Mother’s Wisdom
by James J. Reilley, LTC USA (RET)
As a young boy my mother often told me that you could tell the character of a man by the company he keeps. As a career U.S. Army Military Police Officer I found out that all The U.S. Federal Police Agencies employed the same dictum as my mother taught me.
For over 20 years I supervised hundreds of U. S. Army CID personnel as they conducted investigations into the background of individuals seeking federal security clearances.
In my judgment, Senator Obama could never qualify for access to any level of classified information. As president he would have access to all our most guarded secrets.
A simple background investigation would reveal:
–His alliance with the unrepentant Weatherman Terrorist, William Ayers;
–His friendship with, The Reverend Jeremiah Wright;
–Dealings with the convicted Chicago Developer Tony Rezko;
–Involvements with ACORN, the organization mired in a voter fraud investigation; and,
–The fact that Obama received more money from the Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac than any other senator– except for Chris Dodd (D) the chairman of the committee that was supposed to oversee them.
As late as September 2008 Obama referred to relaxing qualification standards for loans as, “a good idea”. In July 2008 Dodd stated at a Capitol Hill Press Conference that, “The two institutions are fundamentally, fundamentally strong”.
Franklin Rains and James A Johnson now serve as Obama campaign consultants. These Obama benefactors were former CEOs of Fannie Mae that received enormous bonuses by using tricky accounting practices.
The above has been given scant national media attention, except for outrageous spin to fit their bias. They ignored the fact that Obama sat silent in 2005 when McCain called for reforms to avert a coming sub-prime mortgage debacle. His dyer warnings were ignored. The result became the worst financial crisis since The Great Depression.
Should a man so flawed by his relationships be trusted with our most guarded secrets?