Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Obama Priming the Pump

My LadyBlog post starts this way: In the midst of the subprime meltdown a curious story emerges yet again. (If you haven't yet read David Freddoso's book, "The Case Against Barack Obama", I suggest you do.) Barack Obama's national finance chairman is a failed subprime lender. This happened back in 2001 in Chicago, Illinois, his home state. Fortunately Penny Pritzker and family have enough wealth to have weathered that storm (paying $460 million to avoid criminal prosecution) and presumably this one, though fundraising might be a little more difficult from here on out--but what does this say about Barack Obama? Read on here.

No comments: