Last Week Democratic Congressman Joe Sestak made an astounding prediction. The White House offered a plum job in the administration if he would only drop his primary battle against now Democrat, former Republican, former Democrat, Arlen Specter
During the regular briefing for reporters at the White House yesterday, Major Garrett of Fox News asked what is fast becoming a staple of the sessions. So familiar is the question of an official bribe of the congressman that Garrett, in fact, did not have to give any background and only cited the question of “Sestak issue” to Press Secretary Robert Gibbs.
“On the Sestak issue” Garrett asked Gibbs, “Arlen Specter said on another -- this afternoon that Sestak and his opinion on this allegation that he was offered a job not to run against Specter, needs to prove it, needs to back it up, and claims that Sestak’s accusation is hurting the White House, damaging its reputation. You told us a couple of times you’d check back on this. Can you give us an update, number one?”
“I don’t have the update with me,” Gibbs replied, using a mantra now familiar with the reporters who have been covering the Sestak controversy, “But let me check and see if I do have anything.”
Asked Kane of Sestak in the Comcast interview:
"Is it true that you were offered a high ranking job in the administration in a bid to get you to drop out of the primary against Arlen Specter?"
"Yes" replied Sestak.