Hillary and Me

Talk has always been cheap, a concept Team Obama has never fully understood. They were going to be different … yes-sir-ee!

Our Poseur President and the fools who engineered his fraudulent election are now faced with a new reality.   The Sestak bribe is one bribe that isn’t going away. The uproar, the comparisons with Watergate, all are staying around,  and just like the BP oil spill, this is impossible to hide.

Let’s start by asking a few rhetorical questions that we already know the answers to.

1.  If all of this were just noise and “inside Washington” politics, after weeks of stonewalling,  why did Team Obama’s surrogate, White House Counsel Robert Bauer,  make the announcement on the Friday afternoon of the Memorial Day weekend?

We all know the answer … because this is a big deal!  Team Obama broke the law big time.  What we have here, as the New York Times describes it here,

is a prima facie case of an attempted quid pro quo in violation of federal statute 18 U.S.C. 600 -  a promise of an appointment to an Executive Branch position in return for the political act by Sestak to drop his primary challenge and pave the way for Specter’s nomination by the Democratic Party establishment.

It’s my guess that they thought they were going to get away with it, the way that have so many other questionable and downright illegal activities.  Let’s be real, if Team Obama could put an Constitutionally ineligible fraud in the White House, what the hell was the big deal about another bribe? Right?

2.  Are we really to believe that after months of Sestak stating he had been offered a high government position if he dropped out of the PA primaries, that the best response Brand Obama could come up with was ”Barack didn’t do it, it was Bill?”  Really?  Oh, and BTW, it wasn’t a paid high level position it was an unpaid position on some obscure committee.  Oh ya,  ‘this is really  believable”, she said with as much sarcasm as she could muster!

3.  If the Sestak offer was “no big deal” why was the Big Dawg Bill Clinton called in?  This story smells to high heaven.  Who wants to take bets that there wasn’t a Bill Clinton phone call to Sestak and if there was,  the REAL story wasn’t given out to MSM on Friday.  Sorry this is too cute by half and way too convenient!

4.  Let’s assume for a moment that “everyone in Washington does business this way!”  Is this a reason proffered for felony behavior? Everyone does it.  The other night I heard the Governor of Pennsylvania, Ed Rendell, say he had offered up bribes as well!  Really? How much Kool-Aid do you think he drank before going on FOX?

5.  Here’s another explanation of why the Team Obama states the Sestak bribery revelations are no big deal.  Yes, there is a law (actually there are three, 18 U.S.C. § 600, 211, and 595) against promising something of value in exchange for a political appointment, but the law has never been enforced!  Well, there you go … the law has never been enforced so Team Obama gets to play fast and loose!

Yes, boys ‘n girls what we have here is more selective adherence to the rule of law and to the Constitution. We now get to pick and choose those laws we like and have decided to follow.

For a complete timeline of the events of the Sestak bribe and the White House cover-up check out this 75% snark free site here!

Well,  I heard this a few hours ago, but I still don’t believe it!

Republican of the first Order, Senator Arlen Specter, is switching parties to become (ARGH!) a Democrat?  Say What?  Check the calendar, is it April 1st?  This is a joke, right? Right?

Although Specter has never been a favorite of mine, when I lived in Pennsylvania I did vote for him. Yes, it is true a (at the time) registered Democrat voted for a Republican.  Why? Because as quaint as the notion seems today, I believe voting for a candidate’s policy positions is more important than voting for a candidate’s fleeting popularity.  We’re supposed to be acting like adults by balancing the pro & cons of each candidate.  We’re not  supposed to be voting for Prom Queen or Class President.

Politicians occasionally change political parties from time to time.  This isn’t new.  But what can possibly explain this switch? I’m actually angry about this change because a man I always considered to be a principled politician has turned out to be just another political hack putting his ambitions ahead of the constituents of his state.

Which leads me to ask the following questions.  How big was the payoff?  Why is this man selling out?  Does Arlen really think that switching parties will help him retain his seat in the Senate?

I could be wrong, but if Specter thinks switching parties will save him, I say guess again.  If I were still living in PA I’d vote against him, just on the principle alone.  Arlen you remember what principle means, don’t you?

This is from America’s Right:

Nothing happens by accident. Not in this administration. Not with everyone following in lockstep with the Leninesque “the worse, the better” mentality. Obviously, Arlen Specter is not exactly known for his principled decision-making, and for him this was certainly more about self-preservation than anything else. Still, given that even just nine days ago it seemed as though he was intent upon facing Toomey head-on in the Republican primary, I cannot help but think that something is up, that Specter is being used, that somebody else has a few ulterior motives. (italics mine)

Like I said yesterday, why is this man selling out?