Hot Air has the story of the story here.
Here’s the summary and link to the Sun-Times article:
The Illinois Attorney General has opened an investigation into the money granted in a Barack Obama earmark in 2001 to the spouse of a campaign aide, thanks to the investigative work of the Chicago Sun-Times.
A $100,000 state grant for a botanic garden in Englewood that then-state Sen. Barack Obama awarded in 2001 to a group headed by a onetime campaign volunteer is now under investigation by the Illinois attorney general amid new questions, prompted by Chicago Sun-Times reports, about whether the money might have been misspent.
How much would you pay for a gazebo? $100,000? Ask Barry.
Obama vowed to “work tirelessly” to raise $1.1 million to help Smith’s organization turn the City of Chicago-owned lot into an oasis of trees and paths. But Obama lost the congressional race, no more money was raised, and today the garden site is a mess of weeds, chunks of concrete and garbage. The only noticeable improvement is a gazebo.
That must be one heck of a gazebo.
And let’s not forget about Tony Rezko donations:
Sen. Barack Obama — $54,416 Rezko has been friends with Obama for 17 years. As a lawyer at a small Chicago law firm, Obama worked on low-income housing deals involving Rezko’s company. Rezko has been Obama’s political patron since he ran for the Illinois Senate a dozen years ago. Obama has apologized for buying a piece of property from Rezko’s wife last year to expand his yard.
Rezko was a slum lord! Why is Obama connected to all these shady, hate-mongering, radical, communist, radical, militant, socialist monsters? Why can’t people see this and read between the lines???????
I cannot believe someone of this poor character may end up being the President of the United States.
This is a disgrace.