Do you want to know the truth that McCain won't tell you?

MissRationalist

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STRAIGHT FROM www.factcheck.org........<br />
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McCain's ad opens by turning Obama's housing problem attack back on Obama. The narrator says Chicago real estate developer Tony Rezko, one of Obama's "biggest fundraisers" helped Obama buy his "million-dollar mansion" by purchasing property that Obama couldn't afford. The ad goes on to charge that Obama helped Rezko receive "political favors" including "$14 million from taxpayers," and it points out that Rezko is now a convicted felon.<br />
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It's untrue that Rezko got "$14 million from taxpayers" for himself, as the ad seems to be saying. The "help" to which it refers is a one-page letter Obama signed in October 1998 urging the city housing commissioner to support an apartment project for low-income senior citizens. A copy went to the state housing development authority. The 97-unit Cottage View Terrace, which opened in 2002, was funded with taxpayer money, and Tony Rezko was involved in developing the project.<br />
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But the deal did not put $14 million into Rezko's pocket. That figure represents the total development cost for the project. According to the Chicago Sun-Times, Rezko and his partner, Allison Davis, netted about $855,000. That's not pocket change, but it's a far cry from $14 million. And the tenants of the building benefited too. <br />
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Moreover, the ad's claim that Obama wrote the letter as a favor to Rezko is without factual support. Both men deny that Rezko asked Obama to write them, and Obama says his district office frequently sent letters supporting "worthy" community projects, so routinely that "I wasn't even aware that we wrote the letter." Rezko's attorney, Joseph Duffy, told the Sun-Times in 2007 that "Mr. Rezko never spoke with, nor sought a letter from, Senator Obama in connection with that project." And Obama told Sun-Times reporters in a March 2008 interview<br />
Obama (March 15, 2008) [He] did not solicit that from me. ... This was a project that was well-regarded in the community, has done well, and was supported on its own merits, and it was essentially a form letter of the sort that I did all [the] time.<br />
Can support for a low-income housing project be a "favor" to the developer if the developer didn't ask for it? You decide.<br />
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As for that claim about Rezko helping Obama buy his house, well, we've dealt with that one before. The gist of the story In 2005, Barack and Michelle Obama found a house that they wanted to purchase. The property had been divided into two parcels, one containing a house and the other undeveloped land. The owner had listed the properties separately. After considerable haggling, the seller accepted the Obamas' third bid of $1.65 million for the parcel containing the house. Tony Rezko's wife, Rita, purchased the adjoining lot for $625,000. <br />
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When the Obamas wanted to increase the size of their yard, they approached the Rezkos about purchasing a strip of the adjacent parcel. Obama told the Sun-Times that a 10-foot strip of the 60-foot lot appraised for $40,000. The Obamas nevertheless paid Rita $104,500 (or 1/6 of the total purchase price of her lot) for the strip. In 2007, Rita sold the remaining lot for $575,000 (or roughly a $54,500 profit on the overall property).<br />
McCain's ad, however, is worded in a way that could leave a false impression. It says Rezko "helped him buy his million-dollar mansion" by "purchasing part of the property he couldn't afford." That's true, but only because the seller wanted to sell the two parcels as a unit and the Obamas couldn't afford both. Rezko did not make a gift of any property to the Obamas. Furthermore, the fact that his wife sold her lot for more than she paid for it contradicts any suggestion that the Rezkos overpaid for their part of the deal as a way of getting the seller to lower the price to the Obamas for their part.<br />
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The McCain ad says of Rezko, "Now, he's a convicted felon." That's true; Rezko was indicted in 2006 and convicted of corruption charges on June 4, 2008. But those charges came after the 2005 Obama home purchase and had nothing to do with that or with the $14 million project mentioned in the ad. <br />
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Obama has donated campaign contributions from Rezko and his associates to charity.<br />
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JUST WANTED TO HELP SOME OF YOU OUT BEFORE YOU KEEP REPEATING MCCAINS REZKO LIE. ;)<br />
 

medo

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Wait.. Can you summarize that into like a sentence or two? Cause that's way too long to read.. thanks
 
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Guest

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McCain lied about his entire life, his wife's live, his stances and they hide their dark skinned daughter in order to obtain the racists votes.

McCain is a despicable human being and Biden is going to crush him like an ant
 

deadmanhand

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Why don't you explain the the fraudulent birth certificate of Obama.
Why don't you explain his associations with members from the 60 who murdered police officers bombed buildings ASHER. Why do Democrats support a man who has associates who wish to destroy this country. It is not hard to find the truths just research his tasinted marxist past
 

wrennightwind

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Summary - McCain isn't telling the truth about Obama and Rezco.

He didn't get 14 million in taxpayer money

The money went to a low income housing project he was involved with and he and his associatets netted just under 900 thousand.

Obama wrote the letter to recomend the housing project, not Resko.

Obama's land deal with Rezko - another distortion. He and Resko's wife worked out a deal with a property owner to by adjoining properties and then he bought a small strip of her property from her to enlarge his yard.

Good Fact check.
 

toffmjr

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Thank you for plea bargaining for the Obamas and Rezko. I guess they may not be as big a crooks as some may claim. But I wouldn't put too much weight behind the usual fish wraps ( the liberal press) that have their own agenda. It's hard to see the truth through all of the smoke and mirrors. I am picking the candidate that believes in our great country and will fight to preserve our way of life and does not blame us for all of the worlds ills. We as a nation have collectively helped the world more than all of the other countries put together. God bless America and ALL of it's people. Go McCain!!! Thank You
 

HooshierTeenGuy

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Obviously your voting for Barack Hussein Obama. Yes the ad was exaggerated, but John McCain is not responsible for the ad. Obama has similar ads that exaggerate, falsify, and misinterprete. That's the game of politics. Each party runs negative ads, but your too closed minded to see the truth. Your obviously very liberal or one of the many idiots that have jumped on the Obama popularity bandwagon. Talk about a joke. Obama's winning because people are voting for him because of his race. Why else would over 90% of blacks vote for him. (I'm not racist) I however am independent and vote for both Democrats and Republicans. I have both liberal and conservative views. For instance I support a gradual withdrawal from Iraq, I support same sex Civil Unions, I am anti-abortion, and I believe in global warming and the need to stop it. McCain like me is pretty independent and thats great! He has many years of experience unlike Obama who is a ONE TERM Senator. I really don't believe he has a right to be president with so little experience. I wish Hilliary Clinton would have won the nomination or Al Gore(If he would have attemted to run). I then would of had a tough choice on who to vote for, but now that Obama is the presumptive nominee I am voting for John McCain. He reaches across party lines and has the experience needed for our national security.
 

NoahH

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I've always wondered why folks like Obama don't sue everyone involved in these slanders for a few million bucks or a public admission that they lied..or both. I once ran for a public office myself. I let it be know that any untrue statements would result in a lawsuit. My opponent got the message. On the downside he still won the election, but that's another story for another time.
 

sidney

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Thanks for the information. I read that the accusations against Obama were a lie, but I hadn't found all the details. It is odd that McCain would make such accusations. One of McCain's estimated 7 to 11 houses must be made out of glass, since he himself was directly involved in the Keating 5 Scandal, rather than just knowing someone who was.
 
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