Let's start a rumor: Tony Rezko is advising Obama on Syrian airstrikes

Rezko and Obama

Time for a bit of wicked fun--let's start a rumor that President Obama's first political sponsor, convicted Illinois fixer Antoin "Tony" Rezko, is advising Dear Leader as our military bombs Islamic State terrorists in Syria.

Rezko, a native of Aleppo, Syria, is currently inmate number 19050-424 at the Pekin Federal Correctional Institution near Peoria, Illinois. The crook advised Obama on the purchase of his South Side Chicago mansion. Rezko's wife, Rita, purchased a strip of land that was part of the mansion's property, making the home affordable for the Obamas.