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Obama allows mob-loan dude to speak at his convention

Look who gets a speaking slot at the DNC convention!  From Ed Morrissey:

I wrote about this strange and murky story last September at Captain’s Quarters.  [Illinois state treasurer Alexi] Giannoulias approved millions of dollars in loans from his family’s bank to Michael “Jaws” Giordano after the latter got convicted on federal charges relating to bookmaking and prostitution in 2004.  The loans paid for a casino fleet in Florida in 2005, an odd risk to take for someone who had a record as a pimp and a bookie.

Giannoulias got such a bad reputation that even senior Illinois Democrats refused to endorse him when he won the nomination for his position.  However, Obama — the supposed “reform” politician — not just endorsed him but helped him to victory.  Obviously, Giannoulias wants to return the favor.

Yet another example in a long line of examples of “superior judgment”!

Predictable exit quip: “This is not the mob-connected loan officer I thought I knew.”

August 27, 2008 - Posted by crushliberalism | Obama, corruption | | 2 Comments

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  1. Yet another example in a long line of examples of “superior judgment”!

    Exactly! Too bad the press is too busy enjoying that tingle up their leg to report any of this.

    Comment by Kanaka Girl | August 27, 2008

  2. Just how long is BHO’s line of shady contacts? I guess it’s not being reported because it’s just Chicago politics-as-usual?

    Comment by tnjack | August 27, 2008


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