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White House Accused of Federal Crime in Specter, Bennett Races
The American Spectator ^ | Feb. 22, 2010 | Jeffrey Lord

Posted on 02/22/2010 6:39:37 AM PST by bogusname

"Whoever solicits or receives … any….thing of value, in consideration of the promise of support or use of influence in obtaining for any person any appointive office or place under the United States, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both." -- 18 USC Sec. 211 -- Bribery, Graft and Conflicts of Interest: Acceptance or solicitation to obtain appointive public office

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 2010midterms; abovethelaw; bennett; chicagopolitics; chicagoway; corruptdems; corruption; cultureofcorruption; democratcorruption; dncricoenterprise; dojasleep; impeachobama; liars; noaccountability; obama; obamacorruption; rahm; specter; tas
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To: Arthur Wildfire! March

Thanks.

Hadn’t yet but did on your note.

Bloody horrific. All those great links are worth printing/emailing and sharing.

THANKS BIG.


61 posted on 02/23/2010 4:53:15 AM PST by Quix ( POL Ldrs quotes fm1900 TRAITORS http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2130557/posts?page=81#81)
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To: paulycy

won’t be enough wake-up to do that.

They eat their own and think it’s all part of the game on the road to global tyranny.


62 posted on 02/23/2010 4:54:13 AM PST by Quix ( POL Ldrs quotes fm1900 TRAITORS http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2130557/posts?page=81#81)
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To: Quix

Glad to help, FRiend.


63 posted on 02/23/2010 4:58:25 AM PST by Arthur Wildfire! March (Farah: "If [certifigate]'s been settled show us the birth certificate. Simple.")
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To: bogusname

bump


64 posted on 02/23/2010 5:02:56 AM PST by tutstar (Baptist Ping list - freepmail me to get on or off.)
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To: Quix
They eat their own and think it’s all part of the game on the road to global tyranny.

Well, since you may very well be right I'll just kinda hope it's what I said but I won't hope very hard...

65 posted on 02/23/2010 5:05:58 AM PST by paulycy (Demand Constitutionality.)
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To: bogusname

Hey FRiends, let’s get back to reality. Move along. Nothing to see. Absolutely zero will come of this.


66 posted on 02/23/2010 5:10:38 AM PST by Hawthorn
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To: bogusname

If the Repubs take back Congress then this should be investigated to the hilt and if there is anything there the word impeachment should be raised.


67 posted on 02/23/2010 5:49:22 AM PST by misterrob (Have you tea bagged a liberal today?)
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To: Hawthorn

Even Drudge hasn’t mentioned it.


68 posted on 02/23/2010 6:54:49 AM PST by clintonh8r (Nobody's 'bot!!)
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To: kosciusko51

Yep. This is one of the most ignored statutes on the books. Right after bribery.


69 posted on 02/23/2010 6:57:16 AM PST by Blood of Tyrants (Truth - Reality through the eyes of God.)
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To: bogusname

Happens at federal, state and local level in every election. Routinely practiced by Rs and Ds.


70 posted on 02/23/2010 6:58:17 AM PST by MindBender26 (Prezdet Obama is what you get when you let the O.J. jury select a president !)
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To: bogusname

Drive by poster.


71 posted on 02/23/2010 7:03:00 AM PST by upchuck (The horse is in the pasture. The barn door is wide-open. Obama wants to know who made the hinges.)
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To: bogusname

I wonder if Obama is going to one day wind up like all those Illinois governors that got sent (or will soon be) to prison?


72 posted on 02/23/2010 7:17:35 AM PST by Grunthor (The more people I meet, the more I love my dogs.)
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To: paulycy

Indeed.


73 posted on 02/23/2010 7:21:59 AM PST by Quix ( POL Ldrs quotes fm1900 TRAITORS http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2130557/posts?page=81#81)
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To: bogusname
Sestak as secnav would have been a major major mistake.
74 posted on 02/23/2010 7:25:47 AM PST by W. W. SMITH
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To: Liz
"You vote wrong, pal, and it could get real ugly. Rahm and Nancy might even get out the whip."


75 posted on 02/23/2010 8:12:51 AM PST by null and void (We are now in day 397 of our national holiday from reality. - 0bama really isn't one of US.)
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To: Liz

Carmine and Johnny Sac??


76 posted on 02/23/2010 8:44:47 AM PST by rahbert
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To: bogusname

I have been thinking about a Citizens Court.

since it is obvious that the Justice Department will NOT enforce Laws. A the sheer audacity of open violations of the USC, maybe a Citizens Court would not be such an outragous suggestion.
also intereting the Fouders had the SAME problems we are facing today.

“He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harass our people and eat out their substance.”


77 posted on 02/23/2010 9:24:07 AM PST by Marty62 (former Marty60)
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To: for-q-clinton

“Whoever solicits or receives … any….thing of value, in consideration of the promise of support or use of influence in obtaining for any person any appointive office or place under the United States, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.” — 18 USC Sec. 211 — Bribery, Graft and Conflicts of Interest: Acceptance or solicitation to obtain appointive public office

“In the face of a White House denial, U.S. Rep. Joe Sestak stuck to his story yesterday that the Obama administration offered him a “high-ranking” government post if he would not run against U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter in Pennsylvania’s Democratic primary.”
— Philadelphia Inquirer
February 19, 2010
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I thought the same as you but I don’t know about that. Apparently the administration was soliciting a promise not to run against Specter, can a promise not to run be considered a “thing of value”.

On the other hand it appears to be a clear case of attempted bribery, if it is illegal to accept a bribe, can it be legal to offer one?


78 posted on 02/23/2010 9:52:46 AM PST by RipSawyer (Trying to reason with a leftist is like trying to catch sunshine in a fish net at midnight.)
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To: Pride in the USA; Stillwaters
Well worth clicking on the link to the full article from The American Spectator. This could potentially be a bombshell waiting to go off. It really depends on how well the mainstream media can bury it and provide cover.

We should know by the end of the week IF it's going to break into the the public consciousness. Usually, the way it works, (if it's going to work), follows this template: From the original source (American Thinker), to talk radio (I'm listening to Rush and he hasn't mentioned it...yet), to Fox News. A story negative to liberal interests, such as the hidden Acorn video was, usually has to get extended airplay on Fox for several days before network news feels compelled to report it.

I'm not hopeful that this story will break through the bubble. It would be outrageous for it not to, because as John F. Kennedy once said: "It is a federal offense to offer any man a federal job in return for a favor." And so it is.

79 posted on 02/23/2010 10:26:59 AM PST by lonevoice (If Fox News is the only outlet reporting it, did it really happen?)
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To: bogusname

Good luck in getting this to stick to Obama.
Only guy who can make all his records disappear by executive order. Change the meaning of the constitution ..no problem.
Fund ACORN to mess with votes, sure thing. Allow black panthers to terrorize voters, not a problem.

Oh .. I so hope his day comes when he finds himself stripped of his power, dignity and he has to pay for what he has done.


80 posted on 02/23/2010 10:28:12 AM PST by Munz (All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.)
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