Does Barack Obama Have Waldheimer's Disease?

Barack Obama seems to have a very convenient memory. He doesn't recall his pastor ever saying anything racist or anti-American and now he has no memory of ever meeting sleezeball Nadhmi Auchi.

Pinocchio problem? To fib . . . or is it a faulty memory?

• • To wit: Dem presidential contender Barack Obama's handlers may be telling the press Obama has NO "recollection" of a 2004 party at influence peddler Tony Rezko's Wilmette house, but a top Sneed source claims Obama not only gave Rezko's guest of honor, Iraqi billionaire Nadhmi Auchi, a big welcome . . . but he made a few toasts!

• • Trial file: The name of Auchi, who was banned from the U.S. in 2005, according to court papers, surfaced at Rezko's trial Monday. (Top Illinois businessman and Rezko pal Bill Cellini, whose name has also surfaced at the trial, was also at the Rezko party.)

• • The Quinn bin: Lt. Gov. Pat Quinn apparently is the only one with a good memory and admitted being at the Rezko party, attending late, and welcoming Auchi on behalf of the state of Illinois.

If you've never heard of Waldheimer's disease, it's a condition whose sufferers tend to forget things that are embarrassing or politically inconvenient. In Kurt Waldheim's instance, he forgot that he was a Nazi SS officer.