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Bush ethics chief to GOP: "Time to move on"
Earlier this week, Richard Painter, the chief White House ethics officer under George W. Bush, argued that it didn't look like there all that was much to the Joe Sestak story. Even if there had been some kind of "job" offer, Painter said, this constituted "nothing new."
Now that the White House has released its version of events, Painter is even more adamant. He just told me in an interview that it's time for Republicans to "move on."
They aren't doing this, as it happens. GOP Rep Darrell Issa is out with a statement today arguing that the White House memo clearly shows a law may have been broken.
Painter, however, dismissed the "scandal." He made two points. First, he said, now that we know the "job" was an unpaid advisory position, it's even less likely that this was intended as a quid pro quo.
"Where is the quid pro quo?" Painter asked. "Nobody who has a halfway decent chance of winning a Senate race is going to give it up to sit on an advisory board. That would be a laughable tradeoff."
rep issa is still pontificating...
but then again, he tantrums over pretty much everything.
you ever hear of an unpaid position being a quid pro quo?
that being said, maybe sestak needs to explain why he couldn't say that from the beginning. was he so desperate to beat spector that he wanted to set himself up as the guy who turned down a job just to run for senate?
i'm not liking that at all. i think its a sucker move.
rep issa is still pontificating...
but then again, he tantrums over pretty much everything.
you ever hear of an unpaid position being a quid pro quo?
that being said, maybe sestak needs to explain why he couldn't say that from the beginning. was he so desperate to beat spector that he wanted to set himself up as the guy who turned down a job just to run for senate?
i'm not liking that at all. i think its a sucker move.
Of course. He's trying to ride the Anti-Government movement, he knows what he's doing. Like I just posted in another thread, Reagan did exactly the same thing as Obama supposedly did but it seemed to be just shrugged off.
Wait... Bush had an "Ethics Chief" in his adminisration? How's that for tasty irony? Or maybe it was just an inside joke...
I know you poor babies are disappointed... .and i'm going to laugh at all of you who 'just want answers" if you keep whining, and someone needs to tell that idiot Issa in Cali to shut up, but:
Bush ethics chief to GOP: "Time to move on"
Earlier this week, Richard Painter, the chief White House ethics officer under George W. Bush, argued that it didn't look like there all that was much to the Joe Sestak story. Even if there had been some kind of "job" offer, Painter said, this constituted "nothing new."
Now that the White House has released its version of events, Painter is even more adamant. He just told me in an interview that it's time for Republicans to "move on."
They aren't doing this, as it happens. GOP Rep Darrell Issa is out with a statement today arguing that the White House memo clearly shows a law may have been broken.
Painter, however, dismissed the "scandal." He made two points. First, he said, now that we know the "job" was an unpaid advisory position, it's even less likely that this was intended as a quid pro quo.
"Where is the quid pro quo?" Painter asked. "Nobody who has a halfway decent chance of winning a Senate race is going to give it up to sit on an advisory board. That would be a laughable tradeoff."
The Plum Line - Bush ethics chief to GOP: "Time to move on"
come on Jillian...
When have the Republicans ever just "moved on" on anything?
They kept the Whitewater investigation against Clinton going for 7 years
Like I said, the so called smoking gun would turn out to be full of blanks.
I know you poor babies are disappointed... .and i'm going to laugh at all of you who 'just want answers" if you keep whining, and someone needs to tell that idiot Issa in Cali to shut up, but:
Bush ethics chief to GOP: "Time to move on"
Earlier this week, Richard Painter, the chief White House ethics officer under George W. Bush, argued that it didn't look like there all that was much to the Joe Sestak story. Even if there had been some kind of "job" offer, Painter said, this constituted "nothing new."
Now that the White House has released its version of events, Painter is even more adamant. He just told me in an interview that it's time for Republicans to "move on."
They aren't doing this, as it happens. GOP Rep Darrell Issa is out with a statement today arguing that the White House memo clearly shows a law may have been broken.
Painter, however, dismissed the "scandal." He made two points. First, he said, now that we know the "job" was an unpaid advisory position, it's even less likely that this was intended as a quid pro quo.
"Where is the quid pro quo?" Painter asked. "Nobody who has a halfway decent chance of winning a Senate race is going to give it up to sit on an advisory board. That would be a laughable tradeoff."
The Plum Line - Bush ethics chief to GOP: "Time to move on"
poor nutbar willow.
there's some drool running off your chin, dear... here's a handkerchief...
i picked one with a pwetty widdle flower just for widdle you.
alberto gonzales was by far the biggest disgrace to the office of attorney general in our history.
period
alberto gonzales was by far the biggest disgrace to the office of attorney general in our history.
period
you izzzz dead wrong.. eric holder has gonzalez beat by 20 points, and it's still early.. eric holder can't tell hizzzz azzz from the proverbial hole in the ground..
alberto gonzales was by far the biggest disgrace to the office of attorney general in our history.
period
