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05-27-obama Good news! President Obama says there will be an answer on whether his White House attempted to bribe Rep. Joe Sestak to stay out of the senate primary in Pennsylvania.
But not yet.
Sure, it would seem that with White House spokesman Robert Gibbss assurance that all conversations between Sestak and the White House were appropriate, the president could have easily answered the question Thursday during his first news conference in nearly a year.
But why answer the question now when the administration can drag it out even longer?
There are more opportunities for really positive exchanges to happen between Gibbs and the White House press corps.
Sestak said he was offered a job. And he keeps repeating that. Gibbs says....
...nothing inappropriate happened. And he keeps repeating that.
So is there a gray area here? Will this be another "It depends on what the meaning of the word 'is' is"?
There will be an official response shortly on the Sestak issue which I hope will answer your questions, Obama told reporters Thursday.
No need for hope. It really is a simple question. Was Sestak offered a job?
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yeah Rahm can forget going back to Chi-town.
The WH just threw his a** under the bus.
But would Plouffe give up Obama if facing jail time?
Plouffe, Rahm and OBAMA are GUILTY AS HELL of this FELONY!!
Is that the best they could offer? No wonder Sestak declined.
I would say that I think somebody is lying, but I think they are ALL lying.
Sestak was OFFERED A JOB, most likely as Secy of the NAvy!!!
Hold up here Hoss.... Gibbsey for MONTHS said, “I will check into that” “I will gt back to you on that”, “I don’t know, I will get on that” and NOTHING was ever gotten to.
What did Gibbsey know and when did he know it?
Why did it take the White House MONTHS to answer these questions? If nothing “Bad” happened, WHY DODGE THE QUESTION FOR MONTHS??????????
Because something bad DID happen.
REMEMBER SCOOTER LIBBY!!!!!! - Payback’s a BITCH ain’t it?
introducing clinton and sestaks brother into the mix gives them maximum room for “misspeaking” and “misunderstanding”.
Gives us a target rich environment is what it does. Time to start loading the shotgun with paintball pellets.... lets see who is gonna get some of that bright green paint....
POLL!!!!!!!!!!
Rational Rahmbo/Chicago Mob tactics. They’ve lost their grip on Specter’s short hairs, so now are looking to get a grip on Sestak’s.
There is a federal law prohibits making an offer for a future job or payment in exchange for present day political action.
Its the promise of a future payment/job that violates the law.
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