Sestak: WH offered job if he left race (Obama broke the law and now for the cover-up)

upi ^ | 5/23/2010 | STAFF

[tobyhill]

Rep. Joe Sestak, D-Pa., said Sunday the White House had offered him a job if he would withdraw from the primary race against Sen. Arlen Specter.

Sestak, who defeated the five-term incumbent Specter to win the Democratic nomination in the Senate primary, was asked on CBS's "Face the Nation" if the Obama administration had offered a position in exchange for his agreeing not to run.

"Yeah, he replied. "I was asked that question months after it happened. And I felt an obligation to answer it honestly. I said, 'yes.'

Asked what job, Sestak said: "No, no … and I said at the time, anything beyond that just gets into politics."

[70times7]

First Blago, now Sestak.

How's that again? Not sure what you mean.

[tobyhill]

The gift Obama would have received is an uncontested Senate seat with the candidate that he endorsed.

[Army Air Corps]

Problems related to Obama’s dealmaking and street hustling.

[ElkGroveDan]

If this was the Nixon administration every newspaper in the country would put 80% of their staff working on it full time.

[tweakDU]

The other day I actually found a word I’d lost some years back - it was hiding with a single white sock.

[Army Air Corps]

Imagine if the accusation was leveled at GWB.

[saganite]

I’m going to disagree with those on the thread who say the media will cover this up or will allow the regime to cover it up. After all, why ask the question on the most prominent Sunday talk show? There was no need to ask that question because they already knew the answer. Sestak had made the claim some time ago. Obviously, someone wanted to air the claim again. No question on those shows is accidental.

[tobyhill]

We will see but time and time again the MSM brings up a question every now and then but spaces it out long enough so the relevance is zero.

[Eleutheria5]

You can’t impeach over this. It’s at most a misdemeanor, and not very high at that.

[Apparatchik]

I have agree with you on the point about how the media seems to be more interested in this than three months ago, now that Sestak has defeated Obama's pick for the PA senate seat. A couple of possibilities: Sestak himself wanted the question asked, as he is running against the Obama Administration, even as a liberal democRAT. Not on principle, mind you, but on the expectation that Obama's approval numbers are about to seriously tank - along with the economy. If that happens, the only way to get elected as a democrat is to be as far away from the White House as possible.

The other possibility is that the media is ever so slowly beginning to turn on The One and sense Gibby's stonewalling as blood in the water. Plus, the pRESIDENT hasn't given a press conference in almost a year.

[tobyhill]

“shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not
more than one year, or both.”

Pretty serious “misdemeanor” for a year in jail.

[aruanan]

You can’t impeach over this. It’s at most a misdemeanor, and not very high at that.

You can impeach over "high crimes and misdemeanors," in other words, over a whole range of behavior unbecoming the office.

[Nachum]

We are overlooking a possible danger here: When the democrats control everything, being a highly paid bureaucrat will be better than being an elected official. If the party gains from their game-playing, they will reward these people with great, non-elected, permanent jobs.

That's better than have a vote in our legislature. I would much rather take my chances with the opposition party in control of the house and senate. They get all the committee chairs, set the agenda, and cut off the money flow from the Fraud in Chief.

[Apparatchik]

You can’t impeach over this. It’s at most a misdemeanor, and not very high at that.

True, but the actions these bozos might take to cover it up could involve criminal activities. Let watch and see.

[IceAge]

Why not pepper these dems with questions over this matter?
Let’s “pretend” they are honest and will do the right thing.
Call them on the carpet if they don’t.
Rub their noses in it.

[ducttape45]

Problem is, they’d have to prosecute not only the White House, but several house and senate members, the MSM, and any liberal news outlet that co-conspires with them.

[giotto]

If Sestak wins, his first act after being sworn in should be to switch parties.

[saganite]

They also asked the same question of Gibbs who was on the show ahead of Sestak. It would seem to have been the primary issue for the panel.

[freekitty]

Someone here today tried to tell me Obama had broken no laws. /sarc

[eyedigress]

It’s called bribery. It was a crime when my clearances were going through. If you succumb to bribery or incitement you are guilty of sedition. That’s why you keep your nose clean.
It is a high crime.