Saturday, June 21, 2008
Rezko and Obama
Rezko, born in Syria, was a business associate of Jabir Herbert Muhammad, the son of the founder of the Nation of Islam, Elijah Muhammad, serving as a vice president and general manager of JHM’s firm Crucial Inc. And Rezko has been bailed from jail by Ali Baghdadi, the ‘Middle East adviser’ to the Nation of Islam.
Rezko, 52, a prominent fundraiser for Gov. Rod Blagojevich and Sen. Barack Obama, was accused by prosecutors of squeezing companies wanting to do business with the state for bribes and kickbacks. Blagojevich’s reputation was severely tarnished by the testimony and lawmakers at the Statehouse in Springfield have begun talking about impeachment.
IMO: Obama’s name was barely mentioned at the trial and none of the evidence suggested he had done anything wrong. That is not to say that his campaign had not raised funds from Rezko and Auchi, nor that he had not personally profited financially. I think all these presidential elections in the US seem to have a lot of unusual people around the fringes. For all the noise and fury, sensible pro-McCain bloggers seem to merely suggest at the moment that Obama may not pull troops from Iraq immediately, anyway, but suggest Obama may be tacking towards the centre. This may be partly to consolidate Democratic support. But if I were looking for democracy, I would not be looking to the USA for it.
Rezko, born in Syria, was a business associate of Jabir Herbert Muhammad, the son of the founder of the Nation of Islam, Elijah Muhammad, serving as a vice president and general manager of JHM’s firm Crucial Inc. And Rezko has been bailed from jail by Ali Baghdadi, the ‘Middle East adviser’ to the Nation of Islam.
Rezko, 52, a prominent fundraiser for Gov. Rod Blagojevich and Sen. Barack Obama, was accused by prosecutors of squeezing companies wanting to do business with the state for bribes and kickbacks. Blagojevich’s reputation was severely tarnished by the testimony and lawmakers at the Statehouse in Springfield have begun talking about impeachment.
IMO: Obama’s name was barely mentioned at the trial and none of the evidence suggested he had done anything wrong. That is not to say that his campaign had not raised funds from Rezko and Auchi, nor that he had not personally profited financially. I think all these presidential elections in the US seem to have a lot of unusual people around the fringes. For all the noise and fury, sensible pro-McCain bloggers seem to merely suggest at the moment that Obama may not pull troops from Iraq immediately, anyway, but suggest Obama may be tacking towards the centre. This may be partly to consolidate Democratic support. But if I were looking for democracy, I would not be looking to the USA for it.
# posted by uv : 11:42 PM
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