Biden Connected to Rezko

[Conan71]

http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/rezko/1124666,CST-NWS-rezko25.article

BY DAVE MCKINNEY Staff

Reporter/dmckinney@suntimes.com
DENVER -- No matter what help Barack Obama might get from Sen. Joseph Biden, his newly named vice presidential running mate won't give Obama much cover on the Tony Rezko front.

Biden has described himself as a 30-year friend of a key figure in the Rezko trial who's pleaded guilty to a federal extortion charge in Chicago and is awaiting sentencing.

When the Delaware senator began contemplating his own 2008 presidential run, he initially was helped by Chicago lawyer Joseph Cari Jr., who also served as Biden's Midwest field director in his failed 1988 bid for president.

In 2005, Cari admitted to taking part in an $850,000 kickback scheme that prosecutors say was part of a larger political fund-raising operation for Gov. Blagojevich overseen by Rezko, who was convicted in June of wide-ranging corruption involving state deals.

On the day Cari's name first surfaced in the federal probe of the state Teachers Retirement System, the former finance chairman for the Democratic National Committee and for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee was to have hosted a Biden fund-raiser in Chicago. Cari was a no-show at that July 25, 2005, event.

Tsk, tsk Joe, say it ain't so.

Where was the MSM on this?

[waterboy]

quote:Originally posted by Conan71

http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/rezko/1124666,CST-NWS-rezko25.article

BY DAVE MCKINNEY Staff

Reporter/dmckinney@suntimes.com
DENVER -- No matter what help Barack Obama might get from Sen. Joseph Biden, his newly named vice presidential running mate won't give Obama much cover on the Tony Rezko front.

Biden has described himself as a 30-year friend of a key figure in the Rezko trial who's pleaded guilty to a federal extortion charge in Chicago and is awaiting sentencing.

When the Delaware senator began contemplating his own 2008 presidential run, he initially was helped by Chicago lawyer Joseph Cari Jr., who also served as Biden's Midwest field director in his failed 1988 bid for president.

In 2005, Cari admitted to taking part in an $850,000 kickback scheme that prosecutors say was part of a larger political fund-raising operation for Gov. Blagojevich overseen by Rezko, who was convicted in June of wide-ranging corruption involving state deals.

On the day Cari's name first surfaced in the federal probe of the state Teachers Retirement System, the former finance chairman for the Democratic National Committee and for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee was to have hosted a Biden fund-raiser in Chicago. Cari was a no-show at that July 25, 2005, event.

Tsk, tsk Joe, say it ain't so.

Where was the MSM on this?

Probably not relying on a Google search to find any trash they can on Biden like you are.

But you get your headline and it distracts from the old guy and his protege.

[iplaw]

You can't be this slow WB.  Conan is just posting story after story about Biden because RM is posting pointless story after pointless story about Palin.  It's called humor.  

Check out grizzle's "Palin did something controversial/or funny" thread for starters.

[Breadburner]

I hear Rezko is singing like a birdy...heh...

[Conan71]

quote:Originally posted by waterboy

quote:Originally posted by Conan71

http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/rezko/1124666,CST-NWS-rezko25.article

BY DAVE MCKINNEY Staff

Reporter/dmckinney@suntimes.com
DENVER -- No matter what help Barack Obama might get from Sen. Joseph Biden, his newly named vice presidential running mate won't give Obama much cover on the Tony Rezko front.

Biden has described himself as a 30-year friend of a key figure in the Rezko trial who's pleaded guilty to a federal extortion charge in Chicago and is awaiting sentencing.

When the Delaware senator began contemplating his own 2008 presidential run, he initially was helped by Chicago lawyer Joseph Cari Jr., who also served as Biden's Midwest field director in his failed 1988 bid for president.

In 2005, Cari admitted to taking part in an $850,000 kickback scheme that prosecutors say was part of a larger political fund-raising operation for Gov. Blagojevich overseen by Rezko, who was convicted in June of wide-ranging corruption involving state deals.

On the day Cari's name first surfaced in the federal probe of the state Teachers Retirement System, the former finance chairman for the Democratic National Committee and for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee was to have hosted a Biden fund-raiser in Chicago. Cari was a no-show at that July 25, 2005, event.

Tsk, tsk Joe, say it ain't so.

Where was the MSM on this?

Probably not relying on a Google search to find any trash they can on Biden like you are.

But you get your headline and it distracts from the old guy and his protege.

You are half-correct.  They aren't using Google to find any trash on the Democrat candidates, just the family of the GOP VP nominee to try and keep attention off Obama's poor choice for VP.