Sestak Screws Up

BillLawrenceOnline.Com ^ | 9-3-10

[Tribune7]

Sestak screws up. OK, that's one of those phrases that you could copy to a clipboard from which to paste into a story for convenience sake but yesterday Pennsylvania's 7th District Congressman and Democrat nominee for U.S senate has admitted to doing so, which makes it a bit more newsworthy than normal.

Joe Sestak has announced that he erred in seeking to send $350,000 in taxpayer money to the Thomas Paine Foundation, which is an organization owned by Drew Devitt aimed at promoting the cause of atheism, to design a new kind of windmill which would be built by New Way Energy of Chester Township, Pa, which is an organization owned by the same Drew Devitt and aimed at promoting the cause of increasing his bank account.

[Tribune7]

ping

[Thebaddog]

Are we talking about federal funds for a Godless windmill? Doesn’t anybody read these grants before writing the checks?

[dalebert]

its called Let’s Make A Deal....

[RBW in PA]

This story was in the Pocono Record last night. I made it a point to place a comment regarding Sestaks behavior. Just to show how bias this paper is, the story is no longer listed as of this morning.

[Hoodat]

Ignorance is Strength

[zek157]

There was another good nugget in that link:

by John Gilmore at 9/2/2010 11:53 AM

Whatever Happened To Scott Ritter?

Remember Scott Ritter? He was the former chief UN weapons inspector in Iraq between 1991 and 1998. Circa 2003 you could find him on just about any cable news show describing how evil America was for invading Iraq and how Bush was a liar etc. So in these Obama years what has he been up to?

He has been in the Poconos; in a Monroe County courtroom to be exact, trying to get charges dropped that he set up a rendezvous for improper relations with a 15-year-girl he met on the internet. The “girl”, of course, turned out to be a Barret Township police officer.

In 2001, he was nailed in a similar sting. He has said that had been an attempt by The Man to silence his expose of Bush and Evil America.

[huldah1776]

Could you post it to the PA ping list and I will email my family and friends. Not that they are voting for him anyway, but nails in the coffin...

[homegroan]

He always creeped me out-now I know why.

[pburgh01]

I saw on a blog Charlie Cook now counts Pa as likely pickup for Republicans. Toomey is +6 to +10 depending on the poll and pulling away. Corbett also looks to pound Ornorato in the Governors race. Sesak is about as bad a candidate as you can get, feckless, slump shouldered and tarred with scandal. The House is a goner for Pelosi and now increasingly the Senate is gone also for the Democrats. It's an anti-incumbant year, yea right, you guys keep deluding yourselves Dems.

[tillacum]

I think he’s married to a muslim he met while working with the un.

[Tribune7]

Are we talking about federal funds for a Godless windmill?

Yes

Doesn’t anybody read these grants before writing the checks?

Apparently not the congressman from the 7th District of Pa. LOL.

[AGreatPer]

I thought this was going to be about Sestak’s plan to allow OBozo to join him on the campaign trail. First up is Philly, where else.

[Tamzee]

Thank you for pointing that out about that snake Scott Ritter... actually he was caught TWICE in 2001 for the same thing. Arrested in June 2001 for trying to meet a young girl at Burger King for sexual purposes which is the case that became public.....but he was also caught in April 2001 and CNN doesn’t specify what became of that incident and Ritter wouldn’t comment on it...

http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/01/22/ritter.arrest/

[piasa]

Scott Ritter is married to a Russian woman he met while inspecting a site in the USSR. Not sure of her religion, though...

[Tribune7]

Like the article says: Sestak screws up is one of those phrases that you could copy to a clipboard

[tillacum]

Oh, thank you for the correction. I remember reading, a few years back she was a muslim, so I (red face) assumed she was an arab.