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John Fund: Obama did nothing about Chicago corruption – but now he can help change it

As I and many others have noted on more than one occasion, for as “different” (read: “honest and open”) a politician as Barack Obama has claimed to be the last two years, he rose in Chicago politics in large part on the backs of far leftists and “Chicago Way” types as Tony Rezko, Bill Ayers, Emil Jones Jr., Rev. Wright, Father Pfleger, the Daleys, and soon-to-be-former Gov. Blago. He had the opportunity for 8 years as a state Senator to try and institute real change in a city known for its history of corrupt politicos big and small, but failed to do anything meaningful about it......   [Read More]