Thread: Sestak: White House Offered Me Federal Job to Drop Out of Se

Updated February 19, 2010
Sestak: White House Offered Me Federal Job to Drop Out of Senate Primary

FOXNews.com

Rep. Joe Sestak , a Pennsylvania Democrat, says the White House dangled a federal job in front of him to convince him to drop his primary challenge against incumbent Arlen Specter, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported Friday.

Apparently it was an offer he could refuse.

Rep. Joe Sestak, who is causing heartburn for Democratic leaders by running against Arlen Specter for a Senate nomination in Pennsylvania, says the White House dangled a federal job in front of him in an attempt to entice him to drop out of the state's Democratic primary, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported Friday.

But the White House "vociferously" denies Sestak's accusation, which came during a taping on a local Sunday news show. A White House official told Fox News that Sestak is expected to "clarify" the allegation.

Sestak, however, stood by his statement on Friday.

"I was asked a direct question yesterday and I answered it honestly," Sestak told Fox News. "There's nothing more to go into. I'm in this race now."

Sestak didn't elaborate on the circumstances during the Sunday show interview either, the Inquirer reported, but acknowledged that the job was a high-ranking position. Sestak told the show's host that he would "never leave" the Senate race for a deal, the newspaper said.

Sestak later he said he recalled the White House offer coming in July as he was preparing to formally announce his Senate candidacy in August, the newspaper said.

During the same period this summer, the White House played an active role in clearing the primary for Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand in the New York primary. President Obama persuaded Rep. Steve Israel not to challenge Gillibrand, and the White House may have figured prominently in Rep. Carolyn Maloney's decision to stay out of the race. Harold Ford, who is mulling a challenge against Gillibrand, has warned the White House not to bully him.

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MORE ILLICIT CORRUPTION BY THE MARXIST DEMS!!!!

Glad he did not take the bait........

It's your Chicago politics at work folks. Get ready. We are going to see more as the elections get closer. They just assume they can bribe or strong-arm anyone that is not in their court.

Originally Posted by laughinglynx

It's your Chicago politics at work folks. Get ready. We are going to see more as the elections get closer. They just assume they can bribe or strong-arm anyone that is not in their court.

This is not Chicago Politics. This is the Progressive corruption that has taken hold of our Federal Government. These are Monsters wielding control and they will do whatever they can to keep it...
You think our country is getting worse now, just wait until after the 2010 elections.

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Obama Tried Bribing Arlen Specter’s Opponent

Last Updated: Fri, 02/19/2010 - 2:45pm

In a major political scandal orchestrated by the Obama Administration, a popular Democratic congressman from Pennsylvania has revealed that the White House tried bribing him to drop out of the upcoming U.S. Senate race.

Congressman Joe Sestak said in a television news show that the White House offered him a top federal job in an effort to keep him from challenging Senator Arlen Specter in the state’s Democratic primary. A five-term incumbent, Specter switched from Republican to Democrat last spring after giving Obama the critical vote for his disastrous and fraud-infested $787 billion stimulus program.

The president clearly wants to return the favor by helping the controversial lawmaker keep his job. In fact, Obama endorsed Specter at the White House and has raised money for the 80-year-old lawmaker. Besides the president, many top Democratic leaders have also tried to dissuade Sestak, a retired Navy admiral, from challenging Specter.

However, attempting to bribe a legislator with a “high-rankingâ€