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L.A. TIMES: "Obama White House probe of Obama White House finds noObama White House impropriety on Sestak."



 
 
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Old May 25th, 2010, 01:49 PM posted to alt.activism.death-penalty,uk.politics.misc,aus.politics,soc.retirement,rec.travel.europe
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Default L.A. TIMES: "Obama White House probe of Obama White House finds noObama White House impropriety on Sestak."

L.A. TIMES: "Obama White House probe of Obama White House finds no
Obama White House impropriety on Sestak."

Now not everything that’s improper is illegal however. Obama's
"Chicago Way" is living proof.
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Default L.A. TIMES: "Obama White House probe of Obama White House findsno Obama White House impropriety on Sestak."

On May 25, 8:49*am, Tis PJ Odonovan wrote:
L.A. TIMES: "Obama White House probe of Obama White House finds no
Obama White House impropriety on Sestak."

Now not everything that’s improper is illegal however. Obama's
"Chicago Way" is living proof.


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Obama White House probe of Obama White House finds no Obama White
House impropriety on Sestak
May 24, 2010 | 2:22 am

"Obviously, nothing to see over here, folks. Move along now.

Joe Sestak, the newly-elected Democratic Senate nominee from
Pennsylvania, repeated his assertion Sunday that somebody he did not
identify from the Obama White House offered him an administration job
he did not detail, possibly in return for him dropping out of his
undesirable primary challenge of Arlen "I Was a Republican Before I
Realized I Was a Democrat" Specter.

Obviously, Sestak didn't accept the offer. And Specter didn't win a
primary race that he feared losing if he stayed a Republican.
On NBC's "Meet the Press" David Gregory asked Sestak about the job
offer.

Here's the exchange:

MR. GREGORY: What, what job were you offered to stay out of a primary
race by the administration?

REP. SESTAK: It's interesting. I was asked a question about something
that....
....happened months earlier, and I felt I should answer it honestly.
And that's all I had to say about it because anything beyond that
gets
away from what we just spoke about.

MR. GREGORY: Right.

REP. SESTAK: What are the policies that are really going to help
people who've been slammed by the economy...

MR. GREGORY: All right, but you've campaigned on transparency. It's
part of the politics. You talked about standing up to the White House
when they'd fielded a candidate--made a deal with Arlen Specter. So
isn't it in the--in the spirit of transparency, were you offered a
job
by the administration? And what was it?

REP. SESTAK: I learned, as I mentioned, about that personal
accountability in the Navy.

MR. GREGORY: Yeah.

REP. SESTAK: I felt I needed to answer that question honestly because
I was personally accountable for my role in the matter.

MR. GREGORY: What's the answer? What's the job you were offered?

REP. SESTAK: And--but anybody else has to decide for themselves what
to say upon their role, and that's their responsibility.

MR. GREGORY: Yes or no, straightforward question. Were you, were you
offered a job, and what was the job?

REP. SESTAK: I was offered a job, and I answered that.
MR. GREGORY: You said no, you wouldn't take the job. Was it the
secretary of the Navy?

REP. SESTAK: Right. And I also said, "Look, I'm getting into this...

MR. GREGORY: Was it the secretary of the Navy job?

REP. SESTAK: Anything that go--goes beyond that is others--for others
to talk about.

Meanwhile, back at the ranch, CBS' Bob Schieffer asked Obama press
secretary Robert "The Artful Dodger" Gibbs about the Sestak offer.

Here's that exchange:

SCHIEFFER: One final question. Joe Sestak, who beat Arlen Specter --
and the White House, of course, was backing Arlen Specter in the
Pennsylvania primary up there -- all these reports that the White
House offered him some sort of job, some sort of post in the
administration if he wouldn't run. Would you tell us what -- what
post
he was offered?

GIBBS: Well, Bob, I'm not a lawyer. But lawyers in the White House
and
others have looked into conversations that were had with Congressman
Sestak. And nothing inappropriate happened.

I think Republicans are continuing to dredge this up because, if you
look just a couple of days after this primary, the polling shows that
Republicans are already behind in a very important Senate race.

SCHIEFFER: Improper or not, did you offer him a job in the
administration?

GIBBS: I'm not going to get further into what the conversations were.
People that have looked into them assure me that they weren't
inappropriate in any way.

SCHIEFFER: Robert Gibbs, thank you very much for being with us.
It should also be noted that even though Sestak is a two-term House
member, he's running as a let's-clean-up-Dodge candidate. But now he
won't say who from the White House offered him what to get out of
Dodge.

Sestak did reveal that President Obama, who campaigned for Specter
against Sestak, was the first to call, congratulate and offer to
support Sestak this fall. That's an offer of dubious usefulness in
that state of small people in small towns bitterly clinging to their
guns and religion.

Especially seeing as how the Democratic president is now 0-4 in such
select endorsement contests since November. But it's not something
from the party leader that the newly-stamped party candidate can
reject out of hand either.

The way modern American politics operates, it is now no longer in
Sestak's interests to fight with Obama. And Obama's call was an
implicit peace offering designed to keep him quiet, if not happy.
Because it sure isn't in the interests of a president who promised to
change the way Washington works to have a smoldering quid pro quo
Navy-
gate scandal traced back to a smoke-filled Oval Office.

Hence, Gibbs' artful dodge, in the hopes that this week the rest of
the media will drop this line of questioning as quickly as Schieffer
did."

Now not everything that’s improper is illegal however. Obama's
"Chicago Way" is living proof.
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Old May 26th, 2010, 02:22 AM posted to alt.activism.death-penalty,uk.politics.misc,aus.politics,soc.retirement,rec.travel.europe
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Default L.A. TIMES: "Obama White House probe of Obama White House finds no Obama White House impropriety on Sestak."

On Tue, 25 May 2010 05:49:22 -0700 (PDT), Tis PJ Odonovan
wrote:

L.A. TIMES: "Obama White House probe of Obama White House finds no
Obama White House impropriety on Sestak."

Now not everything that’s improper is illegal however. Obama's
"Chicago Way" is living proof.


Bribing someone to get them out of the race is. It's hard to believe
that someone would be that dumb but I guess anything is possible.
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Old May 26th, 2010, 03:28 PM posted to alt.activism.death-penalty,uk.politics.misc,aus.politics,soc.retirement,rec.travel.europe
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Default L.A. TIMES: "Obama White House probe of Obama White House findsno Obama White House impropriety on Sestak."

On May 25, 9:22*pm, Brian wrote:
On Tue, 25 May 2010 05:49:22 -0700 (PDT), Tis PJ *Odonovan

wrote:
L.A. TIMES: "Obama White House probe of Obama White House finds no
Obama White House impropriety on Sestak."


Now not everything that’s improper is illegal however. Obama's
"Chicago Way" is living proof.


Bribing someone to get them out of the race is. It's hard to believe
that someone would be that dumb but I guess anything is possible.



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Obama White House probe of Obama White House finds no Obama White
House impropriety on Sestak

May 24, 2010 | 2:22 am

"Obviously, nothing to see over here, folks. Move along now.
Joe Sestak, the newly-elected Democratic Senate nominee from
Pennsylvania, repeated his assertion Sunday that somebody he did not
identify from the Obama White House offered him an administration job
he did not detail, possibly in return for him dropping out of his
undesirable primary challenge of Arlen "I Was a Republican Before I
Realized I Was a Democrat" Specter.
Obviously, Sestak didn't accept the offer. And Specter didn't win a
primary race that he feared losing if he stayed a Republican.
On NBC's "Meet the Press" David Gregory asked Sestak about the job
offer.
Here's the exchange:
MR. GREGORY: What, what job were you offered to stay out of a primary
race by the administration?
REP. SESTAK: It's interesting. I was asked a question about something
that....
....happened months earlier, and I felt I should answer it honestly.
And that's all I had to say about it because anything beyond that
gets
away from what we just spoke about.
MR. GREGORY: Right.
REP. SESTAK: What are the policies that are really going to help
people who've been slammed by the economy...
MR. GREGORY: All right, but you've campaigned on transparency. It's
part of the politics. You talked about standing up to the White House
when they'd fielded a candidate--made a deal with Arlen Specter. So
isn't it in the--in the spirit of transparency, were you offered a
job
by the administration? And what was it?
REP. SESTAK: I learned, as I mentioned, about that personal
accountability in the Navy.
MR. GREGORY: Yeah.
REP. SESTAK: I felt I needed to answer that question honestly because
I was personally accountable for my role in the matter.
MR. GREGORY: What's the answer? What's the job you were offered?
REP. SESTAK: And--but anybody else has to decide for themselves what
to say upon their role, and that's their responsibility.
MR. GREGORY: Yes or no, straightforward question. Were you, were you
offered a job, and what was the job?
REP. SESTAK: I was offered a job, and I answered that.
MR. GREGORY: You said no, you wouldn't take the job. Was it the
secretary of the Navy?
REP. SESTAK: Right. And I also said, "Look, I'm getting into this...
MR. GREGORY: Was it the secretary of the Navy job?
REP. SESTAK: Anything that go--goes beyond that is others--for others
to talk about.
Meanwhile, back at the ranch, CBS' Bob Schieffer asked Obama press
secretary Robert "The Artful Dodger" Gibbs about the Sestak offer.
Here's that exchange:
SCHIEFFER: One final question. Joe Sestak, who beat Arlen Specter --
and the White House, of course, was backing Arlen Specter in the
Pennsylvania primary up there -- all these reports that the White
House offered him some sort of job, some sort of post in the
administration if he wouldn't run. Would you tell us what -- what
post
he was offered?
GIBBS: Well, Bob, I'm not a lawyer. But lawyers in the White House
and
others have looked into conversations that were had with Congressman
Sestak. And nothing inappropriate happened.
I think Republicans are continuing to dredge this up because, if you
look just a couple of days after this primary, the polling shows that
Republicans are already behind in a very important Senate race.
SCHIEFFER: Improper or not, did you offer him a job in the
administration?
GIBBS: I'm not going to get further into what the conversations were.
People that have looked into them assure me that they weren't
inappropriate in any way.
SCHIEFFER: Robert Gibbs, thank you very much for being with us.
It should also be noted that even though Sestak is a two-term House
member, he's running as a let's-clean-up-Dodge candidate. But now he
won't say who from the White House offered him what to get out of
Dodge.
Sestak did reveal that President Obama, who campaigned for Specter
against Sestak, was the first to call, congratulate and offer to
support Sestak this fall. That's an offer of dubious usefulness in
that state of small people in small towns bitterly clinging to their
guns and religion.
Especially seeing as how the Democratic president is now 0-4 in such
select endorsement contests since November. But it's not something
from the party leader that the newly-stamped party candidate can
reject out of hand either.
The way modern American politics operates, it is now no longer in
Sestak's interests to fight with Obama. And Obama's call was an
implicit peace offering designed to keep him quiet, if not happy.
Because it sure isn't in the interests of a president who promised to
change the way Washington works to have a smoldering quid pro quo
Navy-
gate scandal traced back to a smoke-filled Oval Office.
Hence, Gibbs' artful dodge, in the hopes that this week the rest of
the media will drop this line of questioning as quickly as Schieffer
did."

Now not everything that’s improper is illegal however. Obama's
"Chicago Way" is living proof.
 




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