Look, I understand that political "favors" are exchanged in Washington all the time. I've avoided writing about the Sestak-Obama quid pro quo because I thought it was a tempest in a teapot. "Power politics in Washington!? Perish the thought!"
But now the ham-handed explanation by the Obama White House raises so many questions, I feel like Michael Corleone:
"Only don't tell me that you're innocent. Because it insults my intelligence and it makes me very angry."So, the (evolving) explanation is that although Sestak earlier claimed he was offered a "high-ranking" position - possibly Secretary of the Navy - now it was just a uncompensated advisory board position. Because, you know, ex-Presidents are regularly dispatched to Democratic primary challengers to relay unpaid job offers. And that Thursday lunch with Bill Clinton along with the near-simultaneous phone call to Sestak's brother? Just good old-fashioned gab, not "getting the story straight before the Friday news dump."
Now let's grill up some burgers!
Update - American Thinker: "Sestak cover story starts to unravel."
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And in the meantime, nothing from Arlen Specter, to whom promises must have been made of possible elimination of a primary opponent so that, as a newly re-minted democrat, he would support Obama's programs. Specter must be disappointed at how things worked out. Maybe someone should ask him about it all.
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