Will the next Obama scandal be "Garden Gate?"?

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http://www.suntimes.com/news/watchdogs/1184049,CST-NWS-watchdog25.article

A $100,000 state grant for a botanic garden in Englewood that then-state Sen. Barack Obama awarded in 2001 to a group headed by a onetime campaign volunteer is now under investigation by the Illinois attorney general amid new questions, prompted by Chicago Sun-Times reports, about whether the money might have been misspent.

The garden was never built. And now state records obtained by the Sun-Times show $65,000 of the grant money went to the wife of Kenny B. Smith, the Obama 2000 congressional campaign volunteer who heads the Chicago Better Housing Association, which was in charge of the project for the blighted South Side neighborhood.
"Change you can kindof believe in!"

"Yes we can't!"
 
Even in this article it says that they are not investigating Obama. So probably not
 
LoL....

You're getting desperate Deek....Good. Very good.

Republican desperation sustains me.
 
the 'next' obama scandal?

there have been NO obama scandals - unless you are a faux news addict...
 
You mean Obama is in a scandal and the press and his supporters dismiss it as not important. Yet, he is preparing for a debate on Foreign Policy while our economy collaspe and this debate is crucial to their decision on who they are going to vote for. I now think Obama is involved in " Debate Gate."
 
Can we stop using "Gate" at the end of every scandal? It was Water Gate because that was THE NAME OF THE HOTEL!
 
Obama spokesman Michael Ortiz said Wednesday the senator's staff in Washington will monitor the Madigan probe and an additional review under way by Gov. Blagojevich's administration to make sure "the taxpayer funds allocated for the construction of the garden are recuperated from CBHA if the agencies determine that the funds were not properly spent." Obama's goal is to ensure the site "be used in a way that benefits the community and that any taxpayer dollars allocated are spent wisely," Ortiz said.
 
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