Arlen Specter makes it official; Flashback: Specter’s denial
Well, it appears that the head of the Turncoat Caucus is finally making it official. Arlen Specter, we have just 10 words for you:
Don’t let the door hit you on the way out.
Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter will switch his party affiliation from Republican to Democrat, according to sources informed on the decision.
Specter’s decision would give Democrats a 60 seat filibuster proof majority in the Senate assuming Democrat Al Franken is eventually sworn in as the next Senator from Minnesota. (Former Sen. Norm Coleman is appealing Franken’s victory in the state Supreme Court.)
“I have decided to run for re-election in 2010 in the Democratic primary,” said Specter in a statement. “I am ready, willing and anxious to take on all comers and have my candidacy for re-election determined in a general election.”
“Since my election in 1980, as part of the Reagan Big Tent, the Republican Party has moved far to the right. Last year, more than 200,000 Republicans in Pennsylvania changed their registration to become Democrats. I now find my political philosophy more in line with Democrats than Republicans.”
The readers at Human Events give Specter a nice send-off.
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The Hill reminds us of the value of Specter’s word: Worthless:
In a March 17th interview with The Hill, Specter said he absolutely would not switch parties:
[Democrats] are trying very hard for the 60th vote. Got to give them credit for trying. But the answer is no.
I’m not going to discuss private talks I had with other people who may or may not be considered influential. But since those three people are in the public domain, I think it is appropriative to respond to those questions.
I am staying a Republican because I think I have an important role, a more important role, to play there. The United States very desperately needs a two-party system. That’s the basis of politics in America. I’m afraid we are becoming a one-party system, with Republicans becoming just a regional party with so little representation of the northeast or in the middle atlantic. I think as a governmental matter, it is very important to have a check and balance. That’s a very important principle in the operation of our government. In the constitution on Separation of powers.
Specter says today he won’t change his opposition to Big Labor’s Card Check bill.
Snort.
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On April 28th, 2009 at 4:33 pm, Red State Skeptic said:
You are technically correct. But the DNC announced that the Democratic primary results would not be counted, and there was sufficient time for Democrats to change party affiliation to Republican before the primary. Many did so. Exit polls revealed that fully 20% of the voters in the Republican primary were not really Republicans.
Stange…
in the context of THE ONE and Hillary…
every conservative hearing that statement knew exactly what he meant.
The GOP Senate members need to walk out when Franken gets in for their 60 votes. The GOP members have no say, no contest with any bill now. What’s the use of being there. So when the new bills and laws tank the GOP has had no input and its all the DEMS fault. There needs to be something in the US Constitution that should not allow such a one sided Congress. Its no different than the Politburo now.
I don’t know about all that. Remember, just four years ago Karl Rove was talking about his “permanent Republican majority” and most people (including me) took him seriously.
The GOP is doing the exact right thing politically. If the economy remains in the crapper, America will think twice about Obama’s big government programs. If the economy rebounds, the Democrats will clean up, but they would even if Republicans went along with their programs.
Have hope, vast right wing conspiracy. Have hope.
This statement is nonsense. A 60-seat majority isn’t defined by what party the senators declare. It’s defined by how they vote. And this isn’t going to change how Specter votes. All it takes is a few Democrats to not go along with the herd or a few Republicans to turn coat and the balance of power can shift for any given bill. The stimulus bill being the perfect example.
Specter’s move is not about principles but is obviously just political positioning because he’s afraid that he’ll be defeated in the primary. But defeated by who? Defeated by an actual conservative. If the trolls are right and being more conservative is a disadvantage for Republicans, then what would Specter have to fear?
Good riddance, Senator.
Not me. I gave that statement the same credibility as the idiots during the Clinton Administration who said the business cycle was dead, or that history was over.
Rove is a VERY smart guy, and that statement simply proves that even very smart people sometimes do stupid stuff.
Maybe before this country became so polarized.
Spector will be a good boy or he will lose to the next dem. Count on it.
Not so. Franken is irrelevant. The Democrats have had their filibuster-proof Senate for years now. Remember the “gangs of McCain”? Graham, McCain, Collins, Snowe, Kyl, McConnell, Hatch are not Democrats?
What we have now is more honest labeling which is a step in the right direction.
I am from SC and I am ashamed of Lindsey Graham, but very proud of DeMint. How can we get Graham out of there?
The Leftists couch no freedom of thought or action.
Ask Lieberman and Zell Miller.
Senators of all stripes should walk out in disgust if Franken is seated.
But, for Leftists, this is just a win, and there are no rules…
and there is no disgust if their ends are met.
I disagree. Before, Specter’s votes had to be just conservative enough to fend off a primary challenge. Now that he doesn’t have to worry about them, he can support EFCA and whatever else his liberal bleeding heart desires without feer of retribution in blue Pennsylvania.
hey chap, if I remember correctly, Harrison knew he was doing the infringement at the time (per I, Me, Mine by Harrison, and Lennon’s Playboy interview)–I think he just really wanted to make the song, pay the $750,000, and be done with it.
Sorry. OT, I know.
To continue that last thought, when Jim Jeffords broke free from the clutches of the “R”, he went from a moderate conservative to a reliable liberal overnight.
So you actually DO read it for the articles?
To continue that last thought, when Jim Jeffords broke
free from the clutches of the “R”with any sense of honor and his own voters and supporters, he went from asquishy RINO to a reliable liberal overnight.
No big change there…like sludge seeking its own level.
LOL–I’m a girl, so yeah.
On April 28th, 2009 at 4:45 pm, Ragspierre said:
I understand what he was saying, but I disagree 100% with what he said.
Mitt should have kept his word and fought all the way to the convention.
In a three-way race, (Romney, Huckabee, McCain), McCain may not have won enough of the remaining primaries to reach 1191 pledged delegates. That would have resulted in a brokered convention, which would have helped, not hurt, the Republican Party. A brokered convention either would have either produced a better nominee than McCain, or would have been enabled conservatives to force more conservative concessions out of McCain before nominating him.
Romney has no one but himself to blame for breaking his word and quitting the race on February 7th, and then voluntarily “releasing” his delegates to McCain on February 14th. Romney did everything in his power to hand the nomination to John McCain on a silver platter.
Only two candidates ran the full race: John McCain and Mike Huckabee.
McCain supported TARP and pressured other Republicans to support it.
Huckabee opposed TARP and would have provided cover for Republican senators to oppose it.
Had Republicans stood firm in opposition to TARP, I believe the November elections would have gone very differently.
There are WORDS in playboy?
How would have thunk it???
Pill;
I agree with your analysis with only this note; I think a man may, on conscience, change his mind. I give Romney the benefit of that doubt.
Full disclosure: I proudly wear my Mitt sticker on the end of my big, fat SUV.
How different things would be today if he had won…SIGH
As opposed to Mons. Kerry, I also held my nose and voted for W. In light of where we would be today if Kerry won, I cannot regret that choice.
But, being provided such impoverished choices shows that…
The problem is in the gears of the machine.
I have never understood the praises heaped upon Karl Rove. I don’t see genius in the man. He is motivated and opportunistic but hardly a genius. Essentially Rove DESTROYED the GOP to win two elections. If Rove is the architect of ANYTHING he is the architect of the current mess the GOP is mired in. I wish Rove would go away. He is NOT the future of the party. He is an opportunist who doesn’t care about the havoc he wreaked to get his guy elected.
On April 28th, 2009 at 4:34 pm, Red State Skeptic said:
I won’t let that be no-sold. THAT is freakin quick and hilarious. Bravo.
Jeffords was a Democratic Socialist Communist mole in the Republican Party. Being part of the Republican caucus allowed him to spy from the inside of “behind closed doors” meetings.
When Republicans won a razor-thin 50+VP/50 majority, Jeffords handed control back to the Democratic Socialist Communists. Once his cover was blown, there was no need for him to ever act like a Republican again.
There are others like Jeffords still in the Republican Party. Sepector was one of them. So are Collins, Snowe, McCain, Graham, etc.
Draw the line… force every elected official to publicly state their view of Marx & Lenin.
I am absolutely serious. We don’t need another round of McCarthy accusations, just require every elected official to make their own public statement on whether Marxism/Leninism is a good idea or a bad idea. Then let the electorate decide what to do with them in the elections.
We don’t need Republicans to act more like Democrats.
We need Republicans to act less like Democratic Socialist Communists.
There is no significant difference between the agenda of the Democratic Party and the agenda of the Communist Party USA.
Ragspierre,
I am having an issue with my blender. Whenever I try to turn it on I hear a grinding noise for a second and then it just freezes. This is accompanied by a slight burning smell.
Do you have any idea what the problem could be?
War;
I think a lot of what you say is correct.
Rove is not uniquely an opportunist, and does have some core values that coincide with conservative ideology. He is like most political operatives, and serves the people that pay him as best he can. I think he was W’s true friend, as well.
He is powerfully intelligent, but not infallible.
Would I vote for him? NO! Would I hang on everything he said? NO!
But I will also not condemn and exile him, or fail to hear what he might say that has merit.
You have a bearing out. It can’t be economically repaired unless you are rather handy, and have nothing better to do.
Thwarted.
Damn it.
Well, it is nothing that 17.99 and a trip to Target can’t cure…
Ragspierre,
I humbly disagree that Rove is a conservative at heart. He is certainly not what I would call a conservative.
If you look at the “agenda” of the Bush administration it is clear that Bush was a “big-government Republican” or as he preferred a “compassionate ’conservative.’”
The only things Bush consistently championed were the “War on Terror” and larger government. Rove certainly appeared to be one of the more influential voices in the domestic arena. Therefore, I can only conclude that it was Rove who drove Bush toward the big-government solutions he so eagerly championed. And something caused Bush to fail to press on critical “conservative” issues like the Freddie/Fannie irregularities which we know were becoming apparent even back in 2004/2005. It was Rove who pushed for the Prescription Medication boondoggle. And it was Rove who beat the drum on various social issues during the campaigns but had no legislative agenda to implement “conservative policies” to back up those issues when the party largely won on those issues.
Had Rove been more than an opportunist it seems to me he would have had some plans to implement on the issues he used to gain power. Largely he didn’t. And it was his opportunistic use of these “wedge issues” and then taking no action that eventually led me to realize the GOP had become the “other socialist party in America.” Rove was instrumental in driving me, and hundreds of thousands of other conservatives, out of the GOP.
I do not doubt that Rove was a true and loyal friend of Bush. It is clear that Rove has damaged, if not destroyed, the GOP and the conservative movement in helping his dear friend. It will be a long time before I vote GOP again and this is largely the work of Rove.
Hitler? Are you really trying to compare me to Hitler? Are you nuts or what?
The democraps had Specter’s vote when he was a republican, I am pleased he has decided to switch parties. Personally, as a Reagan Conservative I felt compelled to re-register as “no party affiliation” because of RINOs like Specter, McCain, Collins and Snow. From Porkulus to Shamnesty, Specter was a democrap at heart. Good riddance to him and any other RINO who would have the guts to join him.
Zorro,
Clearly Specter was Nosferatu. Therefore, he had no heart so he couldn’t be a “Democrap” at heart…
Good riddance to the loser. He hasn’t been a Republican since about 2 years after he won election. Once again, these people taie our money, lie to us and do what they will. The GOP is dead! It is time to leave the GOP and join the Constitution Party!
From the Reagan Diaries:
Friday, June 28, 1985
“Yesterday we lost in the Judiciary Committee……they couldn’t have done it without the help of 2 Repubs. Sens. Spector and Mathias. Well there are 2 Sens. I won’t have to help campaign”.
Nor would I. I have heard the man speak, and know he has his head on straight on some issues. I don’t put learning beyond him, either.
I would not presume to speak to what is in his heart, especially knowing that, as an attorney, I have to advocate positions in my client’s interests that I have some trouble squaring with my own philosophy. (Nothing dire, just areas of the law that provide causes of action or defenses that I consider weak).
I agree that the W 2nd term (especially) was a dark, sad time for conservatives. I will always be grateful that he was President on 9/11 rather than his opponent, however.
Arlen who?
It’ll be good to see that flaming loser depart in 2010.
Hugh Hewitt came out at the opening of his program pledging open and unqualified support for Mr. Toomey.
Good.
AWESOME
He was against switching parties before he was for switching parties.
I was not comparing you to Hitler, Zorro.
What I was saying was celebrating Specter’s leaving (and being unable to fillibuster in many situations) is just dumb. It’s like Hitler celebrating in his bunker with the end being very near and deluding himself with false hopes on new initiatives that would win WWII.
FYI, and in conflict with some of the assertions of posters here, Hewitt is calling for the border to be closed in response to the Swine Flu outbreak.
Too late, by far. They think that the flu may have been in play since March. In our mobile world, by the time a trip-wire gives you the alert on this kind of bug, its going places and here is one.
That is NOT true of some other diseases, and they CAN be contained with EFFECTIVE border control.
Ragspierre,
“You shall know a tree by its fruit.”
I guess Rove’s actions have proven his character sufficiently for me. And that is why I am no longer a Republican. Perhaps you have some hope left that the GOP can and will salvage something from the wreck they created over the past 8 years.
The GOP relies on the advice of Tom Davis (the very definition of RINO) and Michael Steele can’t seem to decide if he likes conservatives or not on any given day.
I no longer believe the GOP is salvagable. McCain, Graham and their ilk still run the party. Those in leadership can’t figure out what happened even though they get tens of thousands of calls each week pointedly telling them what they did wrong. There is no way they are going to figure out what to do in the next two to four years. They are Whigs…
Thank you for your post, Zorro. I think the issue is that a lot of these politicians, on both sides, have no guts. Americans, these days, have no guts. It’s a trend. Americans like to talk the talk, but they certainly don’t walk the walk. Many Americans, and it doesn’t matter if you’re a welfare baby or a trustfund baby, don’t know how to take care of themselves without the federal government holding their hand. Americans, in a word, are cowards.
Now, perhaps, I’m being too general. Perhaps, like some of our “esteemed” liberals like Lgm, RSS, and undresiege, we should treat politics like Donky Kong. You learn how to play the game, treat the country like crap, play your constituents for fools and pat them on the heads to show you care, and then when that game expires go on to the new cutting edge of politicking.
I think there’s gonna come a time that many Americans, not just Conservatives, will feel that they’ve been left behind. The federal government can take our taxes but they can care less for our input. I’ve already seen examples of people who had the guts to contact this RINO weasel and implore him not to vote for Stimulapalooza and then condescendingly telling these voters that while he appreciated their viewpoint, he’s going to vote however he thinks the “majority” of Pennsylvanians would want him to vote. Yeah, that’s working out well for PA voters who vote Dem, see their taxes get raised, and then wonder why all their manufacturing jobs go to places like China.
Americans don’t want to face a painful truth, without guts and personal responsibility, there’s no guiding compass in your life. You don’t need to be a Christian Conservative to know that. Americans always take the easy way out, that’s why it’s so easy to vote for people like Obummer instead of actually examining the implications of the grand changes he’ll make. Nobody wants to do that kind of legwork because heaven forbid it makes your head hurt.
It takes guts for Americans to put up or shut up. I have a lot more respect for people who went to tea parties (I couldn’t but want to next go ’round), serve in the military, and fight for what they believe in by running for local office all the way up to national office. I’d rather more average Joes do these things than professional politicians like Specter or Murtha who’d rather play games, take a crap on their constituents, and then do whatever they want regardless of the consequences.
It takes a lot to say enough is enough. Our Republic is dead. We’re living in mediocre times, being lead by mediocre politicians, who spout off mediocre ideas that were somebody else’s creation. There is no real leadeship in DC and that goes for both Bush and Obummer. Right now, both parties have a leadership vacuum, with people more invested in a lifetime in politics rather than a lifetime of achievements.
I’m sorry, but I’m just not gonna put my “rally cap” on as the Chevy commercial suggests and feed this insipid need to “fit in.” Americans are so clueless, and this goes for both young and old, as well as both parties, it’s sad. And they don’t even realize it.
Oh – the blender….
I go beyond that, War.
I don’t think the Political Class is salvageable.
I don’t care who you send to DC; they will either be subverted or chewed up and spat out.
It is a dream…a nice, perfectly understandable dream…many harbor here that a change in majority will change the trajectory of the nation.
I do not believe that. I have seen it tried, and watched it fail.
The only difference I have seen is one of rate. R majorities continue the fascist economic policy and socialist political policy slower.
That isn’t a victory, in my book.
I think that CAN change, but it won’t be easy and it won’t be at the ballot box or TEA Party, as valuable as those expressions are.
Aloha…
as opposed to a screw loose….
What?! He said he was a Republican because he favors a 2 party system? What a nit wit. A politician that picks his party based on popularity, and because he wants to be anti one party, or because he likes the elephant over the jackass. What a moron.
Did you ever think you should pick a party based on principles which you have now showed you have none? How about anti abortion, limited government, low taxation, freedom, liberty, etc. And I have a special disrespect for anyone who gets elected and then switches the party affiliation. They are liars, users, and traitors and I spit on them (and throw shoes at them).
He belongs in the Democrat party with such stupid rationalization about why he is what he is. He is a complete buffoon. What state is he from? Oh yeah.
p.s. Didn’t Bush back this moron? Way to go W.
It seems that one’s personal desire to retain political power can indeed trump everything else. This is no doubt a slap in the face to all those Republicans who defended Specter against conservative criticism, and it may be the indication of how many RINOs feel in private. Forget extrapolations of the state of either party based on this – this move is solely about Arlen Specter, how he was going to get creamed in the primary, and what was the best way to keep his power. He had to destroy whatever tatters remained of his political principle in the process, but so be it.
The wingnuts are already there stacking the comments in favor of Arlen and the dems. Sheesh they are like the plague man!
It’s all about his retaining his seniority for committee assignments per Harry Reid. Now, he can push D’s out of their leadership roles since, he’s an old fossil in DC.
Just released image of Arlen Specter’s Bromance with Barack Obama:
http://thelcabroadside.wordpress.com/2009/04/28/arlen-specters-bromance-with-barack-obama-turncoat/
I’m wondering what all those republicans who sent this fool money for his re-election campaign must be thinking.
If this move was to hold onto power, we need to make sure he is defeated next year.
Just noticed:
Lynn Swann didn’t win the governorship, but there is a movement to draft him for the senate.
It was.
Running as a Democrat ?
Nothing newsworthy here. Somebody leaving the Democrats to join the Democrats. /yawn
From what I remember about Lynn Swann, he’s pro-life, anti-gun control, etc. Not sure about the rest of his positions as I moved out of PA a long time ago. But no one can forget Lynn Swann…
You should have voted for Bob Conely in the last election.
The only reason he was on the dem ticket is because the RNC wouldn’t nominate him as a rep candidate against Grahamnesty.
THIS IS WHY VOTERS NEED TO PAY ATTENTION AND STOP VOTING WITH JUST THE PARTY LINE!
Secretly held positions aside, he only did this for self-preservation. He’ll do anything to be re-elected. His word is as good as…non-recyclable garbage.
As a Steelers fan myself…with Terrible towel…No question, he was great.
*Specter, in his statement today, said he wasn’t going to let his 29 years in the Senate be put at risk by allowing we the PEOPLE to make a decision about his future in the GOP primary; That says it all about this rat bastard of a politician; 29 years!; politics over principles!; people should have no voice in the process!.
*He is the poster boy for “Dead Man Walking”(figuratively speaking, of course), so the GOP needs to line ‘em up
and primary them out(McCain, Snowe, Brownback, Grahamnesty, et al!)
HAHA! By way of the Tea Parties and Rush’s Operation Chaos, we have “narfled the garthog” from Pennsylvania. Makes me very happy to recall I attended the Lancaster, PA Tea Party. Who might we compel to switch next? Snowe, Graham, McCain, Collins, Lugar?? Batter up!!!
Semantics, nothing changed.
Michelle, or someone, please explain to me as I haven’t seen it anywhere: is this hypocrite a democrat NOW, as of today, or will he have to wait until next year’s election to run as a dem?
Surely by next year, there will be other senate races that perhaps by then the GOP can win?
If this creep is a democrat as of today, how can this happen? Where is the law against switching parties on a whim in the middle of incumbency? This leaves the door open for massive duplicity. Run as one thing to get the votes, then tank that side by switching.
Please someone answer my question – is he a dem as of the time of announcement?
*Wow, 360+ comments so far; Specter must be so proud to rank right up there
with homosexual marriage and its’ related perverse deviant sexual behavior, and, oh yes, abortion!; Like a moth to a flame, he’s on fire!
Good riddens Arlin Spector of death. Take John McCain and Olympia Snow with you. It is time to go RINO hunting. I was done with this turn coat after he let the Liar and Chief off the hook in the 90′s.
Sphincter is a dem as of NOW. Those who supported him, contributed to his campaign, voted for him…well, he said, “screw you”. No, there is no law against that sort of turncoat activity. Interesting, though, that when another senator changed from R to I, it was Sphincter who wanted to introduce a bill making it illegal to do so. Yes it was.
He has been treated for Hodgkin’s lymphoma, in 2005 and in 2008. He was born in 1930, so he is, um, 79 years old.
We can hope that he will be called “home” soon. And they bury him with several gallons of SPF 1,000,000.
He also had a brain tumor. Maybe it’s coming back because he’s delusional.
Writing me emails asking for money:
Too bad I got no money ’cause I got no job. Go ask Obamessiah for money, Mikey. Ain’t gettin’ none here, Toots.
What ~you~ said!
And, of course, he wanted to turn us into the open borders party to redeem things with a big influx of natural Dem voters. Rove is a shrewd political technician without principles.
And drive a stake through his little heart–that is what they do to vampires according to the movies.
Rebbitzin Esther Jungries gives Israelis a truly hopeful message on the occasion of Israeli Memorial Day… God, not obamessiah, is in control!
Yeah, and that, too!
But don’t waste no garlic on the smelly old dude.
I need that for my chicken noodle soup.
You too, huh? I just delete the emails (if my spam filter doesn’t get ‘em first). Unemployed here as well in VA. Perhaps, Obummer will “stimulate” federal job growth for military spouses like myself and follow through with Bush’s promise to ease the path for military spouses to seek federal employment. Not that I think it will be any easier under this joker. I’ve tried for years to get into the federal system while the personal favors, who ya know system of getting hired is alive and well in each place my husband has been posted.
In 3 months, VA will be nothing but a distant memory. We’re moving to CO where we lived before and I’m not expecting any better but at least I know what I’m dealing with. VA likes to think that they support the military but all they do is use them as a ready, accessible source of revenue. I hope I never have to see the East Coast again. I guess never say never.
I don’t see either party making life easier for people like me either. Mikey can kiss off… he’s already shown his true colors as far as I’m concerned.
CNN reported:
Therein is exactly today’s problem with elected officials—it’s not their own philosophy they are supposed to espouse, it’s the political philosophy of those who voted them into office. Those to whom they gave their word and all those promises that got them elected.
So now we know his word means nothing. Maybe he belongs on the other side of the isle.
Changed to a Democrat because he wants to be principled?
What’s wrong with that picture?
Hey old fart…take John with you.
Heya emjem…
Sorry to hear of your lack of taxable income. Mine is more by choice. My fiance offered to fund my bad habits if I came back to The PSRK from Colorado Springs.
Well, me being more into gardening, cooking and cleaning than getting my butt out of bed at 5:30am morning, ya know. It’s all good. And the weather is better here in PSRK. Much better.
I harvested our first strawberries last week. Tomatoes have flowers, so should have some in May. Other stuff (bok choy, spinach, lettuce, carrots, beets, etc) probably start being edible at the end of May. He is REALLY looking forward to homemade pickles.
Yeah, I know how to keep mah man happy. Pickles, homemade bread, hummus and stew. He is *so* thrilled.
*shhhhh – don’t tell him though. he thinks he got the better end of this deal.
Hey, “conservatives”, is this enough to convince you to not vote for the “lesser of two evils” again?
With all the crap that’s rolled out of the beltway, it just may mobilize the electorate to load the deck in the next 2 cycles and put ‘em all on the run.
Sendme,If the pain of a failed but well-meaning strategy is painful enough, the answer is YES.
It’s a shame the 17th Amendment was ratified in 1913.
Considering that Congress had a 15% (give or take) approval rating going into the last election, I doubt it.
Spector is officially joining SPECTRE (Special Executive for Counter-intelligence, Terrorism, Revenge and Extortion), also known as the democRAT party. That 747 flyby of NYC is just a little taste of what Number One, BO, has in store for us – in this case terror. With GM and Chrysler extortion, with Bush administration revenge. Spector, who is a liar, a sleeze bag, is a major reason why democRATS are in power, and Bush made a terrible decision to support the douchebag. Spector is so bad, he is Number 2 in every way.
LMAO!
Sphincter
Oh My God. Its True.
Specter says he left because the Repub party has become too conservative. Wrong..the Repub party has moved away from its conservative roots, and that’s why we are where we are at the present time. We are now near the point of disenfranchisement of half the Country, as the lunatics have taken over the asylum. We are in trouble if the mid term elections do not turn this around.
In 2010, an 80 year old man who has had 2 different cancers, thinks he can switch parties and get relected.
The smart money is not going to be on him. Sad legacy, but he’s a big boy and made the decision.
I am a registered Independant and have little use for either party…. especially these days. But I hope people in PA recognize what this says about Sen Dirtbags charecter. I hope his new friends realize that he cannot be trusted at all. Even by the almost total lack of principles as the standard to be found in D.C. he falls way, WAY short.
As has been pointed out by several, that is nothing but a self-serving lie.
Sphincter quit for one and only one reason; political survival…to prolong his unnatural life.
He had polling data from his own pollster indicating that he could not beat a conservative challenger.
He had polling data that said he could not win as an independent.
His only choice than was to honorably slip into quiet political oblivion, or…
cynically sell out.
We see what he did. What a shameful admission as to who he is.
Separating a termite infested wood from the log pile is actually a good thing..
Republican party still has few more infected dead woods in their pile: McCain, Graham, Snow and Collins.
Clearing all the dead woods from the party would make them a narrow minded, small tent party in the short run.
Media will pile on the party’s miseries.
Democrats will certainly have immediate political advantage.
I hope they understand that this is the punishment for their out-of-control behavior when they were in power.
In stead of moving to the left of the center, they should return back to the conservative principles.
If they try to one up the Democrats with fiscally irresponsible governance, they will fail miserably.
Democrats have mastered the art of hypnotizing the dependent classes: the minorities, immigrants, unions.
No way in hell the Republicans can win back any of these permanently dependent class.
And you listen to the talking heads in the MSM and they are all like, “The extreme right has taken over the GOP and just made it intolerable for ‘moderates’ like Specter with their taunts of ‘RINO,’ etc.”
Well, DUH! We’d be a bunch of dopes if we ~didn’t~ recognize the RINOs. What else would you call an opportunistic, serial party-switcher like Specter? He’s looking pretty frail, though, and I’ll be glad to see the POS gone from the scene.
obviously the republican party could help themselves a great deal by taking premptive action against the rinos. lincoln chaffee was very liberal in his actions and still he got funding from the republican party for his losing relection and then he changed to “independent”. gov girlyman in mexifornia acts in everyway like a dimocrat yet nowhwhere is any republican trying to expose his hypocrisy. if republicans really want to show some substance to their beliefs, they need to define and enforce their belief with clear action.
WarEagle, I completely agree. I too left the Republican party (although I have yet to figure out how to change that on the voter roles). The compassionate conservatives ruined the party IMO. Big gov’t. Fiscal irresponisbilty. And the BIG one, support of shamnesty. That was the final straw for me. I also believe immigration numbers need to be reduced drastically and based on the value to America, not the immigrants themselves. I could care less about gay marriage and abortion issues (sorry, but I do believe a dogmatic anti abortion platfrom drives away voters who would otherwise support conservative candidates). Which has always made me wonder what are the issues of so-called “far right wing” as defined by the press? Anyway, I agree with most of the Constitution Party platform and as of now are my party of choice (regardless of the misplaced “moonbat” name calling from some posters here).
conservatives haven’t moved much in 35 years, except to the left. the problem is democrats are so far left now that they perceive republicans and conservatives as right wing extremists. what part of socialist/communist doctrine has this congress and this administration not embraced? in 100 days we have nationalized many of the largest banks in the u.s., we have nationalized the biggest insurer in the u.s., we have nationalized the 2 largest mortgage brokers in the u.s., we have nationalized 2/3 of the auto industry and redistributed it from the owners to the workers, and now we are on to nationalizing the healthcare/health insurance industry, as well as the energy/coal industry. damn barry, you have outdone hugo chavez, fidel, and putin combined in just 3 months. so just exactly how does being a debtholder of gm authorize you to give away 55% of the common stock of gm to the uaw? it must be good to be the king. are you going to take marital rights of your serfs?
Happyscrapper: Thanks for the answer to my question.
I should have used the word “treachery” instead of “duplicity”.
Are Sphincter’s party switch and Souter’s retirement related?
Preventing a filibuster of the sleaziest Chicago thug ACORN member to the SCOTUS.