The Media and Blogs are reporting that Obama friend was convicted on 16 of the 24 charges leveled against him.
The obvious question is, how hard will the Right Wing noise machine try and tie Obama to this guy to try and discredit him from getting Presidency.
The RNC wasted no time at all:
RNC chairman Mike Duncan issued this statement:
On the day Barack Obama hoped to unite his party after wheezing over the finish line and claiming the Democrat nomination, a jury in his hometown of Chicago convicted his longtime friend and fundraiser Tony Rezko of multiple felonies. This is further proof that Obama’s high-flying rhetoric is just that and in no way represents the kind of change our nation demands. Today’s verdict and Obama’s friendship with Rezko raise serious questions about whether he has the judgment to serve as president.
No more than John McCain with his lobbyist ties, especially the one he had an affair with.