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Obama Helped Supporters Get Millions in Illinois State Business
Maxim  05-17-2008, 8:18 AM | Post #2518824 |  4 Replies
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I sure hope that this isn't viewed as racist.  I'm just happy that Obama can help "us all".

In a speech to the Urban League last July, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., boasted of his efforts in 2001 to help a handful of African American-owned investment firms in Chicago get a larger share of business with Illinois state pension funds. "And in six months, they got about a half-billion dollars' worth of business simply on their excellence," Obama said.   http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/Story?id=4861699&page=1

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Re: Obama Helped Supporters Get Millions in Illinois State Business Mark49 05-17-2008, 9:33 AM | Post #2518847
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"What he did not say in his speech was that the owner of one of the investment firms, John Rogers of Ariel Capital, is a principal campaign fundraiser. Nor did he reveal that employees of the firms he helped have since contributed to or helped to raise more than $765,000 for his campaigns, according to campaign documents. Nor did he mention that two of the firms have allowed him to use their private jets. Nor did he mention that two of the firms have since been dismissed by the state pension fund for 'underperformance'."

$Change we can believe in.

Mark 

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Re: Obama Helped Supporters Get Millions in Illinois State Business Bulllwinkle 05-17-2008, 9:59 AM | Post #2518857
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Thanks, another informative post.  I see you are already getting negative "votes" from the O'Bama fanatics.  Thats what worries me about November - if all the young new registered voters and the older voters that have been duped don't see the light, he could be president (and Michelle vice president).  I was going to sit this election out, but i HAVE to vote for McCain to try to prevent this.         Bullwinkle
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Re: Obama Helped Supporters Get Millions in Illinois State Business Maxim 05-17-2008, 11:31 AM | Post #2518886
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There are some extreme leftist that don't want the truth to leak through on this guy.  I think that every post that I make is probably reported as inflammatory.  When national syndication articles are reported as inflammatory, and it is agreed upon, then the cons on this forum would do much better to move along.

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Re: Obama Helped Supporters Get Millions in Illinois State Business EagleTed 05-17-2008, 2:09 PM | Post #2518935
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I think the last guy has it right, saying that it's an old political story, told a million times, and "I don't think Obama's any different."

All he seems to have is empty slogans. 

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