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It’s about time the media started to look into Barack Obama’s past and his connections to “unsavory” individuals like Tony Rezo and William Ayres.

How much will Obama’s past haunt him? - Yahoo! News

The most damaging to date has been Obama’s former pastor, Jeremiah Wright.

Obama used the controversy to make a major speech on healing racial divides, denouncing Wright’s more controversial statements but refusing to disown the influential church leader.

Obama has also escaped much damage from his long-time friendship with political fundraiser Tony Rezko, who is currently on trial for bribery and influence peddling.

While Obama is not accused of any wrongdoing and has subsequently donated all the money raised by Rezko to charity, he is under fire for entering a land deal with the real estate developer.

Other controversial figures are more loosely linked, but still potentially damaging, such as 1960’s radical Bill Ayers who has said he does not think his group, the Weather Underground which bombed government buildings, did enough to stop the Vietnam War.

And it looks like Barack Obama’s official campaign blogger, Sam Graham, may have a hankering for some good ole’ fashion communism.

Can you judge a man by the friends he keeps?

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Seems the “Candidate of Change” neglected to tell of the cash he received from Tony Rezko.

Chicago Tribune

Sen. Barack Obama’s campaign released a new set of documents Saturday in its ongoing effort to paint the Illinois Democrat as more open and transparent in his dealings than Sen. Hillary Clinton.

The documents included the finance committee for his 2004 U.S. Senate bid. That list included Antoin “Tony” Rezko, a longtime friend and fundraiser now standing trial in Chicago on federal corruption charges, as well as Rezko’s wife, Rita.

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