Philadelphia Inquirer endorses Joe Sestak
In today's Philadelphia Inquirer, they give the nod to Joe Sestak over Curt Weldon in the race for the House seat in PA-7. The main consideration seems to be ethics and Iraq.
Sestak's experience commanding a battle group in Iraq and Afghanistan is key. He'd bring valuable military expertise to Pentagon oversight. He seems eager to push for needed ethics reforms.
Unable to defend the war in Iraq any longer, Weldon now wants the generals to decide when to bring troops home. His concern comes late. Sestak rightly believes the Iraq war is a "tragic misadventure" and wants troops withdrawn by the end of 2007.
posted by Seventh Watch at 7:30 AM
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Well, Weldon may have lost the Inquirer's endorsement, but at least he can be consoled by this honor: Weldon Added to 'Dumbest Congressmen' List.
Is anyone really surprised by teh Inky's endorsement? Curt's under FBI investigation. Even the Rs (publichser Brian Tierney) that run the Inky know that Joe is the superior of the two candidiates and did not want their reputation to slip anymore by endorsing Weldon or no endorsing the race.
I predicrt the DELCO Times will offer no endorsement--it cannot endorse Weldon while he is under scandal investigation, and will not be permitted to endorse Sestak. If it feels required to endorse Sestak, it will do so in the most left-handed way that it will appear to be qan endorsement for Weldon.
Two life-long Republican generals, who served tours in Iraq, call for GOP ouster from Congress.
Have you seen this yet?
The American Prospect catches Weldon violating federal law by trying to get the Navy to release dirt on Sestak.
"E-mails recently forwarded to the Justice Department by a government watchdog group describe alleged efforts by staff of Congressman Curt Weldon of Pennsylvania to call Navy employees for information and negative statements about his Democratic opponent, retired Rear Admiral Joe Sestak. Two e-mails that were forwarded to the Sestak campaign by one current and one former Pentagon employee appear to detail guidance from superiors to staff not to speak with Weldon's office should it call soliciting information about Sestak; Weldon’s office is described in one e-mail as “calling everyone and his brother” in the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations (OPNAV) about Sestak. A third e-mail written by a defense contractor to the Sestak campaign says that he had been told that Weldon's office had allegedly compiled a “hit list” of defense contractors whose officers had donated to the Sestak campaign, of which he was one, and suggested "retribution" against them. The e-mails were provided to The American Prospect by the Sestak campaign.
The Prospect has confirmed the authenticity of two of the three e-mails, speaking directly with their authors. The Sestak campaign is protecting the identity of the sender of the third e-mail, who it says is an active-duty Pentagon employee."
Crook Weldon's best buddy Charlie "Sleazebag" Sexton to step down after thirty years as DelCo GOP Machine Fuhrer.
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