Question: Does Barack Obama Have Any Friends Who AREN’T Communists?

I came across this earlier today at the Jawa Report, and figured I might as well share.  Hmmmm

The news of Barack Obama’s close relationship with Frank Marshall Davis has been around before, but it’s important. Via Accuracy in Media:

[T]hrough Frank Marshall Davis, Obama had an admitted relationship with someone who was publicly identified as a member of the Communist Party USA (CPUSA). The record shows that Obama was in Hawaii from 1971-1979, where, at some point in time, he developed a close relationship, almost like a son, with Davis, listening to his “poetry” and getting advice on his career path. But Obama, in his book, Dreams From My Father, refers to him repeatedly as just “Frank.”The reason is apparent: Davis was a known communist who belonged to a party subservient to the Soviet Union. In fact, the 1951 report of the Commission on Subversive Activities to the Legislature of the Territory of Hawaii identified him as a CPUSA member.

Aren’t we seeing a pattern here? One interaction with one old communist isn’t particularly troubling. A handful of sporadic interactions with a handful of radical left-wingers may not be particularly troubling. But a lifelong pattern of extended associations and alliances with scores of fringe, America-hating radicals is very, very troubling indeed.

Just to be clear:

It’s not just that Barack Obama’s father was a Marxist economist or that his mother Stanley came from radical far-left roots.

It’s not just that Obama’s childhood mentor Frank Marshall Davis was a famous communist poet.

It’s not just that Jeremiah Wright, Obama’s pastor, counselor and spiritual mentor of 20 years is a racist, America-hating radical.

It’s not just that Michael Phleger, Obama’s other spiritual mentor is every bit as extreme as Wright.

It’s not just that his wife Michelle has never been really that proud of America, or that she thinks this country is “mean“.

It’s not just that Obama refused to wear a flag, or that he refused to salute it during the national anthem.

It’s not just that Obama’s political and financial benefactor William Ayers is an unrepentant radical socialist terrorist.

It’s not just that Bernadine Dhorn regrets that she didn’t kill more people back in the 1960s.

It’s not just that Alice Palmer, Obama’s political mentor in Chicago, was a communist propagandist.

It’s not just that Obama was a member of the radical socialist New Party or that he ran as a candidate for public office under their far-left platform.

It’s not just that Obama was an agitator, trainer and attorney for the corrupt and radical-left ACORN.

None of these facts, by itself, tells you that much about Barack Obama. A reasonable person should, however, be able to look at this motley crew of left-wing communists and America-haters, realize that Barack Obama’s rolodex is a veritable Who’s Who of American Socialism, be very, very disturbed by that fact and ask some very probing questions about WHO Barack Obama is, WHAT he believes, and WHY this gang of radical America-haters considers Barack Obama such a good friend.

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The Secret Scrapbook of Barry Soetoro AKA Barack Obama…

Taken wholesale from Doug Ross @ Journal

The secret scrapbook of Barry Soetoro Barack Obama

My early mentor “Frank” in Hawaii. Pity the neocons found out who it really was!

Here’s my original registration at my first school in Jakarta, Indonesia. It has my old name (Barry Soetoro) with my religion listed as Islam. Go figure.

My grass roots organizing days, training ACORN (note: I don’t condone trading crack cocaine for votes - “aggressive” voter registration: yes, crack: no).

At the beginning of my political career. I was a member of the Democratic Socialists of America’s New Party and got a great endorsement from them. Stepping stones, baby, stepping stones! Of course, I still believe in wealth redistribution!

My first sugar daddy — Tony Rezko – in the early years. And to think I used to consider 250 grand a lot of dough!

The education guru, Bill Ayers! Thank goodness no one ever figured out that he named me the Chairman of the Annenberg Challenge before the political “coming out party” at his and Bernadine’s house!

Here’s me and Jimmy Hoffa (the son, silly, I was only 9 when his Dad disappeared!)

My spiritual mentor, Jeremiah, who always gets the crowd riled up! (Of course, I never heard any of it — tee hee!)

Me and Michie at the Arab-American Action Network dinner with Ed Said (hey, he’s no longer a member of the PLO, ’cause he’s dead!)

Boy, this church newsletter caused me some problems! Jeremiah published this Hamas editorial and I heard no end of grief. Of course, no one in the real world knows I read it and empathize!

My buddy the Rev. James Meeks (I know he’s a gay-basher, but he mixes a great martini!)

This is from my trip to Kenya in ‘96 where I supported my cousin Raila Odinga. He was also running for office. He’s a great guy who wants to bring order back to the country (I know so because he signed this “Memorandum of Understanding” to bring Taliban-style Sharia law to Kenya)!

Two community organizers make good!

Back in the motherland!

Here’s ex-Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick — he’s in a bit of legal trouble, but I included this photo ‘cuz it shows my favorite teleprompter.

I hate that b***h!

I LOVE THIS GUY!

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As Rezko starts to sing… Barack Obama might be days away from an indictment…

Avid PUMAs may remember the article we had about Alexi Giannoulias alleged banker to the mob, Obama fundraiser, DNC Convention speaker, and Illinois’ State Treasurer.

We got word earlier this week that Tony Rezko had started talking about Alexi as part of  his plea-bargain negotiations. Earlier today, Michael Sneed, columnist for the Chicago Sun Times had this blurb:

Sneed hears rumbles political fund-raiser/fixer Tony Rezko, who is now singing sweetly to the feds from his cell at the Metropolitan Correctional Center, has been talking about his “dealings” with a Chicago bank, which has political connections.
Stay tuned.

Hmmmm. Hillbuzz it seems also got independent confirmation on the “bank” in this blurb being Broadway Bank. Giannoulias was the bank’s vice president and chief loan officer under whose watch more than $15 million in loans was approved. Some of these loans went to Michael “Jaws” Giorango, a Chicagoan twice convicted of bookmaking and running a nationwide prostitution ring.

What the heck is the Rezko connection in here you may wonder, PUMA Pundit, aren’t you merely grasping for straws you may think? Not at all, there is a major connection.

According to an article in The Chicago Sun Times , in 2006 Rezko wrote $450,000 in bad checks drawn to this bank,  at a time Alexi Giannoulias listed himself both as President and as Chairman of the Board. Coincidentally, and I use this word lightly, in 2003:

Rezko also pushed for the appointment of Chicago banker Demetris Giannoulias, brother of Democratic state Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias, to the Illinois Finance Authority board, records show.

But wait, there’s more. What do we know about Demetris Giannoulias?  Well for starters, based on his profile at Crossroads Fund where he serves as a member of the Board of Directors: 

Demetris Giannoulias, Chief Financial Officer of Broadway Bank in Chicago, is interested and involved in community organizing and economic development in low-income communities.

Community organizing? Guess which organization has been getting grants from the Crossroads Fund? ACORN of course… Incidentally, Bill Ayers and Bernardine Dhorn are active fundraisers for the fund. Last year when the fund held its 25th anniversary, Barack Obama was one of the Honorary Hosts.

But enough about the Crossroads Fund, let’s get back to Demetris and Rezko.

Professionaly, here is what Demetris has been doing with Broadway Bank:

Since 2000, Mr. Giannoulias has been responsible for the administration and oversight of Broadway Bank… first as Chief Financial Officer, and currently as President and CEO. 

Now that I’ve served the appetizer, here’s the main meal:

In 2002, under the guise of funding a construction project, Rezko and his then-business partner, Daniel Muhra had borrowed $10.9 million from Broadway Bank an institution headed by Demetris and Alexei.  In 2003, Demetris was recommended by Rezko to Governor Rod Blagojevich for a seat on the Illinois Finance Authority Board, for reasons yet unknown, Demetris was not appointed. 

In 2003/2004 Tony Rezko was one of Obama’s biggest fundraisers during his Senate run. Among the contributors to the Obama campaign fund other than Rezko were Demetris and Alexi Giannoulias, both still  executive officers of Broadway Bank.

 Obama’s Campaign Funds were kept in … You guessed it, Broadway Bank.

In 2006, without justification, Alexi Giannoulias was endorsed by Barack Obama for Illinois State Treasurer. This is despite the fact that most other leading Illinois Democrats were puzzled as to what qualifications a then 28 year old Alexis had to run for such a position.

Between March and July of that same year,  Tony Rezko was charged with writing over $450,000 in bad checks in Las Vegas. Checks which were drawn to Broadway Bank.

(It is worthy to note that Rezko is not alleged to have gambled the money, merely to have gotten casino chips and cash in exchange for the checks. In other words; money laundering. $450,000 in unmarked, untaxed bills is one heck of a way to launder money.

Demetris was President and CEO of the bank at the time the bad checks were written. Since even grocery stores have check verification capabilities, I am sure Vegas Luxury Hotels do too, therefore there is no way someone could have written $450,000 in bad checks over the course of 5 months and not had his account shut down, or the checks refused. In other words, to say the least, someone at Broadway Bank played a role in facilitating the verification of those checks.)

In 2006, Rezko’s company which obtained the $10.9 million loan, filed for bancruptcy, the loan was obviously not paid back.

On November 7th, 2006 Alexis was elected into statewide office.

 Fast forward to 2008.

Rezko is now a convicted felon.

 Obama is in the Senate, attempting to become President, Demetris is still “running” the bank, Alexi is still the State Treasurer and Rod Blagojevich is the Governor. Tony Rezko is now a convicted felon (yes, I’m saying it twice for emphasis).

 To top it all, without justification, Obama gives Alexi Giannoulias a slot to speak at the DNC Convention. 

Rezko is due to be sentenced.

Before he is convicted however, Rezko promises not to squeal as long as Obama and Blagojevich take care of him:

“Your Honor, the prosecutors have been overzealous in pursuing a crime that never happened,” he wrote. “They are pressuring me to tell them the ‘wrong’ things that I supposedly know about Governor Blagojevich and Senator Obama. I have never been a party to any wrongdoing that involved the Governor or the Senator.”

“Despite my belief in my innocence, I understand I may well lose this case, If I do, I am prepared to serve my sentence.”

Unfortunately for him, his coded message fell on deaf ears, and Obama and Blagojevich decided not to intervene. Realizing jail is not such a fun place, Rezko has chosen to do what he threathened not to do if they took care of him; he starts to squeal.

So there you have it folks. Connect the dots. Where this will lead, I don’t know. The question one has to ask is whether George Bush will authorize the DOJ to indict the first “black” nominee of a major party, with less than30 days left to go before the election? I don’t have the answer to that question, but if the spirit of the law is followed, Obama might be in federal custody in the not too distant future. 

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McCain/Palin Ad: Obama and Ayers BFFs like Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie or Turner and Hooch or Thelma and Louise… You get my drift…

Thankfully, McCain/Palin have finally taken the gloves off on the relationship between Ayers/Dhorn and Barack Obama!

As PUMAs we know there is nothing new about either Ayers, Dhorn or Obama in this ad, what is different is that the information is finally going to make its way to the mainstream, and that is important.

Barack Obama and domestic terrorist Bill Ayers. Friends. They’ve worked together for years. But Obama tries to hide it. Why?

Obama launched his political career in Ayers’ living room. Ayers and Obama ran a radical “education” foundation, together. They wrote the foundation’s by-laws, together. Obama was the foundation’s first chairman. Reports say they, “distributed more than $100 million to ideological allies with no discernible improvement in education.”

When their relationship became an issue, Obama just responded, “This is a guy who lives in my neighborhood.” That’s it?

We know Bill Ayers ran the “violent left wing activist group” called Weather Underground. We know Ayers’ wife was on the FBI’s 10 Most Wanted list. We know they bombed the Capitol. The Pentagon. A judge’s home. We know Ayers said, “I don’t regret setting bombs. …. I feel we didn’t do enough.”

But Obama’s friendship with terrorist Ayers isn’t the issue. The issue is Barack Obama’s judgment and candor. When Obama just says, “This is a guy who lives in my neighborhood,” Americans say, “Where’s the truth, Barack?”

Barack Obama. Too risky for America.

Guess Who Else Obama Is Friends With? Why People Who Applaud The Murder of Defenseless Pregnant Women Of Course…

Oh Barack Obama, we know you are a radical per excellence, we also know that by questioning you on the company you keep, we are merely being racists and attempting to distract attention from the more important issues.

Either way, since Sarah and John have decided to speak up about the kind of people you choose to associate with, I decided to do some research of my own on one of your “mentors”. See, I remember reading long ago that she had said some pretty bizzare things, but I wanted to be sure that it was the same person.

Now who might this mentor of yours be? Why, none other than Bernardine Dohrn of course. You might remember her, she is the wife of Bill Ayers, and in 1995 you had your introduction to mainstream politics at THEIR Chicago home, the guy who appointed you to serve as the President of the Board of Directors of the Chicago Annenberg Challenge, the guy whose views and opinions about radically reforming society you share, and whose vision you implemented while leading that board.

Now, I know you’ll say this happened when you were a mere wee lad, but in 1969, a certain deranged psychopath named Charles Manson led his crazed followers on a murder rampage through California. The brutality of the murders is probably unparalleled in modern American history, among those killed was Sharon Tate who happened to be eight and a half months pregnant .

Now, normal people (at least normal by mainstream standards) roundly criticized the senseless violence and had nothing but condemnation for Charles and his group of murders. But Barack, what did your friend and mentor do? Did she criticize and condemn what had happened? Of course not, that would be asking for too much, instead while addressing a “War Council” meeting of the Weather Underground, the radical organization she led with her husband, and your mentor, Bill Ayers, this is what she had to say :

“Dig it! First they killed those pigs and then they put a fork in their bellies. Wild!”

As recently as in March, her husband Bill, while still showing no remorse for his terrorist actions against the USA tried to whitewash her statement (no pun intended) by saying she wasn’t being serious, thankfully David Horowitz who was present when the statement was made had the following insight:

Even in my most inflamed moment I never supported a racist mass murderer.” In 1980, I taped interviews with thirty members of the Weather Underground who were present at the Flint War Council, including most of its leadership. Not one of them thought Dohrn was anything but deadly serious.

Long ago, Martin Luther King said people ought not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. Barack Obama, based on the company you keep, the content of your character can only be rotten to the core.

From Tony Rezko who is a convicted Felon, to Jeremiah Wright who wants to bring about the destruction of America, to William Ayers who is an unrepentant domestic terrorist, to Bernardine Dhorn who is not only an unrepentant terrorist but is also a card-carrying member of the Charles Manson fan club.

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