Posted on 05/28/2010 7:09:26 AM PDT by maggief
Senior White House advisers asked former President Bill Clinton to talk to Joe Sestak about whether he was serious about running for Senate, and to feel out whether he'd be open to other alternatives, according to sources familiar with the situation.
But the White House maintains that the Clinton-Sestak discussions were informal, according to the sources. The White House, under pressure to divulge the specifics of its interactions with Sestak, will release a formal statement later today outlining their version of events, including Clinton's involvement.
According to the sources, White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel asked Clinton and his longtime adviser, lawyer Doug Band, to talk to Sestak about the race. It's unclear right now whether the White House will say that Clinton was asked to suggest specific administration positions for Sestak, whether Clinton floated positions on his own, whether Clinton discussed other options not related to the adminstration, or whether employment even came up at all in the talks.
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Maybe she could take lessons from ol hubby.
Depends on what the meaning of is.....is.
Didn’t Zero have lunch with Bubba recently?
The timing is suspicious.
If they didn’t do anything illegal why should they have to “draft” anything? 0bama could’ve said exactly what occurred yesterday if it was nothing. No one needs time to “draft” the truth.
Cindie
okay... somebody educate me on this please.... i’m not seeing the crime or even an ethical violation here.....
one party big shot asks a party politician A to step aside and let another party politician B run in an election.
nothing wrong with this.
the party big shot promises politician A a political appointment in return. ??? where these jobs are inherently political gifts by nature.
is there more? help me out. (without flaming please)
is this it?
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (PA) - Saturday, February 20, 2010
Author: Staff and wire reports
STATE
SESTAK CLAIMS WHITE HOUSE OFFERED HIM JOB TO QUIT RACE
In the face of a White House denial, U.S. Rep. Joe Sestak stuck to his story Friday 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.
A White House official “vociferously” denied his account Friday as Mr. Sestak insisted on national television that he had told the truth, but declined for a second day to divulge details.
Mr. Sestak made his startling claim Thursday during the taping of Comcast Network’s “Larry Kane: Voice of Reason,” a public affairs show televised on Sunday evenings.
“Were you ever offered a federal job to get out of this race?” Mr. Kane asked near the end of the 30-minute interview.
“Yes,” Mr. Sestak answered.
In response to follow-up questions from the host, Mr. Sestak said the job was offered by the White House.
He also nodded when asked if the offer was for a high-ranking post.
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Hillary!'s baggage becomes heavier and heavier.
Will Barry ask her "to spend more time with her family" now that Bubba is outed as the rainmaker?"
Watergate started as a third-rate burgalary. We all know what eventually happend. Could happen again.
” 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 states Democratic primary.”
That rules out Clinton....
Desperation Blvd.
I’ve presumed Zero is puppeted by the Clinton’s, but has strayed off the reservation.
It depends on what the meaning of the word ‘offer’ is. If the—if he—if ‘offer’ means offer and never has been, that is not—that is one thing. If it means there is none, that was a completely true statement....
Oh boy.
Even I’m starting to think this one is getting big.
Why does anyone see a problem here? It’s just the “Chicago Way.”
I call BS and one more thing this lamtard Jack Squat Adminstration gets away with.........
This longtime Freeper and longtime Pennsylvanian sure remembers. I called Att'y Gen't Corbett's office this morning to encourage an investigation. It's a complete outrage that our Senate representation is manipulated so blatantly from DC. The staffer at Corbett's office told me that I'd have to put it in writing; they don't pass along verbal communications of this kind. She said - the office deals with law, and legal stuff needs to be in writing. Interesting.
I encourage all Pennsylvanians to turn to their state government to push for complete investigation of this stench.
"intermediary"? "liaison"? (ok, that second was was a joke)
But ultimately I think I would say something besides "white house official" to describe someone other than an actual white house official. I think someone that was an admiral in the navy would use the word "official" with a great deal of care.
I did notice on the news clips of Hillary’s rant about rich people today that she looked like hell....LOL! Her hair looked dirty and stringy and the bags under her eyes were practically touching her upper lip.
Team Obama just KO’d Hillary’s run in 2012....They are going to lay this mess at the feet of Bill and Hill....Smart,,,
Please dont put the words snatch and hillary in the same sentence.
I want to enjoy this weekend. Thank you.
He spent a bunch of money on attack ads against his most popular opponent.
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