Obama Vows to Return All Rezko Funds
By Matthew Mosk
Sen. Barack Obama today vowed to return all of the contributions raised with help from his embattled early supporter, Chicago developer Tony Rezko.
The commitment, made during an appearance on ABC's "This Week with George Stephanopoulos," puts new pressure on the Illinois senator to determine exactly how much Rezko has raised for his various political campaigns. Recent published reports suggest that while Obama has returned some of the money, he has continued to hang on to a considerable amount
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/01/27/obama_vows_to_retu...
"Antoin "Tony" Rezko (born 1955 in Aleppo, Syria) is an American political fundraiser, restaurateur, and real estate developer in Chicago, Illinois convicted on several counts of fraud and bribery in 2008"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Rezko
http://jarandhel.newsvine.com/_news/2008/03/03/1341364-report-activist-c...
"A Jerusalem-based investigative journalist and author says that in the 1990s Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama was a speaker at several fundraising events for Palestinian causes, where he spoke out against the state of Israel.
Aaron Klein is the Jerusalem bureau chief for WorldNetDaily. He says a Chicago-based Palestinian-American activist named Ali Abunimah recently told an independent, syndicated radio and television political program, Democracy Now!, that he knew Barack Obama (D-Illinois) for many years, and that as a state senator Obama attended Palestinian events in the Chicago area.
"He says Barak Obama has made statements very supportive of American pressure on Israel and ... told him that when things calm down [he] can be more up-front about [his] positions on Israel," says Klein. "This is very alarming." "
Where does this "article" say he "illegally sent money to Palistine"?
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21072908
"And help them he did. Members of the group, the Alliance of Business Leaders and Entrepreneurs, say Mr. Obama checked into their problems and helped start a drive that enabled minority investment executives to win millions of dollars in business from the state’s giant pension funds.,,,
All told, employees at more than 30 of the 42 companies listed on the group’s Web site and their relatives donated more than $300,000 to help Mr. Obama win his seat in the United States Senate in 2004 and set fund-raising records early in the 2008 presidential race."
"Sen. Barack Obama, who has refused donations from federal lobbyists and paints his Democratic presidential rival as a Washington insider for accepting their contributions, took hundreds of thousands of dollars from partners at dozens of firms that lobbied Congress in 2007.
The partners — who often share in a law firm's overall profits — gave at least $214,000 to the Obama campaign from October through December, according to a review of Federal Election Commission records and lobbying-disclosure reports with the Senate. "
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/feb/22/obama-takes-funds-from-l...
"According to Federal Election Commission filings, Barack Obama has received illegal donations from Palestinians living in Gaza, a hotbed of Hamas terrorists.
Obama received more than $24,000 in campaign contributions over a period of two months last fall from three Palestinian brothers from the "Edwan" family in Rafah, Gaza, which is a Hamas stronghold along the border with Egypt."
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=a58_1218143129
Libs' article is from JANUARY. It says:
The L.A. Times estimated Rezko affiliates provided Obama more than $200,000 in donations since 1995
But this article from LAST MONTH says:
Obama gave $250,000 from Rezko-related contributions to charity.
It would appear they DID return the funds.
sounds a lot like Tom Noe. But it is Ok because it is Obama. Let me go read that article on Republican hypocrites again. I need a good chuckle.