Done with the White House non-response to the claims that Joe Sestak (who recently beat out Obama-endorsed Specter in the Pennsylvania Senate primary) received a job offer from the White House, all seven Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee have stepped up to demand a proper investigation from AG Holder.
“If such things happened they would constitute a serious breach of the law,” Axelrod told CNN, “and when the allegations were looked into there is no evidence of such a thing”
That was not enough for the Republican Senators, who wrote to Holder that they “do not believe the Department of Justice can properly defer to White House lawyers to investigate a matter that could involve ‘a serious breach of the law.’ The White House cannot possibly manage an internal investigation of potential criminal misconduct while simultaneously crafting a public narrative to rebut the claim that misconduct occurred.”
Wait – the White House shouldn’t be left to handle an investigation into a claim that could land them with a felony? These people are just asking for too much!
The ramifications of this are huge, and the claim should be treated accordingly. It’s inconvenient any way the Democrats handle it, at this point – I can’t figure out how they can spin it to their benefit. From our own Haystack earlier today:
This is all rather counterintuitive to me as I don’t follow Democrat politics. Maybe the Administration is dragging this story out in an effort to give Sestak anti-Administration cred as he goes into an election. Maybe they’re just inept. Whatever the reason, the Obama Administration is now in the interesting position of potentially supporting a candidate they have branded as either a liar or delusional.
It’s unbelievable that it had to come to this – the White House arrogance behind pretending this didn’t happen is stunning.
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It's not so stunning.
anotherindyfilmguy (Diary) Wednesday, May 26th at 7:47PM EST (link)It’s normal behavior for megalomaniacs to be tone deaf to the truth and try to define the truth “because they say it’s so” etc.
What is stunning is how long we’ve put up with it so far.
Santorum? Well, at least he’s not Romney…
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Senator Hatch: “These are serious charges. You can’t just brush them aside.”
Kenny Solomon (Diary) Wednesday, May 26th at 8:23PM EST (link)I expanded (large) a comment I posted on another site for this topic.
Here ya go……….
Republicans on the Judiciary Committee requested a special prosecutor.
Not demanded.
Requested.
Every single Republican in elected office and especially the RNC should be screaming about this to the hilt.
Stop being so damn nice !
There, I said it.
Ummm……. Senator Hatch: How can I put this……….
With all due respect Sir, your saying those words may just be exposing that you (and your advisory staff) haven’t been paying attention to what’s been going on for the sixteen months of this administration and the few years leading up to this mess that’s escalated to a level unseen in our nation’s history towards the elimination of individual Rights, freedom and a sovereign nation.
Either that, or – God help us – you’re a progressive in semi-RINO’s clothing and part of it all.
Do you seriously think that AG Holder would seat an SP that wouldn’t rule in favor of the administration ?
If things start to get dicey for our Dictator In Training Pants and the on-high muckety-mucks in Czar positions all the way down to the lowly clerks who are causing and support it all, how long do you think it will take for Congressman Sestak to ‘have an accident’ or ‘get disappeared’ ?
…..and don’t give me that “it can’t happen here” nonsense either. All of a sudden, there’s IRS audits, someone comes out of the woodwork with a claim that a politician put the move on someone’s sister’s hairdressers cousin’s neighbor’s dog’s trainer’s mother-in-law and the media buys it sink line and hooker, doing their part in destroying the life of anyone who dares to dissent or challenge Teh Won and his people.
I can go on, but why bother……
The only way this is gonna get real legs, is if there’s enough honest people on the Democrat side (and in the media) and they all stand up as one and say ‘no more, this is not how we do things in America’…….. and the odds of that are the same as someone getting struck by lightning twice on a clear day.
Kenny Solomon
Typical bitter Jewish God-clinging gun owner and barking-mad insane NASCAR fan.
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Oh yeah….. I’m also kind of cynical about things lately. I wonder why.
Gee…. did I go over some sort of line ?
Quite honestly, I don’t care anymore about being nice. I’m fairly certain the tipping point for our nations sustainability as a representative republic was reached a few months ago, but everybody’s too busy watching that new show Lost Dancing With The American Idol On Shrek’s 24 NBA Playoffs.
However, the stuff coming now and what seems to be in the offing on a global basis looks like Marx on steroids.
Y’all know about ICLEI ? Best find out if you don’t know, because your town, county and maybe your employer could very well be a part of it.
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Yeah, yeah, yeah…… Kenny, have some decaf.
NO.
This is our nation.
Our children’s future.
Their grandkid’s future.
Our immediate future.
What’s it gonna take to wake up the bulk of America……… a 3am knock-down of their doors from the Civilian Defense Force, just as powerful and well-funded as the military ?
I didn't know what ICLEI was,
shaitra (Diary) Thursday, May 27th at 11:13AM EST (link)so I looked it up. Nothing like seeing another green organization out there that wants to control our lives. One thing interesting to note, I went to the members page to see if my city was involved and they had a note that the page was unavailable because they were updating their membership information pages. The pages are supposed to be available again shortly.
Try this page
MF (Diary) Thursday, May 27th at 12:16PM EST (link)http://www.iclei.org/index.php?id=772
I’m appalled to see that my generally very conservative city is a member.
....and if ICLEI isn't enough to getcha all riled up........
Kenny Solomon (Diary) Thursday, May 27th at 8:36PM EST (link)Try these on for size………
Y’all look ‘em up though….. no help from me.
I tried to tell people awhile back…….. crazy talk…… did all sorts of research…….. friends gave me a tin-foil hat…….. names, agencies, locations, nations………… switch to decaf, Kenny……….
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The International Coalition For The Responsibility To Protect.
(Protect what exactly ?)
It’s called ‘R2P’ here in The USA.
Veronica Estrada here at RS did some incredible research and publishing on this organization.
and
…….. you’re gonna love this……
The United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs.
Part of that lovely little group is the small arms treaty thing…… but the bigger part is the goal of complete disarming of all civilians world-wide….. and not just of firearms either.
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By the way…….. ICLEI, ICR2P are also part of The UN.
Anyone getting a clue yet ?
Shalom, Kenny!
oxowhitney Friday, May 28th at 7:52PM EST (link)I like the way you think, bro! Take off the gloves and let em have it hand over fist over foot over head-butt. If we keep going the way we have been, we are going to PC ourselves right out of existence.
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Either someone in the White House committed a crime or
6eorge Jetson (Diary) Thursday, May 27th at 1:19AM EST (link)Sestak either lied or egregiously mischaracterized the allegation of a what would be a crime the way Sestak described it.
Why is the White House not coming clean? Is Obama all of a sudden swearing off driving the ObamaBus? I’m guessing no. If nothing happened, you know they’d go mercilessly after Sestak.
And why is Sestak not coming clean? He should have thought about the consequences before he raised such a serious allegation. Rutt-Roh Raggy, he really stepped in it.
All-seeing Guru Jetson says that Sestak was offered a job to get out of the race. And who could serve as the fall guy to allow Obama and the White House to weasel their way out of this? Guru Jetson says Joe Sestak.
Ironically, Guru Jetson sees Joe Sestak negotiating with the White House as we post on a deal for Joe Sestak to back down and say he misspoke, which would cause Sestak to drop out of the race, in exchange for a future position or future quid-pro-quo.
Don’t let them get away with it. Joe Sestak needs to be pressed NOW before the Dem leadership figures out a way to weasel out of it.
The one thing they aren't saying is
Adjoran (Diary) Thursday, May 27th at 3:59AM EST (link)“No job offer was made to Sestak.”
Instead, the White House investigated themselves and concluded there “is no EVIDENCE of impropriety” on their part. Quite a different statement, that. But there IS evidence – in fact the ONLY evidence so far: Sestak said he was offered a job to drop out of the race. It’s not “enough” evidence to convict anyone – yet – which is why we need some direct answers from the White House to direct questions posed by someone whose paycheck and career they do not control.
Can you say, “Special Prosecutor”? I knew that you could!
What’s Patrick Fitzgerald doing these days?
This is a Dead Issue
edintexas Thursday, May 27th at 7:22AM EST (link)Unless, or until, a Republican takeover of the Congress (or Presidency) occurs, there will be no investigation and no Special Prosecutor. The Dems control Congress, the White House, the Department of Justice and the MSM. Why would anyone, outside of a State Hospital, think there will soon be a Special Prosecutor?
Disingenuous
RedLeader (Diary) Thursday, May 27th at 9:12AM EST (link)I agree with calling for a special prosecutor. I agree with beating Obama and Sestak over the head with this. But…
I find all of the huffing and puffin from Republicans a little hard to swallow on this one. Having been involved in politics for a while now, I can tell you that Republicans and Democrats alike do stuff like this on a regular basis. It’s wrong and it’s illegal, but everyone knows it goes on and no one says anything about it. Republicans need to make an issue out of the White House offering Sestak a job for political reasons, and they also need to stop doing things like this themselves.
Talk about Disingenuous,
liberty131911 Thursday, May 27th at 11:16AM EST (link)how about Scooter Libby being convicted of no crime.
Where IS Patrick Fitzgerald when you need him? Oh never mind, he only attacks Republicans anyway. He would probably just read the White House report and say: ” yep, looks good to me.”
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Uh yeah
Neil Stevens (Diary) Thursday, May 27th at 11:18AM EST (link)If you don’t have evidence of this kind of criminal wrongdoing by Republican Presidents, then you’d better retract that.
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Presidents
RedLeader (Diary) Thursday, May 27th at 11:44AM EST (link)I wasn’t referring to Presidents necessarily, and certainly not any President specifically. I was merely pointing out that this is one of the sleazier sides of politics that goes on on both sides of the aisle. Frankly, I think it’s one of the reasons that the Sestak story has gotten legs, because it’s so believable by the public that this happened.
OK then
Neil Stevens (Diary) Thursday, May 27th at 12:00PM EST (link)Who are you talking about? Which Republicans? When?
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Be serious...
RedLeader (Diary) Thursday, May 27th at 12:18PM EST (link)You aren’t honestly arguing that Republicans don’t engage in patronage hiring, which is really what the Sestak deal boils down to, are you? Political allies are constantly rewarded with government jobs. A simple google search of Republicans+patronage yields over 1.3 million results.
Here in Pennsylvania, the Turnpike Commission has been highly documented as an endless source of jobs for political allies for both Republicans and Democrats. Former Republican Speaker of the state House John Perzel is mired in controversy over his hirings at the Philadelphia Parking Authority.
It goes on in both parties. It’s wrong. As I’ve said before, I’m all for calling out Democrats when they do things wrong, but if we’re going to regain the confidence of the public, we have to clean up our own house as well.
Um..
Neil Stevens (Diary) Thursday, May 27th at 12:26PM EST (link)This isn’t about patronage. This is about criminal activity.
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Or maybe it's gotten legs because Sestak himself has repeated it
janis (Diary) Thursday, May 27th at 12:10PM EST (link)in several venues? And maybe because this administration has shown itself to be entirely too comfy with corruption in high places as a standard operating policy. Ya think?!