Your scenario is excellent and credible. Here’s another. Clinton really was brought in in an effort to save appearances at that time. Now the story is out there, I think the Clinton involvement is damaging because it is only making the scandal more available to the masses. Either way, we can take comfort in the history that it’s not the crime, it is the coverup that matters. How could Obama think by bringing Clinton into the story that it would go away? This seems contrived to cater to the drones in the left, a shrinking demographic. Nobody with sense is going to buy any of this.

I knew the vacation in Chicago was timed in order for Obama to be away while the Sestak cleanup crew got busy. The Gulf press conference and Air Force One gulf visit were timed distractions because they had to start the damage control for Sestak-gate.

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She still owes her pollster three quarters of a mil.

Obama could wipe that out with well-aimed eyebrow.

The White announced that they are going to release a statement this afternoon. If you want to hide something, drop a press release on the Friday afternoon before Memorial Day weekend.

Peddling choice jobs in exchange for political favors is part of the ‘Chicago Way’…e.g. Michelle Obama’s former job in Chicago. It is so natural for the Obama Administration to do such, that they probably never considered that such might be illegal.

that not only was it Clinton instead of an administration official who met with Sestak, excuse me, Sestak’s brother, and offered a paying job in the administration, excuse me, non-paying advisory job, but that it was actually an offer of a job in the British government, not Obama’s.

Does whether the position(s) offered were paid or ‘unpaid’ make any difference? Does who spoke with whom, on any point in the range of formality, make any difference? Ex-presidents, lawyers, a West Wing go-fer, a gardener…

Not to me. They tried to manipulate a declared candidate to get out of a senate race in order for their favored candidate to have a better chance. It’s against the law.

I know…that concept is completely lost on this administration.

I have a hard time believing that Sestak would ever drop from a Senate race, or even consider it, based on a causal conversion with B. Clinton.

There just is no creditability in his statements.

No, I will also join the Chorus of “BS” Mr. President. This has your finger prints all over it.

Such things are super common…I don’t know what’s the big deal. Even RumsFeld tried to offer a similar to job to top military person to stop going public on Iraq war lies.

We know Clinton had lunch with Obama yesterday.
Question one: When did Clinton visit WH prior to yesterday?
Question two: When did Clinton meet with Sestak or his brother?

Time Line, phone records or emails needed to prove.

“I didn’t do it. Nobody saw me do it. You can’t prove anything.”

Yeah, that should work.

The White House is triple-dog-daring Issa, Hatch and the entire blogosphere to prove the lie that everyone knows is being told.

Who is going to take them up on the challenge?

I certainly am!

Brian O’Connor
www.RedDogReport.com

Didn’t the federal law specifically state that administration cannot directly or indirectly offer anything to a person in exchange for anything from that person? Asking Clinton to strong-arm Sestak is still an indirect route, and if the person making that offer were to confess of this exchange taking place, then he can easily turn the finger to somebody high in Obama administration, even Obama himself.

Even if Obama administration tooik an indirect route, somebody still broke law on this one. Somebody is gonna feel the tires of Obama bus, I would bet my life savings on this one. Though, to be sure, I don’t think anybody will go to jail over this, but it’s something to lose job over this.

blame bush!

If Clinton is involved, you know that they have a BIG problem on their hands!!

1. No one would ever take an UNPAID position to drop out of a senator race they are WINNING!

2. Hillary still owes a crap load of money from failed campaign AND she’s probably still considering a run in the future

3. Bill volunteers his teflon exterior to talk to Sestak and be the “fall guy” in exchange for something for Hillary

Methinks that something is rotten in the state of Denmark…eh, DC

Let us assume, first, that this played out as the White House claims that it has.

Let us also assume that it is as innocent an event as the White House’s defenders are claiming it to be. I AM NOT SAYING THAT IT WAS: this is strictly a hypothetical.

If both of these assumptions are true, then there would be absolutely NO reason for the White House to not jump on Sestak with both feet when he first made the claim back in the primary. Remember, back then he was the upstart in a doomed bid to upset Specter.

crime. Getting Bill on the case is even more damaging. He is a proven liar.

TBP as Becker would say

Of course.

When all else fails, blame it on the womanizing, disbarred, only elected president to be impeached. After all, will anyone really think less of him?

The Obama White House cannot be stupid enough to think that this will end the controversy, are they? Honestly, I think this will make things WORSE, not better.

http://neoavatara.com/blog/?p=11096

and what does Bill get out of this if this really happened

What should we call this? Something-gate. Suggestions?

The man is a proven liar.

He was disbarred for lieing!

Anybody believe that liar?

Anybody?

Sestak held off on the details so the WH could get their story straight and they had TWO MONTHS to do it!

And Bubba is the answer.

These people are not only criminal.. they’re STUPID!

Sestak was a huge Hillary supporter. In tight with the Clintons. I suppose it could be possible that Bill was summoned by Rahm to try to influence Sestak to get out of the contest with Specter. But, this all smells foul to me. Somehow I think they’re using the Clintons as fall guys. It looks like the BO administration orchestrated this “solution” at the last minute. My goodness. There have been so many crazy twists and turns in the Clintons’ political life. I guess this is another one. As a grieving fan of the “LOST” television series, this could turn out to be an intriguing drama to follow instead. Whatever happens, I hope Obama goes down…

He’d know that he’d get the spotlight. And if anybody would, he’d know that this would weaken Obama once it came out. A machiavelian maneuver. I could see Obama turning the Sestak cleanup operation over to Rahm, saying it’s your mess, you clean it up. Then Clinton rides in to the rescue with his fingers crossed behind his back

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5/28/2010
Sestak Memorandum

“We’re looking to fundamentally change the status quo in Washington. It’s a status quo that extends beyond any particular party, and right now that status quo is fighting back with everything it’s got, with the same old tactics that divide and distract us from solving the problems people face…we’re up against the idea that it’s acceptable to say anything and do anything to win an election.” – Candidate Obama, Night of the South Carolina Democratic Primary

WASHINGTON. D.C. – House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) released the following statement regarding the memorandum released today by White House Counsel Robert Bauer addressing allegations made by Pennsylvania Senate Democratic nominee and three-star Navy Admiral Rep. Joe Sestak (D-PA) that someone inside the Obama White House offered him a job in exchange for his withdrawal from the PA Senate Primary race:

“After more than ten weeks of outstanding questions, the White House has offered a version of events that has important differences from what Congressman Sestak has been saying for months – that he was offered a ‘job’ by ‘someone in the White House’ in exchange for leaving the Pennsylvania Senate race.

“I’m very concerned that in the rush to put together this report, the White House has done everything but explain its own actions and has instead worked to craft a story behind closed doors and coordinate with those involved. The White House has admitted today to coordinating an arrangement that would represent an illegal quid-pro-quo as federal law prohibits directly or indirectly offering any position or appointment, paid or unpaid, in exchange for favors connected with an election.

“President Clinton and Congressman Sestak now need to answer questions about what the White House has released today – that at the behest of the White House Chief of staff, they dispatched a former President to get Joe Sestak out of the Pennsylvania Senate Primary. Regardless of what President Clinton or Congressman Sestak now say, it is abundantly clear that this kind of conduct is contrary to President Obama’s pledge to change ‘business as usual’ and that his Administration has engaged in the kind of political shenanigans he once campaigned to end.”

18 U.S.C. § 600 – Promise of employment or other benefit for political activity

Whoever, directly or indirectly, promises any employment, position, compensation, contract, appointment, or other benefit, provided for or made possible in whole or in part by any Act of Congress, or any special consideration in obtaining any such benefit, to any person as consideration, favor, or reward for any political activity or for the support of or opposition to any candidate or any political party in connection with any general or special election to any political office, or in connection with any primary election or political convention or caucus held to select candidates for any political office, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.

18 U.S.C. § 211 – Acceptance or solicitation to obtain appointive public office

Whoever solicits or receives, either as a political contribution, or for personal emolument, any money or thing of value, in consideration of the promise of support or use of influence in obtaining for any person any appointive office or place under the United States, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.

Whoever solicits or receives any thing of value in consideration of aiding a person to obtain employment under the United States either by referring his name to an executive department or agency of the United States or by requiring the payment of a fee because such person has secured such employment shall be fined under this title, or imprisoned not more than one year, or both. This section shall not apply to such services rendered by an employment agency pursuant to the written request of an executive department or agency of the United States.

18 U.S.C. § 595 – Interference by administrative employees of Federal, State, or Territorial Governments

Whoever, being a person employed in any administrative position by the United States, or by any department or agency thereof, or by the District of Columbia or any agency or instrumentality thereof, or by any State, Territory, or Possession of the United States, or any political subdivision, municipality, or agency thereof, or agency of such political subdivision or municipality (including any corporation owned or controlled by any State, Territory, or Possession of the United States or by any such political subdivision, municipality, or agency), in connection with any activity which is financed in whole or in part by loans or grants made by the United States, or any department or agency thereof, uses his official authority for the purpose of interfering with, or affecting, the nomination or the election of any candidate for the office of President, Vice President, Presidential elector, Member of the Senate, Member of the House of Representatives, Delegate from the District of Columbia, or Resident Commissioner, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.

This section shall not prohibit or make unlawful any act by any officer or employee of any educational or research institution, establishment, agency, or system which is supported in whole or in part by any state or political subdivision thereof, or by the District of Columbia or by any Territory or Possession of the United States; or by any recognized religious, philanthropic or cultural organization.

Clinton is a grudge-carrier extraordinaire, and has never forgiven team Obama for calling him a racist during the primary wars. Beyond that, Bill sees a Hillary Presidency as inevitable, and Obama is in the way. He’ll do anything to take Obama down, and is devious enough to engineer a plot similar to what you describe so that it boomerangs on the annointed one.

I’ve obviously never bought into the “making nice” that goes on between the Obamas and the Clintons. It’s still a war, and someone is going to get hurt.

When your official story is so ridiculous that it cannot be believed by any thinking person, that’s bad.That’s Clinton-esque.

A classic from Michael Kelly:

I Believe
by Michael Kelly
Washington Post, Wednesday, February 4, 1998; Page A19

I believe the president. I have always believed him. I believed him when he said he had never been drafted in the Vietnam War and I believed him when he said he had forgotten to mention that he had been drafted in the Vietnam War. I believed him when he said he hadn’t had sex with Gennifer Flowers and I believe him now, when he reportedly says he did.

I believe the president did not rent out the Lincoln Bedroom, did not sell access to himself and the vice president to hundreds of well-heeled special pleaders and did not supervise the largest, most systematic money-laundering operation in campaign finance history, collecting more than $3 million in illegal and improper donations. I believe that Charlie Trie and James Riady were motivated by nothing but patriotism for their adopted country.

I believed Vice President Gore when he said that he had made dunning calls to political contributors “on a few occasions” from his White House office, and I believed him when he said that, actually, “a few” meant 46. I believe in no controlling legal authority. …

Why did sestak say the white house offer instead of Clinton offered? Is bill secretly the president for a third term?

Did sestak visit the WH in the last yr and who did he see?

Why did Clinton have lunch with Obama yesterday? The day before he was outted to the media as the guy who offered sestak a job?

Did anyone brief sestak on how to lie? Because he did a poor job today fumbling his words.

Send his Lieutenants out with offers of employment or increases to the financial coffers in exchange for favors?

How is that any different with the Bill/Rahm/Barack scenario?

Someone needs to toss the fish out. Stinks to high heaven.

This republic was not established by cowards; and cowards will not preserve it. ~~Elmer Davis

I am stone forged from the fires of creation into flesh ~~Pamela1631

The greatest civilization is one where all citizens are equally armed and can only be persuaded, never forced.~~Maj. L. Caudill, USMC (Ret.)

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White House Memo:
Uncompensated Advisory Board Options. — We found that, as the Congressman has publicly and accurately stated, options for Executive Branch service were raised with him. Efforts were made in June and July of 2009.

Sounds like there were *at least* two times someone from the White House approached Sestak.Did Clinton call Sestak a second time? If not, who did? Also, why were jobs (plural) offered? Did the White House come back with a “better offer” the second time?

Bubba Clinton and Obama as cellmates?

Or at least both as ex-presidents sometime this year?

Either works…