Flashback : Barack Obama Supports The Chicago Democrat Machine

When honest historians write the history books on Barack Obama they'll note that Obama was nothing more than the creation of the Chicago Democrat machine. Check out this interview with between Jeff Berkowitz and Barack Obama in 2002 where Obama "warmly" supported Rod Blagojevich. Even the Chicago Tribune noticed Barack Obama was a Chicago Machine kind of guy:

There was little controversy earlier this year when Sen. Barack Obama endorsed Mayor Richard Daley over two black opponents for a sixth term, lending his star power to an inevitable rout.

But Obama's record of local endorsements -- one measure of how he has used his nascent political clout -- has drawn criticism from those who say it reflects his deference to Chicago's established political order and runs counter to his public calls for clean government.


In the 2006 Democratic primary, for example, Obama endorsed first-time candidate Alexi Giannoulias for state treasurer despite reports about loans Giannoulias' family-owned Broadway Bank made to crime figures. Records show Giannoulias and his family had given more than $10,000 to Obama's campaign, which banked at Broadway.

Obama endorsed former Ald. Dorothy Tillman (3rd), calling her "a very early supporter of my campaign." Tillman was then under fire for her stewardship of the scandal-plagued Harold Washington Cultural Center, where contracts benefited members of her family.

Barack Obama-Chicago Machine hack.