Sestak And CREW Launch New Dirty Trick On Weldon

CREW - Citizens For Responsibility and Ethics in government (eye roll) have launched a new dirty trick against Curt Weldon and it is clear it was done in conjunction with the Sestak campaign.

E-mails received by CREW have prompted us to ask the Department of Justice to investigate whether Congressman Curt Weldon (R-PA) violated the law by intimidating government personnel "in the national security field" who support his opponent, Joe Sestak.

The first e-mail describes a "hit list" compiled of Weldon opponent's supporters. In addition, that e-mail notes the Weldon said something to the effect of "If they don't think there will be retribution before or after the election, they're kidding themselves." The second e-mail states that Weldon had his staff contact Navy personnel to get information on Sestak.

CREW has asked the Department of Justice to investigate this very serious matter. The e-mails, which are provided below, detail a disturbing, and potentially unlawful, abuse of power. 18 U.S.C. §600 and 18 U.S.C. §610 are implicated with this kind of behavior.

Melanie Sloan stated that, "Not only has Rep. Weldon abused his position to financially benefit his daughter, he has threatened to misuse his position to punish those who support his political opponent. Rep. Weldon needs to learn that no one, not even a powerful member of Congress is above the law."

Read the e-mails:

The emails appear to be forwarded by a Christine Fox, possibly the individual listed below.

Welcome to the Center for Naval Analyses (CNA)

OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
Ms. Christine H. Fox
703-xxxxxxxx
Executive Asst: Ms. Kathleen Berens
703-xxxxxxx

Not only do the emails appear to amount to little more than hearsay, they are directed to the Sestak campaign and are dated June and July. We know the former because of the wording. They reference an alleged list including individuals who have "contributed to you." And from the blog entry accompanying the image of the letters, the alleged targets are individuals  "who support his (Weldon's) opponent, Joe Sestak." Consequently the original letters were to the Sestak campaign and in June.

That means that Sestak was in possession of this information back in June and had every opportunity to register a complaint with the FEC. But the Sestak campaign chose to not do that, probably because they knew it was a bunch of nothing in the end.

But having an uber-liberal, George Soros-linked hit group send them to the Justice Department two weeks before an election might just be worth a headline or two. Now we'll have to see if the media plays it straight.

I'm not holding my breath.

Comments

[Steel Turman]

Dan,

I am convinced that stupidity will trump intelligence every time.

If I wake up on the 9th of November to find myself proven wrong ...

Alert Teterboro - I'll flap my arms and fly in there to visit.

I am so put off by politics in general and this election cycle specifically, I figure it'll take me a year to recover.

Kudos to you, amigo. You have a resolve I envy.

I am posting stuff of science or physics.

I just can't bear it anymore.

These 'humans' need to find another planet.

[Shalimar]

"amount to little more than hearsay"

You act like hearsay is a bad thing just because it isn't admissable in court. Investigations have to start somewhere, and usually it's with someone's uncorroborated word. The point of the investigation is to either get corroboration or refute the allegation. Court comes later.

"uber-liberal, George Soros-linked hit group"

Soros isn't uber-liberal. Do you even remember why you hate him in the first place? Or is this like France, where Republicans continue to despise the French even though they turned out to be right about that whole invading-Iraq-is-a-stupid-idea thing? Bush has been the worst President in American history, all Soros did was point that out a few years before most Americans realized it for themselves.

[Paul from Georgia]

Shalimar should remember that George Soros is a crook who became very wealthy dealing in Third World currencies and destroying the savings of many people. Such a wonderful, moral source for all of this anti-Bush funding! If you think that Bush is our worst President ever, then your knowledge of American history is sorely lacking as well. As a so-called "reality-based" person, it would help if you became more "fact-based" and informed about the world.

[WWU Vet (did you serve?)]

Haha! I have worked in campaigns for both parties. Both parties stoop to the lowest dirty tricks imaginable -- the stuff you report here is mild compared to unreported stuff I've seen both do.

And both parties have ties to very wealthy crooked backers like Soros. Soros is indefensible, so the Democrats should shut up. But he is also unassailable if you are a Republican.

Neither party has ANY F*&%in' RIGHT to complain about the other's financiers or campaigning tactics.

What people who are smart enough to think beyond partisanship and tired "liberal/conservative" labels need to do is stand up and protest the deceitful ways in which BOTH parties campaign. The problem is systemic, and has nothing to do with the basic character of either party.

[Shalimar]

"If you think that Bush is our worst President ever, then your knowledge of American history is sorely lacking as well."

I have degrees in political science, history and law. I obviously rank Presidents differently from you, but it's hardly from lack of knowledge or information. It's more likely because you rate the worst Presidents as those who did relatively little, while I choose to pick men who did a great deal, all of it negative. No one else has come close to damaging this country as much domestically and internationally as George W. Bush.

[Shalimar]

Steel Turman:
"I am convinced that stupidity will trump intelligence every time.
If I wake up on the 9th of November to find myself proven wrong ..."

Election day is November 7th.

[Rick]

"What people who are smart enough to think beyond partisanship and tired "liberal/conservative" labels need to do is stand up and protest the deceitful ways in which BOTH parties campaign. The problem is systemic, and has nothing to do with the basic character of either party."

ABSOLUTELY STERLING!!! THE SMARTEST THING I'VE EVER SEEN WRITTEN HERE. BRING THAT BANDWAGON BY, I'M PILING ON.

[Rick]

"I have degrees in political science, history and law. I obviously rank Presidents differently from you, but it's hardly from lack of knowledge or information. It's more likely because you rate the worst Presidents as those who did relatively little, while I choose to pick men who did a great deal, all of it negative. No one else has come close to damaging this country as much domestically and internationally as George W. Bush."

Apparently, you got your degrees off a match book cover or only studied President's from 2000 to present. That's how you missed two depressions and a Civil War, not to mention invading Mexico or a trumped up war with Spain. I pray you're not a teacher.

[Shalimar]

"only studied President's from 2000 to present."

Maybe, but that is still two Presidents and Bush doesn't come out looking well in that comparison at all (losing his wars, screwing up a balanced budget, more aides indicted, etc.).

[Rick]

deficit cut in half (without the smoke and mirrors), tax revenue up, stock market closes at record highs, unemployment at 4%, didn't start NAFTA or Gatt, didn't miss the chance to kill Bin Laden, did not kill 80 odd children at Waco,as for wars, well GW didnt refuse to help soldiers stranded in Somalia, bomb aspirin factories, empty training camps or Europeans and his war (though ill advised) is not lost til we leave.