One major flash-point in the January 21 Democratic debate was when Hillary Clinton slammed Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) for ties to Tony Rezko, an indicted real estate developer. Shortly thereafter a photo from the Clinton administration depicting Sen. Clinton with Rezko and her husband came to the fore, and Clinton subsequently denied knowing Rezko.
Fast forward to today and the Associated Press reporting that Hillary Clinton booster L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa took campaign contributions from Rezko. The question remains how much the media, outside the Associated Press, will care:
LOS ANGELES -- Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, a national co-chairman of Sen. Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign, banked at least $1,500 in political donations from Tony Rezko, whose past connections to Barack Obama have been used by Clinton to criticize her rival's judgment and ethics.
City records show Rezko, chairman of Rezmar Corp. of Chicago, contributed $1,000 to Villaraigosa's mayoral campaign in 2001. Those records show Rezko also donated $500 to another Villaraigosa political committee in 2003.
''The contributions are currently under review,'' Villaraigosa spokesman Sean Clegg said. Clegg said Villaraigosa doesn't know Rezko and was unaware whether Rezko or his firms were doing business with the city.
''The contributions from 2001 and 2003 were long before any issues related to Tony Rezko became public,'' Clegg said.
The donations could prove to be a political embarrassment for Clinton. Rezko has been a patron of Illinois politicians for years, and Obama's connections to Rezko go back more than 15 years. Rezko has contributed thousands of dollars to the campaigns of Obama and Gov. Blagojevich. Neither has been accused of wrongdoing.
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I heard a blurb about this
February 1, 2008 - 15:35 ET by bigtimerI heard a blurb about this early somewhere...haven't heard anything since, so I guess the answer to your question is of course the msm doesn't care...these little problems are in the dem party, did you expect anything less...now if this situation were reversed...
Hypocrisy to the utmost...once again.
This one is typical of
February 1, 2008 - 15:45 ET by fitzfongThis one is typical of Antonio "Slick Guillermo" Villaraigiosa. For years, he's been forcing the shady johns to stuff more and more money down his g-string so he'll dance for them. If a developer wants clearance for some ambitious project, Slick Guillermo demands that said developer pony up thousands to run television ads in support of another of his pet tax grabs. No doubt he's dancing for Rezko, too. Meanwhile, after he made the Clintons look so foolish by flaunting his pathetic affair with a Telemundo reporter, you'd think they might want to distance themselves from him. But the Clintons are so cocky due to the media's indifference to their litany of crimes that they are embracing him. What are the odds that Hillary makes him her running mate?
What are the odds that
February 1, 2008 - 15:49 ET by bigtimerWhat are the odds that Hillary makes him her running mate?
Wow fitz...I never thought of that.
Fits their template perfectly...he would be right up their alley in oh so many ways doncha' know...too funny, and nothing would surprise me, they have to get that latino vote...one way or the other....Ca. is the perfect state.
The media will care
February 1, 2008 - 16:06 ET by Lame CherryThe media will care when it becomes necessary to bring down Hillary so she must withdraw from the nomination.
Right now the horse race is Obama being allowed to gain his lead to form a deadlock.
Deadlocks are brokered conventions like prophet John Edwards told the world would happen before he stepped down so his votes would help Obama.
Obama though has his own Rezko indictment coming.
If Johnny McCainski can dicker enough of his remaining soul away to the the cartel they might not have to pull Al Gore out of moth balls and polish up his running mate Bloomberg.
Michele Malkin can predict all she wants that Wacko Wes is going to be Hillary's VP, but she fails to notice Bill dealing with Muslims dictators flooding uranium to American enemies.
The cartel does not appreciate being screwed over in loosing resources. Soros kept his Romanian gold and the cartel punished President Bush for taking away Saddam's oil laundering. They will punish the Clintons for taking their nuclear fuel.
The Russians knew very well who was pulling the strings and moving the intelligence with resources behind 9 11. The Muslim wackos did it just like the Sioux murdered Custer in 1876, but it was the global mafia in their dealing in diamonds, human traffic, dope, guns etc.... who as one recalls were short selling on the stock market in the billions before the hits.
The only reason Rezko is even known is because he was sent to do all this for a controlling factor in the elections........as there are 100 Rezkos floating about dumping funny money into campaigns.
That mafia with its 700 billion in funds worldwide needs a puppet to implement it's 3 world currency, 3 sphere trading factions and 1 world government. It will all blow up into a world war as factions always fight, but Hillary Clinton screwed her bosses over big time.
If an entire nation like Romania is not going to keep it's own gold, Hillary Clinton and Bill are not about to steal Kazahkistan uranium from the cartel and be their choice to implement their plans.
They do the backstabbing not the other way around.
And Villaraigosa is only in hot water, because he is screwing up the coup against Hillary. He should have just played the nice brown skinned bought and paid for boy he is, took his check, committed adultery and kept the border busters in line he would still be the epitome of the Democratic party.
Rezko planted all that money for a purpose to keep people in line.
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