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Former President Clinton, by his own admission, appears to have committed another felony, by violating a crime he signed into law.  Formerly convicted of perjury, President Clinton's assertions of integrity and honesty are going to be dubious and circumspect; however, according to 18 USC 600, if a 'job' or 'position' is offered to entice a candidate to drop out of a race you have committed a crime and an impeachable offence. President Obama's White House is agreeing with Clinton's implausible story of offering Congressman Sestak a 'nonpaying position' for dropping out of the Senate seat primary race against Arlen...

Charles nailed the "Clintonian response" from the White House! If you want a quick catchup on the key issues raised by the allegations of a White House bribe of Congressman Joe Sestak, spend a few minutes with Charles Krauthammer. From Friday's panel discussion on Fox News Special Report: [VIDEO AT SITE] The White House statement on Sestak Gate is here. It is a very well crafted document, but as Krauthammer points out it's even more interesting for what it does NOT say. From the statement: "Efforts were made in June and July of 2009 to determine whether Congressman Sestak would...

If Sestak is lying he should be disqualified for the Senate. If someone at the White House offered him a bribe to stay out of Senate race, they broke the law. That's really the only two ways to look at this story. The White House made it clear they did not want Joe Sestak to run in the primary against Senator Arlen Specter. Sestak has repeatedly claimed that he was offered a high level job if he were to drop out of the race which he won in last week's Pennsylvania primary. Sestak was asked about the controversy this past...

Representative Darrell Issa (R)-CA, has called for a Special Prosecutor to investigate Representative Sestak’s (D)-PA claim of an Obama White House bribery attempt. Sestak alleges that the White House offered him a top federal spot to drop out of a Primary race with sometime Democrat, sometime Republican and full time Harpy, Arlen Specter.