Bullshit Story Released In White House Memo: Clinton Offered Sesteck An UNPAID Job

[mudwhistle]

Can't wait to hear how this one spins out... Put those bull shit filters on your ears. It's on the way.

Would Clinton put his onions on the line and tempt fate in front of a Grand Jury? The Attorney General in Pennsylvania, a Republican, might not take too kindly with illegal interference in his state's Senatorial Primary. He might call for that Grand Jury to discover the facts, if he's not too busy in his Gubernatorial race in PA.

They're hoping that nobody has the balls to even push it any further.

 

[PatekPhilippe]

What everyone is missing is that the White House has admitted offering the job in exchange for Sestak dropping out of the race....then getting Bubba to take the fall? For a position that is UNPAID? That Sestak is INELIGIBLE FOR TO BEGIN WITH?

This may dupe the Democrats, who are quite easily duped by their own admissions numerous times....but to clear thinking Americans...NO...throwing Bubba the ass clown perjurer under the bus ain't going to cut it.

 

[txlonghorn]

It's a non-story. Reagan did it. Clinton did it. Bush did it. It's the way politics is, it's business as usual.

The right is just making a big deal about it because they have nothing else.

In 1981, President Reagan offered S.I. Hayakawa, then California's senior senator, a job if he declined to run for reelection. We know this because Reagan's chief political adviser admitted as much on the record.

In 1997, then-Massachusetts Attorney General L. Scott Harshbarger negotiated a Justice Department post while he decided whether to run for governor. The Clinton White House did not want him to make that bid -- they wanted to clear the field for Rep. Joe Kennedy.

(Remember when William Weld was nominated to ambassador to Mexico? Same reason, same motivation. Jesse Helms scuttled this, but for reasons having nothing to do with presidential political interference.)

More recently, after Rep. Ben Gilman found his congressional district eliminated by redistricting in 2002, the White House tried to persuade him from challenging another Republican congressman in another district by considering him for an administration position. Karl Rove repeatedly intervened in Republican primaries. And Tim Pawlenty is not a senator because Rove urged him to run for governor instead.

Issa's Call for a Special Prosecutor: Does It Have Merit? - Politics - The Atlantic

so if all these others did it, why are we just now hearing about them...and why the scramble in DC to cover their tracks this time around???

 

[WillowTree]

Good to know that everybody is being impartial about this.

The problem with it is if the job was unpaid why do they need Clinton in the deal?

Also...who in their right mind would give up a great chance at a Senate seat for an unpaid job?

Nope....it's stinks.

It's even worse. The supposed unpaid job is one for which Sestak is not qualified. A sitting member of Congress is ineligible.

I smell a rat.

Yep. It stinks like a dead RAT.. you'd think they would be able to come up with a plausible story,, but not these incompetent nincompoops. Let's hope the Republicans stick by their guns and pressure for an investigation. Toomy has a film ready I'm supposing.

 

[WillowTree]

What everyone is missing is that the White House has admitted offering the job in exchange for Sestak dropping out of the race....then getting Bubba to take the fall? For a position that is UNPAID? That Sestak is INELIGIBLE FOR TO BEGIN WITH?

This may dupe the Democrats, who are quite easily duped by their own admissions numerous times....but to clear thinking Americans...NO...throwing Bubba the ass clown perjurer under the bus ain't going to cut it.

I think placate would be the more accurate term..

 

[mudwhistle]

It's a non-story. Reagan did it. Clinton did it. Bush did it. It's the way politics is, it's business as usual.

The right is just making a big deal about it because they have nothing else.

In 1981, President Reagan offered S.I. Hayakawa, then California's senior senator, a job if he declined to run for reelection. We know this because Reagan's chief political adviser admitted as much on the record.

In 1997, then-Massachusetts Attorney General L. Scott Harshbarger negotiated a Justice Department post while he decided whether to run for governor. The Clinton White House did not want him to make that bid -- they wanted to clear the field for Rep. Joe Kennedy.

(Remember when William Weld was nominated to ambassador to Mexico? Same reason, same motivation. Jesse Helms scuttled this, but for reasons having nothing to do with presidential political interference.)

More recently, after Rep. Ben Gilman found his congressional district eliminated by redistricting in 2002, the White House tried to persuade him from challenging another Republican congressman in another district by considering him for an administration position. Karl Rove repeatedly intervened in Republican primaries. And Tim Pawlenty is not a senator because Rove urged him to run for governor instead.

Issa's Call for a Special Prosecutor: Does It Have Merit? - Politics - The Atlantic

so if all these others did it, why are we just now hearing about them...and why the scramble in DC to cover their tracks this time around???

Because this is just another one of those backroom deals that everyone has been complaining about...only problem is Sestak spilled the beans. Everyone else has kept their mouths shut.

Obama has tried to bribe or threaten just about everyone he deals with. Those who live by the sword eventually die by the sword.

 

[maineman]

It's a non-story. Reagan did it. Clinton did it. Bush did it. It's the way politics is, it's business as usual.

The right is just making a big deal about it because they have nothing else.

In 1981, President Reagan offered S.I. Hayakawa, then California's senior senator, a job if he declined to run for reelection. We know this because Reagan's chief political adviser admitted as much on the record.

In 1997, then-Massachusetts Attorney General L. Scott Harshbarger negotiated a Justice Department post while he decided whether to run for governor. The Clinton White House did not want him to make that bid -- they wanted to clear the field for Rep. Joe Kennedy.

(Remember when William Weld was nominated to ambassador to Mexico? Same reason, same motivation. Jesse Helms scuttled this, but for reasons having nothing to do with presidential political interference.)

More recently, after Rep. Ben Gilman found his congressional district eliminated by redistricting in 2002, the White House tried to persuade him from challenging another Republican congressman in another district by considering him for an administration position. Karl Rove repeatedly intervened in Republican primaries. And Tim Pawlenty is not a senator because Rove urged him to run for governor instead.

Issa's Call for a Special Prosecutor: Does It Have Merit? - Politics - The Atlantic

yeah....they did it toooooooo

its only a non-story because its your beloved dems....

its such a non-story that the WH had to LIE that the position was goign to be UNPAID

if it was no big deal....why lie about that?

who has said it was a lie, besides right wing wackos like you?

 

[mudwhistle]

It's a non-story. Reagan did it. Clinton did it. Bush did it. It's the way politics is, it's business as usual.

The right is just making a big deal about it because they have nothing else.



Issa's Call for a Special Prosecutor: Does It Have Merit? - Politics - The Atlantic

yeah....they did it toooooooo

its only a non-story because its your beloved dems....

its such a non-story that the WH had to LIE that the position was goign to be UNPAID

if it was no big deal....why lie about that?

who has said it was a lie, besides right wing wackos like you?

And who keeps claiming that business as usual with this White House is not against the law?

As long as they keep claiming that a felony isn't a felony people like you will assume that it isn't. But ignorance of the law has never been a good defense. Now that a coverup is in full force it becomes a conspiracy originated by Obama and his advisers. So the release of that memo is another felony.

 

[WillowTree]

It's a non-story. Reagan did it. Clinton did it. Bush did it. It's the way politics is, it's business as usual.

The right is just making a big deal about it because they have nothing else.



Issa's Call for a Special Prosecutor: Does It Have Merit? - Politics - The Atlantic

yeah....they did it toooooooo

its only a non-story because its your beloved dems....

its such a non-story that the WH had to LIE that the position was goign to be UNPAID

if it was no big deal....why lie about that?

who has said it was a lie, besides right wing wackos like you?

the WH lied, that's who. they offerred an UnPaid Position that they knew or should have known Sestak could not by law take.. Lied or Stupid.. You pick.

 

[mudwhistle]

yeah....they did it toooooooo

its only a non-story because its your beloved dems....

its such a non-story that the WH had to LIE that the position was goign to be UNPAID

if it was no big deal....why lie about that?

who has said it was a lie, besides right wing wackos like you?

the WH lied, that's who. they offerred an UnPaid Position that they knew or should have known Sestak could not by law take.. Lied or Stupid.. You pick.

It wasn't an unpaid position. That's just what they claim.

I have a suggestion for the Obama Administration.....quit breaking the law and then maybe all of these illegal acts will stop coming back to haunt you.

 

[Angelhair]

The truth will set them free - but wait - do politicians know to tell the truth??? Hmmmmmmm

 

[mudwhistle]

The truth will set them free - but wait - do politicians know to tell the truth??? Hmmmmmmm

Do we want to hear the truth?

That's a better question.

 

[Gatekeeper]

Just another fine example of the Obama administrations 'sleeze operation'. In my opinion they will do anything to pull the wool over the eyes of the people of the United States.
This is, in my opinion, absolutely the worse Potus, and collection of administrative jack asses, EVER in the history of America.

 

[mudwhistle]

Just another fine example of the Obama administrations 'sleeze operation'. In my opinion they will do anything to pull the wool over the eyes of the people of the United States.
This is, in my opinion, absolutely the worse Potus, and collection of administrative jack asses, EVER in the history of America.

They are dangerous.

How can anyone justify putting that buffoon in charge of our military and our national security after what we've witnessed so far.

 

[Gatekeeper]

Just another fine example of the Obama administrations 'sleeze operation'. In my opinion they will do anything to pull the wool over the eyes of the people of the United States.
This is, in my opinion, absolutely the worse Potus, and collection of administrative jack asses, EVER in the history of America.

They are dangerous.

How can anyone justify putting that buffoon in charge of our military and our national security after what we've witnessed so far.

Well, it does scream out one thing for sure, the United States of America is in BIG trouble, for those that love true freedom that is. Our enemies know it, that's even more disturbing.

 

[American Horse]

What everyone is missing is that the White House has admitted offering the job in exchange for Sestak dropping out of the race....then getting Bubba to take the fall? For a position that is UNPAID? That Sestak is INELIGIBLE FOR TO BEGIN WITH?

This may dupe the Democrats, who are quite easily duped by their own admissions numerous times....but to clear thinking Americans...NO...throwing Bubba the ass clown perjurer under the bus ain't going to cut it.

Only the True-Believers-Kool-Aide drinkers of the left are up to the "suspension of disbelief" required for this nutty scenario.