Look no further in the whole Sestak-gate scandal!
Today, after the Obama Administration investigated itself (I'm sure that the New York Times will give him a pass for that one), we now find out that Obama's White House, under the direction of Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, asked former President Bill Clinton to contact Joe Sestak to "feel him out" regarding his willingness to accept a job in the Obama Administration if Sestak wouldn't run against turncoat Arlen Specter. Sestak rejected the offer and defeated Specter in the Democrat primary.
The White House is now attempting to feebly argue -- and the White House counsel will attempt to clear the president of any ethical wrong-doing -- that the Obama folks had no direct contact with Sestak on this issue so they didn't "technically or legally" violate any laws.
Such a claim is ironic because Rahm Emanuel and Joe Sestak worked for Bill Clinton. Both have long-standing personal and professional relationships with him. Ultimately, any "offer" by Bill Clinton would have been 100% cleared by Rahm Emanuel and, ultimately, by Barack Obama in their quest to clear the Pennsylvania Primary Field for Specter -- an "enticement" from the Obama Administration because Specter sold out the Republican Party and became the Democrat's 60th vote in the United States Senate. But, as Clinton made a standard practice of doing, Obama and those in his Administration will now claim, "my hands never left my wrist," meaning -- we didn't DIRECTLY contact Sestak so "we're cool."
I feel like I need to be hosed off on this one...given that Bill Clinton was involved in so many of these "behind the scenes" raw political efforts/scandals -- that always get exposed. Now, Bill is back in the spotlight so we'll all become reacquainted with his word parsing (recall, "it depends of what the meaning of the word 'is' is). Who knows...maybe Barack will get into the game...or, he'll chastise the media for focusing on this.
Ultimately, two things become clear. The first is that Obama and the people working for his Administration are nothing more than Chicago-style politicians. They aren't subtle in his use of political power. He prefers the blunt force approach and his so-called "change" was nothing more than frilly rhetoric delivered by a skilled orator that is papered-over tried-and-failed Democrat politics and policies from a Century ago.
Second, Joe Sestak is ultimately no friend of the Obama Administration. So, they may "kiss and make up" and while Barack may campaign for him against GOP Senate candidate Pat Toomy, Sestak has proven -- at least for how -- that this long-time military officer is his own man. Hopefully, he won't get bitten by the Washington bug -- which forces people to abandon their values and promises to preserve the almighty Democrat Party.
Regardless, Obama has proven himself, yet again, to be just another run of the mill politician...one who is more aloof than most and one who's personal and political popularity is suffering for it.
