wonkette.com - 3/3/2008
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The "corruption trial" for everyone's favorite Chicago real estate developer, Tony "Slum Landlord" Rezko , began jury selection this morning. The verdict has somehow already been released, and Barack Obama is guilty of knowing him! Wait, what? No, the trial will go on forever -- Patrick Fitzgerald is the prosecutor, and that guy takes his time . But according to "Chicago lawyers," Barack ...
It's almost impossible for Glenn Greenwald to exaggerate about anything —
Radosh.net
Glenn Greenwald in Salon, March 5:
'Rezko' is the Whitewater of the Obama campaign. It's almost impossible now to find an article or news account about Obama that doesn't include some dark reference to the 'Rezko' affair, always with the suggestion or even overt claim that it's reflective of some serious vulnerability, some suggestion of wrongdoing and corruption.
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Fact-Checking Obama —
Anorak News
BOB KRUMM notes: “I’ve noticed over just the last couple days that Barack Obama is falling under media scrutiny for the first time–and he isn’t bearing well under the pressure.”
First there was his campaign’s leaked conversation with the Canadians: “Don’t worry, I’m only anti-NAFTA so that I can get the votes of the rubes.” Then his Rezko dealings got some long overdue ...
Get Barry Fifty Nicotine Patches Right Now, Or He's Gonna Lose It [Wah, Wah, Wah] —
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Never in his life has Barack Obama needed a cigarette more. What with Tony Rezko being on trial, his advisers telling Canada that his NAFTA support is a lie, and the media asking him questions about all of this stuff, Barry is getting mighty testy and could sob any minute. Is Barack the new Hillary? The evidence is leaning that way today, as he too is chiding the media for being mean to him. ...
Good Morning America Increases Obama's RBI —
Jossip
On today’s Good Morning America , Terry Moran’s one-on-one with Barack Obama (actually a Nightline piece) was teased with the tagline “Frontrunner faces tough questions.” Sure, he did have to address (at 2:15) his involvement with the shady Tony Rezko, but he also got plenty of lobs: At 1:26, “What’s the one thing in your life that you think has prepared ...