The John McCain campaign unveiled its latest ad today, "Housing." It could be the first of a series. McCain hits the Cult of Change leader on the head over his ties to convicted felon, Antoin "Tony" Rezko.
Speaking of housing, an interesting topic for a sequel could be about another house, Tony Rezko's Wilmette mansion, pictured on the right. On June 27, 2003, Rezko held a lavish fundraiser there for then-state Senator Obama--who intially short of cash as he worked to move up to the US Senate.
From the Chicago Sun-Times last year:
At the time of the party, the state was in the process of foreclosing on a low-income apartment building Rezko's company rehabbed in Obama's state Senate district -- a rehab project on which Obama's law firm worked. Rezko had also abandoned many other low-income apartments, leaving numerous vacant units in need of major repairs.
Rezko was indicted in October 2006 in unrelated fraud schemes.
Between 75 and 80 people attended Rezko's cocktail party, according to (Obama spokesman Bill) Burton, but he said the campaign has no list of the guests.
More than half a dozen people who were there said between 100 and 150 guests were treated to an open bar and food served by Jewell Events Catering, run by renowned Chicago caterer George Jewell. Valets parked cars for the guests, who each were asked to donate at least $1,000.
Rezko paid for the party, despite his foreclosure problems on Chicago's South Side.
Last month Doug Ross put together a storyboard for his idea for a Obama-Rezko commercial.
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...Mac has do go with one of the few queens in the hand he was dealt (he doesn't really have any aces or kings) in response to the fact that he and Cindy have so many homes that he's lost count?
ReplyDeleteMust really hurt to have this McMansion-gate Freudian slip highlight that he's so out of touch with average Americans. Why else is he launching his kitchen sink attack in the middle of August?!
This latest round of Six Degrees of Rezko won't go very far, not when it's already so many months stale and has been thoroughly discussed and dug into by the rational media and when the Obama camp has barely talked about Keating 5 which (as Mr. Ruberry once pointed out) was a clear demonstration of McCain's "poor judgment".
Hussein O's new ad: I only have one $1.5 million dollar home and I got a $300,000 dollar break in price through my Chicago mob connections. We'll just say, Chicago Mob=Rezko, Rezko,Hussein O= Chicago mob, so many times people will ask 'why is Hussein involved with the Mafia'? And home grown terrorists?
ReplyDeleteMcCain obtained the dream of 95% of the American men. He married a beautiful rich woman who owns a beer company.
Looking at the six pack, double burger butt on Michell O will make you shutter, maybe that's what sends the thrill up Prissie Crissie's leg.
Rob...It's a guy thing...we lose our car keys, women keep track of where they are.
ReplyDeleteSeriously, Cindy handles the finances, and one of his kids lives in one home. The ranch has several dwellings on it.
The Senate Ethics committee, not me, said McCain showed "poor judement" regarding the Charlie Keating affair.