2007-07-07 14:48:16 · 14 answers · asked by Barbara E 4 in Politics & Government ➔ Elections
I think your friend is referring to the Rezco corruption deal. Obama had nothing to do with it, and when he found out Rezko was shady, he gave all campain donations from Rezko's companies to charity. There is really nothing wrong with Obama, and some people will stop at nothing to try to discredit him.
2007-07-07 15:07:01 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 3⤋
If you don't have any proof then questions like these should be pulled! This isn't a rumor mill!
Oh, and how is your buddy the Nixon helper. Fred? He was so stupid Nixon had his lawyer go over the questions with him. He also told Nixon that the prosecutor had the tapes, and he was on the committee investigating Nixon! It's all on tape so Freddy can't deny it!
I think you should be the last one to talk about criminals!
And by the way, Bush has a Possession of Cocaine conviction in Texas, Our first criminal president!
2007-07-07 14:56:29 · answer #2 · answered by cantcu 7 · 1⤊ 4⤋
I've seen a picture of Obama & Bush in the same room
2007-07-07 16:07:12 · answer #3 · answered by Peace Warrior 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Answer to your question from the Associated Press:
The Unknown: Is Obama Ready?
By RON FOURNIER (Associated Press Writer)
From Associated Press
June 16, 2007 11:28 AM EDT
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Ask those who served with him in the Illinois Senate whether Barack Obama is ready to be president, and they will tell you he is a dogged consensus-builder known for his empathy, intellect and unbounded ambition.
They will call him cautious and calculating, a disciple of shady patrons, a liberal lawmaker and conservative poker player.
But they will not quite say he is ready for the presidency.
"Well, it's a big leap from here to there," said Democratic state Sen. Donne Trotter, standing just outside the Senate chamber where Obama served for eight years. "I couldn't say he wouldn't be up to the task."
Trotter laughs at the memory of Obama elbowing his way ever upward. "Very ambitious and confident, that young man," he said. "You could never say he had a self-esteem problem."
Obama never lacked friends, either.
His wide circle of relationships in Springfield reflected a lifelong habit of straddling different worlds. He is the son of a man from Kenya and a woman from Kansas. His childhood was spent in Hawaii and Indonesia, his young adulthood as a Harvard-trained lawyer and street-wise community organizer in Chicago.
Closest to him in Springfield were a trio of white lawmakers from rural and suburban districts whose background and personalities could not have been more different from his. They will tell you Obama had a Clinton-like ability to see things through others' eyes, a natural empathy that helped him reach across party lines and forge hard compromises on the death penalty, racial profiling and ethics legislation.
But there is a fine line between pragmatism and pandering, and Obama walked its jagged edge.
"Sometimes, in order to maintain your position with your constituency you have to vote in a different way than your own mind will tell you," said retired state Sen. Denny Jacobs, one of the close pals. Jacobs was explaining why he believes Obama cast votes that were more liberal than he actually was. It was an unusually frank analysis of how politicians - even one such as Obama who claims he is above politics - often trim their views to appease constituents.
"You're always a little tainted," Jacobs said, "and I think he comes from a district that is a little different than he actually believed."
Obama could be as calculating as they come. He promoted himself as a defender of abortion rights, but he encouraged fellow Democrats to vote "present" on abortion bills. Friends say the strategy was designed to protect lawmakers, including Obama, with designs on higher offices.
Still, he once voted against requiring medical care for aborted fetuses who survive.
Obama proposed a constitutional amendment to mandate universal health care. It lacked detail and he settled for a task force to study the issue.
Sen. Kimberly Lightford, who entered the state Senate shortly after Obama, recalls walking into Obama's law office and asking for advice after winning her Democratic primary. "I'm, like, very naive and think I can fix the world - come here and change things overnight," she said. Obama curbed her enthusiasm.
2007-07-07 20:22:11 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think I would be asking my friend to prove it! Don't you think that if this were true it would be all over the news & we would all know about it? If there were an ounce of truth to this, don't you think that all of the candidates from both parties would be using this in their debates?
2007-07-07 14:58:29 · answer #5 · answered by geegee 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I seriously doubt any politician lacks a connection to some criminal or another.
2007-07-07 14:55:18 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
Yes, I"m sure Barak Obama knows some republicans
2007-07-07 14:55:53 · answer #7 · answered by BClovis 3 · 2⤊ 6⤋
*All* Dems are crooks as well as 80% of the Republicans!
Hey "cantcu": "Slick" Willy was just too slippery of a snake to get caught *yet*! But, God sees all(including the murder of Vince Foster and Ron Brown and those two teenage boys who stumbled upon the drug shipment under Clinton's watch as Governor of Arkansas)!
2007-07-07 15:37:14 · answer #8 · answered by trebor namyl hcaeb 6 · 2⤊ 3⤋
I do understand he has met with convicted felon George W Bush.
2007-07-07 19:55:50 · answer #9 · answered by Sageandscholar 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
He got his Coke Dealer friend out of jail.
2007-07-07 15:18:36 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋