I don’t have a copy of the actual statement but from what I’ve heard, here is what I say:
1. The White House claims they couldn’t have offered Secretary of the Navy to Sestak as they already had a nominee. This is irrelevant – SecNav serves at the pleasure of the President and given a choice between placating someone out of Specter’s way and disappointing a hack already in the job its no contest.
2. The White House claims they just had little, old Bill Clinton offer Sestak, in return for getting out of the race, a continuation of his House position plus unspecified, unpaid White House advisory roles. Why offer someone some thing he already has (the House) and things which don’t matter (unpaid advisory roles)? This is complete nonsense – if you’re being a political wire puller, you either bring something to the table, or you don’t even bother.
3. The White House says they used Bill Clinton. Why? They’ve put out the story that Clinton and Sestak were close…funny, but during the 8 years of Bill, I don’t remember Sestak’s name cropping up as a close friend and adviser of the President. So, Sestak was promoted to Vice Admiral under Clinton…its not like he was the only person so promoted during that 8 years. Worked on the NSC? Lots of officers do – doesn’t mean they’re close, personal friends with the President. This just reeks of an attempt to put a third party in the middle…thus any future revelations about what was said can be blamed on mis-communication between three parties.
Fundamentally, this is nonsense – but very clever nonsense. It writes a plausible story and thus hopes to bury it quickly. Fine. All I want, now, is for Clinton, Sestak and Emanuel to be called before Congress and under oath – swearing so help them, God – that this is all true. Lets see how far they’ll go with this charade.
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