Exclusive: All 7 Republicans on Senate Judiciary Committee Ask AG Holder to Appoint Special Prosecutor to Look Into Alleged Sestak Job Offer

This IS a BIG deal! It appears that Sestak has Obama/Emanuel over a barrel. Something DEFINITELY went down. Sestak continues to bring this up, continues to admit the offer was made and now, even Robert “the Fibbs” Gibbs admits there was a conversation. I applaud the GOP for wanting a special investigation. I’m a Democrat, voted for Obama, but this is WRONG! Its clear that President Obama WANTED Specter to win & someone went so far as to try to persuade Sestak to drop out. Sestak is now in a position…if he TELLS what the offer was and who offered it, he can save his political future…if not, then the people will lose even MORE trust in the Democrat and vote Toomey in. I have been a Democrat ALL my life, but this White House is ridiculous! I agree with James Carville in slamming President Obama…this BP oil spill IS his “Katrina”….hes at a (-22%) in job approval in Rasmussen today & down to 47% in Gallup. This is DISGRACEFUL! I wish I could get my vote back and give it to Hillary….this White House is sad and pathetic!

Seems like the best way to predict the direction this administration takes is to listen to what the White House says, and assume they will do the opposite. If Gibbs and attorneys say that there isn’t anything there, there is. Nixon and Clinton were guilty of less, and the exalted one cannot squirm out of this.

How typical of the Republican Party. Not one of these hypocritical wind bags asked for GW Bush to be investigated for anything. They are complacsent when Republicans break the law every God damned day by spying on Americans with no suspicion of wrongdoing or starting a war with a country that has done nothing to ours yet they will call for an investigation when a Democrat does something they view as illegal. If the Republican party would excercise some consistency in their “morals” I might begin to listen to them.

Crazy ain’t it how the liberals defend this mushball we have as a pResident? They’ll make excuses to no end just like the right did under Bush. Unbelievable.

Nixon and Clinton were guilty of less, and the exalted one cannot squirm out of this.
Bri49 | May 26, 2010 1:46:12 PM
Americans weren’t very impressed with the Clinton witchhunt. In retrospect, I wonder if Republicans feel a bit bad about deriding Clinton’s clumsy attempt to kill Bin Laden in 1998 as “Monica Missiles” meant to distract from the important investigation into his pathetic personal life. You know, it would have been nice if Republicans had left politics at the water’s edge on that one rather than giving Bin Laden political cover from further “wag the dog” attacks on his Afghanistan infrastructure.

Most transparent admin. My foot. Sleazy, corrupt Chicago thugs.

Ha! Good one. Do you remember the Plame/Libby thing? I would say what transpirted here could be a far more egregious offense than what was uncovered during that whole ridiculous kerkuffle.
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Criminal activity by Libby in the Cheney White House . .. a kerkuffle (sic).
Libby was charged, tried, convicted and sentenced to jail for ciminal activities in the White House. One count of obstruction of justice; two counts of perjury; and one count of making false statements to federal investigators.
Open and transparent . . .

Whether there was a crime comes down to whether or not there was a quid pro quo. If someone from the Obama explicitly told Sestak he could have the job IF he didn’t run against Specter, then it’s bribery. If they offered Sestak the job without stating any condition, it’s not bribery. The intent may have been to convince Sestak not to run, but lots of luck proving that. As Karl Rove can tell you, guilt hangs on such fine points.
Now, seeing that Sestak is going to have to work with the Democrats if/when elected, I can’t see him being too helpful to the Republicans.

The hounds smell blood.

Oh I’ll bet the Republicans are only trying to get at the truth…they would
never waste tax payer’s money on such an
obvious “political stunt”.
Plus, the Republicans only promise things to big business in exchange for campaign contributions, the way god intended. They don’t screw around with these little nickle and dime issues.

All of you liberals who are saying that this is a Republican witch hunt are forgetting one important detail: we only know about this situation because Joe Sestak told us first! And again, and again, and again. He’s kept his story consistent. It makes you wonder why he would have volunteered this info in the 1st place; certainly he knows the repercussions of such an allegation. The White House is deep mess with this and the law demands an investigation be done. There’s no way to brush this off. This is the beginning of the end of the Obama presidency.

Mr. Obama can do whatever he wants without prosecution. His regime has taken over with the true spirit of dictatorship.

Seems like the best way to clear this up is have Holder appoint an Independent Special Prosecutor, unless there really is something to hide.

“This is the beginning of the end of the Obama presidency.”
Posted by: James | May 26, 2010 2:32:30 PM
I agree with you, James. This is a BIG deal…someone is going down on this one. Holder shouldnt be able to prosecute because of the conflict of interest. A special prosecuter should do this. For all the Democrats, Sestak IS the one that came forward first with this allegation and has repeated it multiple times. Sestak’s political future is on the line here…I don’t think he’s lying…he knows WHAT was offered and WHO offered it. This is big..and, with the distrust of Washington & the plummeting approval ratings of President Obama, Americans are NOT going to let this slide….even the mainstream media is now on the attack to find out what REALLY happened.

Did you know BP contributed more to Obama than any other politician ever. Now we know why Obama isn’t doing anything about this spill. Obama is the special interest KING!

Why are you avid supporters of this administration so against to find out who is LYING??

It’s absolutely amazing to hear Republican’s talk about ethics or breaking the law after the Bush’s Presidency and Cheney’s actions throughout their term, not a single Republican questioned the legality or destructive decisions which literally ruined this country but since President Obama’s historic election Republican’s and people of their ilk have made every attempt to destroy his Presidency… What a pathetic and self-righteous party Republicans have become!!
Posted by: Martin | May 26, 2010 2:42:18 PM
Agreed.

Downplay or “upplay” this all you like, depending on your ideology. The fact remains, however, that if orchestrated by the President, it constitutes a felony under federal law and is therefore an impeachable offense. But as befits a society of laws where Political Correctness is the supreme law of the land, good luck with the Constitution ever prevailing on this one…

“There is only one reason Barry Sotero or his administration hasn’t come forth on this: Sestak MUST have something over them.”
Posted by: Paco | May 26, 2010 2:44:04 PM
I agree. If there was nothing there, Obama would have already destroyed and made Sestak’s life a living hell. Sestak has something “over” on Obama…this is going to get ugly. Someone in a high position is going down.

BS, don’t waste time. If you want to spend this money, then spend on creating real jobs. This is way lawyers make money. These politicians are in the pockets of lawyers, and they create intentionally situations like this so that they can have themselves investigated. History tells us, no one gets prosecuted, however, we tax payers end up losing millions of dollars. So shut up and stop this nonsense and invest the money in creating real jobs.

Seestak’s not the first person he’s done it to. Didn’t he try and strongarm Harold Ford? That wasn’t long after he and Blagojevich were trying to put a price on obama’s old senare seat.
Blagojevich probably won’t be too sympathetic toward obama.

I thought Sestak has already stated multiple times that he was offered the job to drop out of the race against Specter. Am I correct?
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Yes, he has.

To any/all who suggest that Obama accepted campaign contributions from BP, please have a look.
Obama did *not* accept money from BP’s Political Action Committee, he accepted $71,000 from BP *employees*.
This doesn’t mean that the administration is doing a good job handling the situation, only that the common assertion outlined above is untrue.
It’s important to stick to the facts.

Jack, you’re quoting mediamatters?, the biggest left wing disinformation machine on the planet. Please, get real

Holder won’t call a special prosecutor- and Issa and the republicans don’t have the power.
But the AGs of Pennsylvania and or Virginia (Sestak’s state of residence) should go forward with an investigation/prosecution.

Obama is the biggest con man that ever hit Washington. “If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck it must be a duck”! The old saying rings true. Sestak WAS BRIBED, but didn’t take the bait-he needs to tell us with what and who bribed him? I have no doubt he was asked to drop out of the race for a promised position. I can guess who done it and most people can!! This has got to be the most corrupt administration in our history, I have never heard of so many payoffs, bribes, spending now has reached 13 trillion and more to come! Obama came in office with the USA at ONE trillion in debt and now we just hit 13 Trillion, can anyone beat that? Poll numbers falling. Bye, bye Dems.!!!

Dodd says “blame Bush”! Bush hasnt been in office for a year and a half! How convenient, no responsibility, an
d no accountability, even though it happened on Obama’s “watch”! What B$!
This administration is a joke, always pointing the finger and never offering a solution! There are plenty of geologists, and oceanographers working in the Federal Government that can assist in solving the problem. Explosives experts could be consulted as well.
I guess the administration is just as happy pointing fingers and blaming Bush than utilizing the resources already in place within the government! Let it flow they say, that way Obama can pass Cap and Trade!

“Sue”…your 3:06 post….So full of “idealogue soundbites”…but no substance. What exactly is your point…?

Sestak: White House offered a job to keep him out of primary
Washington (CNN) – Rep. Joe Sestak says he was offered an unspecified job by the White House in an attempt to stop him from challenging Sen. Arlen Specter in Pennsylvania’s Senate Democratic primary.
Sestak, who defeated the veteran Specter in last week’s primary election for the Democratic nomination, answered “yes” Sunday when asked by CNN about the White House offer. Sestak has previously acknowledged the offer in other interviews.
However, Sestak refused to provide any further details “about something that happened months earlier,” saying “beyond that, there’s nothing to add.”

Political Animal links to this blog post with a good post of its own, called “SENATE REPUBLICANS WANT SPECIAL PROSECUTOR…. It’s hard to overstate how incredibly dumb this is.”
Benen points out, in addition to other things, “Given the timeline of events, it’s not even clear that there was a job offer;” AND ” Even if a job offer was discussed, legal experts — including the chief ethics lawyer for the Bush/Cheney administration — have concluded that there’s nothing scandalous about this. Peter Zeidenberg, a former federal prosecutor with the Justice Department’s Public Integrity unit, said, “Talk about criminalizing the political process! … It would be horrible precedent if what really truly is political horse-trading were viewed in the criminal context of: is this a corrupt bribe?”

This Administration and Democrats are the party of: “It’s not my fault, so I’m not going to fix it.”
Economy
Unemployment
Debt
Terrorism

If you voted for George W. Bush twice then John McCain you will be going to hell.
and you have ZERO business complaining about anything.

Obama came in office with the USA at ONE trillion in debt and now we just hit 13 Trillion, can anyone beat that?
TXAR.55 | May 26, 2010 3:30:48 PM
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When the indoctrination is thorough, little things like ‘facts’ and ‘the truth’ apparently matter little.
Check your figures TXAR.

Sorry, Jack… it was almost $1,000,000 from BP employees… not $70,000.

“the PETA idiots are to the left…”
I agree with you in most cases jhw but in this case I must markedly disagree. Those who make the considerable effort against sometimes hopeless odds to try and protect defenseless sentient creatures from needless suffering and abuse merit better respect than being called “idiots”. At least they’re smart enough to have a conscience.

This needs to be addressed, and the media needs to COVER IT! Not cover it up.

the party of: “It’s not my fault, so I’m not going to fix it.”
…. Hmmm speaking of that, see Krugman, “On Blaming Bush”, Chait, “The Stigmatization Of Bush-Blaming” and for fun, Benen, “BOEHNER GETS BY WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM HIS (LOBBYIST) FRIENDS…”

For God sake, VOTE LIBRATARIAN!

The White House announced that The White House investigation into White House wrongdoing has determined that The White House committed no wrongdoing whatsoever.
The principles of Truth, Justice and the American Way have been served.

Posted by: TeaPartyPatriot | May 26, 2010 4:14:21 PM
Boehner will be way to busy kissing the rings of lobbyists… which is why seriously,you all should be voting Libertarian…. otherwise, you’re just sellouts, yes?

Timeline:
1. Jimmy Carter endorses Obama.
2. Obama is elected and appoints a person recently elected to his second term in the Georgia STATE senate to be the Ambassador to Singapore.
3. Jimmy Carter’s grandson wins the same state senate seat in a well-funded special election.
Coincidence or yet more quid pro quo?

Also lets start a new investigation on the Iraq war and alleged evidence fabrication…
Tony L | May 26, 2010 4:28:49 PM
Why stop there? Why not on breaking of the Geneva conventions, torture, illegal wiretapping of citizens… But ultimately that is all a waste of time. Bush’s ‘crimes’ were primarily those of implementing very bad policy. He was not out for personal gain or to harm America. Obama is right to leave most of this for historians to judge (the justice department politicization scandal being one possible, maybe, exception – that was for clear partisan gain, explicitly illegal, and could have long-term damage if left unchecked).

Some posters here should stop shifting the focus to the wrongs of past Presidents. If Bush was bad, that still doesn’t make Obama good. Deal with the one you got in front of you.

This would be an issue if there was evidence of wrongdoing but Sestak has not indicated that he believed anything illegal was offered. He said that a job was offered in exchange for dropping out of the election but whether that was done explicitly, which would be illegal, or implicitly, which probably would not be, he did not say.
What’s important here is that the White House immediately and thoroughly investigated to determine if anything even remotely illegal was done and concluded that there was nothing to be concerned about. If we would all look at our own selves and businesses with such attention we could avoid many problems.
So the WH deserves accolades for its prompt investigation and public declaration that absolutely nothing improper occurred, and further commendation must be given for its bravery in looking into the matter on its own. Never in our history have we had such transparency in government. Really remarkable!

“This would be an issue if there was evidence of wrongdoing but Sestak has not indicated that he believed anything illegal was offered. He said that a job was offered in exchange for dropping out of the election but whether that was done explicitly, which would be illegal, or implicitly, which probably would not be, he did not say.
What’s important here is that the White House immediately and thoroughly investigated to determine if anything even remotely illegal was done and concluded that there was nothing to be concerned about. If we would all look at our own selves and businesses with such attention we could avoid many problems.
So the WH deserves accolades for its prompt investigation and public declaration that absolutely nothing improper occurred, and further commendation must be given for its bravery in looking into the matter on its own. Never in our history have we had such transparency in government. Really remarkable!”
SERIOUSLY!!! did OBAMA himself write and post this. Oh, so the people accused of the crime investigated the allegations and determined that nothing was improper!!! Well, I guess we can all sleep well now. Transparency HA HA HA. Bunch of crooks.

Is it me or is this all quid quo crap!
How can the stupid Republicans even pipe dream that offering a political run-off deal is equivalent to a war declararion on Iran?
Give us a break and get back to BP!

We will see this investigation the same day that Obama releases a real birth certificate.

With the speed that things “happen” these days you begin to wonder what is real and what is a smoke screen. While the focus is on the oil spill, bailouts and other stuff new laws get passed with very little reflection on how it will effect us later down the road and more importantly who will be in charge of these great new fundamental changes.
The chance of Holder investigating anyone about any of the “going ons” behind the scenes, whose paying who, who promising what is not going to happen.

Why would anyone ask Holder?

LMAO …..here we go again

Obama & Co = FELONS

Please folks – enticing another party member not to run in a primary happens all the time. Rove did it every other day.
You idiots want to impeach anybody who is not an ‘R’.
Let’s appoint some special prosecutors to look into the deals Cheney made with the oil companies that are affecting us today.

Long T- there were not any judges fired by Bush/Cheney. There is no way to “fire” fed judges, they can only be impeached, and none were. Get the facts straight dude.
It is a Fed Offense if someone in the Administration offered a job to Sestak ( like Secy of Navy) , and if it happened to a Republican, you can bet the Dems would be demanding a special prosecutor…

They fired the attorneys illegally.

Does ObaMarxist hang out with anyone who is not a convicted criminal?
Why should anyone be surprised that Obama’s administration is committing felonies? It’s what Chicago politician’s do.

Here’s is what I think about the latest demands of the republicans…my feeling is for them to shut up and get busy helping the country instead of being obstructionists. It is your fault we are in this recession, 8 years of nothing, taking away rules for banks, oil companies and everything else and taking the most money from the oil companies than anyone else. The democrats took much less and surprise, surprise…drill baby drill Sarah Palin took the next highest amount and finally, the lowest amount was taken by President Obama. I say to this President…stop cowtowing to the republicans..they don’t care or want to help you. You are doing fine without them,,,,keep it up. The oil company problems started when Cheney/Bush allowed the oil companies fewer regulations and the MMM who partied for 8 years and did not do inspections were part of your administration. Another thing Cheney had Halliburton pour the cement for this oil rig and the other one that exploded….what does this tell us?

I say flush the toilet in the White House, its overflowing and running on the carpeting.

OK i’ll post another if you insist.
VP Biden’s visit to the Middle East in march was part of a ceremony naming a West Bank public square in honor of a Palestine terrorist who killed Gail Rubin and 37 Israelis, 13 of them children, in a 1978 terrorist attack.

Allow me to translate what David Axlefraud said:
“We’ve already had the White House lawyers look into it (as soon as we realized we were in deep legal jeopardy) and we’ve covered up all of our tracks and came up with an alibi in case our stonewalling fails”.
Does anyone else notice the vast difference in behavior of the Lamestream Media concerning the treatment they gave Rod Blagojevich and how they’re treating Obama, who has done basically the same that Blagojevich did?

Not only Republicans are demanding an investigation. Americans want an investigation. WE WANT ANSWERS NOW. Obama and Gibbs do not answer questions because they think very soon we will not ask about the scandal. But Obama and Gibbs are wrong. We will continue pressing for answers. Obama will not get away with this. Republicans and Democrats keep pressing the DOJ for the real answers.

This scandal is more like Valery Plame than anything else. Oh, I forgot, a special prosecutor WAS hired for that egregious crime.
When Democrats get caught with their collectivist pants down, the first thing they do is blame Republicans for mentioning it. If Bush had done this, all hell would have broken loose in 24 hours. We are just now hearing about this after more than 3 months. Typical deal. The media carrying water for the President, just like they do for all Democrats.

These Republicans are at it again. Whitewater politics all over again. Get a clue. They did nothing when it came to the Bush/Cheney Whitehouse. Secret meetings with the energy companies. High gas prices. Sickening political games by the Republicans that did nothing about all the money sent to Iraq that went missing. They did nothing about the Valerie Plame outing. Hypocritical investigation should not be heard. They are just trying to play this card for the November 2010 election cycle, period.

Whatever happened to that lie about the “most transparent” admin ever???

I agree with >> Posted by: Nonie | May 26, 2010 6:26:22 PM
I say let’s not only impeach Obama, Pelosi, Reid and other US Criminals, let’s go after the Bush criminals too! Oh wait that’s what we tea-party-patriots are planning in November.
Thanks Nonie you have inspired me even more!

Reference Jones comment, at 6:49: “Sestak let the cat out of the bag because he is an egotistical idiot. Have you heard this guy interviewed. God, out quality of political candidates just stinks.”
Seems as if Jones is blaming Sestak and not the Administration for this. Not only does Jones blame Sestak, but he/she (Jones) refers to Rep. Sestak as an “egotistical idiot.” I can’t imagine what Jones will label Rep. Sestak if the Administration is justifiably dragged over the coals for this apparent ethical and legal violation.

Wew’ll do it besides Obama….

You say Bush and Company lied, cheated, stole, perjurized? You say you are unhappy about this? Fine, BUT if it is not OK for Bush to have done it, it is NOT OK for Obama to do it, either. I say we dig to the bottom of the dung heap and bring ALL of this to light…..now. OK with you? You can crucify Bush, we get to crucify Obama. Still OK with you? It is absolutely juvenile to think we are happy with Bush, he stunk up the joint bigtime. Let him pay. But, fair is fair, we get to nail Barry in the deal.

Holder will do like he did with the Black Panthers……Let him walk

Holder will do like he did with the Black Panthers……Let him walk
Posted by: mike
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After November Holder won’t have a choice.

Either Sestak or Obama is lying, DemoRats are not looking good. The reason DemoRats didn’t pursue Bush is not because they’ve mercy for Bush, the reason is Bush has never done any impeachable or illegal or immoral things. Only Crook politicians from Chicago and Kenya are low-class enough to do those things. Look at what Clinton did in the Oval Office with Monica and you know DemoRat is a real different breed.

Holder won’t do anything to his buddies in the white house, he’s too busy trying to keep the state of Arizona from enforcing the law.

Holder sucks and so does the Obama administration. Where is the transparency? This is typical slimy Chicago politics run by crooks

First time I see our money being put to good use in this regemine to go after the White House. I hope he brings his plug for that dam hole to LA.

Remember that there have been special Prosecuters named by Democrats over the years. Well, this time it is the Republicans asking that same question. The Democrats refuse and I think the Democrats will be in worse shape in November than they would have been.
I think the Democrats are now in the “between a rock and a hard place.” type of situation.

“In an interview earlier this week, Ed Rollins, who will become the President’s chief political adviser in January, said Hayakawa would be offered an administration post if he decided not to seek re-election.”
AP
November 26, 1981
Seems like offering people a position if they don’t run has a precedent. A Republican precedent at that.

Seems like offering people a position if they don’t run has a precedent. A Republican precedent at that.
“In an interview earlier this week, Ed Rollins, who will become the President’s chief political adviser in January, said Hayakawa would be offered an administration post if he decided not to seek re-election.”
AP
November 26, 1981
That’s under Ronald Reagan.

This is the most corrupt administration ever in Washington,D.C. We have a president who has disdain for America and the will of its people. It is sad the MSM still is bamboozled by this.

And tierra,your point is what?
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The point is quite obvious. Ronald Reagan set the precedent – offering someone a job in your administration if that person doesn’t stand for election is legitimate.

You mean those two clowns in outfits with one night stick who were standing around doing nothing but trying to look important?
What about open carry guns? Compared to one night stick?
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get a clue…I lived in philly at the time and the BP thugs shouted racist slurs to any whites that approached called them “Crackers”, Using the night stick in a threatening manner and dressed in the Black panther fatigues and barets… Why don’t you inform yourself before you type. Have you ever lived in Philly? That’s right …you’re CANADIAN !

.I lived in philly at the time and the BP thugs shouted racist slurs to any whites that approached called them “Crackers”
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You weren’t at that polling booth and you don’t know.
I’d be glad to look at any legitimate newspaper article you have that document the racial slurs.
Got anything?

Joe Sestak has also gone on record as stating he was the Lindbergh baby, but no one has taken him up on that either.

So what happened almost 30 years ago cancels a law currently on the books?Jack Kennedy slept with a probable Stasi agent,so that set a precedent to make it OK for a President to get involved with a foreign agent? Boy I’ve seen some twisted logic in my time but that takes the cake.Franklin Roosevelt rounded up Japanese-Americans and put them in concentration camps.Since he set the precedent,Obama can round up Arab-Americans and put them in camps now?Truly you do not understand the American legal system.

So what happened almost 30 years ago cancels a law currently on the books?
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You think its against the law – Reagan didn’t. I don’t think you know the law.
I’m sure it was done discreetly under Reagan, ‘should you HAPPEN to decide not to run, we have a position in our administration you might be interested in . . .’

This press fiasco reminds me of the time that ABC news edited out some of Hillary Clintons statements in a clip and then accused her of not saying what she actually did say. Journalism at its worst.
How long do you think Jake can try to make a story out of this?

Posted by: Nephron | May 26, 2010 9:59:44 PM
Actually Nephron, I think the crucial element is that this has been done before, and reported in the media under Reagan – and there were no charges brought to bear.
Also, are you sure its illegal to say to somebody – “if it turns out you don’t run for office, talk to us . .. we’ve got a job for you”.

Don’t you all get it? Republicans and Democrats work TOGETHER to cause chaos and hosility among Americans so they can tend to more important tasks? These silly stories do nothing but pit us against each other. Real, important matters are at hand, and you all are so distracted with your namecalling and childish rants, it’s no wonder, as we’ve plainly proven here, that Administrations, Republican or Democrat, know exactly how to run the story. Wake Up.

We don’t have to go back thirty years. five members of Bill Clintons cabinet came under criminal investagation. It ended with thirty three convictions. I don’t care what Reagan, Nixon, or Clinton did. WE were promised change, transparency, an honest open Government. This administration has stonewalled, had back door deals, and made laws that sixty four percent of the American people want repealed. Is this what we really voted for. Who else feels like a sucker here. Wake-Up

I really don’t have a problem with the Sestak Bribe™.
It just shows NoBo is a standard lie in your face lawyer politician where the ends justify the means.
After all that’s the truth and it only matters that the American People know.
Unless, they are going to impeach the guy and get rid of him early.
If that’s the case then go for it! Special Prosecutor and Popcorn. Let’s Go!

“There were criminal charges laid against Scooter Libby for crimes committed in the White House – and he was tried, convicted and sentenced to jail and there were no impeachment hearings.” – tierra
Silly tierra, that’s because Bush wasn’t in charge and he didn’t know what was going on, something I’m sure you can agree with. : o )
You wouldn’t impeach Scooter Libby.

IF the WH offered Sestak a job for dropping out of a primary race, that meets the definition of violation of 18 U.S.C. 600 as described in this article.
The fact that prior presidents and/or administrations were corrupt, does not give a free pass to the current or future administrations.
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Are you sure its illegal to say to somebody – “if it turns out you don’t run for office, talk to us . .. we’ve got a job for you”.
And when prior administrations do exactly the same thing and its made public in the media and no charges are brought – what does that tell you?

Reagan is still looked back on as one of America’s most beloved President’s. Even by Democrat’s!
HAHAHA I know that burns you Libs up bad. Soak in it.
Barry will go down as the rotten waste of the Liberal establishment. That just sends you Libs off the handle.
25 years later still trying to erase the love the public has for Reagan. Keep trying it will fall on deaf ears.

You weren’t at that polling booth and you don’t know.\———————————–
And how, pray tell would YOU know that tierra?
google it.

You weren’t at that polling booth and you don’t know.\———————————–
And how, pray tell would YOU know that tierra?
google it.
Posted by: mjishernameo | May 27, 2010 12:19:54 AM
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Couldn’t find a single thing heh mjishernameo? Not one single article published in a legitimate newspaper to support your accusations?

Where is the transparency Obama? Either you or someone in your office needs to fess up to this

But, of course, all this does not really matter…
The biggest threat to our country is the tidal wave of debt that is about to sweep over us…
It is amazing to see so many liberals who have such disdain for Faith-based anything place so much faith in a debased currency.
That is all there is to the Dollar… a faith that taxes on the American people will make good on the debt…
But the Obama administration is writing checks the American people cannot cash…
Interesting times are ahead … even this summer…

google it.
Posted by: mjishernameo |
Say, we google it and we watch the video– no racial slurs, no yelling, no upset when the police arrive and ask them to leave. The dude that seems a bit hyper and unstable is the right winger taking the video and yelling billy club. Funny he doesn’t get all that upset about people carrying guns to town halls and so on.
Much ado about very little from what I could gather.
Posted by: progressive mama | May 27, 2010 12:47:49 AM
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The Admiral should tell the whole truth, who offered him what job, in what words, when?
This will not end well for him… his opponent in November will make an issue of his evasions… and rightly so.

I don’t think Obama or those in his administration care about the law, and I’m not sure a lot of members of Congress do either. But if they want a fast track for removing Obama from office, how about demanding a copy of the original birth certificate with the foot print and hand filled out by the doctor?

There was enough to impeach Bush without a lame charge like this. Ed Rollins offered Hayakawa a post so he wouldn’t run. That would have been under your God, Ronald Reagan. Rove gave out jobs like candy. Look at the seven fools who are embarrassing themselves over this. The beautiful think about this is that it will only help democrats get elected in November. Every time Rand Paul opens his mouth the republicans ratings go down.
Posted by: Bill | May 27, 2010 1:05:25 AM
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It is interesting how these ethical breeches only mean something to Republicans when they sniff out the possibility of smearing the Democrats. When their own do it the corrupt silence from the right is deafening.

how about demanding a copy of the original birth certificate with the foot print and hand filled out by the doctor?
Posted by: John C
1st, you’ll need to go to your nearest secret FEMA detention/re-education camp., appear before a death panel…. file for a visa to Kenya, then go to the secret storage facility where Bush’s WMD’s are being held, move a few boxes and you’ll find what you seek

Rat vermin corrupted Boss Tweed-Obama and his corrupted Tammany Hall regime exposed.
Otraitor is a man-child emperor with no clothes. He is a rat vermin traitor with a plummeting popularity rating because he hates America, hates freedom and hates liberty. He works for Goldman Sachs along with Dodd and Frank. He supports expanded wars – but is Soros funded Code Pink and media matters are silent for this baby-dictator Obama, he is weak and the world is destabilizing, he is an oligarchical colloquists and rules our population with an iron fist in a police state with a velvet glove, but he coddles terrorists, Iran, MS13, Mexican Narco-State Drug Czars. He cracks down on the middle class – the law abiding tax paying whom he considers subjects in his regime. His IRS has audited at a rate 300% above normal. His census is a Nazi-like info-gathering attempt. He has outspent all previous presidents in one year. He is big brother, he is a traitor and he is a little man child moron figurehead empty suit that acts childish and thin skinned because he is uneducated. Sure he was indoctrinated with progressive trash, but given what he says and thinks he is a stupid uneducated failure of a man that could not hunt, grow food for himself, even change his tire. He knows nothing of math, history, physics or chemistry, his ideas are idiot Alinsky eructations, his speech capabilities without a teleprompter is pathetic and he is one of the stupidest people to ever grace the Office of the President.
And this moron man child Otraitor looks like the thin skinned loser. He is a disgusting man and a communist rat that will rot in hell.
This Obama regime is the modern Boss Tweed Tammany Hall. The depraved nature of the Democrat party and its hidden progressive-marxist agenda has been a cancer on America for 100 years now, and today, the main stream media is controlled by the progressives so we don’t Thomas Nast drawings exposing what this rat vermin Obama is doing.

The point I make is that the “facts” taken at face value (i.e. in terms of Sestak’s presumptively credible characterization) constitute a crime.
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No they cannot be said to constitute a crime – possibly, but certainly not beyond any reasonable doubt. The information we have is far too vague.

Posted by: Mick Russom | May 27, 2010 2:23:06 AM
Unless of course it’s satire – in which case it’s brilliant.

Ok Mick:
We were both duped. But now I’m on the other side. SEE YA! Ha,ha,ha,ha,ha,

progreesive mama; from what I can gather, you gather what you want.

If Holder does not want to investigate because Obama is his friend (Holder must be imparcial, but he is not), is there another way to force Sestak and the White House to provide specific names?

I see people discussing Scooter Libby, but, my goodness, you all have short memories. Scooter Libby was pardoned by Bush shortly after his conviction…
Stop pointing fingers at each other in this politician created war you all are fighting with each other over. You’re so busy with your distracted partisan bickering, that Congress and The President have gotten a free pass to continue treasonous acts. We’ve proven here, Democrat or Republican, that isn’t new to this Adminstration. Obama speaks of a NEW International order, but I bet you’re so concerned about whether your neighbor is liberal or conservative that you have no idea what he is talking about, who the new people in charge really are, or that this New International Order plan has been in effect and plans to be implemented THIS YEAR. Stop being naive children, it’s no wonder other countries needed Obama’s apology tour.

tierra, would you at least agree that such a “contingency” offer violates at least the spirit of the law? or are you okay with the chief executive office using contingency plans to manipulate democratic elections. whether it was criminal conduct or not is really not the issue. the issue is that some people in the white house apparently attempted to use the white house as a tool to affect the outcome of an election. that’s unacceptable.

These posts or so far off the subject. How about we comment about what is being written about. Does it really matter what administration, It appears there has been a breech in in the law perpetrated by the white house. Its simple investigate it and clear him or impeach whatever the case is. I give credit to Sestac it takes courage and the willingness to to loose his political career to do the right thing. Isn’t that the reason we run for office so we can better things make what we see as the right changes as lost as that seems. Do they not owe there constituents for there win and any victories for there cause.
Integrity seems to be a thing only of common men and women we should all be demanding our politicians be steadfast honest and a pillar of integrity for there voters. After all we are what it is about.

Reading many of the liberal posts here is quite entertaining. The serial illogic is truly laughable. Especially entertaining are the assertions that since Reagan was never prosecuted for so it must be OK for Obama. As if to say…
“Well, Capone got away with murder, so it must be legal.”

PO’d
“Every time Rand Paul opens his mouth the republicans ratings go down.”
Thats odd, considering that Rand Paul(R) KY is leading his Jack Conway(D) KY, in the polls. Even the daily kos(kook) has Paul leading;
RCP Avg-
Paul 47.3
Conway 37.7 Paul +9.6
Rasmussen Reports
Paul 59
Conway 34 Paul +25
R2000/Daily Kos
Paul 42
Conway 39 Paul +3
PPP
41 Paul
40 Conway Paul +1
[Source: Real Clear Politics]
I’m no Paul fan since he is way too liberal for me, but the numbers are what they are.

Quid pro quo bribe much, Obamites?
That’s a no-no. It might have flown in the Corrupticrat cesspool of Chicago, but that crap doesn’t fly in Washington. Can’t wait to see some of the filth in this WH resign over this – or better yet, be frogmarched in handcuffs out of the White House, as liberals were fond of saying during the Bush years.

Good luck getting Holder to do anything on this,he’ll more than likely drag his feet for a few years.

NONE of this is funny at all.If this occured in OUR WhiteHouse, then obama is in SERIOUS TROUBLE!! And SHOULD BE!obama seems to think he is ABOVE the laws of America,and HE needs to be investigated on MANY things.As it states…it’s “WE THE PEOPLE”..NOT “ME THE PRESIDENT”. obama is not my PRESIDENT…HE HAS NOT PROVED HIS ELLIGIBILITY, AND UNTIL HE does so,I CONSIDER HIM A fraud.

BABS,
Where are the Woodward and Bernstein’s of the world?
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They are stuck, stranded in the 1970′s, much like Obamas followers who are still stuck in the 60′s.

HE HAS NOT PROVED HIS ELLIGIBILITY
Posted by: LindaB
REPORT TO THE NEAREST SECRET FEMA DETENTION CAMP

He is a rat vermin traitor with a plummeting popularity rating because he hates America, hates freedom and hates liberty.
Posted by: Mick Russom
colorful,.. not very eloquent, manages to get so much rightwing paranoia and hate into a short sentence… I give it a B for effort

Apparently bribery is business as usual with Democrats.
… or maybe he’s just a liar.

This November and in 2012 we will remove from office ALL Democrats.
Posted by: PIRT
take a breath there good buddy….
‘ ALL Democrats’ eh?
make ya a small wager on your prognostication
bring back Nixon & Agnew

talmag,
“…so let’s start at the top and investigate the republicans first as we are still suffering from their deals.”
And while we are at it lets look into how this rig got a safety award and was dubbed “the model for others to follow” by the Obama Administration, as well as why the liberal establishment in LA, that supposed to be charged with overwatching operations on this rig were viewing porn on their government computers instead of tracking safety as they were paid to do.

Good, because somebody needs to do something about this situation. Either Joe Sestak is lying, and should be called out; or someone in the White House committed FRAUD. Burying your collective heads in the sand, like the MSM, is not morally or ethically right.
I agree with BABS, Where are the Woodward and Bernstein’s of the world? Tirelessly following leads to see if this president is a crook?

The Repubican party upset me. After President Bush have sent thousands of soldier to die in Iraq for no weapon of mass destruction, after torture techniques were legalized in guantanamo bay, now, that want to go after a president. This is why I continue to strongly dislike the Republic party.

I’m a Repub, but, that is irrelevant. This is a serious matter and MUST be investigated properly, with due diligence, by non-partisan independent individuals. if not, we might as well be living in a totalitarian regime.
Period, end of discussion. Wrong is wrong, right is right.
Fed up with relative morality/ethics, on both sides of the aisle.

Posted by: whatsgoingonhere?
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Ya don’t really think it, do ya? Naaah!

This could work to the Democrats’ benefit in 2012. You impeach Barack Hussein by the end of the term 2010. Put him on trial by 2011. He gets sent off to prison forthwith to share a cell with Blackovich. In the meantime, Hillary revs up her campaign machine and runs in 2012.
With a 44% approval rating and nosediving like crazy, Barack Hussein would be a liability for the traditional blue collar Democrat (or what’s left of them) running for office in 2012.
With Barack Hussein out of the picture, Hillary would have a relatively clean slate to run on.

Most of this country would jump at the chance to take Hillary Clinton in trade for being rid of Borak Ubama, Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi.

This story will get buried by the media. Remember Gerald Walpin?
This administration has the arrogance to expect to get away with murder.

Maybe if the Obama Administration orders its lackeys in the national media to ignore Sestakgate the whole problem will go away? Gibbs will soon run out of spin and find out it isn’t possible to cover up Obama’s political oil spill.

In the meantime, the bigger crime of COVERUP is going on NOW. This is the part that will end up being the real downfall for this administration.

OMG. I am so sick of this crap on both sides of the isle. Enough with the witch hunts already and get back to work!!!

The WH is balking, to buy time, while they decide who will be the scapegoat.

Most corrupt administration since Nixon. May even be worse than Nixon.

Impeach the puppet of the progressive socialist party. POTUS cant even give his own speeches as he reads the party dribble from a teleprompter.

Does anyone doubt that if Sestak had accepted the offer, the White House wouldn’t have issued a press release about it? When they made Jon Huntsman the Ambassador to China, the political press lauded it as a brilliant political move. No foul play was claimed, and none would have been claimed here if Sestak had accepted the job offer.
Sestak’s potential dropping out is not some shady, negotiated quid pro quo condition of accepting the job. Rather, it’s an automatic, obvious and above-the-board condition of ANY job. And the administration is allowed to offer people jobs, even if it’s politically convenient for them to do so. Accepting a job equals rejecting other jobs. And being politically clever does not equal being nefarious.
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First of all David Kisling, both parties do offer jobs to people they want to get out of the way. Obama did it by making Hillary Secretary of State. That way she is out of the picture and under his rule. But they do not ofeer a job to someone who is running for public office so they won’t run against the person they want in. That is a crime. And for John, you are sick of this and they should get back to work. You mean get back to bankrupting America and turning it at best a socialist country, at worst communist. Is that what you mean. It would be better if those so called defenders of the constition just played checkers until the next election. Oh yeh John, this is not the first time Obama has to pull this before, or around the same time with Senator candidate Andrew Romanoff so he wouldn’t run agains Senator Michael Bennet in Colorado. Let’s just play checkers at this point.

They are losing sleep over this one. For sure!

Only an ignorant fool would think that the position of “Secretary of the Navy,” could be offered without the President knowing it, which means Obama is to blame – or at least part of the conspiracy. Nixon resigned for a cover up, not the crime itself. Then, at least Nixon loved his country enough to resign rather than continue the “long national nightmare.” Obama only loves Obama, so there’s no way he’ll resign; so the criminal must be IMPEACHED!

David, part of fixing a broken system is by ridding corruption. Interfering in a state’s political process with bribery is illegal and corrupt.

Even if the current admin is as crooked as the Bush admin, its just a he said she said case. Unless there is tape of the conversations, this lawsuit is a waste of taxpayer money. Lets get on with more pressing manners.

Unless there is tape of the conversations, this lawsuit is a waste of taxpayer money. Lets get on with more pressing manners.
Posted by: tman
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Except that there is the credibility (if you can call it that) of those involved and an election in November.
So let’s see how this plays out.

Politicians side-stepping. Remember the treatment of the Special Prosecutor in the Clinton Impeachment at the hands of the Media, and the craven lack of defense from Congressional Republicans. They’re always “busy” or “away” when the heat’s on. Compare that with the treatment of the Special Prosecutor in the Nixon removal from office. In the Press he walked on water, and the Republicans in Congress lined up to praise and kneel before him and his Press barkers. TRUST REPUBLICANS TO “DO THE RIGHT THING”? They’re lawyers and know how best to skirt the LAW while praising themeselve for their courage in defending it.viz their enactment of
laws in past few decades to abridge Rights protected in the FUNDAMENTAL LAW of the US, which they are bound on oath in accepting office to UPHOLD AND DEFEND
Trust Congressional Republicans? You’ve got to be kidding.

We need the next Bob Woodward. Since the latter is a devout Democrat I doubt he will pursue this.
Between Illinois, Colorado and PA this is the third illicit offer.
Chicago politics.
This is a gem for a professional journalist who wants to make his mark in history.

Lies, lies and more lies from Obama’s evil and twisted mind… Appoint the special counsel and put Sestak under oath in front of a Grand Jury !!!!!!

Lies, lies and only more lies from the evil and twisted mind of government!! why dont we put all these people running the show into the jail and get some nice god fearing people who will at least be good enough to look after humans and not ignore their own people!!

don’t approve kagan.