Former Rezko partner says he gave Tony $400K for Obama

Daniel T. Frawley, a former business partner of Antoin “Tony” Rezko, claims he gave Rezko $400,000 that Rezko gave to then U.S. Senator Barack Obama. Well, as long as it wasn’t the Koch Brothers donating to some raaaaacist politician…

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  • Dumb me, I thought the Showtime series 'The Boss' was totally fiction. Guess the saying 'truth is stranger than fiction' certainly applies to these shenanigans.

  • In Illinois politics, 400K is considered chump change, which goes to show just how far down the political food chain Sen. BO was back then. 'Leadership', indeed.

    • Not too bad for the price of a soapbox and a megaphone...it's just that this particular community organizer won the lottery and became POTUS. To prevent that from happening again, we're going to have to start (fill in this blank) people!

  • SSDD

    The media is so bent over with barry, he could be the devil himself and they will sing his praises.

    The more the layers come off, the more the suit becomes emptier. Tomorrow afternoon should be interesting too.

    • ...and when the final layer is peeled, don't be surprised to find a horned-spirit with a forked tail wearing red pajamas and holding a pitchfork.

  • If the frigging media had been doing its job back in 2008, we would have known this shit back then. There was plenty that was known, though, and the bastard still got elected.