Democratic Congressman Joe Sestak accuses White House of Bribery

[FrankRep]

Update:

Sestak White House scandal called 'impeachable offense'
'It's Valerie Plame, only bigger, a high crime and misdemeanor'

http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=158617

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Allegations that President Barack Obama offered Congressman Joe Sestak a “high-ranking” cabinet position in order for Sestak to drop out of the Senate race against Democratic incumbent Arlen Specter may prove to be detrimental to the Obama administration. by Raven Clabough


Democratic Congressman Joe Sestak accuses White House of Bribery (http://www.thenewamerican.com/index.php/usnews/politics/3606-democratic-congressman-joe-sestak-accuses-white-house-of-bribery)


Raven Clabough | The New American (http://www.thenewamerican.com/)
Monday, 24 May 2010

[Imaginos]

If the story is true, then Joe Sestak gets my respect.
Dems need to realize that their beloved Obama administration is basically Bush's third term.

[Kotin]

If the story is true, then Joe Sestak gets my respect.
Dems need to realize that their beloved Obama administration is basically Bush's third term.

+1

[NewFederalist]

Go Joe! He may be a liberal but at least he is NOT Pat Toomey!

[ItsTime]

So when do investigations start?

[Philhelm]

So when do investigations start?

Bwahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!! :p

[FrankRep]

So when do investigations start?


Justice Department declines to appoint independent counsel for Sestak case (http://dailycaller.com/2010/05/25/justice-department-declines-to-appoint-independent-counsel-for-sestak-case/)

Daily Caller
May 26, 2010

The Department of Justice doesn’t need any outside help investigating the White House — at least that’s what DOJ says. In a letter to California Republican Rep. Darrell Issa, Assistant Attorney General Ronald Weich attempts to tip-toe around the congressman’s request for an independent counsel to investigate a bribery claim made by Democratic Senate candidate Joe Sestak.

“You have asked that a special counsel be appointed to handle the investigation of this matter,” Weich writes. “The Department of Justice, however, has a long history of handling investigations of high level officials professionally and independently, without the need to appoint a special counsel.”

Sestak first made the bribery allegation in February, telling a Pennsylvania radio host that a White House official offered him a job in exchange that he not run for Senate, and has reiterated that claim multiple times in the last week.

In response to the DOJ letter, Issa released the following: “The attorney general’s refusal to take action in the face of such felonious allegations undermines any claim to transparency and integrity that this administration asserts. The bottom line is, if what Robert Gibbs and David Axelrod said is true and nothing ‘inappropriate’ or ‘problematic’ happened, then why doesn’t the White House disclose what actually happened, who was involved and what was promised. Either Sestak is lying, which is the only way nothing ‘inappropriate’ happened or the White House is and Robert Gibbs is lying.”

The DOJ’s letter, dated May 21, comes three weeks after Issa’s initial inquiry, and two weeks after Attorney General Eric Holder claimed in a May 16 hearing that he had already responded to Issa’s concerns.


SOURCE:
http://dailycaller.com/2010/05/25/justice-department-declines-to-appoint-independent-counsel-for-sestak-case/

[South Park Fan]

While I am a lot more inclined to believe Sestak than any member of the Obama administration, I wouldn't rule out the possibility that Sestak is just using this as an opportunity to distance himself from Obama.

[Original_Intent]

Wither that or the establishment has decided to throw Obama under the bus.
He's getting a lot of negative press lately.

[Bman]

Go Joe! He may be a liberal but at least he is NOT Pat Toomey!

I don't know if you've ever heard Joe speak or what he stand for but in all honesty I have to say he'd be a great cast member in a USSR version of Hunt for Red October, playing Sean Connery's part.

Toomey is not that great but if you want government to go on a rampage socializing everything it can get it's hands on, by all means support Sestak.

[NewFederalist]

I don't know if you've ever heard Joe speak or what he stand for but in all honesty I have to say he'd be a great cast member in a USSR version of Hunt for Red October, playing Sean Connery's part.

Toomey is not that great but if you want government to go on a rampage socializing everything it can get it's hands on, by all means support Sestak.

I did not say I supported Sestak. But a liberal versus a neo-con is not my idea of a choice.

[FrankRep]

Sestak White House scandal called 'impeachable offense'
'It's Valerie Plame, only bigger, a high crime and misdemeanor'


http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=158617

[The Dude]

Toomey is not all that bad by today's neocon standards. He is way more free market oriented and seems to stay further away from the rank and file Republican social stances other than abortion. He was the President of Club for Growth, that's not a bad organization as far as I'm aware.

Compared to Sestak, Toomey is a gem. Sestak is ultra liberal.

[erowe1]

Of course this happened. This kind of thing happens all the time in both parties. Nothing's going to come of it. You can be sure that Obama's people did it in a way that preserves plausible deniability for all people involved.

Unless someone got careless in the words they used and that particular conversation got taped, then this will blow over fast.