The truth has no place in politics
From Today's Boston Globe:
DENVER -- Former governor Mitt Romney, perhaps continuing his audition to be John McCain's running mate, attacked Barack Obama today for making an issue out of McCain's many homes.
Speaking to reporters at a lunch sponsored by the Christian Science Monitor, Romney said that while McCain deserved his houses because of the "hard work" of himself and his family, "Barack Obama got a special deal from a convicted felon."
"I think it was a strange thing for Barack Obama to seize upon," Romney said. "If homes is going to be the topic of discussion that Barack Obama is going to end up on the short end of that one."
But Romney's attack stretches the truth. He was referring to Tony Rezko, a political fixer in Chicago and former Obama fund-raiser who was convicted by a federal jury earlier this year on corruption charges. It's true that Obama bought a piece of land from Rezko's wife to expand the yard of his $1.3 million Chicago home while Rezko was under federal investigation; Obama has since said the deal was a "bone-headed move," given the cloud that was already surrounding his former patron.
There is no evidence, however, that the Obamas got any "special deal" engineered by Rezko. Obama was able to buy the place thanks to two best-selling books and the six-figure salaries he and his wife were both earning.
In Denver to help lead the Republicans' counterprogramming, Romney, for good measure, also dropped the name of Bill Ayers, the 1960s radical activist in Chicago with whom Obama has been associated in the past, as part of a broader assault on Obama's background and experience.
Wow.......
This was one of the most honest reported pieces I have seen in the last few weeks. reported the lies, and debunked them. All without smearing anyone!
A glimmer of hope begins to shine through!
Although working as a constitutional law professor, with a wife who is a working attorney, both successful, I guess they should not have a nice 4 bedroom home, in Chicago, with a mortgage.
McCain married a rich woman. Who's father was far more tied to organized crime than Obama is to Rezko! Even if Mcain only has eight homes, I wonder if he has a mortgage to pay?