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Top Democrat [Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin] wants answers from Sestak
The Hill ^
| May 25, 2010
| Michael O'Brien
Posted on 05/25/2010 9:59:48 AM PDT by jazusamo
Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) said it's up to Sestak to say more about allegations the administration offered him a job.
Rep. Joe Sestak (D-Pa.) should explain more about allegations the White House offered him a job in exchange for dropping out of the Pennsylvania Senate race, a top Senate Democrat said Tuesday.
Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) said the onus is on Sestak to say more about the offer he claimed to have received from the Obama administration in exchange for dropping his primary challenge to Sen. Arlen Specter (D-Pa.).
"At some point, I think Congressman Sestak needs to make clear what happened," Durbin told reporters at the Capitol.
Republicans have put pressure on Sestak and the White House to explain more about their conversations, led by Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), the ranking member of the House Oversight and Goverment Reform Committee, who has suggested a criminal probe in the matter.
Durbin said the responsibility falls with Sestak not the White House to explain, because Sestak, Durbin said, "raised the issue."
Durbin is arguably the highest-profile Democrat to call for more information in the incident. Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) urged the White House on Monday to disclose what it knows.
"The only thing I heard was Axelrod said that nothing inappropriate took place," Durbin said, referencing White House senior advisor David Axelrod.
TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: cultureofcorruption; democrats; obama; sestak; whipdick
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To: TFMcGuire
I will admit to you that while watching Jindal’s press conference on the oil spill, Dick Durbin was there and when he spoke he specifically called out the Administration.
To: justlurking
"If he doesn't do so, this cloud is going to hang over his head. His Republican opponent can rightly ask: "who is Sestak protecting?" He can also ask: "Did it really happen, or did Sestak just make it up for political gain?""
I'm having a hard time imagining what motive Sestak would have had to make up this allegation, which is why I'm inclined to believe him. But if it was just a verbal, "ears only," offer, he'd have no proof. Maybe the Dems already have been assured that's the case, so they are pretending to be forthright in asking for proof they know doesn't exist. It will make Sestak look bad, but they'd rather lose his seat than have the White House involved in a potentially impeachable scandal.
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posted on
05/25/2010 10:47:59 AM PDT
by
Steve_Seattle
("Above all, shake your bum at Burton.")
To: BJClinton
A congressman on FOX today was saying that this was an impeachable offense. We can only pray.
To: jazusamo
Sure he does; so he plan more coverup.
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posted on
05/25/2010 11:01:10 AM PDT
by
freekitty
(Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
To: dandiegirl
What did the president extort and when did he extort it?
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posted on
05/25/2010 11:02:32 AM PDT
by
Keith
(We live in an America of National Socialism...sound familiar? It should...)
To: jazusamo
Funny, they didn’t accept such an excuse when railroading Scooter Libby now did they?
Its the COVERUP that KILLS.
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posted on
05/25/2010 11:04:11 AM PDT
by
Danae
(Don't like the Constitution, try living in a country with out one.)
To: jazusamo
"At some point, I think Congressman Sestak needs to make clear what happened," Durbin told reporters at the Capitol. Hey Sestack, Vice Admiral (Ret.), act like a man and let the communists have it!
Unless you're a coward, a liar, a communist or all of the above!
To: jazusamo
In time, the Savior may end up under his own bus.
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posted on
05/25/2010 11:13:26 AM PDT
by
JPG
(Mr. Gore, we have a warrant for your arrest...put your hands behind your back.)
To: dandiegirl
A congressman on FOX today was saying that this was an impeachable offense. We can only pray. Only pray is right. This communist Congress will never even think about it.
To: eaglestar
“when he spoke he specifically called out the Administration.”
That is good news:)
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posted on
05/25/2010 11:18:34 AM PDT
by
TFMcGuire
(Life is tough. It is even tougher if you are stupid--John Wayne)
To: jazusamo
Maybe they’ll find him somewhere with a note, or maybe mOron soetoro will send him on a plane trip to Croatia if you know what I mean. ;-)
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posted on
05/25/2010 11:20:02 AM PDT
by
klimeckg
("The penalty good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.")
To: Steve_Seattle
But if it was just a verbal, "ears onlyYep.. remember, Rahm is known for having conversations while naked in the shower. (shudder!)
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posted on
05/25/2010 11:20:18 AM PDT
by
lwd
To: JPG
In time, the Savior may end up under his own bus.I agree, if enough Dems realize they're going down I believe some will turn on the Savior.
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posted on
05/25/2010 11:22:06 AM PDT
by
jazusamo
(But there really is no free lunch, except in the world of political rhetoric,.: Thomas Sowell)
To: jazusamo
The Democrats will push "for answers" and refer it to the Ethics Committee where it will sit until after November. After November they will find "no violations".
The End.
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posted on
05/25/2010 11:24:30 AM PDT
by
Deb
(Beat him, strip him and bring him to my tent!)
To: eaglestar
To: Carley
Kinda looks like they are going to trash Sestak and then replace him with a viable candidate at the eleventh hour.
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posted on
05/25/2010 11:38:28 AM PDT
by
TheThirdRuffian
(Nothing to see here. Move along.)
To: Deb
I see you have mastered their playbook. (Exhibit A:
Massa "Probe") ...
"did you say probe?"
To: jazusamo
It’s probably all for show....
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posted on
05/25/2010 11:45:11 AM PDT
by
b4its2late
(Why does a slight tax increase cost you $200 and a substantial tax cut save you 30 cents?)
To: Servant of the Cross
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posted on
05/25/2010 11:46:34 AM PDT
by
Deb
(Beat him, strip him and bring him to my tent!)
To: jazusamo
Does this mean Sestak will have to say that he “misspoke”?
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posted on
05/25/2010 11:51:35 AM PDT
by
onyx
(Sarah/Michele 2012)
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