Marathon Pundit: Obama once again donates Rezko linked funds to charity

Second verse, same as the first.
"I'm Henry The Eighth, I Am," Herman's Hermits, 1965

And the third verse, fourth, fifth...

Although political campaigns never seem to have enough money, Barack Obama's cashbox is not something the the junior senator from Illinois has to worry about right now.

In light of this morning's embarrassing revelation that a $10,000 donation to Obama's 2004 Senate campaign allegedly came from a Tony Rezko scam involving The Teachers' Retirement System of Illinois and a firm hired to handle investments for the fund, the Obama campaign announced this evening that the questionable cash, as well as other contributions that add up to $40,000, will be donated to charity.

Does this sound familiar? It should.

Shortly after Rezko's 2006 indictment, Obama's campaign donated $11,500 in funds that came directly from Rezko.

Do you need more reading material? Well here some previous Marathon Pundit posts for your review:

Ill. corruption watch: Obama donates Rezko associate's contribution to charity
Obama donates more Rezko tainted donations to charity
Obama gives up donation from man with Rezko ties
Obama ditching more Rezko linked cash, but what about Hillary and IPA?
Rezko cash three times what Obama claims

This story is more earlier this month and was barely covered in Chicago, and ignored elsewhere:

The real story of an Obama Chicago fundraising event

Then I have this post...

Obama: Answer Rezko questions now--yourself: UPDATED

But here is the big question:

President Obama, January, 2009: Who will he appoint as US Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois?

I'm sure Obama supporters think I'm picking on their guy, but the junior senator from my state has been telling his supporters that he brings "a new kind of politics" to the country. He's the one who set the bar so high.

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