Culture of Corruption: Obama and His Team of Tax Cheats, Crooks, and Cronies (51 page)

49
University of Chicago, “Michelle Obama Resigns Position at University of Chicago Medical Center,” January 9, 2009; available online at:
http://news.uchicago.edu/news.php?asset_id=1520
[accessed March 24, 2009].

50
Lynn Sweet, “U of Chicago Medical Center exec and Obama pal Eric Whitaker at White House health forum,”
Chicago Sun-Times
, March 5, 2009; available online at:
http://blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/2009/03/u_of_chicago_medical_center_ex.html
[accessed March 24, 2009].

51
Joe Stephens, “Obama Camp Has Many Ties to Wife’s Employer,” op cit.

52
Jason Grotto, “University of Chicago ER sends kid mauled by pit bull home,”
Chicago Tribune
, February 13, 2009; available online at:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-ucmedicalfeb15,0,3035589,full.story
[accessed March 24, 2009].

53
American College of Emergency Physicians, “University of Chicago Medical Center Is Failing Emergency Patients, Nations Emergency Physicians Say; Urge Congress to Hold Hearings on the State of Emergency Care,” February 19, 2009; available online at:
http://www.acep.org/press-room.aspx?id=44294
. [accessed March 24, 2009].

54
“Sen. Grassley Requests GAO Investigation Of Not-for-Profit Hospitals,”
Medical News Today
, April 11, 2007; available online at:
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/67375.php
[accessed March 24, 2009].

55
Letter from Sen. Charles Grassley to James Madara, MD, August 29, 2008.

56
Bruce Japsen, “U. of C. medical practices drawing critical eye,”
Chicago Tribune
, September 8, 2008; available online at:
http://archives.chicagotribune.com/2008/sep/08/business/chi-mon-uofc-hospital-obamasep08
[accessed March 24, 2009].

57
Ibid.

58
Joe Stephens, “Grassley Seeks Information About Hospital With Ties to the Obamas,”
Washington Post
, September 3, 2008; available online at:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/02/AR2008090202681.html?nav=emailpage
[accessed March 24, 2009].

59
Mike Dorning, “Employer: Michelle Obama’s raise well-earned,” op cit.

60
Chuck Neubauer and Tom Hamburger, “Obama donor received a state grant,”
Los Angeles Times
, April 27, 2008; available online at:
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-killerspin27apr27,0,7333598,full.story
[accessed March 24, 2009].

61
Joe Stephens, “Contracts Went to a Longtime Donor,”
Washington Post
, August 22, 2008; available online at:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/21/AR2008082103432.html
[accessed March 24, 2009].

62
David Catron, “Cronyism We Can Believe In,”
American Spectator
, August 26, 2008; available online at:
http://spectator.org/archives/2008/08/26/cronyism-we-can-believe-in
[accessed March 25, 2009].

63
Christpher Drew and Jo Becker, “Obama Lists His Earmarks, Asking Clinton for Hers,”
New York Times
, March 14, 2008; available online at:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/14/us/politics/14campaign.html
[accessed March 25, 2009].

64
“Barack Obama interview on March 16, 2008,”
Chicago Tribune
, March 16, 2008; available online at:
http://redeye.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/chi-obamafullwebmar16-archive,3,591421.story
[accessed March 25, 2009].

65
Michael Powell and Jodi Kantor, “After Attacks, Michelle Obama Looks for a New Introduction,”
New York Times
, June 18, 2008; available online at:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/18/us/politics/18michelle.html
[accessed March 25, 2009].

66
Jay Newton-Small, “Michelle Obama’s Savvy Sacrifice,”
Time
, August 25, 2008; available online at:
http://www.time.com/time/politics /article/0,8599,1835686,00.html
[accessed March 25, 2009].

67
Anne Kornblut, “Michelle Obama’s Career Timeout,”
Washington Post
, May 11, 2007; available online at:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/10/AR2007051002573 .html?hpid=artslot
[accessed March 25, 2009].

68
Leslie Bennetts, “First Lady in Waiting,”
Vanity Fair,
December 27, 2007; available online at:
http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2007/12/michelle_obama200712?printable=true¤tPage=all
[accessed March 27, 2009].

69
Byron York, “Michelle’s struggle,”
National Review
Online, February 29, 2008; available online at:
http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=MmEyN2RkNzcwYzgyZDY2MDBiY2U5MjJlZGMwNDM2ODg
[accessed March 29, 2009].

70
Jay Newton-Small, “Michelle Obama’s Savvy Sacrifice,” op cit.

71
Philip Sherwell, “Obama called hypocrite for wife’s Wal-Mart link,”
UK Telegraph
, May 12, 2007; available online at:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/1551441/Obama-called-hypocrite-for-wifes-Wal-Mart-link.html
. [accessed March 27, 2009].

72
Tula Connell, “Wal-Mart: Poster Store for Greed,” AFL-CIO Bow Blog, May 2, 2008; available online at:
http://blog.aflcio.org/2008/05/02/wal-mart-poster-store-for-greed/
[accessed March 27, 2009].

73
Markus Kabel, “Obama throws weight behind Wal-Mart critics,” Associated Press, November 15, 2006; Reprinted on Wakeup Walmart web site at:
http://wakeupwalmart.com/news/20061115-ap.html
[accessed March 27, 2009].

74
Greg Hinz, “Off message,”
Chicago Business News
, December 11, 2006; available online at:
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/cgi-bin/article.pl?article_id=26965
[accessed March 27, 2009].

75
Political Radar, “Michelle Obama Cuts Ties with Controversial Wal-Mart Supplier,” ABC News, May 22, 2007; available online at:
http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2007/05/michelle_obama_.html
[accessed March 27, 2009].

76
“Obama sets executive pay limits,” CNN, February 4, 2009; available online at:
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/04/obama.executive.pay/
[accessed March 27, 2009].

77
Michelle Malkin, “Watch our for Barney Frank’s paws,” michelle-malkin. com, February 4, 2009; available online at:
http://michelle-malkin.com/2009/02/04/watch-out-for-barney-franks-paws/
[accessed March 27, 2009].

78
Stanley Kurtz, “Michelle, Anti-American Radicals, and U of C,”
National Review
Online’s “The Corner,” August 22, 2008; available online at:
http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=NzQxYTk4NjhkMTM0ZmI4MDQyNGQ3NjYxNWI4YWYwZDU=
[accessed March 27, 2009].

79
University of Chicago News Office, “Should a child ever be called a ‘super predator?’” November 4, 1997; available online at:
http://wwwnews.uchicago.edu/releases/97/971104.juvenile.justice.shtml
[accessed March 27, 2009].

80
Zombie, “Barack Obama’s review of William Ayers’ book,” zomblog, October 18, 2008; available online at:
http://www.zombietime.com/zomblog/?p=64
[accessed March 27, 2009].

81
Michelle Malkin, “Oh, these are the people in your neighborhood...”
michellemalkin.com
, October 19, 2008; available online at:
http://michelle-malkin.com/2008/10/19/oh-these-are-the-people-in-your-neighborhood/
[accessed March 27, 2009].

82
Andrew McCarthy, “Why Won’t Obama Talk About Columbia?”
National Review
Online, October 7, 2008; available online at:
http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=NjY4YzdhMDBkZGQ3ZmU2MTUzYjdkMzc5ZjUzYmViZWM=
[accessed March 27, 2009].

CHAPTER 3

1
Mike McIntire and Serge F. Kovaleski, “Biden is an everyman on the campaign trail, with perks at home,”
International Herald Tribune
, October 2, 2008; article previously available online at:
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/02/america/02finances.php
[accessed March 29, 2009].

2
“Transcript: The Vice-Presidential Debate,”
New York Times
, October 2, 2008; available online at:
http://elections.nytimes.com/2008/president/debates/transcripts/vice-presidential-debate.html
[accessed March 29, 2009].

3
Patricia Talorico, “Joe gives Delaware shout-outs: UPDATED,”
Delaware Online
, October 2, 2008; available online at:
http://www.delaware-online.com/blogs/secondhelpings/2008/10/joe-gives-delaware-shout-outs.html
. [accessed March 29, 2009].

4
“Radio Host Calls DE Home Depots To Check Biden ‘Spend A Lot Of Time’ Claim,”
Curtis Sliwa Radio Show
, October 3, 2008; available online at:
http://www.breitbart.tv/?p=187833
[accessed March 29, 2009].

5
Michelle Malkin, “Biden slanders a dead man, family grieves,”
michellemalkin.com
, September 4, 2008; available online at;
http://michellemalkin.com/2008/09/04/biden-slanders-a-dead-man-family-grieves/
[accessed March 29, 2009].

6
“Delaware corporation,”
Economicexpert.com
(undated); available online at:
http://www.economicexpert.com/a/Delaware:corporation.htm
[accessed March 29, 2009].

7
Ted Griffith, “MBNA gone, but what about jobs?” Delaware Online, January 1, 2006; available online at:
http://www.delawareonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060101/NEWS/601010334/1006
[accessed March 29, 2009].

8
Lowell Bergman and Patrick McGeehan, “Expired: How a Credit King Was Cut Off,”
New York Times
, March 7, 2004; available online at:
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/07/business/07mbna.html
[accessed March 29, 2009].

9
Nicholas Varchaver, “Who’s The King Of Delaware? Du Pont ruled the home state of corporate America for 200 years. Enter MBNA, usurper. A tale of blue blood vs. new blood,”
Fortune
, May 13, 2002; available online at:
http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2002/05/13/322906/index.htm
[accessed March 29, 2009].

10
Bergman and McGeehan, “Expired: How a Credit King Was Cut Off,” op cit.

11
Byron York, “The Senator from MBNA,”
National Review
Online, August 23, 2008; available online at:
http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=ZDU4OTdhMTFhN2YwZTY3MmMzNGFhYzc3ODdhOTA0ZjQ=
[accessed March 29, 2009]. Originally published in 1998 in The American Spectator.

12
McIntire and Kovaleski, “Biden is an everyman on the campaign trail, with perks at home,” op cit.

13
Cris Barrish, “Analysis: Biden’s wealth in his house,”
Wilmington News Journal
, September 6, 2008, p. A1.

14
York, “The Senator from MBNA,” op cit.

15
Barrish, “Analysis: Biden’s wealth in his house,” op cit.

16
Christopher Drew and Mike McIntire, “Obama Aides Defend Bank’s Pay to Biden Son,”
New York Times
, August 25, 2008; available online at:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/25/us/politics/25biden.html
[accessed March 29, 2009].

17
Ibid.

18
Associated Press, “Obama slaps McCain on bankruptcy laws,”
USA Today
, July 28, 2008; available online at:
http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/2008-07-08-obama-bankruptcy_N.htm
[accessed March 29, 2009].