“The Audacity of My Fence”

But surely he’ll require a subtitle. So how’s this?

“In which I, Barack of O’Bama, demonstrate my lack of presidential
judgment by getting into a real estate deal with a radioactive
political fixer who got himself indicted, making me look so, so
audacious.”

The story, by investigative reporters Ray Gibson and David Jackson, ran in Wednesday’s Tribune.

It is about Obama’s real estate relationship with political inside man
and fundraiser Antoin “Tony” Rezko, recently indicted in one of the
scandals that plague Democratic Gov. Rod Blagojevich.

At best,
it is a gamy story of a presidential hopeful displaying a lack of
judgment by getting involved with Rezko in a real estate arrangement in
which the Obamas benefited.

At worst, it could be a few steps along the Chicago way.