White House Accused of Federal Crime in Specter, Bennett Races

The American Spectator ^ | Feb. 22, 2010 | Jeffrey Lord

[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

[Munz]

the thing is who is going to prosecute him?

Eric Holder?

[for-q-clinton]

The laws on bribery work as you’d expect except for those in power. They are specifically written in such a way that makes it near impossible to prosecute them. For them bribery is standard business—just look at the cornhusker kickback. That is a bribe by any definition, but it’s standard operating proceedure for politicians so they have to write the laws in such a way that allows them to “do business”.

Plus all the guy has to do to make it legal is to say, if you don’t run for senate you know you’d make a fine {fill in the blank}. But we need to fill that position before the election so if you choose to run we will have to look elsewhere to fill that position.

[SeattleBruce]

“I wonder if Rod Blagojevich (IL, ex-Gov) is writing this stuff down. “

In between his TV show appearances! Only in AMERICA!

[Pilgrim's Progress]

Absolutely.

I wonder what part of “You have the right to remain silent, anything you say CAN be used against you” this moptop lawyer doesn’t understand.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks bogusname.

[guitarplayer1953]

Little arlen spector should be brought on on treason charges for his criminal doing during the investigations in the JFK assignation.

[FreedomOfExpression]

Third, Shift the aura of power from the centralized location of DC to Topeka Ks for no more that 30 years, then shift it to Wyoming for no more than 30 years, and on and on till you hit all fifty states. Once Power is removed from DC, make it a memorial city of the history of the US, the arts and science.

Someone on FR commented a while back that with the technology now available, all Senators and Representatives should permanently reside and vote from their home districts. All conferencing, voting, etc, can be done via phone, the Internet, or other technological means. That way, they are right there among their constituents.
It sounds like a great idea to me.

[dps.inspect]

Just one problem I see with moving the seat of power away from DC... gonna really put a dent in prostitution services...

[Kackikat]

We should be so lucky!

[Kackikat]

Isn’t there a word for this: IMPEACHMENT

[Kackikat]

“THE sooner the better for all of us”

[Kackikat]

And since all Impeachments must begin in The House of Representatives, it means Pelosi must cooperate...not much chance of that. Maybe we shoudl impeach Pelosi first, then Obama, and as for Reid, he already has started Alzheimers and will not be reelected...2010 is shaping up to be a better year, if we boot the buzzheads out.

[floriduh voter]

I was kidding about the USDOJ the other day being terrorists. I was actually pretty accurate. They are terorist sympathizers and we don’t even know all of their names yet. They STILL WANT trials in NYC. Obama wants to bankrupt this country any way to get there quickly. NYC terror trials will be impossible to pay for.