Rezko Also Gave Big $$ to George W. Bush, Obama & donated to John Kerry's Campaign..

"Arab-American sleazebag Tony Rezko, the indicted longtime business associate and political backer of Barack Obama was a major donor to President George W. Bush in December of 2003. In fact he attempted to give the President $6000 but either was given $2000 back because he exceeded allowable limits

According to data available at( http://newsmeat.com/ceo_political_donations/Tony_Rezko.php ) Rezko clearly sought to disguise his Bush transactions by using his nickname "Tony" rather than "Antoin" and purposely misspelled the name of his town "Wilmitte" in both instances rather than the correct Wilmette.

"Obama continues to obfuscate and equivocate in the wake of today’s arrest of Antion “Tony” Rezko, the indicted slumlord who is one of Obama’s main political patrons. I quote ABC News:

Rezko has ties to presidential candidate Barack Obama. The senator says he had no indication of any problems with Rezko when he accepted thousands of dollars in campaign contributions from him.

So Obama tells ABC News he had no indication of Rezko’s mounting problems when he accepted over $180,000 from the notorious kickback artist. But in April 2007 he stated that is was “possible” his state Senate office received complaints from Rezko’s tenants. I quote the Chicago Tribune:

Obama said in the interview Monday that he was unaware of the scope of properties owned by Rezmar or the problems surrounding them. He said none of the affected residents personally sought his help and that aides at his state Senate district office did not recall any inquiries. Still, he said it was “possible” that during his tenure in the legislature that a constituent may have written or called his office “saying, ‘We’re in a building, and we’re unhappy with the service here.’”

Such problems, he said, would normally be brought to the attention of an alderman or the city’s Housing Department. “Had I known that there were buildings that were in deteriorating or poor condition, that certainly would have given me pause. But I didn’t” know, Obama said.

He also maintained during the interview that is the subject of the Chicago Tribune article I cite that he never intervened on behalf of Rezko’s tenement empire.

Asked if he had intervened on behalf of Rezko or Rezmar with any government entity, Obama replied, “Never. No.”

“Never<,> no:” his answer could not be more unequivocal. And yet, he did serve as an advocate for Rezko when he penned letters on his Illinois state Senate letterhead for New Kenwood, LLC, an enterprise Rezko jointly owned with Obama’s former boss Allison Davis.

Blagojevich tries to deflect Rezko heat to Obama, others

Posted by Monique Garcia and John Chase at 8:40 p.m.

With Antoin “Tony” Rezko’s federal corruption trial looming, Gov. Rod Blagojevich on Tuesday tried to deflect the heat he’s been getting over his former adviser and top fundraiser by pointing out he’s not the only politician who has received help from Rezko.

Blagojevich ticked off a list of elected officials who also have ties to the indicted developer. While not naming them, he made reference to everyone from Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama to House Speaker Michael Madigan, his political nemesis, and Madigan’s daughter, Atty. Gen. Lisa Madigan.

When asked if he regretted his relationship with Rezko, the governor said he was not alone in facing “some of the occupational hazards that go along with being in politics.”

“We presume and hope that people who are helping us are doing things honestly and forthrightly, and then sometimes there are allegations to suggest that maybe not,” he said Tuesday following a news conference in downtown Chicago.

“And then you deal with all the incoming that comes along with it, whether you’re a governor of a state like Illinois, or a presidential candidate, or an attorney general, or a lieutenant governor, or a speaker of the House or even Republicans who’ve also been the beneficiaries of some of Mr. Rezko’s help.”

Rezko has had ties to each of those politicians in some fashion over the years, from a once-close relationship with Obama, a first-term U.S. senator, to co-hosting a $3.8 million Chicago fundraiser in 2003 for President Bush. Lt. Gov. Patrick Quinn also received contributions from Rezko’s former development company.