In Obama Revealed special, CNN's Malveaux baselessly suggested Obamas got special deal on house

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In Obama Revealed special, CNN's Malveaux baselessly suggested Obamas got special deal on house


Summary: In a CNN special titled Obama Revealed, Suzanne Malveaux baselessly claimed that convicted Chicago businessman Antoin "Tony" Rezko "enable{d} Obama to buy his house at $300,000 below the asking price." According to Bloomberg News, "{t}he couple who sold Barack Obama his Chicago home said the Illinois senator's $1.65 million bid 'was the best offer' and they didn't cut their asking price because a campaign donor bought their adjacent land, according to e-mails between Obama's presidential campaign and the seller."

In an August 20 CNN special titled Obama Revealed, host Suzanne Malveaux baselessly claimed that Sen. Barack Obama had a "high number of present votes" in the Illinois state Senate and falsely claimed that convicted Chicago businessman Antoin "Tony" Rezko "enable{d} Obama to buy his house at $300,000 below the asking price." Malveaux offered no support for her claim that Obama's number of present votes was "high." As PolitiFact.com has noted, Christopher Mooney, a political scientist at the University of Illinois-Springfield, has said: "Everyone I've spoken to who's familiar with this, including lobbyists and people who are engaged in opposition research, say the number of times he voted present on a proportional basis was probably a little less than average." And contrary to Malveaux's claim that Rezko "enable Obama to buy his house at $300,000 below the asking price," according to Bloomberg News, "{t}he couple who sold Barack Obama his Chicago home said the Illinois senator's $1.65 million bid 'was the best offer' and they didn't cut their asking price because a campaign donor bought their adjacent land, according to e-mails between Obama's presidential campaign and the seller."

Malveaux also stated that Obama's house purchase, in conjunction with Rezko's wife's purchase of the adjoining property, "had the appearance of influence-buying." However, in a March 16 editorial, the Chicago Tribune wrote that Obama had "offered a lengthy and, to us, plausible explanation for the presence of now-indicted businessman Tony Rezko in his personal and political lives." From the March 16 editorial:

U.S. Sen. Barack Obama waited 16 months to attempt the exorcism. But when he finally sat down with the Tribune editorial board Friday, Obama offered a lengthy and, to us, plausible explanation for the presence of now-indicted businessman Tony Rezko in his personal and political lives.

The most remarkable facet of Obama's 92-minute discussion was that, at the outset, he pledged to answer every question the three dozen Tribune journalists crammed into the room would put to him. And he did.

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[Parche]

1. Good Ole Sue ZON Malvo

:puke: :puke: :puke: :hi: :hug:

[theoldman]

2. All politicians get a special deal on their house.

Try to find one who paid market price unless it was before he or she took office.

[hellbound-liberal]

3. I still don't understand how CNN manages to maintain ANY credibility with the thinking public

Oh,that's right they don't. Some poster on Daily Kos actually said that, based on the CNN special on McCain, she had been convinced to support him.:eyes:

[babylonsister]

5. Really. I thought the show on McCain was pretty brutal. There are

a few clips in the youtube forum if you care to check them out. I don't know how anyone could be 'convinced' after seeing some of that.

[Mz Pip]

4. Wonder what special deals McCain

may have gotten on one of his many homes?

Someone needs to do a bit of digging as I would not be surprised by anything Cindy and John do.

[otohara]

6. CBS Radio News Also

in a real snarky tone, the guy said something like - should Obama criticize McCain about his homes, considering Obama got a million dollar home he purchased with indicted friend Rezko?

[theoldman]

8. There is a big difference between getting a good deal on your

house and not knowing how many houses you own. One is smart, the other is dumb.

[depakid]

7. And its going to get much worse from here on out

The Obama campaign- and every single person here will rue the day that this turned into a referendum on Obama.

McCain et al practically handed this to Obama on a silvr platter in June and July- yet rather than attack, they turned the other cheek. Again.

[WinkyDink]

9. She must listen to Sean Hannity for her "news". He has been saying all this.

[darius15]

10. Suzanne Malveaux is HOT

she can't be wrong.

[Gabi Hayes]

11. this needs to be explainable in sound bitey fashion, because it's THE

talking point they're using to try to deflect from the McCain house story, pushing the idea that Rezko practically bought Obama's house for him

it's the best they can do, and, as Malveaux has done, EVERY pug liar I've seen tonight is pushing that point, and NOT ONE Dem has called them on it, much less any of the 'journalists' hosting the discussions, from John King, TWeety, Larry King, or Dan Abrams

I didn't catch Olbermann, but I hope he deals with this, and in a way that can put to rest the pug claims in a succinct manner, because sound bites are EVERYTHING in today's Idiocracy.

that's why the McCainhouse fiasco is the most beautiful thing I've seen in the entire campaign....it's EXACTLY what the pugs do to dems....what's 'beaten' all dems (except Clinton) since 1980

nothing is sweeter than seeing them being hoist on their own petard

NOTHING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!