2008 Election Cover-Ups

Obama 'money man' tied to pastor

Indicted fundraiser Rezko also raised cash for senator's spiritual adviser, super delegate

Once again, the WorldNetDaily reports indicate Indicted Illinois businessman Antoin Rezko, a key fundraiser for Sen. Barack Obama, also raised money for a controversial pastor and super delegate linked to the Democratic presidential candidate.

• James Meeks – an Illinois state senator, pastor of one of the largest churches in the state and a declared spiritual adviser for Obama – came under fire for comments rebroadcast last week calling white American mayors "slave masters" and referring to black preachers and politicians who "protect" the "white man" as "house n-ggers."
• According to Illinois State Board of Elections records, Rezko's businesses, Rezmar Corp. and Rezko Concession, contributed $9,000 to Meeks' campaign funds in 2002. A Rezko employee contributed $5,000 to Meeks that same year, and Ali Ata, Rezko's co-defendant, contributed $2,000, the records show.
• Rezko is on trial in federal court on charges arising from a multimillion-dollar hospital contract scandal. Scores of media reports describe Rezko as an Obama friend and a key campaign fundraiser and networker for the Democratic presidential candidate.
• At first, Rezko was linked to Obama through two 2005 real estate purchases in which the senator bought a Chicago mansion at less than the asking price on the same day Rezko and his wife, Rita, purchased a lot adjacent to the property.
• Rita Rezko then sold part of the lot to Obama.
• Obama told the Chicago Sun-Times the real estate purchase was "an area where I can see sort of a lapse in judgment, where I could have said, 'No, I'm not sure that's a good idea.'"
• Later, Obama's campaign disclosed Rezko provided or raised up to $160,000 in contributions.
• Then in interviews last week with two Chicago newspapers, Obama admitted Rezko's contributions were $250,000, nearly $90,000 more than the campaign previously acknowledged.
• The presidential candidate explained the $160,000 figure only represented the total for his 2004 U.S. Senate race.
• He conceded Rezko also helped raise between $60,000 and $90,000 more for his state senate contests and his unsuccessful congressional campaign in 2000.
• On Sunday, Obama's campaign released to the Chicago Tribune documents showing Rezko was among 117 people who worked on Obama's 2004 U.S. Senate campaign.
• Rezko's funding to Meeks comes after the Illinois religious and political figure came under fire for racist remarks.
• "We don't have slave masters, we got mayors," Meeks said in an August 2006 sermon broadcast on a Chicago community television channel.

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Obama 'Money Man' Tied to Controversial Pastor
Indicted fundraiser Rezko also raised cash for senator's spiritual adviser, super delegate
Posted March 24, 2008

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Our Take

Once again, more allegations surface about Obama's closest advisors. Time and time again it seems difficult, if not impossible, to separate such people from either their financial shenanigans or their racist opinions. The American people need to know about the people behind the shining façade of Barack Obama. He doesn't represent the future; he represents the past – a past made broken and dysfunctional by the likes of Barak Obama.