Thursday, June 05, 2008

Dick Morris Says Chicago is "One of the Most Corrupt Places on Earth"

Media Matters has this give and take between Neil Cavuto and Dick Morris about Barack Obama:
MORRIS: Well, the basic vulnerability he has with Rezko is that that he bought this house and Rezko bought the adjacent property. And then he went to Rezko and he said, "Hey, I'd like to buy some of your property." And Rezko said, "Fine, I'll sell it to you." And he sold it to him for something -- for an amount that was substantially below its apparent market value. And the issue is, was that illegal? And --

CAVUTO: Or was he buying influence?

MORRIS: Yeah. And -- but there's a deeper issue here. Obama comes from the Chicago Democratic political machine. That is one of the most corrupt places on earth. And I think that what's going to happen now is a whole series of discussions about business dealings that relate to that machine and relate to Obama. Now, I don't have any advance information about that, and he may be honest as the day is long. But it's -- it'll be a surprise coming out of Chicago.

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