Joe Sestak: Um, yeah, Obama tried to buy me off by offering me a job
posted at 3:23 pm on May 23, 2010 by Allahpundit
Comedy gold from “Meet the Press,” polished off by DNC Chair Tim Kaine grudgingly admitting that it might be time for the White House to come clean. If you need your memory jogged about this, I don’t blame you: Sestak first dropped the bombshell that the White House tried to bribe him out of the primary against Specter more than three months ago. A month after that, pieces were already appearing about how absurd Gibbs’s stonewalling had become; two months later, he’s still stonewalling, refusing this morning to tell Bob Schieffer anything about it except that nothing “inappropriate” happened. Which is probably true: Handing Sestak a briefcase full of money to get out of the race would be indictment-worthy, but handing him the same cash in the form of a paycheck plus the prestige that comes with the title of Secretary of the Navy is just good ol’ horse-trading. No wonder “Washington” is a curse word.
Back when this story first broke, I thought Specter would stand a better chance against Toomey than Sestak would, reasoning that in a Republican year a more centrist Democrat would fare better than a liberal. That was a miscalculation — Specter’s naked opportunism and entrenched incumbency probably would have left him a sitting duck — but evidently the White House’s political team miscalculated the same way, which is … surprising. I realize that they promised Specter they’d campaign for him, but to be so committed to him as to try to buy Sestak off seems bizarre in hindsight. It could be, I suppose, that they feared that a contentious primary would hurt their chances in the general regardless of who won, but that would be a miscalculation too. What kind of shop is Axelrod running over there?
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So I guess this means he doesn’t want Obama to come and campaign for him.
Nice move.
BigWyo on May 23, 2010 at 3:27 PM
Brilliant!
Schadenfreude on May 23, 2010 at 3:30 PM
Article II, section iv:
[emphasis added]
Emperor Norton on May 23, 2010 at 3:30 PM
Gee, I’m no lawyer, but isn’t “buying off”, um, illegal?
conservative pilgrim on May 23, 2010 at 3:31 PM
Can this moron please lose? PLEASE.
ParisParamus on May 23, 2010 at 3:31 PM
Apparently the mob running a prostitution ring on the side is legal in DC. Who knew.
conservative pilgrim on May 23, 2010 at 3:33 PM
“Commerce Clause!”
Del Dolemonte on May 23, 2010 at 3:33 PM
No wonder Democrats are so reluctant to tell the truth. It could turn out to be the loose thread that unravels the web of fiction that is modern liberalism. Much safer to just lie or clam up.
RBMN on May 23, 2010 at 3:36 PM
The Senate seat is a f—-ing valuable thing, you just don’t give it away for nothing.
faraway on May 23, 2010 at 3:37 PM
Don’t worry, I’m sure the ever-diligent Attorney General Eric Holder will get right on this public admission of the commission of a federal felony at the highest levels of the Obama administration.
Whoever committed this crime has just as much to worry about as racial epithet-spewing Black Panther thugs with nightsticks intimidating voters at the polls.
novaculus on May 23, 2010 at 3:38 PM
“A job is a valuable effing thing!”
GnuBreed on May 23, 2010 at 3:39 PM
Sestak is a very dangerous politician.
A tough sounding, former admiral, extreme liberal.
He’s going to be very formidable against Toomey, unfortunately.
aquaviva on May 23, 2010 at 3:39 PM
Look Joe, this SECNAV thing is effing golden, we ain’t just going to give it away for nothing….er woops! wrong corruption scandal directly involving the White House, the President, his cabinet and should result in impeachment.
ted c on May 23, 2010 at 3:41 PM
Second look at Specter!!
aquaviva on May 23, 2010 at 3:42 PM
what recourse do we have as voters to counter this? The White House commits crimes and no one pursues it? What gives? How was it different during the Nixon administration—how was it that tricky dick got captured in Watergate? Does it just require someone willing to pursue it?
Squid pro quo.
ted c on May 23, 2010 at 3:42 PM
Issa’s contention in questioning the ethics of Sestak’s claim is that WH interference in the election process is a violation of that process. The WH via Holder is stonewalling all requests for information on the matter.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0510/37618.html
onlineanalyst on May 23, 2010 at 3:42 PM
Damn you faraway……..you win.
Dateline January 3, 2013
Gibbs: “I don’t have anything further to add to that than what I’ve given you already.”
GnuBreed on May 23, 2010 at 3:44 PM
Sestak’s lead probably won’t last, but this isn’t going to be easy.
I must admit though that I thought the State Media would remain pretty much silent on the job offer now that Sestak has the nomination, but I guess there is still some vestigial journalistic tendencies left in some of those guys. Or maybe they are just angry about being stonewalled on it.
forest on May 23, 2010 at 3:46 PM
Emperor Norton on May 23, 2010 at 3:30 PM
that needs to go into the next letter written to the congressmen that continue to ignore me.
ted c on May 23, 2010 at 3:46 PM
Joe Sestak: the Felipe Calderon of the Democratic party.
Weight of Glory on May 23, 2010 at 3:46 PM
When anyone takes ten minutes to answer a “yes” or “no” question…
… by all means, give them the reigns of power.
/
Seven Percent Solution on May 23, 2010 at 3:46 PM
I trust that AP and Ed will keep this “squid pro quo” at the forefront until Sestak spills the beans, the White House comes clean or all parties involved get bludgeoned with ethics complaints they can’t slither away from.
ted c on May 23, 2010 at 3:48 PM
I dislike Kaine and Steele exactly the same amount.
We NEEEEDDD a new RNC chairman, NOW.
Elizabetty on May 23, 2010 at 3:49 PM
Nixon was just too timid and unimaginative.
faraway on May 23, 2010 at 3:50 PM
Did he ever hang out with Massa in the Navy?
Just askin.
artist on May 23, 2010 at 3:51 PM
I was generally dismissive of the press manning up and actually doing their job, and to large extent still am. But over the last 2 weeks it appears that at least the adolescent swooning is starting to wane. The longer Obama keeps putting off a presser, the more grilling we’re going to see of the usual flunkies. And the more dangerous the eventual prersser is going to be for Obama, Bo-bo gets in trouble when he can’t prepare for the likely dialogue like at the single issue HCR conference with the R’s a while back. The more issues he lets pile up unaddressed, the more likely he’ll get caught off gaurd and ad-lib another “acted stupidly moment.
All I know is, that I hope he announces when that presser is to take place with plenty of warning, cuz I’ll definately want to be settled in with my popcorn for it. Its gonna SRO comedy gold!
Archimedes on May 23, 2010 at 3:52 PM
I think the White House is really trying to be adept at killing two birds with one stone. They did so with putting Hillary at SECSTATE —they effectively shut her the hell up for the last 18mos AND filled the slot with something she couldn’t refuse. Now, paying off Sestak would put a committed liberal (with gold braided ADM bona fides to boot) into the SECNAV position would enhance their DADT shenanigans while simultaneously clearing the buffet line, er path, for ol’ Arlen to pilot his walker into an election campaign against Toomey.
I agree that the White House has committed bribery in this case and the coverup is really going to hurt, there really needs to be a Chip Reid et al to have a “come to Jesus” moment and do some serious reporting on this issue toot sweet.
ted c on May 23, 2010 at 3:54 PM
Only in the locker room after some great tickling sessions.
VegasRick on May 23, 2010 at 3:56 PM
Questions begin:
Press: Mr. President, how’s Bo doing?
Obama: (17 minute answser)
Press: Mr. President, what have you learned and what is your greatest accomplishment?
Obama: (27 minute answer, ending with “Thank you everyone”)
End of press conference.
aquaviva on May 23, 2010 at 3:56 PM
Sorry folks, I just puked a little myself.
VegasRick on May 23, 2010 at 3:58 PM
apparently the kind that is willing to bribe congressmen to take DOD positions with wanton disregard for the potential that they could get impeached for it.
When do the impeachment proceedings begin?
ted c on May 23, 2010 at 3:59 PM
This comment is Round 1 in the Hillary Presidency. Sestak is being promoted by the Clinton gang.
faraway on May 23, 2010 at 4:00 PM
Article II, section iv:
“The President, Vice President, and all other civil Officers of the United States shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other High Crimes and Misdemeanors.”
[emphasis added]
Emperor Norton on May 23, 2010 at 3:30 PM
I doubt very seriously anyone has the stones to make an impeachment hearing happen. Its almost a certainty that once the word “impeachment” is even uttered, Pandora’s box of leftist mayhem will beakout nation-wide. Though it may be helpful for America to witness the true nature of the progressive movement that dominates DC politics, the fear of ripping the country asunder by the gratuitous vandalism and wanton violence that would erupt (and it would) I think will stay their hand.
I am of a mind that bringing America to face up to who they’ve let set the political agenda, and their adamant determination to enact that agenda at any cost, may well do more good than the actual impeachment itself.
Just my thoughts on your point.
Archimedes on May 23, 2010 at 4:05 PM
that’s an interesting hypothesis. Jack Cashill put up a piece at americanthinker.com today titled “The Senator from Sandy Berger” and argues that Sestak is Sandy Berger’s boy–and Berger is Clinton’s of course. Couple that info with Tim Kaine’s teeth gritting and “ohhh shite, what am i doing” admission that the White House should come clean, I’d have to think you may be right.
ted c on May 23, 2010 at 4:06 PM
I still don’t understand how a senatorial candidate can accuse the President of the United States of a crime of this magnitude, then be able to just clam up about it. Sestak should at minimum be subpoenaed by Congress and required to say – under oath – exactly what occurred.
DarkKnight3565 on May 23, 2010 at 4:08 PM
that Bank of America guy is pleased to hear that. He was worried that a few SEIU folks might show up at his house….er wait…?!
ted c on May 23, 2010 at 4:08 PM
Word has it that he baited him regularly.
Aviator on May 23, 2010 at 4:08 PM
yes but—our see no (Dem) evil, hear no (Dem) evil could never act upon something like this because….it .. never . . . happened…. shhhh
ted c on May 23, 2010 at 4:09 PM
http://www.politico.com/blogs/politicolive/0510/Sestak_confirms_WH_job_offer_to_get_out_of_Senate_race.html?showall#
heck, even politico is running this now. NBC, Hotair, politico, heck now it’s officially a story. AP—dude, you’d etch your lil’ name in blogger history if you put up a thread titled “Squid Pro Quo” —it’d stick like Eric Massa’s …well… you get my drift. It’d be the next “Watergate”.
be the first.
ted c on May 23, 2010 at 4:13 PM
First order of business:
Sestak will have to testify before congress, and tell what he knows, under oath, or be held in contempt of congress.
He, obviously, isn’t going to do it in the public arena.
franksalterego on May 23, 2010 at 4:15 PM
ADM Joe Sestak—bad news don’t get better with time. Skipper wants to see you and you’d better have your story AJ squared away. Let’s hear it.
ted c on May 23, 2010 at 4:19 PM
Yeah. At least the Navy dodged a bullet.
funky chicken on May 23, 2010 at 4:23 PM
he tried to what you off?
happyfeet on May 23, 2010 at 4:23 PM
that Bank of America guy is pleased to hear that. He was worried that a few SEIU folks might show up at his house….er wait…?!
ted c on May 23, 2010 at 4:08 PM
I see your point, but the stakes involved between a bank exec and The One are by an order of magnitute…hence, “gratuitous vandalism and wanton violence.” Anyone intimately familiar with the vast network that is behind Bo-bo and depravity of what lengths that network is willing to go, recognizes that what happened at the bankers’s house and what would happen should impeachment proceedings convene, is lightyears apart.
Methinks that what we are seeing in Greece right now would be fairly close to what that would look like. Thus my comment that such a thing may eventually open America’s eyes to the precipice upon which we find ourselves.
Archimedes on May 23, 2010 at 4:23 PM
18 USC Sec. 211 – Bribery, Graft and Conflicts of Interest: Acceptance or solicitation to obtain appointive public office
http://codes.lp.findlaw.com/uscode/18/I/11/211
Del Dolemonte on May 23, 2010 at 4:24 PM
Sestak’s a Clintonian from way back.
funky chicken on May 23, 2010 at 4:27 PM
Sestak is a moonbat. As time goes on, the stench of his voting record, departure from duty and allegations of what consititutes to bribery from Bowbama will do him in. I pray that it does, anyway.
Philly on May 23, 2010 at 4:28 PM
Doesn’t ObaMao require that the questions at a press conference be given to him ahead of time, and doesn’t he preselect which ones will be answered?
The reason ObaMao was caught flatfooted when the Cambridge police-Harvard prof issue was asked about was that the question was not pre-scripted. The journo probably was given a freeze out after ObaMao’s gaffe, even though he was the one who “acted (and spoke) stupidly.”
onlineanalyst on May 23, 2010 at 4:33 PM
I doubt we’d see impeachment hearings for Obama, but a Republican take over of the House will lead to Committee Chairmanships and subopoena power. That’s where this can be examined and exposed.
Red State State of Mind on May 23, 2010 at 4:33 PM
nahh–the obots aren’t even getting out and voting for him. Ol’ Pookie is still on da couch in NJ and I think they’ve lost that loving feeling now that he’s been revealed to be a liar— a losing liar that is,…er a badly losing liar.
ted c on May 23, 2010 at 4:34 PM
I wonder what kind of penance that guy had to go through for making the 0ne look bad that day. Probably 1,000 Hail Obamas and 6 days in the Gibbsy confessional on his hands and knees.
ted c on May 23, 2010 at 4:35 PM
Nope, it’s a felony.
rrpjr on May 23, 2010 at 4:36 PM
Sestak has a voting record to defend. Toomey does not.
Sestak voted for Porkulus, other budget-busting bills, and Obamacare, as well as the House version of Cap & Tax. The last might not sit well with the coal industry in PA.
Higher taxes and high deficits won’t play well with the middle and upper middle class voters in the suburbs, either.
Wethal on May 23, 2010 at 4:38 PM
ted c on May 23, 2010 at 4:08 PM
Also, it ws not my point that such hearings should take place, provided there is an iron clad case, but that that resultant mayhem may actually do even more good that a successfull impeachment itself. After all, the repudiation of Obama is but repudiation of One man, revelation of the true carachter of progressives would lead the repudiation of the entire movement and ideology. At least I hope it would, if Greece were replaying itself out on American streets without rousing the country from its political stupor, then all is lost anyhow.
Archimedes on May 23, 2010 at 4:38 PM
I guess Sestak read the tea leaves and is banking on running as an ‘outsider,’ and therefore, will be distancing himself from Obama, starting now. No doubt, he watched Obama throw Specter under the bus and sees Obama, as many ‘inside’ politicians are starting to do: as untrustworthy. History now shows that Obama’s nod doesn’t get one elected. There will be no deal here with the devil? We’ll see, but if true, this could impact Obama from the outside in — not a pretty picture, if you’re Obama.
~ Halli Casser-Jayne
The CJ Political Report on May 23, 2010 at 4:41 PM
Archimedes on May 23, 2010 at 4:38 PM
gotcha–yet the 0ne does not get repudiated, nothing sticks to him, there are only narratives—narratives the white house uses, or ignores, or manipulates.
I do hope the Greece debacle is seen as a clear and present danger to Americans. Give a man a fish, and he’ll come kick your a$$ in 5 years when you tell him the pond is out of fish.
ted c on May 23, 2010 at 4:41 PM
onlineanalyst on May 23, 2010 at 4:33 PM
I beleive you are correct in that assessment, but if the honeymoon is truely over, someone (Tappper?) may have thge nad’s to go off script on a follow-up. Provided they ingeniously set up the screened question so it could segue into an unexpected direction.
Archimedes on May 23, 2010 at 4:42 PM
Democrats can do whatever they want.
Because just by being a Democrat they are providing for the common good.
And whatever scurrilous things that a Democrat might do-hey, everybody does it.
justltl on May 23, 2010 at 4:42 PM
The media is the problem.
justltl on May 23, 2010 at 4:43 PM
The CJ Political Report on May 23, 2010 at 4:41 PM
it’ll be interesting to see these dems walk an ever slackening tightrope between being a Dem and not being an Obama-boy. They can only distance themselves so far from him before they’re lying–they’re ideologically linked and that is very harmful.
ted c on May 23, 2010 at 4:43 PM
that’s what the Greeks thought—-they provided for the “common good” and now the “common good” is coming back to bite them hard.
ted c on May 23, 2010 at 4:45 PM
You give the western PA voters too much credit for brains. They voted for Obama in 2008, this despite his repeated promises to kill the coal industry. Write them off as hopeless examples of what results when simple people become addicted to Washington pork.
ROCnPhilly on May 23, 2010 at 4:45 PM
Bri9bery is one of those crimes. I am sure the Democrats in the House will get right on it.
It is critical we take back the House in 2010.
tarpon on May 23, 2010 at 4:48 PM
The politics of the Sestak run become curiouser with each revelation. Governor of PA, “Fast Eddie” Rendell was a big Hillary Clinton supporter for the 2008 bid, yet he stumped for Specter. Was this a Philadelphia, good old boy loyalty coming into play since Specter was originally a Dem DA in the City of Brotherly Love?
(Just an aside because I couldn’t remember his name in another post, but is Sandy Berger scrubbing Elena Kagan’s memos from the archives at the Clinton Library and Trailer Park? The library is withholding some of the information as requested by the Judiciary Committee for EK’s confirmation. Does Sandy still need time to dispose of these documents?)
onlineanalyst on May 23, 2010 at 4:48 PM
James Carville, Bill Maher and Chris Matthews are not the only ones going up against Teflon-Obama. I think he’s in deep water if he doesn’t get out in front of the BP mess with his left at large. His staff isn’t serving him when they find themselves reacting not acting. I don’t agree with Ted C. If he gives them good reason, there are those Dems who can safely distance themselves from the president.
The CJ Political Report on May 23, 2010 at 4:50 PM
ted c on May 23, 2010 at 4:34 PM
The Obots are nothing more than infatuated teenie-boppers, however Labor, Greens, Marxists, LGBG rights, Peta, Anarchists and assorted other looney-tunes actually consitute a greater percentage of our Pop. than we’d like to admit. If only 1 in 50 Mulims are militant out of 4 million, we have a problem. Fully 20% of the nation is “very liberal”(Rasmussen) if only 1 in 10 is willing to go on a rampage, thats 6 million. A very big problem.
Every great tactician espouses the “never underestimate your enemy” with good reason, it would be wise to take heed.
Archimedes on May 23, 2010 at 4:50 PM
I don’t know if this has been mentioned as I haven’t caught every comment but Jack Cashill has a piece at AT about Sestak ‘s connection to Clinton/Berger that is a real eye opener.
http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/05/the_senator_from_sandy_berger.html
These people are beyond belief. Their is also a CAIR connection.
ontherocks on May 23, 2010 at 4:52 PM
The video confirmation of what ObaMao promised to do to destroy the coal industry came very late in the run-up to the election, and the information was suppressed by the media (especially locally). Those of us posting on conservative/liberatarian websites were aware of the facts because of video links. The typical Dem in western PA had a rabid hatred of Bush and all things Republican at the time of the election.
onlineanalyst on May 23, 2010 at 4:53 PM
maybe they can take their cues from the REpublicans that “safely distanced” themselves from GWB in 2006. I see your point otherwise.
ted c on May 23, 2010 at 4:54 PM
CJ–that being said, I think it’s a very hard case these days for any of these guys to distance themselves from Obama since they went all-in for the guy, especially the press.
ted c on May 23, 2010 at 4:56 PM
ted c on May 23, 2010 at 4:41 PM
Yet the One by himself is but an empty suit, pepudiate the ideology and he will go down with it.
Archimedes on May 23, 2010 at 4:56 PM
Sorry about the repetition, but it’s important enough that it bears repeating.
If you read the comments notice the one by AdinaF, an astute American living in Israel.
ontherocks on May 23, 2010 at 4:58 PM
Another point on Sesta: If Issa is going to file an ethics complaint against Sesta for not naming names, and Sesta assumes this is coming, than Sesta is playing this with complete honesty so as not to be impugned. He wants to be sure that the guilt, if there is any, rests solely on the White House. Sesta, did, after all, turn down the alleged offer.
~Halli Casser-Jayne
The CJ Political Report on May 23, 2010 at 4:58 PM
I see it as foreshadowing. Democrat candidates not just distancing themselves from President Obama, but actually standing in opposition to him.
29Victor on May 23, 2010 at 4:59 PM
good point
ted c on May 23, 2010 at 5:01 PM
Ted,
One thing about the media and politicians: they can turn their opinions on a dime.
The CJ Political Report on May 23, 2010 at 5:03 PM
Guess I’ll start working on a script for a Toomey Ad:
“Bragging about getting an illegal job offer from the President on his Facebook page? Who on Earth would support such a dummy?! And why?!“
forest on May 23, 2010 at 5:04 PM
hmmmmm interesting. —cair—-!
ted c on May 23, 2010 at 5:05 PM
That American Thinker article is excellent. One other point about why Curt Weldon was destroyed by the Clinton-Berger-Sestak troika is that Curt Weldon was conducting some deep investigating of the Able Danger data-mining project. He was stonewalled in those efforts at every opportunity, but he was apparently unearthing some dam*ing information.
onlineanalyst on May 23, 2010 at 5:05 PM
Is that a fact?
“Whoever solicits or receives … any….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.” — 18 USC Sec. 211 — Bribery, Graft and Conflicts of Interest: Acceptance or solicitation to obtain appointive public office
“It is a federal offense to offer any man a federal job in return for a favor.”
–John F. Kennedy
“When the President does it, that means it is not illegal.”
–Barack Milhous Obama
Rae on May 23, 2010 at 5:06 PM
the msm have stepped over a million $$ worth of dimes in the last 18 mos+ that they could”ve turned on…
ted c on May 23, 2010 at 5:06 PM
Assuming that the same or similar media exists in the U.S. at large and W. PA in particular, can we assume stories of Cap and Trade will make a splash? Turning hatred of all things Republican to affection? I’s like to think so, but would never count on it.
I believe they want the pork and are hoping Murtha’s protege will deliver. Knowing that Toomey would be more likely to be more fiscally responsible, they’ll vote for Sestak.
ROCnPhilly on May 23, 2010 at 5:07 PM
Sestak appears to be playing his cards right. Throwing the administration under the bus makes him look anti-establishment, and that’s exactly the advice being given by the Party leaders. Do what you have to to get elected. If it means trashing us, do so. The million dollar question is if the people will be fooled again. If the people of Pennsylvania allow this guy to pull the wool over their eyes, they deserve the fleecing that will ensue courtesy of Hopenchange himself.
ncconservative on May 23, 2010 at 5:07 PM
ted,
That bridge was burned during Clinton. Craig Livingstone had over 900 FBI raw data files in his possession and nothing happened. Charles Colson leaked info from ONE FBI file and got a prison term.
The more things change,
the more they stay the samethe worse it gets.TugboatPhil on May 23, 2010 at 5:09 PM
i’ve wondered that same thing—if they have tacitly condoned running against them as a means to their end–more power. seems absurd and suicidal, or homicidal, but nothing is what it seems these days.
ted c on May 23, 2010 at 5:10 PM
onlineanalyst on May 23, 2010 at 5:05 PM
Very interesting, I’m not familiar, got alink for that?
Archimedes on May 23, 2010 at 5:10 PM
http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/05/the_senator_from_sandy_berger.html
here arch.
ted c on May 23, 2010 at 5:12 PM
here arch.
ted c on May 23, 2010 at 5:12 PM
Thanks, back in a few.
Archimedes on May 23, 2010 at 5:15 PM
I hope Rush dismantles this Sestak–Squid Pro Quo, CAIR, Berger, White House, Clinton’s thing this week—there is obviously more here than meets the eye.
ted c on May 23, 2010 at 5:17 PM
Ted–
I agree. I write about the media in my book A YEAR IN MY PAJAMAS WITH PRESIDENT OBAMA, The Politics of Strange Bedfellows. If the past is prelude, it is essential to read the day to day of Election 2008, which I followed for my book. Nothing, absolutely, NOTHING surprises me as to the current turn of events. Things are just as I predicted. ~ Halli Casser-Jayne
The CJ Political Report on May 23, 2010 at 5:18 PM
Yeah, but the whole country will suffer. You have no idea how absolutely unthinking some folks in PA are and wish to stay. My father-in-law was telling me last year how crooked Specter was. On-and-on…ad nauseum. But guess who he voted for in the primary last week?
I feel like I’m on crazy pills.
ROCnPhilly on May 23, 2010 at 5:20 PM
I am absolutely convinced that those 900 files are still relevant-they would explain the wimpiness of the GOP over the past 17 years since they were purloined by “the most EWthical Administration in history” (until this one, that is).
Del Dolemonte on May 23, 2010 at 5:21 PM
Barry thinks this whole thing is a ‘distraction’. After all, he campaigned advocating HOPE and CHANGE. Barry HOPES that you will forget that nothing has CHANGED in Washington.
As Barry would say, “November is coming, so remember to vote, and vote often!”
GarandFan on May 23, 2010 at 5:22 PM
An important female member of his staff is a connection, but there’s more.
This is a tangled mess of slippery leftist eels about to trip each other up.
If everything comes out it gets The Clintons, Berger and Oliar.
ontherocks on May 23, 2010 at 5:25 PM
Other than the Tribune-Review, a conservative newspaper out of Allegheny and Westmoreland County, the other major conduits of news, both papers and television, are in the tank for Democrats. The Trib is owned by Scaife, a Mellon banking family member widely despised by the Left. Hillary and Theresa Heinz Kerry blamed the Trib for its “vast right wing conspiracy.” Tuh-ray-zuh told its editor to “shove it,” if you recall. Interestingly enough, Scaife was rather bullish on Hillary for the 2008 run. Hillary also despises Quin Hillyer of “The American Spectator” for his role in exposing the hijinks of the Clinton presidency.
Last week, I attended a GOP breakfast where Toomey and Karl Rove spoke. Toomey says that Sestak is to the left of ObaMao in his politics.
If you check out the WSJ online interview of Rendell, the guv gives some advice to Sestak. Rendell wants to associate Toomey with Club for Growth and attach it to the ObaMao-inspired hatred for Wall Street. Rendell tells Sestak to refute the tax-and-spend attack by claiming that only the rich will be affected. Rendell also says to counter any dissatisfaction with his O-care vote by trotting out bleeding heart (my words) narratives of young people being positively treated now that they have benevolent government-inspired insurance.
onlineanalyst on May 23, 2010 at 5:30 PM
The good people of PA should not be fooled by this guy. He will turn big time Progressive once he is elected. He is still one of them.
d1carter on May 23, 2010 at 5:31 PM
You can hear Jack Cashill’s brass gonads clangin’ from 100 yards.
He’s the writer that has pretty much proven Ayers’ ghost writing of Obugme’s 2 books.
He’s also clearly laid out The Won’s Hawaii/marxist connections. It’s all archived at AT.
ontherocks on May 23, 2010 at 5:32 PM
I’m encouraged by the fact that now Sestak won and raised the issue again appears to mean that he’s an anti-Obowma democrat. If Obummer/Pelosi/Reid and other progressives are DINOs, then like Zell Miller, Scoop Jackson et al, Sestak is a real Dem.
While I’d rather have a conservative & constitutionalist GOP/Independent in office, I’m fine with a conservative Dem than any of the progressive DINOs or RINOs, bar none. More power to Sestak if he proves to be more conservative than Scott Brown who’s been squishy on prog-lite initiatives.
AH_C on May 23, 2010 at 5:33 PM
BTW, wethal, Toomey does have a legislative record, for he served in the House several congressional sessions ago. His voting record shows him to be a reliably conservative representative. His tenure ended under his self-decided limited period of service. He promised such when he ran, and he is a man of his word.
Recall that Huckabee called Toomey’s Club for Growth, the Club for Greed. Huckabee was playing the class-envy aspect of populism, just as I suspect Sestak will.
onlineanalyst on May 23, 2010 at 5:36 PM
Ted-c
Thanks for the link thats a great read. Gotta go get some eats folks so I’m offline for a while. Fairly certain I’ll see some/most of you later tonight. Till then…
Cheers!
Archimedes on May 23, 2010 at 5:38 PM
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