PM
Feb 2015

He was all over Blago before he went to jail, as well. He crossed the aisle, too, IIRC. He just wanted to be a Big Cheese who "rubbed shoulders."

People are going to look for "advantage" for or against the person that they favor or disfavor. That's all that was.

It's sales.

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