Blagojevich first, NOW Sestak; I never had conversations with that man., page

Well, the whole administration starts with the Blagojevich debacle.

Let us start out with this article-

Blagojevich lawyers want Obama subpoena
Claims president has 'direct knowledge of the Senate seat allegation'

"President Barack Obama has direct knowledge of the Senate seat allegation," Blagojevich's 11-page motion filed with U.S. District Judge James B. Zagel said.

There was no allegation in the court papers of any wrongdoing on Obama's part.

It would be extraordinary if a sitting president were subpoenaed to take the witness stand in a Chicago political corruption trial or any criminal trial. Zagel has not indicated how he might respond to the unusual request.

Now we have this-

Bill Clinton's Sestak Approach: Break The Law

The conversation was meant to keep the congressman out of the Pennsylvania Senate primary against Sen. Arlen Specter. He said that he never considered any position the White House was willing to offer. The White House says it used the former president as a go-between to try and avoid a messy primary.

I do not even know what to say.

Here is the excuse being forwarded-"well this is how things are done".

Let us take a look at the laws broken.

Cornell Law THE HATCH ACT

§ 7323. Political activity authorized; prohibitions

(a) Subject to the provisions of subsection (b), an employee may take an active part in political management or in political campaigns, except an employee may not—
(1) use his official authority or influence for the purpose of interfering with or affecting the result of an election;

So, the Obama Administration and William Clinton pointedly broke this statute.

I wonder if Clinton is going to say " "I" never had conversations with that man."

Oh well, I guess those that are above the law can do anything they want right?

edit to remove incidental wording from Cornell Law



[edit on 5/28/2010 by endisnighe]

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Thanks Misoir.

I think he deserves one of his nicknames-Bush III

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Well, for those in DC, crime is relative.

Relatively illegal for us is not the same as relatively illegal for them.

It is kind of ironic that the government and those in it, apply the law as they see fit on themselves but we the people get all of them applied to us evenly.

We all know they are criminal but we allow it to continue.

Thanks for the comment.

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