Most of this was written about a year ago; back in 2007 sometime, but a lot of this information is just now beginning to surface in the mainstream. It may not change the mind of those Obama supporters who have made him an icon; an object of worship. But it might influence many who have not yet decided what to do and it may cause others to take pause. There is much more than this, than what Larry Johnson mentions in his article. There is a long list of associations which should be a real concern for all of us. It is true that most of the evidence is still circumstantial, but when you have so much of it, it should not be ignored. Obama refuses to release information which any legitimate candidate for office (any position) should be very willing to provide. He doesn't however and I think the reasons are obvious. Obama is a Muslim; he was born a Muslim and he went to Pakistan as a Muslim. He may now be a Christian or he may not be? In either case he chose a church that had an antisemite and black nationalist as his preacher, who he called his mentor. If he became a Christian, and I think that is doubtful he would have been honest about his conversion (A Muslim is one who is born to a Muslim father). I must therefore believe he is a mole, that he is up to no good. He and his handlers who really know him, know perfectly well what they intend to do. America is going through its last days if Obama is allowed to steal this election (and it appears obvious he is doing that also with the help of ACORN). That is exactly what he will try to do. I hope voters are smarter than to allow him to do that.
As Daniel Greenfield writes:
"Obama is a cipher and a disturbing one. A man whose path has been paved to power through a campaign of dirty tricks. A man with a Muslim background and ties to the Nation of Islam and a member of a racist church..." (Daniel Greenfield - February 17, 2008)
Change? Then why was Obama sucking up to Ted Kennedy and John Kerry? Both are old school. There is nothing new about them. So where does change come in when you he is trying to sell a message which is to the right of the Republicans? He says whatever his audience wants to hear and his mantra is always the same, "hope and change" which is never really defined. My mother, if alive, would call him a "broken record." Actually there is no record at all. He has no history, except the one he invented in his two fictionalized autobiographies. They have been dissected by others. Search google for his history. See the Crypt for more proof for the real Barack Obama.
Why is there practically a media blackout about slumlord Tony Rezko? There are only a few mainstream media organizations which disclosed the facts but hundreds of sites on the net including this one where there is a further reckoning of his past and how it intersects with Rezko, the Syrian slumlord.
Obama was so thick with Rezko they could be living in the same house. But the next best thing to that was to live near each other. Rezko got Obama a big cut, hundreds of thousands of dollars in the price on his $1.6 million mansion and land next to it which Tony's wife bought and then transfered to Obama.
Rezko was just indicted and convicted for taking and demanding political favors. So what was the deal Obama promised him besides the visa waiver for the Iraqi billionaire? (Was Rezko the bagman for Auchi?) Of course it was Obama on the waiver. Rezko had a lot of friends who received money from him, but the two most influential were Illinois governor and senator. And perhaps there was a pardon in there too - among other things, when Obama becomes president?
Rezko was convicted of lying to the Feds. Former CIA agent Larry Johnson writes:
Rezko (a native Syrian)..."claimed in November 2006 he had no assets and was virtually broke, but in April 2007 he received $3.5 million from a company owned by an Iraqi billionaire who also happens to be a convicted felon. The man's name? Nadhmi Auchi."
"So what does this have to do with Obama? Well, buried in a footnote in the motion for an arrest warrant, we learn that Auchi was denied a visa to the United States because of his conviction in France on fraud charges. Auchi's buddy, Rezko sent a request to the U.S. Department of State in November 2005 for a visa waiver. And Rezko asked unidentified "Illinois government officials" to ask for clearance as well. Now who do you think that would be? How much you want to bet one of those officials was Barack Hussein Obama?"
As Johnson points out, first comes the
"...Rezko trial and we learn Obama was doing favors to get an Iraqi felon a visa to the United States. You know, he is just helping out one of his major fund raisers. Will his story line about a new day in Washington still sound plausible? Will folks still believe he's serious about not being beholden to "special interests?""
There are also Obama's ties to Excelon
"Exelon employees and others close to the company have given almost $195,000 to Obama, according to the latest records. Exelon is surpassed among corporate Obama donors by only Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, Lehman Brothers and a couple of other companies, according to the Center for Responsive Politics." (Baltimore Sun - Jay Hancock - January 25, 2008)"One of Obama's biggest fundraising "bundlers," packaging money from multiple individuals, is Frank M. Clark, chairman of Commonwealth Edison, the big Illinois utility owned by Exelon. Exelon director John W. Rogers Jr., chief of mutual fund company Ariel Capital Management, also has given thousands to Obama." (Hancock)
AND - "Last year Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan accused Exelon and another company of overpricing electricity to achieve "a massive transfer of money" from consumers." (Hancock)
Maybe Obama will get away with all of it? Someone said to me today that we're no better than all the places we complain about not having a perfected democracy. If Obama gets away with stealing this election, with the help of ACORN and the laundered money and backing of terrorists, both foreign and domestic, then she is right. But I would say for us it is a lot worse. We claim to be democratic when we're not. And we think we're smarter and we won't forget the past, when we are clearly not and we don't learn anything from history.
Hank Roth
Obama's mantra, "Yes, We Can" is inspiring and heartwarming, but in the end is an empty phrase that will founder once the Republican political attack machine spins up. I realize that most Obamatons are so wedded to his vision of hope that any effort to point out the cracks in the foundation of the new Democratic Savior are met with fury and disdain.
If you think for a minute that the Republican party-who used Willie Horton on Michael Dukakis to devastating effect, who portrayed triple amputee and veteran Max Cleland as a bosom buddy of Osama Bin Laden, and convinced many voters that decorated combat veteran John Kerry was a fraud-will give Obama a pass come the fall then you are in serious denial.
But, unlike the attacks on Dukakis, Cleland, and Kerry, the ammunition that Obama has provided to his political foes is significant and deadly. But try telling that to Obama disciples. You get name calling and character assassination (just read the reaction to this piece). At the same time, Obama is treated with a reverence and fawning that I have never seen in my life for a political figure. What in the world was Chris Matthew's talking about with his tingling leg adulation heaped on Obama:
During MSNBC's live coverage of Tuesday's primary elections, after the speech of Barack Obama aired, Chris Matthews breathlessly expressed his admiration...and extreme excitement for Barack Obama by saying "I felt this thrill going up my leg. I mean, I don't have that too often."
So, while Democrats engage in self-censorship and promote the worst kind of affirmative action pandering in promoting the myth of Obama, the Republicans are keeping mum and, like Brer Rabbit, begging not to be tossed into the briar patch and face the fearsome Obama. (Want to bet how many accusations of racism I will get for referring to Brer Rabbit?)
Obama's untested achilles heel is his relationship with three men-Tony Rezko, William Ayers, and Rashid Khalidi. These names will become shorthand for Corruption, Terrorism, and the Destruction of Israel. Oh yes, I know. I am going to extremes. Well, let me lay out the facts and explain how the Republicans will likely use these relationships to bludgeon Obama's Presidential aspirations into dust. My challenge to you Obama supporters is to explain to me and other readers of this blog how Obama will defuse these issues.
There is a growing body of material in the blogosphere on this issue looseheadprop has an excellent overview, but the mainstream media has paid little attention and most Americans know nothing of Rezko's bribery and corruption trial. Not yet. But that will change starting 25 February, when Rezko goes on trial in Chicago. The best Obama can hope for is an acquittal or mistrial. He cannot deny his longstanding friendship with Rezko. A man who has played a significant role in raising funds for his political campaigns and a man who helped Obama and his wife get the home of their dreams.
But it is highly unlikely that Rezko gets off. He just got nailed for lying to the Judge about his alleged poverty and was promptly arrested for hiding millions of dollars overseas. And he is up against Patrick Fitzgerald. Pat Fitzgerald does not go to court unprepared and does not have a record of losing, particularly in Illinois. Remember, this is the guy who nailed Scooter Libby and the former Governor of Illinois. The boy plays to win.
When Rezko is convicted and, the details of the corruption and bribery charges are fleshed out and the public learns that Senator Obama got some of that dirty cash, do you really believe the public won't care that the Democratic nominee for President is involved with a convicted felon? Hell, this is a political attack ad that writes itself.
William Ayers is an unrepentant terrorist, though he is normally described as a distinguished education professor. One does not necessarily rule out the other, but he himself acknowledges planting bombs in U.S. Federal buildings. There is now undeniable proof of a longstanding relationship between Barack Obama and William Ayers. We are not talking about two guys who just happened to bump into one another on the street. We are not talking about a secret admirer (Ayers) who quietly sent $200 to an aspiring politician.
No, we are talking about William Ayers hosting a fundraiser for Barack Obama and actively working with him to secure Barack's first electoral victory in Illinois. But wait, there is more. Barack and Ayers also served on the board of the Woods Fund. And they worked together to give money to some other folks, including a group with ties to the PLO.
What makes Ayers so toxic is his own written record equating U.S. Marines with terrorists. Look at the beating that John Kerry took for tossing his medals over the White House fence. Ayers did not toss medals, he threw bombs. Real ones. Bombs that exploded.
Do you think that Republicans will ignore Obama's ties to Ayers? The two were serving on the same board in 2002. We are talking less than six years ago and the record will come out showing some questionable grants by these two characters. William Ayers, in the age of terrorism, will be Barack Obama's Willie Horton.
So far, the press has paid little attention to Obama's ties to Rashid Khalidi, Middle East Professor at Columbia University and PLO activist. An article in The Jewish Week from last year offers up this tantalizing tidbit:
Khalidi, now the Edward Said Professor of Arab Studies at Columbia University, and head of that school's Middle East Institute, declined to comment on Abunimah's recollections. But in an interview in Tuesday's Daily News, he said he hosted the fundraiser because he and Obama were friends while the two lived in Chicago. "He never came to us and said he would do anything in terms of Palestinians," Khalidi told the paper.
Nevertheless, one Hyde Park source close to Obama, speaking only on condition of anonymity, recalled, "He often expressed general sympathy for the Palestinians -- though I don't recall him ever saying anything publicly."
Obama has made his pilgrimage to AIPAC (funny, but in his campaign against special interests and their grip on Washington he gives AIPAC a pass) and worked to position himself as a friend of Israel. But the relationship with Khalidi has not yet received the white hot media attention that tends to occur during the dog days of July and August, when the press needs a story. And guess who helped broker the appearance of Iran's Ahmadinejad last summer at Columbia University? Professor Khalidi. New York Times had his reaction to the event:
Rashid Khalidi, a professor of Arab studies and director of the Middle East Institute at Columbia, said, "The tone from the host of an event was uncivil and uncalled for.
"The president of the university had every right to state his differences," he said. "That was more than acceptable. But I believe it was embarrassing to the university, frankly, that they should decide to invite him and then treat him in this manner."
Now, which Presidential candidate is calling for talks with Iran? You do not have to be Karl Rove or Lee Atwater to figure out how to tie Obama with Ahmadinejad using Obama's friendship with Khalidi.
I don't know what else is out there on Obama. Unfortunately, the worshipful, servile attitude of many Democrats and media personalities so far has hindered a tough look at Obama's friends and associates and his judgment. But that will come. What should concern Democrats keen on taking back the White House is whether or not these issues will be fully vetted before Obama is installed as the candidate. My guess is no.
And what do Republicans think? I only have anecdotal evidence. I asked an old friend, who served in law enforcement (I'll leave the particular agency out of it) for more than thirty years, about the William Ayers era. There are a lot of Federal agents who believe that Ayers is a terrorist who got away with his crimes and still owes a debt to society. My friend wrote the following to me today:
I think many of my friends believe Obama is beatable; however they concede that Clinton can win. Therefore, the thinking goes, WE hope Obama gets the Democratic nod and THEN flood the gates with information later.
Feelings of hope and inspiration about Obama will evaporate when the commercials
tying him to a convicted felon slumlord, an unrepentant terrorist who hates
the troops, and a Professor of Middle Eastern Studies who has been a PLO official
spouting anti-Israel rhetoric.
Larry C. Johnson
This article was also published at: NoQuarterUSA.Net
Larry C. Johnson is CEO and co-founder of BERG Associates, LLC, an international business-consulting firm with expertise combating terrorism and investigating money laundering. Mr. Johnson works with US military commands in scripting terrorism exercises, briefs on terrorist trends, and conducts undercover investigations on counterfeiting, smuggling and money laundering. Mr. Johnson, who worked previously with the Central Intelligence Agency and U.S. State Department's Office of Counter Terrorism, is a recognized expert in the fields of terrorism, aviation security, crisis and risk management.
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