Obama Advisor Valerie Jarrett Linked to Real Estate Scandals

[Angel Heart]

Obama Advisor Valerie Jarrett Linked to Real Estate Scandals | Judicial Watch

Obama Advisor Valerie Jarrett Linked to Real Estate Scandals
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Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, announced today that it has obtained documents linking Valerie Jarrett, an advisor to Barack Obama and the co-chairman of the President-Elect's transition team, to a series of real estate scandals, including several housing projects operated by convicted felon and Obama fundraiser/friend Antoin "Tony" Rezko.

According to the documents obtained by Judicial Watch from the Illinois Secretary of State, Valerie Jarrett served as a board member for several organizations that provided funding and support for Chicago housing projects operated by real estate developers and Obama financial backers Rezko and Allison Davis. (Davis is also Obama's former boss.) Jarrett was a member of the Board of Directors for the Woodlawn Preservation and Investment Corporation along with several Davis and Rezko associates, as well as the Fund for Community Redevelopment and Revitalization, an organization that worked with Rezko and Davis.

(According to press reports, housing projects operated by Davis and Rezko have been substandard and beset with code violations. The Chicago Sun Times reported that one Rezko-managed housing project was "riddled with problems -- including squalid living conditions...lack of heat, squatters and drug dealers.")

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[Angel Heart]

I was always taught who you choose to associate with reflects highly on who you are. Why doesn't this apply to Obama?

 

[elvis]

I was always taught who you choose to associate with reflects highly on who you are. Why doesn't this apply to Obama?

Because he's the Messiah and he knows how to complete a sentence, while the current President cannot.

 

[WillowTree]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyW9e5QdWxk&feature=related]YouTube - The Obama Stutter[/ame]




yes, his speaking ability is admired the world round yep yessirrreeebob.

 

[Murf76]

Looks like she'll end up with a senior adviser position instead of the Senator's seat. Isn't it nice when you can reward your buddies with high-paying jobs and whatnot? Isn't that a refreshing CHANGE from business-as-usual politics in Washington???

Oh wait.... no, it's NOT.

Anyhow, looks like the Obamessiah couldn't quite pull it off and still make it look good. Maybe he didn't like who he'd owe a favor to. Rumors would appear to abound:

While it is all smoke at this point, Hinz's take sounds about right.

Using backchannels and leaks, the Obama camp appeared to signal last week that the president-elect favored Jarrett as his successor. Blagojevich then spooked them somehow, either by asking Obama to formalize the request (as Hinz suggests) or trying to get something else in return. Regardless, Obama backed away. He announced he wanted Jarrett with him in the White House, then Jarrett withdrew her name from consideration.

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[Angel Heart]

Because he's the Messiah and he knows how to complete a sentence, while the current President cannot.

ROFLMAO Only when there's a teleprompter.

 

[elvis]

ROFLMAO Only when there's a teleprompter.

true. I forgot about that. he gets to use a teleprompter for at least four years, so he'll be good at least until 2012.

 

[elvis]

YouTube - The Obama Stutter




yes, his speaking ability is admired the world round yep yessirrreeebob.

he stutters when he's cornered, but not when he gives speeches uncontested.