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Topic: Another White House Bribe
kc0003's photo
Thu 06/03/10 09:26 PM





and let me guess...this is exclusive to the Democratic party...


Probably not, but the "everyone else was doing it!" defense doesn't make bribery and election tampering any more legal and unimpeachable any more than it gets you out of a speeding ticket.


Also the "Everyone else is doing it" and "It has been going on for years in Washington" defense doesn't work when you run on the issue of change and no business as usual.


again....what part of this is a defense?


It's the same excuse Mr. Hussein and Robert Fibbs everytime they are called out.



oh ok, then i guess you will have no problem directing me to the
interview, press conference or speech where these comments can be
directly attributed to either one of them....right?

i'll just wait for that...

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Thu 06/03/10 09:27 PM
Edited by Kings_Knight on Thu 06/03/10 09:27 PM

Since when is offering anyone a job illegal?

Right wingers are shooting too far on this one.

It isn't working on making anyone with any sense believe that they are doing illegal stuff.

It is actually disgusting and annoying that we have to be subjected to the false accusations.


It's not 'offering anyone a job' ... it's offering them a BRIBE to GET OUT OF THE RACE. There's a difference. Since the 'job' that was offered was supposedly a NON-PAYING 'job' on an 'advisory board', who's gullible enough to believe a person would withdraw from a race for something like that ... ? Oh. Wait ...

Dragoness's photo
Thu 06/03/10 09:30 PM


Since when is offering anyone a job illegal?

Right wingers are shooting too far on this one.

It isn't working on making anyone with any sense believe that they are doing illegal stuff.

It is actually disgusting and annoying that we have to be subjected to the false accusations.


It's not 'offering anyone a job' ... it's offering them a BRIBE to GET OUT OF THE RACE. There's a difference. Since the 'job' that was offered was supposedly a NON-PAYING 'job' on an 'advisory board', who's gullible enough to believe a person would withdraw from a race for something like that ... ? Oh. Wait ...


It was not a bribe.

It was a job offer.

You cannot make it what it isn't.


Lpdon's photo
Thu 06/03/10 10:03 PM






and let me guess...this is exclusive to the Democratic party...


Probably not, but the "everyone else was doing it!" defense doesn't make bribery and election tampering any more legal and unimpeachable any more than it gets you out of a speeding ticket.


Also the "Everyone else is doing it" and "It has been going on for years in Washington" defense doesn't work when you run on the issue of change and no business as usual.


again....what part of this is a defense?


It's the same excuse Mr. Hussein and Robert Fibbs everytime they are called out.



oh ok, then i guess you will have no problem directing me to the
interview, press conference or speech where these comments can be
directly attributed to either one of them....right?

i'll just wait for that...



It was in his response to the Corn Husker Kickback.

no photo
Thu 06/03/10 10:06 PM
Edited by Kings_Knight on Thu 06/03/10 10:06 PM



Since when is offering anyone a job illegal?

Right wingers are shooting too far on this one.

It isn't working on making anyone with any sense believe that they are doing illegal stuff.

It is actually disgusting and annoying that we have to be subjected to the false accusations.


It's not 'offering anyone a job' ... it's offering them a BRIBE to GET OUT OF THE RACE. There's a difference. Since the 'job' that was offered was supposedly a NON-PAYING 'job' on an 'advisory board', who's gullible enough to believe a person would withdraw from a race for something like that ... ? Oh. Wait ...


It was not a bribe.

It was a job offer.

You cannot make it what it isn't.



Politicians do so love 'True Believer' types ... it's their 'mother's milk' ...

kc0003's photo
Thu 06/03/10 10:07 PM







and let me guess...this is exclusive to the Democratic party...


Probably not, but the "everyone else was doing it!" defense doesn't make bribery and election tampering any more legal and unimpeachable any more than it gets you out of a speeding ticket.


Also the "Everyone else is doing it" and "It has been going on for years in Washington" defense doesn't work when you run on the issue of change and no business as usual.


again....what part of this is a defense?


It's the same excuse Mr. Hussein and Robert Fibbs everytime they are called out.



oh ok, then i guess you will have no problem directing me to the
interview, press conference or speech where these comments can be
directly attributed to either one of them....right?

i'll just wait for that...



It was in his response to the Corn Husker Kickback.


still waiting....

arcxjo's photo
Fri 06/04/10 08:52 AM

Republicans have been doing this since george washingon...where have you been?


As a bit of a history buff, I'm not sure who this "washingon" guy is, but the first president under the current United States Constitution, George Washington died in 1799. The Republican Party wasn't formed until 1854.

If you still can't figure out why you were wrong there, I'm not going to explain it any further, because I can't draw you a pretty little picture in this space, and words probably aren't your strong suit.

arcxjo's photo
Fri 06/04/10 08:55 AM
and let me guess...this is exclusive to the Democratic party...


Probably not, but the "everyone else was doing it!" defense doesn't make bribery and election tampering any more legal and unimpeachable any more than it gets you out of a speeding ticket.


that was not said to defend anyone and i'm sure election tampering could spark an awful long debate here...or are we still in denial about that?

i just think it is funny how anyone can sit here after two terms of the most corrupt and ill-moralled administrations in the history of this country and point fingers at anyone else...glass houses?


I never defended anyone. *I* said that what's wrong when someone you don't like does it is wrong when someone you *do* does it. You seem to be the one diverting the argument who thinks legality is purely relative.

arcxjo's photo
Fri 06/04/10 08:59 AM

It was not a bribe.

It was a job offer.

You cannot make it what it isn't.


bribe /braɪb/ n.
1. money or any other valuable consideration given or promised with a view to corrupting the behavior of a person, esp. in that person's performance as an athlete, public official, etc.


When an "offer" comes with strings attached, it = bribe. And when a bribe is attached to an offer of federal employment, it's a federal felony.

Lpdon's photo
Mon 06/07/10 09:59 PM


It was not a bribe.

It was a job offer.

You cannot make it what it isn't.


bribe /braɪb/ n.
1. money or any other valuable consideration given or promised with a view to corrupting the behavior of a person, esp. in that person's performance as an athlete, public official, etc.


When an "offer" comes with strings attached, it = bribe. And when a bribe is attached to an offer of federal employment, it's a federal felony.


I love how there was no response to that..............laugh PWNED

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Tue 06/08/10 12:33 AM




and let me guess...this is exclusive to the Democratic party...


Probably not, but the "everyone else was doing it!" defense doesn't make bribery and election tampering any more legal and unimpeachable any more than it gets you out of a speeding ticket.


that was not said to defend anyone and i'm sure election tampering could spark an awful long debate here...or are we still in denial about that?

i just think it is funny how anyone can sit here after two terms of the most corrupt and ill-moralled administrations in the history of this country and point fingers at anyone else...glass houses?

Nice try.
However, the good folks here are smarter than to allow you to hijack this thread.rofl rofl rofl



amen,, sometimes people say a whole lot of nothing,, two sentences could sum it up,,

Romanoff added: "At no time was I promised a job, nor did I request Mr. Messina's assistance in obtaining one."

And Sestak was approached by Clinton,, who as far as I know has no authority to offer any jobs


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