Religious Resignation

[kandrathe]

One is the link to Rezko, but if anyone is arguing that he's not a scumbag, I haven't heard them. That guy is pure sleaze, and Obama having even a passing connection with him is a serious blot on his record. He's a poltician that came out of Chicago, and you don't survive that without a few sketchy connections. As I said way back in the beginning of the previous thread, I don't think Obama walks on water, and anyone who does is in for a hard fall.

Well, what does having much more than "even a passing connection" tell you then? link It appears to be a relationship that began in 1991, and remained close until Rezco got in trouble. Then suddenly he was an old acquaintance, and Obama says "This is not the Tony Rezko I used to know". So, if you believe as Obama characterizes it, that he made bonehead moves and can't figure this stuff out, what does that tell you about him? What does that tell you about his ability to become the Commander in Chief of one of the worlds super powers? What does it tell you about his ability to choose people of character to be in his inner circle, or in his Cabinet?

But linking from Obama through Rezko to Alsammarae, or any of the others, is two steps. By the same token, we could go through Rezko to George W. Bush, or the Clintons, or to any of a hundred politicians, Democrat and Republican, and to a veritable horde of lobbyists and interested parties. He's an influence peddler. These connections are his job and his life, and you can go through Rezko to practically anyone. Is there anything in particular that connects Obama to any of the nastier people in Rezko's rolodex?

We could, but I doubt any of them made direct deals with him, dined with him, spent time at his summer cabin. Rezko and Obama are close, very close.

The $2300 donated online by Alsammarae seems to be a non-issue. Obama makes that much in a good minute online, and such a contribution would go totally unnoticed, especially if broken into 6 parts. He did the honourable thing and donated the money to charity, along with most of his Rezko cash, as soon as it was brought to his attention. He's no longer the little kid from Chicago with big dreams, and no longer needs these people to ante up at the political poker table. I just hope it stays that way.

It's more than a non-issue, but I agree its merely a data point. You might also swallow the part about Obama checking up on Alsammarae in Iraqi jail as described, "just an inquiry for a constituent", but I mark it as another data point here. Here is an example of where your skepticism seems absent. I don't trust politicians, even the ones I like. But you swallow up the swill like a drunken hog.

As if the Clinton impeachment trials were in any sense necessary.

The only thing that would have been sadder, and more humiliating for the Office would have been photos or video tapes of his trysts published in Hustler.