Obama's Vetter Gets Vetted

Townhall.com::Obama's Vetter Gets Vetted::By Amanda Carpenter

Ever since Barack Obama chose former Fannie Mae CEO Jim Johnson to vet potential vice presidential choices, critics have questioned Johnson?s ties to Countrywide Financial Corporation, a mortgage lender that gave Johnson millions in below-market loans.

The Obama campaign issued a vehement statement Monday calling questions about Johnson?s loans ?overblown and irrelevant.?

Obama?s GOP opposition, however, is showing no tolerance for Johnson?s role in Obama?s campaign and is eagerly tying the scandal to Obama?s disgraced landlord friend, Tony Rezko. While Obama was kicking off a two-week battleground state economy tour in Raleigh, North Carolina on Monday, the Republican National Committee was busy blasting out emails to reporters with ?Obama?s Hypocrisy on Housing? in the subject line. Dueling statements from RNC spokesman Alex Conat said ?It takes a lot of nerve for Barack Obama to stand before voters, speak to the rising costs hurting families, attack his opponent on the housing crisis, and completely ignore the fact that both he and his campaign leadership have enjoyed housing deals that no average North Carolinian would be able to access? and ?His campaign?s suggestion that controversy surrounding his senior adviser?s favorable loans is ?overblown? is out-of-touch, but it?s what we?ve come to expect from a candidate who lives in a multi-million dollar house thanks to Tony Rezko.?

(Rezko, a former Chicago-based fundraiser for Obama, was convicted on 16 of 24 counts of corruption last Friday.)
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But a few customers have gotten their loans a special way: through Countrywide Chief Executive Angelo Mozilo ... One was James Johnson, a longtime Democratic Party power and an adviser to Sen. Barack Obama's campaign, who this past week was named to a panel that is vetting running-mate possibilities for the presumed nominee.?
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