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Sestak Says Federal Job Was Offered To Quit Race
The Philadelphia Inquirer ^ | 2/19/10 | Thomas Fitzgerald

Posted on 02/19/2010 7:36:19 AM PST by moose2004

Rep. Joe Sestak (D., Pa.) said yesterday that the White House offered him a federal job in an effort to dissuade him from challenging Sen. Arlen Specter in the state's Democratic primary.

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


TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: District of Columbia; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: cultureofcorruption; democratscandals; joesestak; payoff; pennsylvania; ratmachine; whitehouse
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To: moose2004

I just saw him on with Martha McCallum and he was sooooooo nasty!


21 posted on 02/19/2010 7:49:57 AM PST by Miss Didi ("After all...tomorrow is another day." Scarlett O'Hara, Gone with the Wind)
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To: SparkyBass

22 posted on 02/19/2010 7:50:04 AM PST by MrB (The difference between a humanist and a Satanist is that the latter knows who he's working for.)
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To: moose2004

That would depend on your Party affiliation...


23 posted on 02/19/2010 7:51:24 AM PST by 101voodoo
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To: MrB

LOL!


24 posted on 02/19/2010 7:54:39 AM PST by moose2004 (Stand up, speak out and stop Obamacare and GE)
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To: bvw

Nah Joe is a flaming liberal and the Tea Party would have nothing to do with this buffoon.


25 posted on 02/19/2010 7:57:01 AM PST by italianquaker (My bartender knew about the attempted Christmas attack before odumbo)
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To: moose2004

Was it offered in the way of “Wouldn’t you like the cushy federal position and the option to run again instead of having us completely dig up every skeleton we can find, float nasty rumors about your relationship with a plumber’s assistant, and put the screws to those supplying you with campaign funds?”


26 posted on 02/19/2010 7:59:05 AM PST by theDentist (fybo; qwerty ergo typo : i type, therefore i misspelll)
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To: moose2004; hoosiermama; Liz; STARWISE; onyx; SE Mom; Bahbah

“Was it secretary of the Navy?” Kane asked.

“No comment,” Sestak said.

“Was it [the job] high-ranking?” Kane asked. Sestak said yes, but added that he would “never leave” the Senate race for a deal.


The Chicago Way!


27 posted on 02/19/2010 7:59:07 AM PST by maggief
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To: moose2004

Is this legal?


28 posted on 02/19/2010 8:03:34 AM PST by Marty62 (former Marty60)
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To: moose2004

“It’s just like Arlen Specter to get an insider Washington deal to try to save his political career.”

Spector is a loathsome cancer on the face of American politics.

Its all about him - on every issue. Not for one nannosecond has this political harlot ever done anything on the basis of what is best for America.

Its past time for this serial political criminal to be flushed down the toilette of history.

It might take a lot of draino to remove the stain.


29 posted on 02/19/2010 8:03:36 AM PST by ZULU (Hey Obama, how DO you pronounce "corpsman"?????)
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To: moose2004

Except now, after going public, the job offer has changed to an ambassadorship to the Mariana Trench.


30 posted on 02/19/2010 8:04:10 AM PST by dagogo redux (A whiff of primitive spirits in the air, harbingers of an impending descent into the feral.)
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To: italianquaker

Speaking of flaming Joe is now carbonized.


31 posted on 02/19/2010 8:05:10 AM PST by bvw
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To: italianquaker

Oops, responded as if this was a JOE STACK thread.


32 posted on 02/19/2010 8:06:38 AM PST by bvw
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To: Marty62

I asked the same question earlier.


33 posted on 02/19/2010 8:10:09 AM PST by moose2004 (Stand up, speak out and stop Obamacare and GE)
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To: moose2004
"...the White House offered him a federal job in an effort to dissuade him..."

That's a bribe. An impeachable offense.

34 posted on 02/19/2010 8:18:09 AM PST by wny
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To: Marty62

Depends upon the meaning of “illegal”


35 posted on 02/19/2010 8:18:42 AM PST by goodnesswins (Tagline, oh, tagline, whereart thou tagline....)
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To: maggief

WOW...amazing.


36 posted on 02/19/2010 8:21:18 AM PST by SE Mom (Proud mom of an Iraq war combat veteran)
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To: randita

which makes me wonder can specter get reelected as a dem. if he gets the primary, can he win against toomey?


37 posted on 02/19/2010 8:24:09 AM PST by madamemayhem (defeat isn't getting knocked down, it's not getting back up)
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To: moose2004

Bribery is only against the law for private citizens, not the Public Masters and Lawgivers.


38 posted on 02/19/2010 8:41:57 AM PST by eyeamok
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To: madamemayhem

“which makes me wonder can specter get reelected as a dem. if he gets the primary, can he win against toomey?”

Not really. The campaigning hasn’t started, but Toomey has a great chance here in PA given the current political climate. Keep in mind that Santorum won PA in 2000 despite Gore carrying the state.


39 posted on 02/19/2010 8:48:18 AM PST by edh (I need a better tagline)
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To: moose2004

it is standard operating procedure. Once you recruit a flip-flopper to cross the aisle you are stuck supporting him no matter what, or else your future recruiting efforts are toast. Glad that Arlen is the Dems problem now.


40 posted on 02/19/2010 9:10:37 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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