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Sestak’s Scandal
While Rep. Joe Sestak has been basking in the glow of his upset primary victory over Senator Arlen Specter, the stench of scandal is starting to surround his candidacy.
During the race, Sestak, a former vice admiral, repeatedly stated that he had been offered a top job in the administration, perhaps Secretary of the Navy, if he would get out of the race and clear the field for Specter. The insinuation was that the Specter campaign was colluding with the Obama White House. It was politics at its worst, but Sestak was above it all. Even if Obama had been corrupted, Joe Sestak was running to change Washington. It worked. Joe Sestak, the honest admiral, prevailed over the entrenched incumbent politician.
Unfortunately for Sestak, the story isn’t going away. The fact is, Pennsylvania’s Democrat Senate nominee has accused the Obama White House of committing a felony – of attempting to bribe someone for the purpose of influencing a federal election. But Sestak has so far refused to identify which White House official approached him with the bribe. Speculation reasonably focuses on White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, a veteran operative of the Chicago/Clinton political machines.
White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs won’t answer questions about Sestak’s allegations, and the media are getting suspicious. If the answer were simple, Sestak and Gibbs would have put the issue to rest by now. The fact that it lingers suggests there’s more to it and that it could well be far more complicated.
Sestak has some explaining to do, and so does Obama. Both of them need to come forward with the whole truth. If Sestak refuses to disclose who in the Obama White House offered him a bribe, then he is complicit in concealing a crime and in the obstruction of justice. Stay tuned.
Gary Bauer
Campaign for Working Families
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