White House Accused of Federal Crime in Specter, Bennet Races

[sniper7]

do they have an Oboma smiley to put in here?

why, you couldn't see it with the dark background behind the bars

[funkfool]

http://www.redstate.com/erick/2010/0...-jim-matheson/
Media Matters ADMITS Barack Obama Has Bribed Congressman Jim Matheson

The Great Gavel Giveaway of 2010 is looking more and more like Gavelgate
Posted by Erick Erickson (Profile)
Thursday, March 4th at 2:22PM EST


Media Matters, doing its typical shilling for the Obama Administration, threw up some lame talking points about Barack Obama appointing Scott Matheson, brother of Congressman Jim Matheson, to the federal bench.
The right has pointed out it has the appearance of bribery.
Today, trying to refute the accusation, Media Matters gives away the game. Casually in defending the appointment, Media Matters notes Scott Matheson told the White House in June of 2009 that he wanted Judge Michael McConnell’s job when it became available at the end of August 2009.
When does Barack Obama choose to appoint Scott Matheson?
Yesterday. The same day he has over the appointee’s brother, a congressman, to persuade the Congress to change his no vote on health care to a yes vote.
The Great Gavel Giveaway of 2010 is looking more and more like Gavelgate thanks to the industrious spinning of Media Matters trying to be helpful.
You know, giving Athena Innovative Solutions, Inc. defense contracts after $2 million in gifts to Duke Cunningham got Duke Cunningham thrown in jail. Giving a congressman’s brother life tenure on the federal bench in exchange for supporting the President’s legacy project is not much different.

[cowboykjohnson]

why, you couldn't see it with the dark background behind the bars

eyes and teeth would be visible

[funkfool]

Apparently Corruption and graft is the norm now....
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010...aks-job-offer/

The allegation first surfaced in an interview Sestak gave last month to Philadelphia television anchor Larry Kane. A veteran journalist, Kane was previously best known for his coverage of The Beatles' 1964 American tour, and for a memorable appearance John Lennon made, delivering a zany weather report, on Kane's local Philadelphia TV broadcast in 1975.
"Were you ever offered a federal job to get out of this race?" Kane asked Sestak on an episode of Comcast Network's "Larry Kane: Voice of Reason."
"Yes," Sestak replied.
"Was it the Navy secretary?" Kane followed up.
"No comment," said Sestak, adding. "I would never get out for a deal. I'm in this for the Democratic principles."
"OK," Kane cut in. "But was there a job offered you by the White House?"
"Yes," Sestak replied.
Asked if it was a "big" job, Sestak declined further comment.
By Feb. 23, the allegation arose at the White House daily press briefing.
"I have seen some stuff that (Sestak) said, but I have not looked into this," White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said.
Four more times over the next three weeks, Gibbs deflected reporters' questions about the Sestak allegation.

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The public, Feldstein suggested, is unlikely to get too worked up about the Sestak allegation.
"This kind of 'I'll give you a job if you do X or Y,' or 'I'll give you a favor if you do X or Y' is the way Washington works, on both parties," he said. "Much as in the health care debate, when senators were bought off with exceptions in their states: Nebraska, Louisiana, and so forth. So, like sausage-making, it's not a very pretty sight."

[Bailey Guns]

The only place this is causing a stir is....nowhere, really. Because few people that can do anything about it care. This story has been carried on conservative blogs for a few weeks now and it's really gone nowhere.

I don't like it but this is politics as usual for DC. Obama is quite likely the most corrupt president we've ever had.

Remember in November.

[sniper7]

The only place this is causing a stir is....nowhere, really. Because few people that can do anything about it care. This story has been carried on conservative blogs for a few weeks now and it's really gone nowhere.

I don't like it but this is politics as usual for DC. Obama is quite likely the most corrupt president we've ever had.

Remember in November.

I am truly hopeful he will go down as the worst president in history...even worse than carter.

[sniper7]

eyes and teeth would be visible