Re: Obama XII: The shine is off the glass slipper
The problem is that the Obama administration apparently offered a job to somebody opposing one of their picks in a primary so that he could run unopposed. Isn't that illegal?
From this:
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=158617 I found this:
The Section 600 statute states:
Whoever, directly or indirectly, promises any employment, position, compensation, contract, appointment, or other benefit, provided for or made possible in whole or in part by any Act of Congress, or any special consideration in obtaining any such benefit, to any person as consideration, favor, or reward for any political activity or for the support of or opposition to any candidate or any political party in connection with any general or special election to any political office, or in connection with any primary election or political convention or caucus held to select candidates for any political office, shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.
I'll answer my own question. Yes, it does amount to an illegal act. If the job offer was in fact made by the Obama administration, whoever made the offer needs to be prosecuted for it. If Obama signed off on the move to offer the candidate a job, he could be in serious trouble.
I LOVE the objectivity of the source:
"If a Democratic member of Congress is to be believed, there's someone in the Obama administration who has committed a crime – and if the president knew about it, analysts say it could be grounds for impeachment.
"This scandal could be enormous," said Dick Morris, a former White House adviser to President Bill Clinton, on the Fox News Sean Hannity show last night. "It's Valerie Plame only 10 times bigger, because it's illegal and Joe Sestak is either lying or the White House committed a crime.
"Obviously, the offer of a significant job in the White House could not be made unless it was by Rahm Emanuel or cleared with Rahm Emanuel," he said. If the job offer was high enough that it also had Obama's apppoval, "that is a high crime and misdemeanor."
"In other words, an impeachable offense?" Hannity asked.
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"Absolutely," said Morris. "
Uhhh, yeah. I haven't seen anything this funny since you guys were posting Obama's Kenyan birth certificate....after it had already been exposed as a fake.
I don't know what Sestak's motivations are for bringing this up after he won the primary (I can maybe see bringing it up beforehand). However, the bottom line is he can interpret people's motivations all day. That's not a crime. Neither is someone from the admin telling him "I know you have plans to run against Specter but we also have this job that you'd be perfect for if you decide not too." Of course everybody knows what's going on, but there's nothing illegal about it. Why we'd want to spend a hundred million dollars on an investigation, only to then find out every member of Congress has also engaged in a similar type of situation sometime over the course of their political careers is beyond me.
But, please don't stop those calls for an impeachment hearing.
