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Retired US Admiral Sestak Joins Huge Field of Democratic Hopefuls
Breitbart ^ | June 23,2019 | Breitbart News

Posted on 06/23/2019 3:03:32 PM PDT by Hojczyk

The already large field of Democratic presidential candidates has grown again: Joe Sestak, a former Pennsylvania congressman with an extensive military background, said Sunday that he plans to seek the presidency.

“I’m Joe Sestak, and I wore the cloth of the nation for over 31 years in peace and war, from the Vietnam and Cold War eras to Afghanistan and Iraq and the emergence of China,” he said in a video announcing his candidacy.

A retired three-star admiral, Sestak represented Pennsylvania’s 7th congressional district for two terms, from 2007 to 2011, and has mounted two unsuccessful runs for the US Senate.

His experience, during his 31-year naval career, included a command position in a region now much in the news: In 2002, he led a carrier strike group during combat operations in the Gulf.

Sestak, whose father was a navy man, also served on the national security staff under President Bill Clinton. He holds a doctorate in government and political economy from Harvard.

Sestak has a reputation as something of a maverick and party outsider.

He is pro-choice, supports gun control, and backed the 2015 Iran nuclear deal.

Sestak’s late entry into an already crowded field — which he said came after his daughter’s brain cancer returned — will complicate his path forward.

Along with three other candidates, he missed the cutoff to be included in the first two televised debates, which will feature 20 Democratic candidates and be held on Wednesday and Thursday in Miami.

(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...


TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: billclinton; cair; clowncar; delaware; dumbass; hamas; iftekharhussain; iran; irandeal; joebiden; joeclowncarbiden; joesestak; oesestak; pennsylvania; sestak
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To: Hojczyk

“wore the cloth of the nation?”


41 posted on 06/23/2019 3:57:19 PM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge.)
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To: Hojczyk
Supported he lifting of the Gaza blockade....supports Iran deal...supports Hamas...lies like a dog...

CAIR-PA's Iftekhar Hussain affirmed to WND's Aaron Klein yesterday in a recorded interview for Klein's WABC radio show that he hosted a fundraiser for Sestak during the 2006 congressional campaign. But in an April 9, 2007, radio interview with WPHT's Dom Giordano in Philadelphia, Sestak told a caller he had never been at the CAIR leader's home.

42 posted on 06/23/2019 4:07:12 PM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge.)
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To: Hojczyk

Another ideologically pure Admiral. There’s nothing new here. A careerist. A REMF.


43 posted on 06/23/2019 4:10:01 PM PDT by Seruzawa (TANSTAAFL!)
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To: Hojczyk
Sestak’s late entry into an already crowded field — which he said came after his daughter’s brain cancer returned — will complicate his path forward.

My prayers for your daughter Admiral, however, you will never get my vote at the polls.

44 posted on 06/23/2019 4:11:17 PM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: jeffersondem
"A Vietnam trigger-puller once told me about his experience: not everyone in the military was smart."

Google McNamara's 100,000.

45 posted on 06/23/2019 4:45:23 PM PDT by Jaxter (Pro Aris et Focis)
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To: fieldmarshaldj
If someone is running for President as a Democrat, it isn't really necessary to say that he or she is pro-abortion and pro-gun control. That goes without saying.

Mayor Pete has been attacking President Trump for his lack of military service (based on his own 6 months on a base in Afghanistan). The admiral may be planning the same line of attack and hope to be taken more seriously. It didn't work with war hero Kerry in 2004.

46 posted on 06/23/2019 4:48:02 PM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: sheehan

pathetic grab for campaign cash.


He’s really running for VP slot on the Dem ticket.


47 posted on 06/23/2019 4:49:32 PM PDT by lodi90
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To: Hojczyk

McTurd lives


48 posted on 06/23/2019 4:50:37 PM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: Impy
>> how the hell is he a “Maverick” for supporting all of his parties’ positions? <<

Kinda the same way that Joe LIEberman is a "pro-Bush conservative Democrat", Bill Maher is an "outspoken libertarian" and Jon Stewart is a "fed up Independent good government guy calling out the political establishment on both sides" when all three of them blindly support 95% of the RAT party platform and its candidates.

49 posted on 06/23/2019 5:09:04 PM PDT by BillyBoy (States rights is NOT a suicide pact)
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To: Empire_of_Liberty

My thought also. Hillary wants to take the easy way to get the nomination. And Sestak helps her and at the same time gets some name recognition and money.


50 posted on 06/23/2019 5:18:33 PM PDT by Jane Austen (Neo-cons are liberal Democrats who love illegal aliens and war.)
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To: Jaxter

“Google McNamara’s 100,000.”

Thanks for the reference. I read the article.

I was generally aware that standards had been lowered in some way during the war but did not know of the term, or how widespread it was.

This McNamara program does not fully explain why a retired Admiral would favor left-wing ideology.


51 posted on 06/23/2019 5:19:38 PM PDT by jeffersondem
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To: Hojczyk
He was an ass kisser in the Navy, even worse as a congress critter.

Welcome aboard, Admiral, one more clown on the bus won't hurt, it can hold 48 passengers.

52 posted on 06/23/2019 5:33:11 PM PDT by USS Alaska
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To: lodi90

“He’s really running for VP slot on the Dem ticket.”

This.


53 posted on 06/23/2019 5:33:12 PM PDT by jeffersondem
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To: Hojczyk

Current or former military personnel who are democrats have a self hate complex.


54 posted on 06/23/2019 5:46:13 PM PDT by Midwesterner53
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To: Hojczyk

We can thank veterans and active duty for their service, but...if they are Leftists, they aren’t worth a cup of warm spit.

I simply cannot understand that. The Left despises the military, and is interested in supporting them only as a necessary political tool when needed. I have never understood any military person subscribing to the views of the Left.

There is a fundamental disconnect that I cannot understand reconciling on the part of any consistent military person.


55 posted on 06/23/2019 6:25:54 PM PDT by rlmorel (Trump to China: This Capitalist Will Not Sell You the Rope with Which You Will Hang Us.)
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To: Hojczyk

Oh great. Has a reputation as a “outsider” and a “maverick”. Where have we heard that before? America appreciates your service Admiral. Please just go home now and sit by the pool. You’ve earned it.


56 posted on 06/23/2019 6:30:33 PM PDT by Afterguard (Deplorable me!)
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To: Hojczyk

Fought against the Commies and now running as one. This is obviously a money scam.


57 posted on 06/23/2019 6:51:03 PM PDT by Bommer (Help 2ndDivisionVet - https://www.gofundme.com/mvc.php?route=category&term=married-recent-ampute)
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To: Hojczyk

Congressmen Curt Weldon was holding hearings on Able Danger and the 911 Cover-up Commission. Oct. 16 2006 the FBI raided the the home of Curt Weldon’s daughter about her dealings with Russia. Three weeks later Sestak beat him in the election. No charges were ever brought against his daughter and nothing else was ever said about the set-up because it had worked so well. The ORIGINAL RUSSIAN COLLUSION SCAM!


58 posted on 06/23/2019 7:08:59 PM PDT by jacob allen
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To: Hojczyk

Here's the latest picture now of all the "D" candidates currently declared/running for president against Trump, captured in this group photo, taken prior to all the debates:


       


(As a friendly, helpful suggestion, I propose the best place to hold those dem debates would be the tropical paradise, the Dominican Republic.)

59 posted on 06/23/2019 7:19:30 PM PDT by Songcraft
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To: Hojczyk

He will get absolutely no traction whatsoever.


60 posted on 06/23/2019 7:55:06 PM PDT by HANG THE EXPENSE (Life's tough.It's tougher when you're stupid.)
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