Eye on Rezko

Keep it coming Natasha, this could be the bomb that de-crowns Obama. Hello, Hillary you will be the Democratic nominee for President.

Did I miss something? Where's the Obama bomb?

Somethings tells me that the Sun-times is trying to sabotage Obama presidential bid. Try report some serious news next time.

Gee. A party at the mansion with the Mrs? Is that the same Obama who told us during the debate he only knew of Rezko as someone he did 5 hours worth of work for as a grunt in a law firm? Guess he goes to an awful lot of fancy parties. Easy to confuse. Good thing Auchi came up with that loan for Rezko - maybe it left him with some timely cash to help out on that lot.

The headline said, "Obama bomb dropped". Then I read the "article" and all it said is that Obama went to a reception! What is wrong with you?????? The Suntimes is garbage.

what a dud this"bomb" is.

That was the weakest "bomb" I ever seen. Is that the best you've got. Maybe I missed something. What's the big deal? They attended a reception at Rezkos... and? Can someone please explain the bomb part to me.

Are you sure this wasn't written by Lynn Sweet? It sure sounds like it.

Looks as if Obama derailed his own election effort a couple years ago. Associating with an Iraqi billionaire who made his money selling arms to Saddam Hussein will not endear him to the voters. Yeah, this is a bomb, might take a couple days to click.

The statment was that he worked for Rezko, and he stated that he did 5 hours of work for him, not that he didn't know him....get your facts straight....and before you think this is a bomb shell on Obama you need to check out all the other Political figures that are directly or indirectly tied to Rezko!!!!

You may not want to go down this road!

um...Anton? Yeah, you can be incensed about the most corrupt Saddam enablers ever to walk this earth - if your list begins with Donald Rumsfeld. This bomb is nothin' like the ones Rummy dropped.

ARE U KIDDING?? What a weak attempt to keep our next real president out of office. He was also a city hall in Chicago one of the most corrupt places in Illinois. Let's break into this evenings programming! Thats has to be the lead story this week!!

JERKS!!

Obama went to a party for this guy at Rezko's house but he doesn't remember every meeting him?

I will grant you the man probably goes to lots of parties. But this was in '04, when Obama would be courting people with lots of money, people like Rezko and an Iraqi billionaire Rezko knew.

I don't think this is too positive for Obama...

On the other hand, it may divert the focus away from thie "poor white trash" remarks!

I'm amazed how stupid people are on these blogs. OH MY GOD HE ATTENDED A EVENT -- no kidding he already said he was connected to Rezko. SO WHAT!!!!!!!!! Obama hasn't done anything wrong or illegal. This trail isn't about OBAMA!!! Wake up stupid people!!!

This issue is so overblown and over spun and over played. I'm tired of the all this. Know wonder we get leaders like Bush in the White House and liars like the Clintons making a joke of integrity and trustworthiness.

So, what's the story??? Please tell me that Obama did some sort of favor for this foreigner....

Wait! I watched one of the debates and Obama specifically said the he barely knew Mr. Rezko and that he had only done about five(5) hours of work for him once. Now I hear this and that Mr. Rezko's wife bought the lot next door to Obama's house for Senator Obama's use? It appears Senator Obama wants transparency in our government when it is convenient for him. WHAT ELSE DO WE NOT KNOW ABOUT THIS GUY????

Obama's chickens are coming home to roost!

Faster than I thought too. One would have expected this kind of stuff to come out closer to the general after Obama bamboozled the masses during the primaries.

And the walls come tumbling down...

Didn't Obama already disclose this during his "tell all" interview with the Tribune and the Sun Times last month? Or is this a different event from the one he said he attended.

so where does this testimony say that obama and auchi ever met?

Once again, Senator Obama lies about his knowledge of or presence at certain events (stinks of "I didn't really know Rezko..." BS that he fed the public until he couldn't any longer). This will be his undoing, along with everything else.

There is no way he can win the GE with all of this surrounding him and the Democratic Party is realizing that!

extremely weak.

Hilarious to act as if you are really "dropping a bomb".

attending a reception does not mean you meet everyone there. Sorry.

This was in 2005.
Ok. you list everyone that ever attended the same party your went to.
Were you introduced to them, or were you just there.
See how the testimony was interupted by the prosecuter?
You are pretty pathetic.
Why wasn't the witness asked if he ever OBSERVED, them talking to each other or having been introduced to them formally??

I don't know who wrote this LAME article for the SUN-TIMES, but you should be aware that LIBEL AND SLANDER ARE SERIOUS CRIMES IN THIS COUNTRY, ESPECIALLY IF INTENT TO DEFAME CN BE ESTABLISHED!!!

Oooooooohhh... Obama met some wealthy man from Iraq. That's it: it's over for Barack (as it is for every politician who has ever met a potentially shady character: luckily Clinton and McCain don't have that problem). Thank goodness that we can defy the basic rules of logic: no, to hell with rules for good thinking--the gold standard for us is the guilt-by-association fallacy. Sure it's a fallacy, which means that it's faulty reasoning, which means that we'd be foolish to accept it as evidence. But no, no, no: these rules don't apply to the political arena, where stupidity rules supreme.

OK... BE SCARED OF THE TRUTH.
WE ARE NOT SUCH AN IGNORANT SOCIETY THAT WE ARE NOT ABLE TO THINK FOR OURSELVES.

THIS ELECTION IS GOING TO BE DECIDED BASED UPON THE ISSUES

Non story but i'm sure the headlines will sell papers to readers who will be disappointed by the headlines that mislead them.

Thanks Lin. Look we get it. You don't like Obama and your candidate of choice is also human and has made her share of mistakes. I'm noticing the character traits of most of Hillary Clinton's supporters. Just like she has attempted to bash this man over the head because her numbers have been shrinking in PA, you as a supporter of hers is looking for dirt on this man. Now don't underestimate his supporters too. We have a ticking time bomb that we can use as I write this piece. Because we are supporting a candidate who doesn't believe in blooding his opponent of the same party as unfortunately your candidate does, which shows she could care less about the Democratic Party as a whole, we as supporters are choosing not to drop this bomb but to let the real issues affecting this country take center stage. Now as Lin stated, in the process of attempting to destroy Obama, you will certainly dig a bigger hole for your girl Hillary. So just be careful.

I agree this is a road neither Clinton nor McCain should go down. Both are connected to various people with shady dealings (Have you all forgotten all the allegations about the Clinton's during the 90's? What about the Keating 5 and the birthday wishes McCain sent to Joesph Bonanno?)

Fear and hate mongers - God help us all. I thought we got a bit more intelligent over the last eight years. People read one article and believe it! Does anyone do research anymore? I doubt it, otherwise Bush wouldn't be in the White House again would he? God please Bless Americans, they need it badly.

How big a bomb this is time will tell - but it is a bomb partly because Obama is yet again caught in a lie. Why hide the relationship with Rezko if there really is nothing to it. Obama trolls into the Chicago papers during the Wright scandal to admit to receiving 250,000 from him - when at least 5 times before stated numbers far less? Nadhmi Auchi should have been a memorable name for Obama -

That's Change that is full of BS.

What is interesting is that Obama dodged meeting with the Chicago reporters until he was forced to when the Rev. Wright situation broke. At the time of the meeting he acknowledged that instead of the $50-60,000 that he said Rezko contributed to his campaign he had made a mistake. It was $250,000. That is a big oops! What also concerned me, and no one has asked, is how if Rezko had been awarded the money to rehab those houses in Obama's low rent district, then never did, why he did not pose the question to his pal Rezko of how that money was being spent. They seemed to continue their friendship and he assisted Obama in purchasing a home. What do you get for $250,000?

This merely shows the strategy behind the scenes to discredit Obama and scare the American Public into thinking he is secretly something else.

Above all it distract Americans from focusing on real issues facing the future of our country and where the candidates stand on those issues.

You Hillary trolls can keep dreaming. There's no "there" there, no matter how many times you hyperventilate.

Wake up - all the democrats that really want to win the white house back. Super-delegates. The time is now to stop this. There is no way Obama will win the white house in Nov. His pastor - the bitter statement, and now this. Obama supports- wake up and get a grip. This is no longer about the Clintons and Obama. This is about winning the White House. Having a first term senator - who basically run becasue the Ill republicatn party was non-existence. Winning agains a clown, making a speech, and now we expect him to be strong enough against the republican machine. Wake up - he does not even need clinton or mccain to make him seem week. He is doing it to himself.

The only bomb is this article, followed by your future profits. Not sure I'll ever read the Sun Times again.

Excuse me, but what is the point of this post? Did Obama do anything wrong at this party? It seems to me this is nothing more than an excuse to once again dredge up the old news that Rezko and Obama knew each other and ran in the same political circles. Obama has been linked with NO WRONGDOING in regards to Rezko. Why don't you bury this dead dog?

Thank You for doing some reporting to vet a presidential nominee - keep up the great work! It seems the task that the media normally has - that of vetting a presidential nominee - is falling to only a few fair, balanced, and talented reporters. Congratulaions - you're one of them! On behalf of American voters - Thank you!

WOW! He met a man at a party and then later said he didn't remember meeting him. If this becomes proof of a crime many of us are f*$ked.

Hmmmmm...thanks for the information but I gotta say Huh?

As for trolling into the Tribune the editorial board said that his meeting with them and the level of his disclosure set a new standard for people running for office.

On the other hand we've got a candidate running who's married to a man taking money to prompt a deal she's against, which means she living off the proceeds while talk the thing down. We don't have space to talk about all of McCain's "entanglements." Remember sweet children, our current administration is so in bed with so many bad men in Saudi Arabi, Iraq, and Iran it just ain't funny.

Bitter? Cynical? Not us no damn way!

Wow, this bomb is about as good as the sniper's bullets shooting at Hillary. Christ he was at the same party as the guy wow. I was once at a party Michael Jordan was at, therefore he must know who I am.

Earlier this year I went to a reception for Obama. guess who I DIDN'T meet?

And in the beginning there was nothing to Watergate either - and had it not been for 2 outstanding reporters Nixon would have kept his crown. Thank you Reporters!! You are doing an excellent job and this country (although some don't realize it) is in your debt.
Wonder why this is news: rezkowatch.com

Only desperate people would look on this as the great bomb. Five years ago a man gave a party to which all Illinois elected officials were invited and guess what, an Illinois state senator went to it. Blah Blah Blah. He never said he didn't know Rezko. Rezko was tight with the governor and all politicians in Illinois knew him. He said he didn't work for Rezko beyond the five hours Obama's boss did some related work. Rezko raised donations for Obama and other Illinois politicians, but when Obama found out Rezko was in trouble, he gave that money to charity. Obama sat down last month with full bank of reporters from two prominent Chicago newspapers and let them ask any and all questions until they didn't have anymore. They said he was clean. There is no scandal here, only wishful thinking by opponents.

OOOHHHHHHHHHHH!! Obama was at a party with some guy. You guys are so desperate to get your stupid rag on the national stage that you will make ANYTHING a big deal. God forbid you focus on real news...there is a reason why your paper is in trouble.....

America does not want to wake up until it will be too late. It is a fact that we do not know anything about Obama because he has been shield by the media. It is high time that the media quits playing favorites and does the peoplea favor of really scrutinizing the candidates throughly so that we the people can make a wise decision. This has not been the case with Obama we only hear his speeches on how the whole world is going to change and unfortunately some voters are too gullible and believe him. This is a very important election we are not choosing an american idol, but a president for this nation.

This so called story is BS. I read it and now I'm mad because I want to know where is the bomb! This is it. I won't watch anymore news what so ever for the feast of the year.

Well here we go. Who knows if this guy is even telling the truth about Obama being there.
Even if he was did he take $$ from the Iraqi millionaire? You guys need to quit undermining the man who will be the Dem nominee. If you really want dirt on somebody you can find mounds of it on the Clintons. I used to be excited about Hillary running for Pres. but when she started acting like a princess who deserved the presidency just cause her name was Clinton she turned me right off. Any woman who supports her is just the same kind of woman ... the ones who always think of themselves as the princess. Obama is ahead in all areas of the primary process. The Clintons aren't political Gods who can reverse or change the rules. The rules that Obama is running on are the SAME rules that Clinton has to run on. SO THERE!

Clinton and McCain have their share of shady characters, but they also have significant public record that has been examined and reexamined. For such a short public career, a legislative paper trail that Judicial Watch says is deliberately non-existent and such meager accomplishments, Barack Obama has some intersting friends and plugged into big money real fast.

Sure wish he tried to accomplish something significan along the way.

CST: WHEN YOU DISCOVER WHO CONTROLS REZKO, YOU WILL FINDO OUT WHO CONTROLS OBAMA.

This will not be the first time that Obama's name will come up in this trial. Whether you Kool-aid drinkers like it or not, Obama couldn't have bought his house without the aid of Rezko's corrupt funding. Obama lied about his connection with Rezko in the beginning and then wanted us to chuckle it off with him when he described it as a "boneheaded" move. Oh, laugh riot that was.

I think he has a problem "clinging" to boneheaded moves.

This means nothing. It will take more than this NON story to Dethrone the next president of the United states. NEXT!

I never trusted Obama. The truth will be dug up by the Republicans in the general election. The Dem and Rep are both terrible. I'm voting for the Green Party.

The point is he lied about meeting Auchi. To all the people that say it is normal to forget people you meet at a party, let me ask you this. Would you forget meeting the person the party was thrown for? Would you forget meeting thi