Posted on 05/28/2010 10:59:14 AM PDT by malkee
At the urging of the Obama White House, former President Bill Clinton asked Rep. Joe Sestak whether he would abandon his plans to challenge Sen. Arlen Specter in a Pennsylvania Democratic primary if given an unpaid, advisory position, according to a White House counsel report issued Friday morning.
Clinton made the inquiries on behalf of Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel last summer, as Sestak began his challenge of Specter, a former Republican who had switched parties, White House Counsel Bob Bauer wrote. Obama publicly backed Specter's reelection bid over Sestak, who remained in the primary and defeated the veteran senator this month.
Bauer concluded that nothing improper had taken place and that "allegations of improper conduct rest on factual errors and lack a basis in the law." Contrary to allegations by many conservative pundits, Bauer found that Sestak had not been offered the position of secretary of the Navy. Bauer concluded that discussions about "alternatives" to a Senate campaign by Sestake were proper.
"The Democratic Party leadership had a legitimate interest in averting a divisive primary fight and a similarly legitimate concern about the Congressman vacating his seat in the House," Bauer wrote. "There have been numerous, reported instances in the past when prior Administrations -- both Democratic and Republican, and motivated by the same goals -- discussed alternative paths to service. . . . Such discussions are fully consistent with the relevant law and ethical requirements."
Sestak declined to answer questions about White House revelations involving Clinton and Emanuel.
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Bingo! We have a winner!!
My question is; WHAT DO THEY HAVE ON CLINTON TO HAVE HIM FALL ON HIS SWORD?
There is a stench about this whole mess. Hmm . . . may Sandy Burglar didn't destroy all those documents.
I am loving all this for Pat Toomey. Hey, Sestak, you’ve pretty much already lost your job. This is great ammo for Toomey. Why not take Obama out with you?
“UNPAID! Yeah right lol lol sure...... Unpaid means a nothing appointment. This version is a complete lie”
This is the worst crock of $hit anyone has tried to peddle in my lifetime!!
That statement “within the white house” is going to trip him up under oath and when the republicans take control of the house in November, he will be under oath.
Liars, reported lies and more lies.
Explanation does not meet the smell test. And, why would sestak take an UNPAID position?
We are seriously asked to believe that Joe Sestak refused to comment on an offer made for a non-paying, "Presidential Board" job by a man not even part of the administration, literally for MONTHS?
This is an insult to the intelligence of any person who hears or reads it.
It actually becomes excruciatingly, cringe-inducing, over-the-top, over-the-shark, pathetically awful with the coup de grâce: Mister IzIz gets drawn in as the Plausible-Deniability-Dummy.
Do you think that Obama was the first Balck President to give an ex-President, a Lewinsky in the White House?
That is a ONE BIG FAVOR THAT BIL LIES is trying to do for Obama.
your looking at it the wrong way, it's what does clinton like that would let jugs ears kiss his a^^ and go along with this scam. MONEY. The impeached liar dislikes Odumbo,so if he can rake in a couple of million to go along with this deal Bubba's happy. Odumbo is worried that the MSM is not letting this go...so he needs to have the wagons circle. The one thing they can't depend on is if Sestak is an honorable man
Nothing would surprise me from this bunch. Everyday is like living in a B movie.
Yeah, right, try this out on the unemployed. Tell them you’ve got a great job for them starting on Monday. Oh, be sure to mention that they won’t get any pay.
On TOP of that....
"if given an unpaid, advisory position,
This lie that they will drag Clinton into saying...
NO WONDER CLINTON was giving Obama snarling looks the other day when they met to corroborate their story of lies I mean lunch
They never had sexual relations with that woman and it was an UNPAID position, offered.IT depends on what your definition of
UNPAID position adviser means.
WHY do they think that dragging in a liason makes this not a crime? The POTUS had to approve all. Period end of subject. It does not matter whether they had 45 liasons...perjurers or not!
Common sense prevails their lawyer think. NO ONE would give up a primary political position for an unpaid position...
Come on! Who do they think they are fooling? It is now their word against Sestak’s.Sestak will be mob bullied to shut the hell up or.......
Nothing to see here — move along
“Hey, Sestak, you’ve pretty much already lost your job. This is great ammo for Toomey. Why not take Obama out with you?”
Oh I’m sure the Chicago mafia dirtbags in the White House have mentioned to Sestak that if he spills the beans there will be some unfortunate family injuries that could happen...Sestak is scared sh*tless. He wishes he never open these can of worms. This will be swept under the carpet-sadly.
Let Blogovich GOOOO! Isn’t Zero using the Blogovich defense just normal legal political deal making? Isn’t Blogo being prosecuted basically for what Zero has admitted to in the Sestak case? “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
Blogo indictment:
http://news.findlaw.com/hdocs/docs/blago/usblagojevich409ind.html
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