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"Politicians Are Offered Jobs All The Time" Equals Trying To Influence Outcome Of A Fed. Election?
5/30/2010 | Laissez-Faire Capitalist

Posted on 05/30/2010 2:14:44 PM PDT by Laissez-faire capitalist

This seems to be one of the last stands and last ditch arguments that Democrats are making.

"Politicians are offered jobs all the time." That is being said over and over now in defense of the Obama administration.

"This guy gets offered a job, that guy gets offered one, too, in Washington D.C."

Democrats are intentionally trying to sweep ALL job offers in gov't into one basket, and nothing is further from the truth.

Trying to influence the outcome of a federal election is illegal.


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Society
KEYWORDS: bho44; congress; corruption; democrats; elections; obama; sestak; sestakgate

1 posted on 05/30/2010 2:14:45 PM PDT by Laissez-faire capitalist
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To: Laissez-faire capitalist

well then why are they so upset at blago??


2 posted on 05/30/2010 2:16:23 PM PDT by lonster
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To: Laissez-faire capitalist

Didn’t uhbama and rahm and the Chicago cabal try to rig the senate seat uhbama left behind?


3 posted on 05/30/2010 2:16:54 PM PDT by Republic (Stop the horrific liberals from spending ONE MORE DIME before they our nation.)
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To: Laissez-faire capitalist

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhmjnYKlVnM&feature=related


4 posted on 05/30/2010 2:18:04 PM PDT by nolongerademocrat ("Before you ask G-d for something, first thank G-d for what you already have." B'rachot 30b)
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To: Republic

Two Strikes?


5 posted on 05/30/2010 2:18:34 PM PDT by nolongerademocrat ("Before you ask G-d for something, first thank G-d for what you already have." B'rachot 30b)
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To: Laissez-faire capitalist
So now their down to the juvenile refrain "all the kids are doing it".
6 posted on 05/30/2010 2:19:23 PM PDT by oldbrowser (Obama must resign for the good of the country)
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To: Laissez-faire capitalist

“Both parties do it. It’s not a crime...”

Presidents from both parties fired US Attorneys at will, and that’s not a crime, but that did not prevent the Democrats from investigating it.

Everyone agreed that leaking Plame’s id to the media was not a crime, but that did not prevent a special prosecutor from investigating it, and obtaining a conviction of Libby for not cooperating with his investigation.


7 posted on 05/30/2010 2:20:27 PM PDT by Brilliant
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To: oldbrowser

I have heard “Everybody does this in Washington” just on cable news more times than I can count.

But that is an intentional broad brushstroke meant to lump all job offers in Washington D.C. politics into one basket.


8 posted on 05/30/2010 2:23:02 PM PDT by Laissez-faire capitalist
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To: lonster

“well then why are they so upset at blago??”

Precisely. Either everyone does it—in which case going after Blago is wrong—or it really IS corrupt—in which case the federal government should be pursuing Obama officials with the same vigor as Blago.

Thus, either way you look at it, this administration is being massively hypocritical. But then again, what else is new?


9 posted on 05/30/2010 2:28:13 PM PDT by DrC
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To: lonster

If I were Blago, I would be very publicly asking why the selective prosecution of him when everybody does it.


10 posted on 05/30/2010 2:33:05 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
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To: Laissez-faire capitalist

It is sounding like the Clinton Defence.. “Its only about sex, Everyone does it”.


11 posted on 05/30/2010 2:47:11 PM PDT by crazydad (What)
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To: cripplecreek

GREAT POINT!!! Blago’s attorney can show a MONTAGE of CLIPS and VOILA!! FREE!!


12 posted on 05/30/2010 2:52:23 PM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion,,,,,,the Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience....)
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To: cripplecreek
I was listening to Blogo this noon on his Chicago talk show... he is ready to go on trial.. and seems enthused over it.. all his callers were fed up with the government and their dealing.. and lots were not really supporters of blogo but wished him luck in exposing this crap..
13 posted on 05/30/2010 2:55:29 PM PDT by JoanneSD
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To: Laissez-faire capitalist

YOUR kenyan is going to go to jail one day... and he will be impeached.

LLS


14 posted on 05/30/2010 2:58:23 PM PDT by LibLieSlayer ( WOLVERINES!)
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To: Laissez-faire capitalist
"Politicians are offered jobs all the time." That is being said over and over now in defense of the Obama administration.

IOWs there is absolutely no difference between Barry0 and any other politician. Thanks for clearing that up.

15 posted on 05/30/2010 3:24:24 PM PDT by TigersEye (0basma's father was a British subject. He can't be a "natural-born" citizen.)
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To: Laissez-faire capitalist
"Politicians Are Offered Jobs All The Time"

Then its damn well time it stopped!

16 posted on 05/30/2010 3:43:07 PM PDT by Don Corleone ("Oil the gun..eat the cannolis. Take it to the Mattress.")
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To: Don Corleone

“Everybody lies about sex.”

-Apologists for Clinton


17 posted on 05/30/2010 9:58:22 PM PDT by StopObama2012 (CLICK ME to expose Osaudi)
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