Obamamania

Watch for updates to the RezkoWatch HotList: Courtroom Coverage Eye on Rezko Blog, Chicago Sun-Times. Tony Rezko News Archive, Chicago Sun-Times. The Tony Rezko Case, Chicago Tribune. David Jackson's Chicago Tribune timeline The Obama-Rezko Connection. New Also see Department of Justice files: US v Rezko Trial Exhibits and Hot Topics. It's about electability (and what's hiding in Obama's closet) Ned Barnett, Hillary Clinton's Nuclear Option, American Thinker, May 9, 2008. Joan Swirsky... Read Full Story

Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) "slammed" presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain (R-Ariz.) for "purportedly suggesting in a fundraising letter the Hamas terrorist organization supports Obama," World Net Daily's Jerusalem bureau chief, Aaron Klein, reported May 8, 2008. "McCain, however, did not suggest Hamas supports Obama," Klein wrote, as he was quoting an audio interview conducted April 13, 2008, by WND and ABC Radio's John Batchelor "in which Ahmed Yousuf, Hamas' top... Read Full Story

UPDATE: Blogger Wonkette has a cache save of the May 19, 2008, TIME cover with the headline "And The Winner* Is ..." and bearing the picture of Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.). The TIME magazine's May 19, 2008, dummy cover bears only the title "And The Winner* Is..." and there is no story. When you click on the red x to open the picture, you get the following error message: We're sorry, the page you have requested has not yet been published or does not exist. If you have been directed here... Read Full Story

As with most things said by Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.), they need be digested with a pinch of salt, particularly if they pertain to something said in his not-so-distant past and spoken on the record. Let's take for example his three hateful pastors—Rev. Jeremiah Wright, pastor of Sen. Obama's church, Trinity United Church of Christ; Father Michael Pfleger, pastor of Chicago's St. Sabina Roman Catholic Church; and Rev. James Meeks, pastor of Chicago's Salem Baptist Church and an Obama... Read Full Story

Watch for updates to the RezkoWatch HotList: Headlines Kevin McDermott, Blagojevich should 'clear the air' on Rezko, Quinn says, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, May 8, 2008. Fat tax break for felon. Key Rezko witness Stuart Levine saved $351,000 on property taxes over 11 years, Chicago Sun-Times, May 8, 2008. It's about electability (and what's hiding in Obama's closet) John Ruberry, And then there is Rezko, Marathon Pundit, May 7, 2008. Bill Baar, Rezko Watch on Obama's Electability, Bill... Read Full Story