Wednesday, March 07, 2007

Is Hussein's ship taking on water?

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The New York Times is reporting that Barack Hussein Obama, Democratic candidate for president, made stock purchases that smell of corruption:

    Less than two months after ascending to the United States Senate, Barack Obama bought more than $50,000 worth of stock in two speculative companies whose major investors included some of his biggest political donors.

    One of the companies was a biotech concern that was starting to develop a drug to treat avian flu. In March 2005, two weeks after buying about $5,000 of its shares, Mr. Obama took the lead in a legislative push for more federal spending to battle the disease.

    The most recent financial disclosure form for Mr. Obama, an Illinois Democrat, also shows that he bought more than $50,000 in stock in a satellite communications business whose principal backers include four friends and donors who had raised more than $150,000 for his political committees.

These shady dealings probably won't hurt his chances, because Democrats forgive any behavior from people with good public speaking skills (see: Bubba).

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