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ABC News. Reformer: Trial Will Reveal 'Cesspool' of Obama's Allies

Trial for Indicted Fundraiser Tony Rezko Set for Monday

With the corruption trial of one of Sen. Barack Obama's longtime friends and supporters set to begin Monday in Chicago, Ill., reform watchdogs say it will reveal the "cesspool" of Illinois politics in which Obama came of age and has said little about in his campaign for president.

"We have a sick political culture," said Jay Stewart, the executive director of the Chicago Better Government Association, "and that's the environment that Barack Obama came from."
Stewart says he does not understand why Obama has lectured others about corruption in Washington and Kenya but "been noticeably silent on the issue of corruption here in his home state, including at this point, mostly Democratic politicians."

Becuaue Obama is corrupt. Is this why Michelle feels like an outsider?

There was no immediate comment from the Obama campaign.
The trial Monday involves federal charges of bribery and extortion against Tony Rezko, a real estate developer who became known in Illinois politics as a behind-the-scenes operator and fixer.
While Obama is not considered a target of the Rezko investigation, Stewart says it will shed light on a man who was pivotal to Obama's political career.

"This wasn't just some guy who wrote a check once for Barack Obama, it's someone who was an early supporter and had a personal relationship with Sen. Obama for quite some time," Stewart said.
Indeed, even after he was elected to the United States Senate, Obama involved Rezko in a land deal that enabled the senator to buy his current home on Chicago's South Side.
Obama has since called his decision to involve Rezko "a bone-headed mistake."
"Tony Rezko is all that is wrong with the old kind of politics or any kind of politics," said the Better Government Association's Stewart.

The Rezko trial will focus on Rezko's alleged role in steering Illinois state contracts in exchange for kickbacks and political contributions to Rezko friends.
The most damning examples cited by prosecutors involve Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, but several of the contributions were directed to Obama's 2004 Senate campaign.

A motion filed by federal prosecutors identifies two instances when Rezko directed contributions to an unnamed "political candidate" who has since been identified by Chicago newspapers as Obama.

In his campaign for president, Obama has railed against people like Rezko.
"If you are ready for change, then we can go ahead and tell the lobbyists and the fat cats that their days are over," he said in a speech last month in Akron, Ohio.

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Comments

[clyde]

I lived in Chicago 14 years, and witnessed the benefits of a one-party political machine (Democratic) on a daily basis. Continual raising of taxes, waste, graft, corruption, payoffs, embezzlement, innumberable judges and elected officials (including the Governor) being sent to jail, it never ends. This is what a one-party system gets you. The party of the Messiah.

[RISE_UP]

I have just listened to the miracle man in ohio with his bs promises. Everything he is promising is sounding a lot like communism to me. Or socialism. Where the hell is all of that money going to come from that he is promising? Are people really that stupid? I suppose they are. Some are fainting at the sight of him...if any of my relatives ever did that I would have them sent to a mental inst. We are doomed if this sob gets into office. And our only choice is someone else who kisses the arses of the enemy and of the liberals. We are screwed.We need a miracle of the correct sort.

[Josef K]

Happy to see fellow goo-goos stand up for good government. Good hunting and may G*d be with you!

(I hope I'd have the character to say the same if it were Sen. McCain.)

[INFINITE]

Hello Pamela, All

I just looked up this address, 5050 south greenwood avenue kenwood chicago Il., at Live Search Map at MSN.com and choose the BIRDS EYE VIEW because I wanted to see where hussein lives. What is that building across the street from his house? Is that a mosque across the street from hussein's house. You can see it is an 8 sided building with a domed roof and a tall pointed object straight up next to the building.

Is that a mosque because it surely looks like a mosque to me.