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In reply to the discussion: Did Obama buy a $35 million house in Hawaii? [View all]elleng
(130,130 posts)33. Sure, and I am Marie of Roumania.
'You might not realize this, but this is actually not the first time someone in Chicago has helped the Obamas buy a house beyond their financial reach: convicted felon and Chicago machine political fixer Tony Rezko helped the Obamas assemble the funding for the home they currently own in Chicagos murder and robbery-prone neighborhood known as Hyde Park. Penny Pritzker is making aggressive use of the recent headlines about gunshots being fired and people killed just two blocks or so away from the Obamas Hyde Park home, with Pritzker saying, You dont want them moving back where theres gunfire, do you? DO YOU?.'
Sorry, idiot site. Rezko b.s. debunked, AND Hyde Park a GREAT combo and middle and upper Chicago neighborhood where they've got a home already, where I lived (years ago,) and where any reasonable city person would be happy to live.
Also, Pritzkers do a lot with their money, not all of which we'd all care for, but so what? And, as others have said, PrezO has done very well with his writing, and likely could continue to do so.
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REply that you will pay him $10,000 for a picture of the blister RMoney got doing real labor.
Vincardog
Sep 2012
#1
You can also say that we saw how hard Romney worked on Labor Day on his speed boat.
southernyankeebelle
Sep 2012
#8
I found this right-wing e-rag site, but obvious it's dubious and filled with blind speculation
sadbear
Sep 2012
#10
"who do you think paid for that" Um, Obama. He wrote several bestselling books,
NYC Liberal
Sep 2012
#34
The President is a wealthy man but, IMO, not THAT wealthy. Unless he's willing to...
Poll_Blind
Sep 2012
#43
"I know this is BS because I've SEEN the President's tax returns. He doesn't have that kind of $"
Egalitarian Thug
Sep 2012
#45