“I have yet to have anyone ask me, as I go around, you know, who’s standing behind you? They’re not asking who Ed Rendell is standing behind, they’re not asking who President Obama is standing behind.”
-Joe Sestak

So Joe, who asked you who NY Congressman Eric Massa is standing behind?

Shame we can’t get Admiral Mullen to come out and explain why he fired Sestak, or the other men under his command who prompted it.

Irony alert:
“create more good paying jobs across this nation”
but not in Sestak’s campaign or congressional staff

Of course his support comes from out of state. No one who is actually FAMILIAR with the 7th District charlatan would voice support for him.

Mr. Diano: You would think that all the “contributions” that Sestak accepted from UFCW Local 1776 President Wendell Young IV would enable him to pay his staff quite handsomely.

How many signs does Joe need behind him?

http://img.ly/Agy

Mr. Diano: Quite a few to satisfy his megalomania. Rather disturbing image of the 7th District charlatan – he looks gaunt and haggard. The calamitous campaign, the abysmal poll numbers, the abrupt departure of pivotal staff, and of course, the various federal probes are clearly taking their toll.

Why post any Sestak diaries here?
We should just have a separate page – how about “The Hater and Diano Diatribe” ?

Anon-
How about a separate page for those of us who post under our real name?

I would hate to ever say anything against you with my name on it, David. Your vindictiveness is stronger than I would ever wish to confront in person.

Diano:

You really have out done yourself this time pal.

You are against liberals, libertarians and conservatives, including pro-choice conservatives. And you want to claim to eb a tea party grass roots guy, but you hate the tea party people.

But most of all, you don’t get the Toomey Specter Shestak connection. And that is mind bogelling!!

Do you drink high octane gasoline for breakfast?

Anon-
I see. You are just another coward willing to mouth off, without risking any consequences or revealing your biases. You could be a Sestak staffer or a Toomey supporter or a Republican or a Democrat.
I disagree with my friend Bruce Bailey here on Sestak, but I don’t go after him. I don’t go after Lee Levan either.

Mancini-
Since when I am against liberals???
I’m against Sestak because he’s not really a liberal.
I don’t claim to be a Tea Party guy. The tea party people are a collection of dolts. I don’t consider them a real grassroots movement as they are being manipulated by big corporate interests. Please stop equating Tea Party and grassroots. Tea Party is AstroTurf not grassroots.

Sestak’s not fit to serve in public office. Toomey’s ideas are bad/dangerous. Specter’s the only sane one left. I’m not thrilled with him, but by definition, he’s no worst than the sitting Senator we already have.

There seem to be a lot of things you don’t get.

Diano:

If all your looking for is a change, then why not support Toomey? Or Gerlack for that matter.

I’m not saying that conservatives are bad, so don’t be offended. I’m just saying that you seem to stand for nothing but against everything.

Your not thrilled with Specter, yet you carry his water on the pages of this blog. Your trying to make the case that Specter can beat Toomey because of Specters conservative tea party base. This makes no sense.

Just argue with more convincing-ness and avoid the ad homo attacks, and maybe you’ll get past politics talk 101.

Anon: Better a diatribe than the continuing canonization that Representative Sestak’s few remaining supporters engage in. These short-sighted, purblind individuals hold the belief that, simply by uttering the magic word (Shazam!), SUPERSESTAK can overcome a %24 deficit in the polls, the enormous fundraising advantage of his venerable opponent, the ongoing turmoil within his campaign, the abrupt departures of key staff members, etc. In their deluded view, SUPERSESTAK can triumph over the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the House Ethics Committee, the President of the United States – any foe! Unfortunately for these increasingly desperate, hapless people, Sestak is actaully a mere mortal – a mortal who has been utterly defeated in every way possible.

Today’s Acronym of the Day:

RICO – a reference to the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, a U.S. federal law that provides for extended criminal penalties and a civil cause of action for acts performed as part of an ongoing criminal organization. Some of Sestak’s few remaining allies will undoubtedly become quite familiar with this acronym soon…

Mancini-
Who said I was looking for a change? Do you even bother to read my posts?

I say that Specter can beat Toomey because of Specter’s NON-Tea-Party moderate base. Toomey’s the one with the conservative base. Are you putting booze in your own morning tea?

I’m not carrying Specter’s water. I’m p1ssing in Sestak’s. There’s a difference.

I don’t mean to attack your intelligence, but you keep spouting such idiotic nonsense, you leave me with little choice. You are like one of Jay Leno’s jaywalker all-stars.

Hater-
Sounds like the noose is tightening. The story may break VERY soon (24-48 hours). Depends how much research a certain ace reporter has to do to confirm the story.

BTW, in the Captain Marvel universe, there is also his evil opposite, a character named Black Adam (for his black heart). Black Adam also uses SHAZAM to transform into a super-powered being. In his case, he was an adult corrupted after he gained the power of Shazam.
That’s why the wizard picked Captain Marvel to come from an innocent (and brave) boy (Billy Batson) who was not corrupted by power.

Diano:

OK, so you dont want to degrade my intelligence, but you just cant help yourself. I guess I dont understand your reference to Jay Leno, Im not really into high culture.

But apology accepted.

Arguing with you is like trying to talk to a mirage. First your here, then your there. And you think I am the one who is too liberal??

You might want to apply for a job with Ruch Limbaugh, thats where I see your skills being put to god use.

Rep. Eric Massa (D-N.Y.) plans to announce he will not seek reelection next year after only one term in office.

For more information…http://www.politico.com

Rep. Eric Massa (D-N.Y.) has decided not to seek reelection amid allegations that he sexually harassed a male staffer, House aides tell POLITICO

I guess Massa was endorsing Cong. Sestak’s treatment of his campaign and federal staff.

OK Diano, that’s pretty low. Hes not running again because he has cancer.

Get your facts strate before you slander someone.

Massa campaigns for and endorses Sestak one day and then steps away from a re-election campaign amid allegations of sexual harassment the next. Golden opportunity for Specter’s people here IF these allegations materialize before its time for them to start putting their attack ads on the air. For once some one may actually have something of substance, albeit small, to use against Sestak. A real change from the BS, unsubstantiated allegations that HateSestak and various other clowns on this site throw around.

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0310/33864.html

TB – How on Earth does Massa’s problem have any blowback (no pun intended) on the Sestak campaign? To be sure, it was bad timing for Joe to get the backing of another Navy guy (Massa is a 20-year Naval vet) the day before this happened, but beyond that coincidence, where does this become “something of substance”?

You don’t think the Specter campaign could cut an ad with a message along the lines of, “Rep. Sestak’s friends in Washington came under fire for ethics violations. Can you trust a man with such friends to represent you in the United States Senate?” If the allegations are substantiated they could make the ad a little bit more racy. Have some creepy music playing in the background. Throw up a picture of Sestak with Massa on the campaign trail from earlier this week. BAM! You’ve got Sestak labeled as an ethics violator in the minds of voters through guilt by association.

Who’s creepier than George W. Bush, Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld? Those were Arlen Specter’s friends — until he figured out he couldn’t win the Repub primary. Then he cozied up to the Dems and became our BFF. Cue the *really* creepy music for that one.

Sestak with some congressman from New York that nobody knows and nobody cares about vs. Specter making kissy-face with Bush, Cheney & Rumsfeld. I’ll take that trade-off any day of the week.

I agree Bruce. That is a creepy crew that Specter was once paling around with.

On another note, it is a disgrace that the Democratic Party in Pennsylvania can’t find better candidates than Arlen Specter and Joe Sestak. I detest them both.

TB-
“Guilt by association” – Me thinks Sestak has more than one ally to be concerned about. Having a close ally under a federal investigation is moer than a blackeye – it would be a career ender.

You’re talking, of course, about Specter and John Yoo, right? Specter and Cheney? Specter and torture?

From Glenn Greenwald, 2006, “Echoes of the Nixon Administration”:

“With one piece of legislation, Sen. Arlen Specter seeks to expand the Bush administration’s radical theory of executive power beyond the wildest dreams of Dick Cheney or even John Yoo. Just when it looked as though some semblance of checks and balances was being restored, Specter — the Pennsylvania Republican who masqueraded for months as a tenacious opponent of the White House — offers a bill that would strike an immeasurable blow for the Bush vision of an imperial presidency.”

I would have posted sooner, but I couldn’t stop laughing.

This wasn’t a default party endorsement like Bush, etc.
This was another Navy man vouching for Sestak:
“I served with Joe Sestak in the United States Navy and I know that he’s the real deal”

Birds of a feather.

More shoes to drop in coming days. This news and the recent polls will be “good” days compared to the sh*tstorm coming Sestak’s way. I need to go buy some popcorn for all of this.

VodVarka’s about to get what’s coming to him. I know this first hand because the crazy guy who hangs out in my corner grocery showed me a statement that he sent to the producer of a radio show who knows a reporter who works with another producer who can take it to an editor at the 2nd largest daily in York, PA. It’s going to break really, really soon and then VodVarka is going to wish he never entered this race. It’s going to happen literally any second. Here it comes. Won’t be long now. I bet if you go refresh the pa2010.com homepage it’ll be there. Not yet? Try again, I bet it’s there now. There – I’m pretty sure I just hear a shoe drop. No, wait, that was the TV. OK, how about now?

You can’t fool me, David. I know that was you in the trench coat with your collar turned upward, lurking in the parking lot outside my office. I’ll bet that, if it wasn’t for the fortuitousness of that police car passing by , I’d be a dead man now.

Hate VodVarka -

I’ve been refreshing my browser all night long and didn’t get a wink of sleep. Still no indictment! What’s gong on here? I’m beginning to believe that you are selling wolf tickets. Don’t tell me that The Hateman is doing the very same thing. I’d be soooo disillusioned by him/her. Gotta get some sleep now.

ARLEN SPECTER,

I’M STILL WAITING TO HEAR BACK FROM YOU?

I HAVE REPORTED CORRUPTION AND CHILD ABDUCTION TO YOU FOR OVER 8 MONTHS NOW WITHOUT HELP?
AG CASE#200706634 FAILS TO BE PROSECUTED AND YOU AND THE U.S. SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE WERE TO ENSURE THAT MY CASE WAS PROSECUTED. SO WHY AM I STILL A TARGET FOR INTIMIDATION, WRONGFUL INPRISONMENT AND WHY HAVE I NOT RECEIVED FEDERAL WITNESS PROTECTION? YOU WANT PROTECT WITNESSES RIGHT – THATS WHAT YOUR TELLING EVERYONE WHO READS PHILADELPHIA NEWS PUBLICATIONS.

START DOING MORE AND TALKING LESS.
ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THEN WORDS!

Richard, I suggest you rename yourself here as “HateSpecter” and start telling folks that Specter is about to be indicted, hangs out with criminals and is an overall rotten guy. You’ll fit right in.

Hate VodVarka has me rolling on the floor laughing.

Mr. Diano: Popcorn indeed. Sestak’s Senate bid has become an unprecedented political fiasco – abysmal poll numbers, abrupt staff departures, the opposition of prominent Dems, unsubstantiated accusations against the incumbent Democratic President of the United States, and now, endorsements from alleged sexual predators! Sestak has truly become the laughingstock of American politics, and has embarrassed himself and the progressives he claims to champion. His campaign is now little more than a source of amusement among politicos.

Of course, SUPERSESTAK may yet utter the magic word (Shazam!) and somehow salvage what little remains of his image and reputation. With his (wholly imaginary) superhuman abilities, he can overcome endorsements from sexual predators, the utter incompetence of his brother Richard, and all the other woes that plague him! A 24% deficit in the polls is no obstacle to this man! Though he cannot pay his campaign staff minimum wage, SUPERSESTAK is nonetheless a giant among men! He will continue to relentlessly pose in mirrors, regardless of how bleak his prospects are!

Maybe Sestak can get Larry Craig to endorse him next.

I think the magic word for Sestak is going to be when he cries “UNCLE”.

U- Unrelenting
N- Negative
C- Campaign
L- Loses
E- Election

Diano:

I have a word for you, “GRASS ROOTS”

G – Good
R- Reaction
A- At
S- Same
S- Spot

R- Ready
O- Over
T- Tomorow
S- Shestak

Dont forget that pal.

Larry who, and Craig who? As usual you dont finish what you start. Hurry, theres still time to check with your buddy Guzzradi…

HateVodVarka: Imitation is the highest form of flattery. Tell me, is Sestak paying you below minimum wage as well? You are eligible for Food Stamps, you know. And watch out for those sexual predators endorsing ol’ Joe – they could make advances on you.

Odd endorsement pattern evolving. If you will recall, the only other notable House member to endorse Sestak, Barney Frank, was the target of a 1990 investigation by the House Ethics Committee. This inquiry was prompted by the allegations of Steve Gobie, a male prostitute Frank befriended and housed. Frank publicly acknowledged that he had once paid Gobie for sexual intercourse, hired him with personal funds as an aide and wrote letters on congressional stationery on his behalf to Virginia state probation officials. Frank insisted, however, that he terminated Gobie when he learned that prostitution clients were visiting his apartment.

Brilliant campaigner, that Joe. He went to Harvard you know. Really.

No really, he did – I know his education is not reflected in the polls, his fundraising, or anything else for that matter, but he did.

Oh… and who were some of Arlen’s endorsers: Rick Santorum, George Bush, John McCain, republican a$$hole after Republican a$$hole. Why won’t Diano and HateSestak remember these facts?

rplinpa-
None of them are endorsing Specter this time.

Look who Specter’s current endorsers are: Casey, Obama, Biden, democratic a$$shole after Democratic a$$hole. Why won’t Sestak supporters remember these facts?

rplinpa: Pivotal Sestak staff members (including his Political Director, Communications Director and Media Director) have all abruptly relinquished their positions. Specter commands almost twice as much money as Sestak. Specter enjoys a 24% lead over Sestak in the polls. Sestak has antagonized the incumbent Democratic President of the United States. Sestak has also been endorsed by sexual predators, and is under investigation by various law enforcement agencies! Why don’t Sestak supporters (the few that remain) remeber THESE facts?

Hater, maybe because they aren’t facts.

Dave, I am looking at Specter’s current endorsers, and I agree with you finally! They all are democratic a$$hole after democratic a$$hole!

95 South-
Ha. Ha. Good one.

(Of course, I meant it sarcastically.)

The lead that Specter has in the polls right now? Has anyone here heard of “paid media?” Half of Pennsylvanians say they don’t think Specter deserves reelection, and 44% say they don’t know enough about Sestak to form an opinion. Once the paid media begins, my friends, we’ve got a whole new ball game.