Oh, that party of corruption.
Wow. Were I a conspiracy buff I might wonder if Obama had to pick Biden as his VP because he worried that Biden might spill the beans on their Rezko affiliations…
But I’m not. So, on a serious note all this goes to show you is that politicians accept money from dirty characters.
But why this is a problem for Democrats, and Obama-Biden in particular — well, would be a problem if the mass media weren’t so busy protecting liberal politicians — is because they spend so much time trying to convince the public that THEY are different, that THEY are above Beltway lobbyists, that THEY are the party of change and that it’s the Republicans that are the party of corruption.
DENVER – No matter what help Barack Obama might get from Sen. Joseph Biden, his newly named vice presidential running mate won’t give Obama much cover on the Tony Rezko front.
Biden has described himself as a 30-year friend of a key figure in the Rezko trial who’s pleaded guilty to a federal extortion charge in Chicago and is awaiting sentencing.
When the Delaware senator began contemplating his own 2008 presidential run, he initially was helped by Chicago lawyer Joseph Cari Jr., who also served as Biden’s Midwest field director in his failed 1988 bid for president.
In 2005, Cari admitted to taking part in an $850,000 kickback scheme that prosecutors say was part of a larger political fund-raising operation for Gov. Blagojevich overseen by Rezko, who was convicted in June of wide-ranging corruption involving state deals.
…The Obama campaign downplayed the significance of Cari’s contributions to Biden, noting that Cari was a prolific donor to an array of other [Democrats!] politicians, from Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) to Illinois’ other Democratic senator, Dick Durbin.
Duh! That’s the point! It’s hard to claim that YOUR party is different from the “party of corruption” when some of your closest friends and supporters are Rezko and his cronies!
Oh, and in case you missed it — Biden’s son and brother both in trouble too.