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White House Source: Obama Ignorant of Sestak Bribe Attempt Until "Recent Days"
Friday, May 28, 2010 | Kristinn

Posted on 05/28/2010 7:10:02 PM PDT by kristinn

In reports that appear to have been missed in the flurry of reporting this afternoon on the Obama administration's release of a cursory report on its in-house investigation on the administration's attempted bribery of Rep. Joe Sestak, CNN's John King reported that a White House source told him Barack Obama was kept in the dark about the bribe attempt until "recent days."

Posting on Twitter around 1 p.m. EDT, King reported in three Tweets what his sources were telling him about the unfolding scandal:

WH Source: prez didnt know about rahm/clinton/sestak talks until recent days; GOP pressing for more details.

WH memo lacks important details. Source says COS Emanuel did not check with counsel office before enlisting Clinton. #sestak

Svl other WH aides knew of Emanuel/Clinton effort. WH memo doesn't mention. #sestak

King has not posted to his Twitter account since posting these three reports.

Is someone in the White House trying to create a case for Obama's innocence in the Sestak scandal? It sure looks that way. It's not credible, but it shows an acknowledgement by some in the Obama administration that Obama himself could be in serious trouble if he is found to have been involved in the Sestak bribe attempt.

This is looking more like the Watergate cover-up with each passing hour. (And we know how that ended.)


TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: billclinton; joesestak; johnking; obama; sestak; sestakgate
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To: kristinn
Oh, this should be good. It reminds me of the hot water Reagan got into with Iran-Contra back in the 80s.


21 posted on 05/28/2010 7:15:06 PM PDT by Oceander (The Price of Freedom is Eternal Vigilance -- Thos. Jefferson)
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To: kristinn
White House Source: Obama Ignorant of Sestak Bribe Attempt Until "Recent Days"

What?

In recent days we have had an impostor as POTUS?

22 posted on 05/28/2010 7:15:15 PM PDT by EGPWS (Trust in God, question everyone else)
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To: kristinn

Media Ingored Democrat corruption til Democrats could come up with a defence, then media will roll day in day out the Democrats talking point


23 posted on 05/28/2010 7:15:15 PM PDT by 4rcane
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To: kristinn

What did Obammy know and when did he know it?


24 posted on 05/28/2010 7:15:52 PM PDT by Dallas59 (President Robert Gibbs 2009-2013)
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To: madison10
Ahhhh...the old plausible deniability ploy


25 posted on 05/28/2010 7:15:59 PM PDT by evad (SHUT IT DOWN!!!)
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To: RushIsMyTeddyBear

Implausible deniability.


26 posted on 05/28/2010 7:16:04 PM PDT by Texas Songwriter
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To: kristinn
Right! You have a former President getting involved in the "negotiations" and we're supposed to believe that a sitting president (lower case 'p') isn't already in the loop?!

Plausible deniability, my arse!

27 posted on 05/28/2010 7:16:14 PM PDT by mellow velo (Elect an adult; vote Conservative.)
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To: counterpunch

O lies

people die


28 posted on 05/28/2010 7:16:18 PM PDT by edcoil (Kingdoms have never survived. Don't let any new ones be formed.)
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To: rawcatslyentist

Ever notice how the words Obama and ignorant just seem to go together naturally?


29 posted on 05/28/2010 7:16:45 PM PDT by Farmer Dean (stop thinking about what they want to do to you,start thinking about what you want to do to them)
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To: PghBaldy

This is a set up by the clintons. They bama right where they want him. I always figured hellery and bill would get even. It’s their trademark.


30 posted on 05/28/2010 7:17:07 PM PDT by refermech
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To: kristinn

LOL.

The sycophant’s tweets tell me that the fanciful lie was cooked-up in recent days.

That’s all it says.


31 posted on 05/28/2010 7:17:12 PM PDT by onyx (Sarah/Michele 2012)
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To: NormsRevenge
Looks like Rahmbo will be the goat on this one..

Don't disregard their efforts to "blame Bush".

32 posted on 05/28/2010 7:17:59 PM PDT by EGPWS (Trust in God, question everyone else)
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To: kristinn

He’s ignorant, all right.


33 posted on 05/28/2010 7:18:02 PM PDT by Mr. Blond
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To: kristinn

Hmmmm. Odds there are NO cell phone records backing up this “convo”?

The lawyers made up this non pay board post. Obviously trying to take the money out of it. Admiral to US Senator to... unpaid intern?

Regardless, the law says “anything of value.”

Into Clintonland we venture...


34 posted on 05/28/2010 7:18:14 PM PDT by TigerClaws
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To: kristinn
He sure isn't very curious about what goes on in his own administration.

This is a pretty stupid cover-up.

Remember when Arlen Spector said,
“that the reported conduct, if true, would constitute a “crime.”

So even senile Arlen Spector recognized this as a crime. Obama’s guys just saw it as normal Chicago style tactics.

35 posted on 05/28/2010 7:18:55 PM PDT by FR_addict
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To: refermech

Transparency??? Yeah right.


36 posted on 05/28/2010 7:19:37 PM PDT by ExTexasRedhead (Clean the RAT/RINO Sewer in 2010 and 2012)
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To: mellow velo

I wonder what Clinton is getting from this episode. He is exposed as a lawbreaker. He hates Obama for treating hillary so badly as well as calling Billy-boy a racist in South Carolina during the primaries. Does he have a presidential pardon in his lockboxz? Can Clinton pull this card out and play any time he wants since this crap, no doubt, leads to Obama?


37 posted on 05/28/2010 7:20:03 PM PDT by Texas Songwriter
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To: counterpunch

Another Obama TRUTH.....from the two biggest liars in presidential history.


38 posted on 05/28/2010 7:20:15 PM PDT by EagleUSA
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To: kristinn

So who is the President and who is the errand boy? Can we impeach Clinton again?/s

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MA3406YJUg


39 posted on 05/28/2010 7:20:27 PM PDT by rolling_stone (no more bailouts, the taxpayers are out of money!)
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To: Nachum

Ping


40 posted on 05/28/2010 7:20:54 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar (*)
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