Of course there is also Tony Rezko, a convicted felon with strong ties to fellow convicted felon Rob Blagojavich. Rezko was also instrumental in the early stages of Barack Obama’s career. Some of the first ever political contributions collected by Obama came from two food companies owned by Rezko. In 2003, Rezko raised money for Obama's U.S. Senate campaign while serving on the finance committee. Rezko also threw an early fundraiser for Obama that Chicago Tribune reporter David Mendelland claimed was instrumental in providing Obama with seed money for his U.S. Senate race. Eventually Obama identified over $250,000 in contributions to various Obama campaigns that came from one, Tony Rezko.
Oops. On October 2006, Rezko was indicted on charges of wire fraud, bribery, money laundering, and attempted extortion as a result of a federal investigation. Rezko was charged with attempting to extort millions of dollars from people hoping to do business with the Illinois Teachers System Board and the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Board from 2002 to 2004. Out on bond, Rezko was jailed after he received a mysterious $3.5 million wire transfer from Lebanon. A jury found Rezko guilty of six counts of wire fraud, six counts of mail fraud, two counts of corrupt solicitation, and two counts of money laundering. A few years later in 2011, Rezko also plead guilty to wire fraud and was given a 7 1/2 year sentence to run concurrently with the 10 1/2-year sentence he was serving for his previous convictions.
How about renegade clergyman Michael Pfleger also a close associate of Obama. This man gave a vile sermon at Trinity United Church in 2008 which was Barack Obama's church. Pfleger had this to say about Hillary Clinton:
"I really believe that she just always thought this is mine. I'm Bill's wife. I'm white, and this is mine. I just gotta get up and step into the plate. Then out of nowhere came, Hey, I'm Barack Obama, and she said, Oh, damn! Where did you come from? I'm white! I'm entitled! There's a black man stealing my show! She then pretended to wipe tears from her face (a reference to Clinton's emotional speech before the New Hampshire primary). "She wasn't the only one crying. There was a whole lot of white people crying."
Then there is White House appointee Van Jones. Jones was a force in the radical organization STORM (Standing Together to Organize a Revolutionary Movement). He also openly supported Mumia Abu-Jamal, a convicted murderer sentenced to death for killing a police officer. Jones’ crowning achievement was when he signed a 2004 petition posted on 911Truth.org that suggested the Bush Administration "May indeed have deliberately allowed 9/11 to happen."
Consider Obama's “Science” Czar John Holdren. In 1971, Holdren actually co-authored a paper in Global Ecology predicting some form of ecocatastrophe before the end of the century. Still waiting.
In a 2008 New York Times op-ed, Holdren called all climate change skeptics including Nobel Prize laureates like Ivar Giaever “Dangerous members of a denier fringe.” Holdren also co-authored a book in 1977 titled Ecoscience: Population, Resources, and Environment. The book includes the following statement:
"Population-control laws, even including laws requiring compulsory abortion, could be sustained under the existing Constitution."
There are many more instances of despicable radicals who not only have access to President Obama they seem to have his respect. But for now these nine, Jeremiah Wright, Hilary Rosen, Bill Ayers, Bernadine Dohrn, Tony Rezko, Michael Pfleger, Van Jones, and John Holdren will have to do. It would seem if you haven’t gotten the picture after considering the records of these people you probably won’t ever get it if we name more.
