Not since Monica Lewinsky and Paula Jones have Rr talkers been so excited.

What a bunch of hooey. The Demo party takes a good look and concludes that Sestak is not yet ready for the big leagues. And that the guy he wants to unseat only has one more term left in him, so Sestak will get his chance soon enough anyway. They go to him and say, essentially, wait a while killer, we need to get you a little more up to speed, develop a little polish, we'll put you on this advisory board so you can get a little more hands on experience, a little bit of face time in the big leagues.

Hannity is about to wet himself he's so excited. Comparing it to Blagojevich. Not even in the same hemisphere. Blagojevich was trying to enrich himself and enhance his career by selling a Senate seat. Obama and Clinton were trying to mold the team for a winning season.

I can understand Hannity is looking for a bright shiny distraction, what with the 'Drill Baby, Drill' mantra of his great hope, Palin in tatters and people in Louisiana asking hard questions about 8 years of Republican dismantling of oil industry oversight.

Sestak has weenie rubber stamped in red on his forehead. Should have stayed in the House cause I don't think his chances in the Senate are that good.

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They got caught...

Deal with it.......

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Who got caught doing what?

Offering a political position to induce an possible candidate either to run or refrain from running is forbidden by law and the US Const. It fits the definition of "bribery', which, along with "high crimes and misdemeanors" is basis for impeachment.
Not saying it goes all the way to the Pres. But it is hard to believe the Rom, or any one else would take, on their own authority, such an offer.

Sestak is NOT the only one who this White House has made such an offer regarding.

Lets wait and see where the evidence leads.
The truth is simple; its fabrication that is complex and time-consuming.

This comes from DEMOCRATS; not Rrs. Sestak was not maiking partisan rhetoric when he admitted to being offered a position. It even laid quietly for a few months before the recent noise about it.

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Both sides have this stuff, and it's hard to see it going away. The R's do this more than the D's IMHO.

it is how politics works. Both parties do it routinely. why even talk about it?

Obama is so squeaky clean there is nothing seamy to drag out on him so they have to really dig to find anything to even talk about.

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..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

HAH! You got nothing.

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Bribery my ass. The D hierarchy decided that Sestak was not ready and offered him a spot that could increase his readiness, over time, and would salve his ego at the thought of having to put his ambition on hold. Sestak was an idiot to bring it up and no doubt will regret it if he doesn't already. He thought he could show how strong and independent he was.

It's much ado about nothing. But it is certainly a legitimate thing in the Rr playback. Cover yourselves in glory, ya'all.

Sestak does nothing for me. I saw video of him thanking supporters after he won as a backdrop to some discussion on the telly and I kept thinking of Sally Fields saying, "you really do love me!!" Just embarrassing. Rrs are making a big deal out of this mostly in hopes of him losing the general, that along with directing a fire hose of slime on BHO.

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So far I haven't read of any bribery going on except on Republican biased websites. The "drill baby" mantra has blown up in the face of Republicans so this is what they have next to take the public's eye away from the policy of NO in congress.

That's what Nixxon thought........


Time will tell......

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Nixxxon?

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..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

Popular spelling for Nixon by certain people during Vietnam era.

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BERNIE .......... NUTHOUSE
0BAMA .......... OUTHOUSE

I don't remember that one. What is it supposed to mean?

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..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

Good lord, this isn't anything like what Nixon did. This underscores how anxious Republicans are to take power and to slime the opposition. Like there's nothing going on of any importance now, let's launch a brew ha-ha witch hunt on Obama.

The nation needs it in this time of peril.

Right.

Republicans, get a life.

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http://voices.washingtonpost.com/plum-line/

The Plum Line, by Greg Sargent

Bush ethics chief to GOP: 'Move on' from Sestak story

Earlier this week, Richard Painter, the chief White House ethics officer under George W. Bush, argued that it didn't look like there all that was much to the Joe Sestak story. Even if there had been some kind of "job" offer, Painter said, this constituted "nothing new."

Now that the White House has released its version of events, Painter is even more adamant. He just told me in an interview that it's time for Republicans to "move on."

They aren't doing this, as it happens. GOP Rep Darrell Issa is out with a statement today arguing that the White House memo clearly shows a law may have been broken.

Painter, however, dismissed the "scandal." He made two points. First, he said, now that we know the "job" was an unpaid advisory position, it's even less likely that this was intended as a quid pro quo.

"Where is the quid pro quo?" Painter asked. "Nobody who has a halfway decent chance of winning a Senate race is going to give it up to sit on an advisory board. That would be a laughable tradeoff."

Painter also took issue with the notion that the version of events aired by the White House today could in any way be illegal. Republicans point to a Federal statute that prohibits any promises of "employment" as a "reward for any political activity."

But Painter says applying this to the Sestak situation is a big stretch. He argued that the sort of "political activity" referred to in the statute concerns political activity you might do for someone else, not actions you might take on your own behalf, such as dropping out of a race.

For instance, he said, this statute prevents things like the offer of a job to someone in exchange for their support for a particular candidate. "I cannot see how this statute can be reasonably applied to a candidate's own decision on whether to run in an election," Painter said.

"Based on the information disclosed from the White House, it's even more apparent that this is a non issue," Painter said. "No scandal. Time to move on."

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