First of all, the idea that a former president like Bill Clinton would be the go-between between the White House and Joe Sestak, bearing an offer that amounted to the equivalent of an unpaid Pez dispenser of a position, doesn’t pass the smell test.
I mean, who on earth seriously thinks a former admiral and current Congressman would take an unpaid intern-level position in exchange for running for the US Senate?
How many of the other members of Obama’s intelligence advisory board can you name off the top of your head without Googling it? ZERO, just like Obama’s nickname, that’s how many.
Sestak waited until the White House announced their “narrative” in this corruption before telling his own version so they could get their stories straight. Joe Sestak’s brother, who is also Joe Sestak’s campaign manager, gets a phone call to better hone the background details of the White House’s “narrative.” Bill Clinton visits the White House yesterday to receive the details of HIS role in the narrative.
And then the “narrative” gets released to the public on the Friday before the Memorial Day recess and weekend.
Nothing slimy there, folks.
Bottom line: Joe Sestak knows if he’s the guy who brings down the Obama administration, that’s it for his liberal Democrat career; he also knows that he needs Obama and the DNC to help back, fund, and support his campaign if he’s going to have any chance of winning going forward. So he’s basically been saying, “I’m not going to say another word about the White House’s role until they tell me what they want me to say they said.”
Every single player in this disgrace of our national political system has an incentive to lie.
Charles Krauthammer pointed this out today: The documents released by the White House indicate a two month effort to persuade Sestak to drop out of the Senate primary against Arlen Specter. Unless the phone call between Clinton and Sestak lasted something like 86,400 minutes, there were other contacts and other offers. Let’s hear about all those, too.
Like I’ve already stated, I have a very hard time believing that the “job” Joe Sestak says the White House offered him in exchange for withdrawing from the Senate race was nothing but a trivial unpaid advisory position. Nevertheless, even if that’s what it was, it nevertheless WAS a “position.”
So here’s the language of US Code 600:
Whoever, directly or indirectly, promises any employment, position, compensation, contract, appointment, or other benefit, provided for or made possible in whole or in part by any Act of Congress, or any special consideration in obtaining any such benefit, to any person as consideration, favor, or reward for any political activity or for the support of or opposition to any candidate or any political party in connection with any general or special election to any political office, or in connection with any primary election or political convention or caucus held to select candidates for any political office, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.
How was that code not violated??? “Any position.” That would encompass even the unpaid position on the president’s intelligence advisory board. Joe Sestak had repeatedly said that he was offered a “job” (which generally involves compensation) in exchange for dropping out of the Senate race so Obama’s guy could win. That’s a quid pro quo exchange, and it is a clear violation of the law.
Is this going away?
When told about Clinton’s involvement, Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), who has been leading the charge for more details on the allegation, said, “This is punishable by prison. This is a felony.”
I guess not.
Another question, given the fact that Obama supporters are citing cases involving Bill Clinton and alleging (without any evidence) that Bush did this crap too: Barack Obama promised he’d be a “new politician” who would change the nature of Washington. How has he not just flat-out lied about that in the most cynical way?
One way or another, the law was broken, any claim to the integrity of the Democrat political machine has been demolished, and the Obama White House has been verified to be more Nixonian than “ethical.”
As a final matter, it needs to be pointed out that this corrupt White House now has a PATTERN OF CORRUPTION:
Sestak-gate: White House Offered Romanoff Job, Too
Wednesday, 26 May 2010 08:18 PM
By Jim MeyersAllegations that the White House offered Joe Sestak a job in exchange for dropping out of the Pennsylvania Senate race echo an earlier report of a job offer to candidate Andrew Romanoff in Colorado.
On Sept. 27, 2009, the Denver Post reported that the Obama administration offered Senate candidate Romanoff a position if he canceled plans to run for the Democratic nomination against incumbent Sen. Michael Bennet.
The paper said the job offer, which specified particular jobs, reportedly was delivered by Jim Messina, Obama’s deputy chief of staff. One position the Post cited was a job at USAID, the foreign aid agency.
And, oh, yeah, that one DEFINITELY violates US Code 600 and a bunch of other laws. Not that the offer to Joe Sestak didn’t, too.
Who would have ever thought we’d see Chicago-style politics from Barack Obama?
Question: what sounds better, “Barack Hussein Nixon” or “Richard Milhous Hussein”?
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