White House Source: Obama Ignorant of Sestak Bribe Attempt Until "Recent Days"

Friday, May 28, 2010 | Kristinn

[hattend]

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

Yeah, but the press wasn't giving Nixon a Lewinsky on a daily basis.

This will blow over by next weekend.

[onyx]

He’s well aware of that also!

[Protect the Bill of Rights]

Just was does the POS do all day? The man that proudly claims the buck stops with him is either ignorant of important events facts or he hides.

[dalereed]

How many months are involved in recent days?

[onyx]

Sure ain't MO, 'cuz she's O's daddy.

Ouch...lol.

[hoosiermama]

Is it possible that Billy is setting BO up to be impeached, thereby opening doors for Hillary's candidacy in 2012.

BO IS ignorant...Clinton’s will do anything to accomplish their desires.

[highlander_UW]

As if the WH would release a statement saying Obama was behind it all from the beginning.

[Hoodat]

Maybe he’s trying to set up a defense that he was out of the loop on everything.

That would actually be a valid defense for the empty suit. Obama enjoys the perks of being President while his puppet masters run the show. They sent him to Chicago to get him out of the way while they figure out other ways to implement Ingsoc.

[kristinn]

No, they didn’t use the words ‘bribe attempt’. They called it offering “alternative paths to service.”

[counterpunch]

What did the president know, and when did he know it?

[Clyde5445]

Are you sure O isn’t the brighest bulb you know. :)

[maggief]

“Is it possible that Billy is setting BO up to be impeached, thereby opening doors for Hillary’s candidacy in 2012.”

RE cashed in $$$$ as a Clintonista.

Follow the money ...

[Fu-fu2]

“Pennsylvania Senate Candidate Joe Sestak finally admitted today that a former disbarred and disgraced President not actually connected to the current administration offered him the bird whistle from a box of Cracker Jacks in exchange for his not running against Arlen Specter....”

Great piece of writing!

[Eroteme]

What did Benedict Arlen know and when did he know it? There must have been more than one “you promised!” conversation with the pres__ent resulting in a “don’t worry, we’ll take care of it” brushoff.

Now that's an interesting wild card...the administration counting on Specter to stay loyal. Oh, the irony.

[dalereed]

“What did the president know, and when did he know it?”

He’s so stupid he will have to ask his teleprompter.

[onyx]

I didn’t think of a set-up for impeachment, but DrO and I talked about Clinton telling O that he would step-in to save his butt with the understanding that he wouldn’t run in 2012.

[joelt]

He hasn’t known about it since day one.

[onyx]

Oh, did anyone see Newt on Hannity’s tonight?

Newt thinks the Clinton conversation is a diversion for the real red meat conversation that took place later with Rahm where the actual JOB offer was made...

[FredZarguna]

Thanks. I actually posted it twice because an earlier thread died and I liked it, too. The story is so preposterously false it reaches Soviet proportions in its audacity.

It almost parodies itself.

[MestaMachine]

[Mariner]

"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."

So, the progressive left thinks they're going to throw Rahm and Bill under the bus?

Somebody needs to put Sestak under oath, then follow the trail.

Rahm and Bill will not go to jail to protect Obama.

[tioga]

My first thought was Clinton just opened the door to the negotiations.......and rahm is guilty as sin. showerBoy is up to his scrawny little neck in this....thus he managed to hide out in Israel when the scandal broke.

[DaxtonBrown]

‘prez didnt know about rahm/clinton/sestak talks until recent days; ‘

I believe that. I sure do. The smartest president EVER didn’t know nuthin.

[Protect the Bill of Rights]

The next step should be asking Gibbs during the next presser if he can state as fact there were no phone calls or emails to Sestak (or his brother, the lawyer) from the Oval Office or the office of any other WHite House Official.

Who will be the next Deep Throat?

[onyx]

Clinton loves the drama and he is an accomplished wordsmith and liar. Hillary is the SoS and that doesn’t bode well at all. Clinton should have kept his nose out of it.

That’s why I tend to agree with Newt; that Clinton’s story is a diversion.

The red meat phone call came after Clinton’s.

Put Sestak under oath and ask him about the other phone calls.

He’s the weak link.

[TigersEye]

Just wait the next words out of O’s mouth will be executive privilege for dead fish.

Will that cover the situation in the Gulf too?

Or will that require a PDD (petroleum distraction directive).

[hoosiermama]

I wonder what they had to give Bill to take the fall. Maybe it's the other way around.....Bill offers to help and set his good friends up for impeachment...Both BO and WJF think they are above the law.

[onyx]

Yes!

WHO will be the next Deep Throat?

[fhayek]

Snort. This isn’t the Joe Sestak I knew. Does he not realize what a moron he is quickly beginning to look like?

[GatorGirl]

Even more reason to get control in 2010. In January the new Congress can subpoena Sestak and place him under oath. DOJ and this Congress will continue to stonewall.

Sestak will not lie to protect Zero or Clintoon.

[SBprone]

Maybe it’s time for Rahm to take one for the boss. If it gets hot enough I’m sure he would do it, except for that pesky matter of the law.

Was a crime committed? I don’t know, but if there was a criminal violation it changes everything.

Independent Counsel anyone?

[Colonel_Flagg]

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

From your lips to God's ears, Mr. Taylor.

[onyx]

Is there a statute of limitations on any of this?

[sissyjane]

Maybe we know now why Greg Craig resigned. He was Billy’s attorney...

[Dick Bachert]

Truth to tell, that headline has exactly 7 too many words in it.

[hoosiermama]

Making a statement to the FBI or a grand fjury would accomplish the same thing. Wonder if the PA attorney general will get involved.

[fhayek]

Well, when we are talking about Spector, it may only be a crime under Scottish law. What I noticed is that the “source” is admitting that this was a bribe.

[GatorGirl]

That’s a good question. Not an expert on Federal law but I’d suspect it would be more than one year. I have heard it’s a felony but haven’t researched it myself.

[avacado]

A convicted liar is Obama's alibi!!! ROTFLMAO!!! Pass the popcorn!!!

[MinuteGal]

Now we know why Rahm was shedding a tear and looking punked at the Prayer Wall in Israel....and it wasn't his son's Bar Mitzvah.

Leni

[onyx]

Unless Holder is forced to appoint a special prosecutor, I hope that the issue will hold valid at least through Jamuary 2011.

[unambiguouslogin]

[depressed in 06]

I have no doubt ZerO is ignorant.

Malia: Daddy, did Sestak take the bribe?

DumBO shaving: No, sweetheart, we are just waiting for him to plug his damn hole.

[avacado]

A convicted liar is Obama's alibi!!! ROTFLMAO!!! That's like having a convicted pedophile vouch for you that you didn't touch the kid on the playground!

Pass the popcorn!!!

[CARTOUCHE]

It may be looking more and more like a Watergate scandal but there is one VERY important difference. Back then the press hated Nixon so much that each and every day was a new adventure in breathless journalism.

The current occupant of the Oval Office is still beloved by those that malpractice the art of journalist. Although, 300 days between formal pressers will tend to piss-off that crowd and could tilt things in America’s favor.

[Rockitz]

Y’know if I had a few months to fabricate a story, I can think of none better. My hat’s off to Rahm- an impeccable alibi like Bill Clinton is bullet-proof on so many levels. The “never let a good crisis go to waste” quote bares repeating.

[cartoonistx]

[catnipman]

Obama is just the teleprompter reader, so why would anyone expect that they’re telling him anything? You think the Carnie Barker knows whether the circus is making or losing money, or how much the circus help is being paid? Of coursenot; the Barker is just the front man. Just like Obama.

[DrewsMum]

wait. Let’s pretend O was really kept in the dark.....Sestak mentions this is FEBRUARY and Obama is JUST NOW asking questions about it???

Hahahahhahahahha! They’ve dug themselves a deep one now...

[ElkGroveDan]

Well it’s from a “source” all shadowy and secret and all that. It must be true. OK scandal over. Everyone go home.