nice job Joe…..

This is such a dumb story. First, no WH staffer makes the mistake of actually breaking the law and second because Issa ignored the claims the the WH did the same thing to try and prevent a primary challange by Andrew Romanoff in CO. I wonder if Issa is friendly with Specter, makes this a win-win-win. Help a friend, hurt the WH and hurt a House foe.

There’s are easy ways out of this:
1) Sestak says: “I made it up to sound important.”

2) Sestak says: “It turns out the person I spoke to wasn’t actually making an offer, nor authorized to make one.”

3) Sestak says: “I asked for a job, as blackmail to drop out. I didn’t get a big enough offer.”

4) Sestak says: “I was endorsed by Eric Massa. How credible could I be?”

More proof that Dave Diano is an idiot, check out the comment above.

Being endorsed by a disgraced Representative (or other official) is not really a reflection of the candidate. It takes a lot more to tie the anchor to Sestak on this one.

I happen to agree with Annon on this one. This is not the first time a White House has offered a job to avoid a primary, and this White House is no exception. These guys are all lawyers, they know how to say something without actually saying something. I am sure some senior staffer that is out of the inner circle, but close to the political masterminds, called Sestak and painted a clear picture. I am also sure they did the same thing in CO. Its a common practice in politics.

Not sure why Issa and Specter would have been chummy. House and Senate are different, although they have both been Republicans their entire career.

Haverford Democrat-
Why did Joe seek out Massa’s endorsement if it wasn’t meant to be a reflection on the candidate? Was he “tickled” to get the endorsement?

Sestak has tied enough anchors around his own neck. He p1ssed on the administration. He failed to pay his staffers (congressional and campaign) minimum wage. He’s mistreated his staffers. He screwed over local candidates and has demonstrated that his word is no good.

And none of those anchors compare to the ones Hater has revealed.

I agree that the “offer” is much ado about nothing. Sestak even said the offer was “indirect”. I would love to know the job that was offered. I can’t imagine that after Admiral Mullen and the Navy were so happy to get rid of him that anyone would consider “Secretary of the Navy”. I think Sestak is keeping that part of the rumor alive to make it sound more important of a job than it was.

From Wikipedia
Besides, Obama nominated Richard Mabus on March 27, 2009 for Secretary of the Navy. He was informally sworn in on May 19, 2009, however it was not until an official ceremony at Washington Navy Yard on June 18, 2009 that Mabus was officially sworn in by the Secretary of Defense Robert Gates.

So…
Sestak’s claim of an offer was from around the July time frame. This is months after Obama already selected Mabus. So, the suggestion that the offer was for this particular job doesn’t match the facts.

So, Sestak supporters: can you suggest another job offer that Sestak wasn’t qualified for?

Once again, Representative Sestak – who is purportedly a progressive Democrat – appears to be doing his utmost to undermine his political party, its members, and its agenda. Have his unsubstantiated allegations against the incumbent Democratic President of the United States advanced the interests of prorgessive Democrats or the causes they champion? No, clearly not – but he has reiterated his baseless claims repeatedly nonetheless. But Sestak’s unfounded accusations have given fodder to right-wing office-holders and pundits. Representative Sestak, as always, is self-involved, self-serving, and narcissistic. Neither the interests of his political party nor his constituents concern him. How can those Demcrats who have voiced support for this egomaniacal demagogue condone his conduct?

Meanwhile, Sestak has yet to comment on his dear friend Massa’s groping of male staffers, the PA Democratic Chairman’s condemnation of Sestak for Senate’s minimum wage payments to its campaign staff, etc. He’s far to busy fabricating allegations about the undisputed leader of the Democratic Party.

Incidentally, on MSNBC earlier, Senator Specter strongly suggested that Representative Sestak had concocted this allegation. Specter called upon Sestak to provide substantiation for his absurd claims. The question arises: why has Representative Sestak failed to do so? Unless, of course, the allegation is groundless, and Sestak is merely attempting to blackmail the President of the United States. Sestak is facing an ongoing bribery probe launched by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). The latter suspects that Sestak for Congress officials accepted bribes from labor racketeers. Sestak is under siege – his campaign is a debacle, pivotal staffers have abandoned him, his poll numbers are dismal, and the FBI will likely take action the moment his ill-considered Senate bid comes to a close. He is a desperate, frantic, forlorn man employing a potentially disastrous strategy.

I know the source of the confusion — Rahm told Sestak to “go take a long walk off a short pier” and Sestak took that to mean that they were going to make him the head of the Maritime Administration.

No honorable man would pay his staff and campaign workers less than minimum wage but Sleez-bag Joe does.Maybe his head is warped from being out to sea for so long. After the primary he can go back to sea and tickle his friend from NY, Congressman Mazza. I live in the 7th CD and for the life of me I have no idea what this man has done in 3 years. It is way past time to put Joe out to sea o he can get back to groping. Let’s tickle Joe to the unemployment line in the primary.

@flynnbw,

Very clever. Love it.