Jophiel wrote:
knoxxsouthy wrote:
and you quoting W's attorney. Does anyone have anything to say about the bribe?
According to said attorney, there was no bribe. Did you want to talk about unicorns as well?
I think the argument is disingenuous, regardless of the definition of a bribe. What I would like to know is how does all of this equate with Obama's promises to make this the most transparent and ethical White House in [whatever the time period was]? At the very least it won't pass the smell test for a great many Americans that the White House Chief of Staff asked a former president to offer a "job" (in the words of Mr. Sestak) to a sitting congressman to get him to drop out of a senate race.
I also want to point out that if this were Carl Rove accused of asking Sr. to approach someone in the same circumstance we would have non-stop media coverage of it for weeks on end. You can call that speculation, and it may be, but if it is it's educated speculation based on past behavior and the current light treatment of all of this president's failings by the majority of the media.