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How close were Barack Obama and Tony Rezko?

It was almost inevitable that Obama, as a Chicago politician, would spend a lot of quality time with someone like recently jailed Rezko. But that doesn't excuse bad judgment.

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  • Friday, February 1, 2008 08:39 AM

    Illinois's dirty politics all the way down to local

    1. this tells us how the picture of Bill & Hillary reached the press, talk about dirty tricks, they came to chicago to help Obama when he needed them and then his campaign uses a photo that was taken at his event. 2. anonymous= maybe you don't think that the way things are done in local Illinois politics is wrong but that is because you have not been the one in the way when a small politician knows where his bread gets its butter and fails to do his job, lies about it, and commits perjury when caught. But gets away with it because no money changes hands. Well when it is one of your family members loss of life that is involved maybe you will think differently!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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