Washington, DC
Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, announced today that it has filed separate complaints with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) and the U.S. Senate Ethics Committee against Senator Barack Obama for allegedly accepting a below-market rate mortgage loan in 2005 not available to the general consumer.
According to the Judicial Watch complaints, the Illinois Senator reportedly received a home loan of $1.32 million at a rate of 5.625 percent, although the average going rate on that day according to two different surveys was between 5.93 and 6 percent. Unlike what was reportedly available for the general consumer, this special below-market "super super jumbo" loan was secured without an origination fee or discount points. (Questions about the mortgage were first raised by The Washington Post.)
"It appears that due to his position as a United States Senator, Barack Obama received improper special treatment from Northern Trust resulting in an illicit 'gift' which has a value of almost $125,000 in interest savings," Judicial Watch wrote in its U.S. Senate ethics complaint. "Judicial Watch therefore respectfully requests a full investigation into whether the special Northern Trust mortgage received by Senator Barack Obama constitutes a gift that is prohibited by Senate ethics rules." In its FEC complaint, Judicial Watch also calls for a full FEC investigation into whether the special mortgage is a disguised and illegal corporate campaign contribution to Senator Obama.
As Judicial Watch notes in both complaints, Northern Trust has supported Barack Obama's political campaigns for elected office since 1990. According to the Center for Responsive Politics, cited by The Washington Post, Northern Trust employees have donated $71,000. The Northern Trust political action committee gave $1,250 to Senator Obama's 2004 campaign for the United States Senate.
Northern Trust Vice President John O’Connell essentially admitted the company provided Obama preferential loan terms because of his position in the U.S. Senate. "A person's occupation and salary are two factors; I would expect those are two things we would take into consideration," O'Connell told The Washington Post [emphasis added]. "This was a business proposition for us."
"Americans ought to be suspicious when a United States Senator such as Barack Obama, obtains a sweetheart mortgage deal," said Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton. "We have serious concerns that Senator Obama's mortgage may have violated the law and Senate ethics rules."
Copies of Judicial Watch's complaints against Senator Obama are available at www.judicialwatch.org.
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OBAMA
So much for HOpe and Change! Just another regular politician surving himself. NOT the country. BOOK HIM DANO!
Obama's so-called mortgage preference
Here you go, I've done your research for you.
Fact Check on Washington Post's Misleading Story on Obama Mortgage
July 02, 2008
RHETORIC: "The freshman Democratic senator received a discount. He locked in an interest rate of 5.625 percent on the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage, below the average for such loans at the time in Chicago. The loan was unusually large, known in banker lingo as a 'super super jumbo.' Obama paid no origination fee or discount points, as some consumers do to reduce their interest rates. Compared with the average terms offered at the time in Chicago, Obama's rate could have saved him more than $300 per month." [Washington Post, 7/2/08]
REALITY: OBAMA DID NOT GET SPECIAL TREATMENT AND RECEIVED HIS RATE JUST LIKE ANY OTHER CUSTOMER. HIS RATE IS CONSISTENT WITH RATES FOR OTHERS WITH HIS FINANCIAL PROFILE.
REALITY: NORTHERN TRUST DOES NOT HAVE A PROGRAM TO PROVIDE DISCOUNTS TO PUBLIC OFFICIALS
Unlike Countrywide Northern Trust Did Not Have A Program To Provide Discounts To Public Officials. "Unlike Countrywide, where leaked internal e-mails documented a special discount program for friends of chief executive Angelo Mozilo, Northern Trust says it has no formal program to provide discounts to public officials." [Washington Post, 7/2/08]
REALITY: NORTHERN TRUST TAKES INTO ACCOUNT EVERY PERSON'S OCCUPATION AND SALARY
Northern Trust: Any Person's Occupation And Salary Would Be Taken Into Consideration For A Mortgage. "'A person's occupation and salary are two factors; I would expect those are two things we would take into consideration,' said Northern Trust Vice President John O'Connell. 'That would apply to anyone seeking to get a mortgage at Northern Trust.'" [Washington Post, 7/2/08]
REALITY: THE RATE OBAMA RECEIVED WAS CONSISTENT WITH INTERNAL NORTHERN TRUST RATES AT THE TIME
The Rate Obama Received Was Consistent With Internal Northern Trust Rates At The Time. "He added that the rates offered to Obama were 'consistent with internal Northern Trust rates at that time.' 'The bottom line is, this was a business proposition for us,' he said. 'Our business model is to service and pursue successful individuals, families and institutions.'" [Washington Post, 7/2/08]
REALITY: CONSISTENT WITH NORTHERN TRUST POLICIES THE LOAN RATE WAS ADJUSTED TO ACCOUNT FOR A COMPETING OFFER
The Loan Rate, Consistent With Northern Trust Policies, Was Adjusted To Account For A Competing Offer From Another Lender. "Obama spokesman Ben LaBolt said the rate was adjusted to account for a competing offer from another lender and other factors. 'The Obamas have since had as much as $3 million invested through Northern Trust,' he said in a statement…The Obama campaign called the rate 'consistent with Northern Trust policies, and it reflected the base rate set for that period discounted to address the competition for the account and other opportunities, such as personal financial services, that the relationship would bring to Northern Trust.'" [Washington Post, 7/2/08]
RHETORIC: The Obamas bought the house for $300,000 less than the asking price of $1.95 million, while Rezko's wife, Rita, bought the neighboring lot for the full asking price of $625,000. Rita Rezko later sold a portion of the undeveloped lot to the Obamas, enlarging the senator's yard. [Washington Post, 7/2/08]
REALITY: OBAMA'S MADE THE THREE OFFERS ON THE HOUSE, INCLUDING THE HIGHEST; THE PRICE OF THE HOUSE WAS NOT CONTINGENT ON THE PRICE OF THE LOT
The Sellers Did Not Discount The Price Of The House Based On The Lot, Obamas Made Several Offers For The House Including The Highest. Bloomberg reported, "Burton said a campaign adviser discussed the sale with Wondisford by phone and followed up with an e-mail to Wondisford repeating his points. Wondisford responded: 'I confirm that the three points below are accurate,' according to the e-mail, provided to Bloomberg News and authenticated through records shown by the adviser. The e-mail says that the sellers 'did not offer or give the Obamas a 'discount' on the house price on the basis of or in relation to the price offered and accepted on the lot.' It also says that 'in the course of the negotiation over the sales price,' Obama and his wife, Michelle, 'made several offers until the one accepted at $1.65 million, and that this was the best offer you received on the house.'" [Bloomberg, 2/18/08]
Brown: "I See No Proof" That Obama Did Something Improper In The Purchase Of His House. Mark Brown wrote, "On the central question: Did Obama do something improper in the purchase of the house? I see no proof he did, other than that he had no business at all getting involved with Rezko in any personal financial transaction." [Chicago Sun-Times, 3/15/08]
Zorn: There Was No "Special Discount" And The Price Of The Lot Was Not Inflated. Eric Zorn wrote, "The Obamas did not get a special discount on the house" and "The sellers rejected two lower bids from the Obamas" and "The Rezkos did not pay an inflated price for the vacant lot."
[Chicago Tribune, 6/10/08]
AP: Obama "Has A Spotless Reputation" And "Has Been Accused Of No Wrongdoing Involving Rezko Or Anything Else." The AP reported, "Obama, who has a spotless reputation after 11 years in public offices, has been accused of no wrongdoing involving Rezko or anyone else." [AP, 1/22/08]
The clanking you hear in
The clanking you hear in Barak Obama's closet is Larry Sinclair. Rattle, rattle, toil and battle. Conscionably, innocently, Larry Sinclair wanted Barak Obama to fess up, "own up" as we say in the west, to crack cocaine use back in 1999. Asking people to vote for you to be President of the United States when you are a crack cocaine user just wasn't something Larry Sinclair thought was right. He felt so strongly about the issue, that he advised the Obama Campaign that he thought Obama should tell the truth about his drug use! The nerve of the Guy!
So what does Obama do to stop Larry Sinclair from telling the truth about the crack cocaine use? Not what you would expect. Rather than addressing the issue himself, Obama uses a messenger in the form of Donald Young, a gay Choir Director from Trinity Church in Chicago, to call Larry Sinclair. Donald Young comes right out and asks Larry Sinclair why he did not mention the sexual relationship that Obama and Sinclair shared? Now, see, Larry Sinclair didn't even want that known. That was a non-issue. The crack cocaine use was the important thing to Larry Sinclair. "Just tell people you use crack cocaine more recently than you claim, Mr. Obama." That is all Larry Sinclair wanted. But that wasn't what he got.
Gosh! Those were the good 'ol days! A very short time ago, life was simple for the Sinclair family, wasn't it? Donald Young, the messenger, was still alive. You do know, he has been murdered. Harassing emails weren't a problem for Larry, back then. The person who threatened Larry Sinclair's life and his Mother's life wasn't even in the picture, much less the FBI who refused charges filed against same. Back then you would had to have laughed out loud to think Larry Sinclair, with all his faults, could be important enough for the Attorney General of Delaware to take action in a trumped up case, use taxpayer expense money to travel to Washington, D.C.. and file charges for, what was that?.... say that again!.....Unknown Charges? And then he had the case sealed? Unbelievable!
Whew! Time went by fast. What has happened since is classic textbook coverup. Obama's paid crew have issued a battery of allegations of criminal acts to discredit Larry Sinclair. The campaign has used positions in government to attempt to render him penniless and helpless to defend himself, and there are threats of physical violence against him and his supporters. There is a tome of harassing emails from the paid Obama smear crew spewing filthy language that is not fit to be in print. It is all there, folks. What Not To Do If Someone Knows Something About You - 101.
The Main Stream Media has taken a huge shopping spree, buying up everything offered in the Obama Cover-up Store! They have bought into the lies and smears, lock, stock and barrell, without looking into the facts, without asking a single question, or showing a modicum of respect to an American, Larry Sinclair, who bravely asked that the truth be told. The Main Stream Media is as guilty as Obama when it comes to the cover-up of this story! Shame on them!
Over the 4th of July, I saw a program on an Italian fireworks master and how those displays were created. I saw the Boston barge loaded with the show, ready for the celebration. It is amazing stuff. Couldn't help thinking about the explosion that is going to happen when a decent Investigative Reporter takes all the information that Larry Sinclair has made available and writes, really writes, this story.
Very much a Cut and Paste Job
How much do they pay you guys to go from site to site and try to defend him? With all that money he's "raising" I know you're getting a cut.
I will admit the lower interest rate, while shady, is negligible and probably nothing.
But the irrefutable truth is that in order to by that house he had to buy the adjoining property. The real estate agent who was selling the property said explicitly and on camera that it was a stipulation by the owners. Barry couldn't buy the house unless he also bought the land. Now with that said, it throws other propositions of yours into question.
Just because Northern Trust said it had no program in place to reward politicians, doesn't mean they are telling the truth. I'm sure Countrywide had no such plans either until they got caught. The keys words in your own defense are "leaked" and "internal" which means no one on the outside was supposed to know.
Also, the dramatic price drop by the bank is supposedly because of competition, but who was this other competition and where are their records?
And just because the AP said he had a spotless reputation doesn't mean it was the truth. After all the article you cite was written a month before the story broke. It looks like the AP got it wrong.
Obama = TYPICAL POLITICIAN. Sorry. I know it hurts.
Obama's Northern Trust
Obama's Northern Trust connections (Updated)
July 7, 2008
It has been assumed that Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) had no prior relationship with Northern Trust until it became his mortgage banker for the June 2005 purchase of his Hyde Park townhouse.
It has been suggested that it was convicted political fixer Antoin "Tony" Rezko, Obama's political patron and personal real estate fairy, who led him to Northern Trust.
Recently, it was pointed out that one of his early political backers, Lester Crown, a board member at Northern Trust, may have been involved in Obama getting his $1.32 million loan.
However, in another revelation by pseudononymous writer Richard Henry Lee, posted July 7, 2008, at American Thinker, we learn that it may have been through Obama's relationship with domestic terrorist and long-term Obama acquaintance, Weather Underground leader William Ayers that Obama first made the connection:
Barack Obama served on the board of directors of Woods Fund of Chicago from 1993 to 2001. During that time, the tax exempt foundation made some interesting grants, including one to Obama's church, Trinity United Church of Christ, headed by Rev. Jeremiah Wright at the time. Grants were also made to ACORN, a left wing voter registration group and to a partnership for constructing low income housing. The fund also used Northern Trust for financial services, which is the same company that provided Obama his 2005 mortgage.
In 2001 the board of directors included Obama, William Ayers, the former Weather Underground radical terrorist, and serving as chairman was Howard J. Stanback who headed New Kenwood LLC, a limited liability company founded by now-convicted felon Tony Rezko and Allison Davis, Obama's former boss at the law firm of Davis Miner Barnhill & Galland.
Coincidentally, Woods Fund had started using Northern Trust investment services a couple of years earlier. The 2005 Woods Fund 990-PF tax filing shows that the fund paid $105,583 in fees and also participated in a Northern Trust private equity fund. Ayers and Stanback were still on the board of directors at that time so it is possible that one of them was somehow involved in helping Obama choose Northern Trust.
The Obama-Ayers connection has been presumed to be only that between Obama and William Ayers. However, there is a direct Obama-Ayers connection between Obama and Thomas G. Ayers, father of William Ayers and the retired president and CEO of Commonwealth Edison, that predates the 2005 mortgage with Northern Trust.
According to the 2001 annual report of the Chicago Public Education Fund, Thomas Ayers and Barack Obama both served as members of the Fund's Leadership Council.
Here it should be mentioned that until May 1994, when he had passed the Company's mandatory retirement age of 75, and was therefore no longer up for re-election, Thomas G. Ayers served on the Finance Committee of the General Dynamics Corp. board of directors with Lester Crown, the largest share holder. It just so happens that Northern Trust was the trustee of the corporation's Salaried Savings Plan and the Hourly Savings Plan overseen by the Committee.
Without question, both Tom Ayers and Lester Crown had long-standing relationships with Northern Trust and both of them had established relationships with Barack Obama that predated the 2005 loan from Northern Trust. Through William Ayers, Barack Obama had familiarity with Northern Trust dating from his time with the Woods Fund.
Which of these connections—or perhaps all of them combined—gave Sen. Obama the edge to acquire a $1.32 million mortgage when his financial history did not support it is unknown. At the very least, we do now know that Tony Rezko was not his only pathway to the world of high finance.
Update: It really is all in the Ayers family: "In addition to serving as the Annenberg Challenge's first chairman, Obama served on the `Leadership Council' of the Chicago Public Schools Education Fund, the Challenge's successor organization. Obama served on this council alongside Ayers's father, Thomas, and his brother, John, in 2001 and 2002, according to the Fund's annual reports. Obama and John Ayers also served on the council in 2003 and 2004, according to the Fund's annual reports. (Thomas Ayers, who died in 2007, had been CEO of Commonwealth Edison.)"
http://therealbarackobama.wordpress.com
Party funding
I would like to see an investigation regarding Obama's contributors from Saudi Arabia, China, Iran, and other places outside of the US. His actions are no different than any other corrupt politician who is allowed to get away with it! While the US military is fighting tyranny in other parts of the world, why can't they fight the totalitarian government we have in the US?
Obama Discount
You did all that to avail. It all came from the Obama homepage! ANY type of discount, is considered 'preferal'. And it IS a fact the Rezco needed money, and Obama DID raise the price to help. Just because it was only 5% doesn't mean he didn't do it...he DID take it. Besides that, there is NO proof of 'comparibles' for your 'facts'. Good luck!
Obama's Discount
Obama has proven himself to be more of the same, politically. Maybe even worse because of his beyond-hateful associations...of the sort most human beings would not give the time of day to.
My hope is that the DNC will wake up and realize that Obama is simply unelectable. Otherwise, we will have a McCain presidency.
Check out Obama
Nobody should be surprised by this latest charge. Obama cut his political teeth on Chicago style politics. The image that has been created of him is a complete mirage. When will so called journalist have the courage to really check out Obama and report the truth?
125,000.00-is five times (+) more than.....
Since Graduating with a Bachelors Degree in 2000, I have yet to find a position pay 25,000.00 a year let alone qualify for a home..... What does a family of four do with a home that cost 500,000.00 or more.... For someone Who "Cares about the class divide, he sure as hell doesn't live his life that way....Just think of the five homeless families could have done if say rather than giving Obama a break on his loan, sponsor five homless famlies for one year.... One would think that if the Obamas were seriuos about making things better for Blacks he would have seized the moment.... Five famlies having a roof over their head food on the table and clothes on their backs..... The Obamas couldn't care about anything more than they do about their class status....
True or False
Maybe during the investigation something else will show up....
From the Ombudsman of the
From the Ombudsman of the Washington post http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/11/AR200807...
More Story Than The Loan Merited
I asked the advice of my longtime financial adviser and CPA, Stephen B. Smith of Williams-Keepers in Columbia, Mo., only because Smith is about the most Republican Republican I know when it comes to financial matters. And he's no Obama fan. After reading the article, he said: "No story. It's a very normal mortgage gotten by normal people, not even a sweetheart deal. The story quotes average rates. Averages have a range in this context. The rate charged is probably within the range of others in the sample who had no reason to get a favor. That is not a rate to shock the conscience."
It's always sad when so-called Christians choose to continue in ignorance and perpetuate lies rather than speaking out in and perpetuating truth. You are entitled to your own opinions, but not your own facts.
President Barack Obama. Get used to it.
So, preferred rates for
So,
preferred rates for reasonably well to do people who just happen to be politicians is NORMAL and OK???
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Keep drinking that Kool-Aid!!
Obama "Discount"
Judicial Watch needs to get their facts straight - it wasn't a 5% difference in his rate - it was .25% -
the standard "going" rate for jumbo loans was 5.875% at the time http://www.creditloan.com/buy-your-dream-home-with-jumbo-loans-for-peopl... (posted in 2005 - at the time - not a current historical look back) - and
that "average" is based on people with bad credit scores of 620. One can most assuredly assume that Obama had a minimum 700 credit score, making the reduction of .25% completely reasonable and standard operating procedure.
Before Judicial Watch wastes the time and money that we pay into this system, I suggest that research their information more thoroughly.
Agencies like you are pathetic.
You can assume
You can assume that he had a credit score of 700, but how do you really know?
I'm looking at your "source" and, while shady, it helps me contradict you. It even says with 20% down and 30 year fixed you could get a rate of 5.875% on a jumbo loan while the conventional (conforming) loans have a rate of 5.625. This shows that jumbo loans have a higher interest rate than conventional loans. And for good reason. They are taking a significant risk in lending to you, because the maximum amount was $359,650. Now since more trust worthy sources have pegged the average rate for jumbo loans somewhere between 5.9 and 6%, he got a reduction between .30% and .37%. And that adds up over 30 years, especially when you get into that $1 million dollar range.
Any bank who is willing to give you an additional $1 million loan above the conforming amount (in this case 359,650) at an interest below average must be high or your best friend.
Even with a good credit score, I doubt your interest rate would be that damn low. Why... because they are lending you nearly 3 times the conforming amount. Now if they had paid points or other fees to lower the rate it wouldn't be much of a story, but they didn't. It makes them suspicious.
That ain't nothing...you haven't seen anything yet...
Nobody could get a loan like that...no points...no origination fees?
Guess this says a lot about Mr. Obama's morals and character...not my President that is for sure...
Points & Orgination fees
Of course loans are made with zero points, zero orgination, IF you qualify. My last two mortgages were both zero/zero and at a very good interest rate. The statement "Nobody could get a loan like that....no points...no origination fees?", is a completely erroneous. If Countrywide is staffed with employees as uneducated as you are, they will surely be right behind IndyMac.
nothing unusual here
All loans relate to risk. Mortgage rates are lower than other types of loans because they have their legal claws into the house as security which significantly reduces their risk. If Obama lost the election, how do you think he'd make out on the speaking circuit? Meanwhile, it looks like he's got a Senate job for life if he wants it given the polls in IL. Bill Clinton made tens of millions giving speeches. Obama's speaking skills alone are worth millions - even if he loses the election. If he's got a life insurance policy, along with his home as security, his mortgage would be very low risk. When your risk is low, so is your mortgage rate. He'd be a very desired client who they'd probably bend over backwards to land because handling his mortgage and investments lends great credibility to their business.
There's nothing sinister going on here at all. I think it's an enormous waste of time.
Agree with SB Smith, finacial advisor & CPA..!
Anonymous asked the avice of: <"financial adviser and CPA, Stephen B. Smith of Williams-Keepers in Columbia, Mo., only because Smith is about the most Republican Republican I know when it comes to financial matters. And he's no Obama fan) he said: "No story. It's a very normal mortgage gotten by normal people, not even a sweetheart deal.">
I agree with him 100%...!!!! Hooray for him speaking the truth even if he doesn't like Obama... Good man and one with integrity.
Having been a Realtor (and top agent) for nearly 20 years it's 'VERY common to negotiate for interest rates and Origination fees... You can't tell me that any one of you out there didn't shop and compare rates if you purchased a home (If not, you were naive') and I rarely see a home go for the full 'market' value or the 'listed/asking price.. There is usually a downward move from the selling/asking price of 10-15% average (esp. in that price range). Again who hasn't bargained and made a lower offer for a home than the asking price? It all seems quite within reason and bounds to me. People just love to nit pick a scab to death.. and will seek out anything they can to destroy someone. *sigh* It's disgusting.
Obama's Planet Of The Apes - There Goes The Neighborhood!
If Obama's birth certificate was and is a forgery, then he can't run for President!
http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2008/07/atlas-exclusive....
Furthermore, I have three FREE volumes on my homepage filled with Obama smackdown pages.
Why would anyone want to vote for Obama?
I advise Judicial Watch to investigate the atlas shrugs thread and find out if this is a legitimate case worth pursuing!
It's gonna get worse.
This man is so corrupt he will make Bill Clinton look like a choir boy when he is in the White House and he will have the full protection of the Obama National Media Complex which will serve as the Propaganda Machine for the Great Leader's regime.
We are already seeing this now over in the Middle East as his media entourage follows him around on his overseas "on the job training tour" fawning over him as if he was already President!!
Obama/Rezko Question?
If you are a business man in real estate (Tony Rezko) and your buddy (Barack Obama) was buying a property from a seller for $300,000 less than the asking price, would you then turn around and
A. buy the less desirable lot at full price.
or
B. ask the seller for the same sort of a discount, that your buddy was getting. (Place a bid lower than the asking price).
Obama lovers, "A"?
The rest of the world knows the answer is "B" and that Obama got a deal in exchange for Rezko paying full price. I mean what kind of fool does what Rezko did when Obama got a sweetheart deal. It doesn't add up. At all.
Pretty dumb....
Anyone with decent credit and a bit of effort loan shopping can get more than .25% under averages. This is a total non-issue.
I am a mortgage broker and
I am a mortgage broker and NO ONE gets deep discounts unless they are trading something, which is what Obama did. Jumbo rates are HIGHER than conforming loan rates and the fact that there were no discount points or origination fees means that Northern Trust gave Obama a loan for nothing. Since when do banks work for free? When they will get legislation in their favor. Obama has barely voted as a Senator, what do you think he will do as President? Another piece of crap in the White House, just like McCain. The only real deal is Dr. Ron Paul, who first mentioned the recession in the presidential debates! All his predictions are coming true. Wake up!
Mortgage Loan Scandal
Is it really a scandal to get .25% lower than the listed rate? Not if you have a good credit rating. Besides, who cares? That shouldn't be the focus of this story. It should be the possibility that Tony Rezko did Obama--a US Senator-- a "favor" (in mob terms). What really went on? That's what I'd like to know. It would disappoint me to find out there was something corrupt in their dealings, but it wouldn't surprise me. I'd just throw Obama in with the rest of corrupt politicians. After all, you've gotta be at least a "little" corrupt to be in politics, right? It's almost expected.
It would be shocking IF ....... ?
It would be shocking IF someone actually uncovered a deal that Obama had engaged in which did NOT contain corruption.
Obama has indicated that his father was a humble " goat herder "
That probably explains why so many Obamabots seem to believe that Obama was born in a stable in Bethlehem.
Old Story
Barack Obama's loan has been fully investigated, and there wasn't anything to report. Why would Judicial Watch file a senate FEC complaint, when there isn't anything there? By the way, why hasn't Judicial Watch investigated John McCain's illegal/corrupt Arizona land deal with (SunCor Development) Stephen Betts? We (family/friends) are interested in how much Mr. Betts has contributed (quid pro quo) to John McCain's campaign thus far.
Judicial Watch's Preference for McCain
I just heard about McCain's illegal land deals and it seems that Judicial Watch has preference towards McCain. McCain is being investigated for his illegal fundraiser from the Rothschild family HOWEVER, you will not find this on the front page of Judicial Watch. Some of my family members told us about his 2006 Cablevision scandal, in which John McCain solicited $200K from Cablevision as a donation to the Reform Institute. He used his membership on the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation to influence Cablevision. John McCain said that he was going to step down from the Reform Institute, however he is still listed as Chair of Advisory Committee. John McCain has many years of corruption. I was recently informed about his Vietnam POW/MIA scandal. How many years did John McCain lobby to have those records classified? I also recently found out that many Vets refer to John McCain as "Songbird".
Telling it like it is
WOW, this is rather interesting to say the least. These politically biased websites do us all harm. Ok, so lets assume there is some truth these charges, and you all REALLY believe NO ONE is ABOVE the LAW and all will be treated fairly(since that is the "American" way), I am WAITING to see if Bush, Cheney, Rice, Rumsfield, Rudy, McCain, Palin, Gonzalez, Myers etc.... make it to the top of this list.
Since you guys are "judicial watch" check into consitutionality of McCain being born in Panama and running for president. (Oh, I am sure the right-wing will quickly run away from their beloved strict interpretation of the Constitution when it comes to that issue.) Palin using her office to target former family members etc...
The Bushes and corruption go hand and hand. Although I am not minimizing the aforementioned mortgage drama that along with Clinton and Monica is nothing when compared to lies or corruption that became common-place under Bush and Cheney. (As "unfair" as it may appear, try justifying the deaths of thousands of American because of CORRUPTION!!!)
barack obama
The thing that raises my blood pressure and makes it shoot from my eyes is the adoration and love affair the media has with Barack Obama.Their voice takes a certain lilt and their eyes sparkle and they talk faster than usual. But when they speak of John Mccain their body language changes. Every word is questioned and every action is demeaned. I thought the media was supposed to be unbiased. Barack Obama is the young cowboy riding across the plains. America is tied to the railroad track and the train of calamity, disaster, and hunger is fast upon her. But, don't worry America ,Obama will save us from that train driven by John Mccain.Let's just hope he lets Mccain derail it before our ties are unleashed. John Mcain maybe a little older, but he maybe a little wiser. He maybe patched up and worn, but he's got one more run in him still. I've just got a feeling this time in America we need him.
Obama Wins....
The 2008 US Election has ended. After the different strategies and presidential debates that our political candidates have applied and undergone, Barack Obama has been elected the 44th President of the United States of America. Congratulations to him, and good luck as well, because if he thought that the road to winning the Presidency was hard, wait until he gets into office. He has a laundry list of things that require his attention with the economy. The financial system has to be stabilized, but to his credit, he already has two excellent ideas, sure to win him some points. Some ideas for stimulus that he has are temporarily exempting seniors from having to withdraw from their IRA’s and 401(k) plans after age 70 ½, and temporarily exempting tax payments for those on unemployment benefits. The largest issues he has to keep track of are the bank bailout and credit repair that has begun under President Bush, stemming the tide of foreclosures and changing the outlook of oversight and regulation, to make it more “transparent.” Obama has his work cut out for him, and he will probably soon pine for the simple days of campaigning.
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