Arlen Specter: Human Ipecac
You know, it’s one thing for far Left bloggers to go bananas and blame the Republican Party for killing people because they opposed increased federal spending on principle — as the dextrosphere did last week over swine flu funding in the porkulus.
Arlen Specter, Turncoat-Pennsylvania, takes it to a whole ‘nother level — blaming Republicans for not adopting his research spending priorities and actually exploiting Jack Kemp’s death from cancer to take a shot at fiscal conservatives.
Reason number 999,769 we are glad Specter has taken off the elephant costume and made his conversion to Ass-dom official:
Ed Morrissey debunks Specter’s lie:
During Republican control of Congress, federal spending on health research and regulation increased 46% after inflation, from $49 billion a year to $72 billion a year, or about 7% increase each year. That’s almost the same rate of increase as Defense spending got in the same period (48%), when we actually had a real war on our hands, and not a political contrivance for excusing federal spending.
And Specter wonders why he can’t get within 20 points of Pat Toomey in a primary race?
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One nice thing – in future, this kind of nasty, brainless comment from Specter will be attributed to a D!
He isn’t Ipecac. Ipecac has an actual, and practical, use. Spectre is the result of the use of Ipecac.
Miserable egotistiacal jerk.
He isn’t Ipecac. Ipecac has an actual, and practical, use. Spectre is the result of the use of Ipecac.
Miserable egotistical jerk.
Igor…Prepare him for the brain transplant…
Wild cackling ensues…
What is sad, arlen probably would have said the same thing before he changed to a D. I sure hope he won’t win re-election. A real low life!
L
He makes the case for term limits without even opening his mouth…
Lying S O B
What else would you expect from the party that claimed their election would enable Christopher Reeve to stand up and walk?
These are the exact kind of digusting words that come from elected democrats directed at republicans. SPECTRE (purposely misspelled) is now in the proper place. Now, when will a repubican respond to this sickening remark? Problem is, there won’t be any.
The democrats fight republicans the way the republicans approaced the war on terror – being on the offensive. The republicans don’t see themselves in a war against democrats, thus never respond to attacks. This only leads to more attacks and an increased weakness of the republican party.
Look for the ABBY NORMAL label : )
Arlen Specter is not a pill that goes down easy.
I think the Dems are actually worse off for his switch. Had he stayed a Republican, he would have gotten trounced by Toomey in the primary, and Toomey would have gotten trounced by a reliable liberal in the general election. Instead, Toomey might get lose the primary to Tom Ridge, who is popular enough to maybe beat Specter in the general.
And even as a Dem, he’s already pledged to vote against Card Check and healthcare reform. What use is he to us?
Let me know if y’all want him back.
No, thanks. No refunds, no returns. He’s all yours, RSS.
No thanks, he’s all yours.
——————————————————————————–
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: [to Igor] Now that brain that you gave me. Was it Hans Delbruck’s?
Igor: [pause, then] No.
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: Ah! Very good. Would you mind telling me whose brain I DID put in?
Igor: Then you won’t be angry?
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: I will NOT be angry.
Igor: Abby Someone.
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: [pause, then] Abby Someone. Abby who?
Igor: Abby Normal.
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: [pause, then] Abby Normal?
Igor: I’m almost sure that was the name.
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: [chuckles, then] Are you saying that I put an abnormal brain into a seven and a half foot long, fifty-four inch wide GORILLA?
[grabs Igor and starts throttling him]
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: Is that what you’re telling me?
Like minds, EQ!
Never happened
I’m sure his comments were taken out-of-context…
sarc
May be the ONLY thing we ever agreed on.
What’s this? A liberal joins your ranks and you throw him under the bus? I love it.
Specter is being disingeneous regarding the funding of research that would have saved Jack Kemp.
Was it that same research that saved Specter from dying of cancer? I believe he had it a few years ago.
Sen. Sphincter D-Penn has a nice ring to it and fits him well.
SPECTER:
SPecial(he isn’t)
Executive
for Counter-Intelligence (he is counter intelligent)
Terrorism (I won’t go there)
Extortion (this “stimulus” is extorting money from us)
and Revenge (that’s why he switched parties, isn’t it?)
And if Kemp had been in perfect health and alive today, he would probably poke Spectre in the nose for being a traitor.
All of a sudden, Spectre is the Media and Liberal’s best buddy. Now why is that?
Well, when you consider what it is that makes up a Liberal/Leftie, is it any wonder why they just love someone who is, in essence, a traitor?
I am thinking it is for the “Stay Out Of Jail Pass” that comes with the (D).
The Republicans don’t want him. The Democrats don’t want him. I’m not sure even his family wants him. What a loser.
Spectre was really only most useful to them aa long as he was a back-stabbing, attention seeking RINO. Now he’s just a run-of-the mill Dem. They already have Byrd, do they really need another senile old coot, for other than his vote which they had most of the time anyway?
Its apparent that Arlen now that he is free from his conservative restraints will probably go farther left and typically over react to:
l. Punish Republicans for rejecting him
2. Prove that he can be a good little (very little) leftist.
Republicans can only win no matter what happens in the next election cycle.
Party members need to be reliable.
As said many times. If McCain was a Democrat would he be called a Maverick.
Even Zombies don’t want him…
No BRAAAINNS…
If his brains caught fire, I wouldn’t urinate in Specter’s ear.
You mean you’d turn down a perfectly good opportunity to piss in his face!?!? Most of us would love to do that!
I heard even his dog will not sniff his butt.
Hopefully he’ll be buried in his home state and not in D.C.
There’s enough urban blight in D.C. as it is.
Meh… opposing card check and healthcare reform hardly makes you a liberal. I’ll take him over Tom Ridge, but I would much rather have a conventional Democrat, which we would have gotten next year had Specter remained a Republican.
You know, it does say alot about this old crow that even the Dem commenter RSS doesn’t seem to want him.
I’m willing to bet that not too many dems do want him. The point has been made that he has already been enabling their agenda, and as a Repub he did that while making us look bad because he had an R behind his name.
Truth is, as a turncoat and a loser, I would be very surprised if even Penn re-elected him, despite that state’s moving to the left.
You know, this very well could turn into a good thing for us. Not all Dems are entirely on board with bHo, so maybe, just maybe they don’t have a fillibuster proof senate even now. And we got rid of an unreliable senator.
If it were not for funds being diverted from cancer research (for which a cure IS possible) to HIV/AIDS research (for which a cure is IMPOSSIBLE: there has never been a cure for a virus), my FATHER might still be alive, Spectre. You’re a despicable man.
I didn’t listen to his braying. You are correct, essentially he is simply saying “I am an a$$”.
R’s should have voted him out years ago. Sorry. Now it’s your turn.
I say this in all seriousness.
Mr. Specter should not be pondering so much the impact Republican policies on the physical health of human beings as much as he should be pondering the impact that his outrageous statements have on the health of his immortal soul.
This is one really spirtitually sick person.
Actually the opposite is true. The more money the government poors into cancer research the less likely we will see a cure. The reason is simple: MONEY and CORRUPTION.
But don’t expect anything other than corruption from mister MAGIC BULLET himself.
Nah – you can keep him, even though he’s a died-in-the-wool kool aid swiller, being against Card Check and Healthcare elimination just prove that even some liberals can pull their heads out on occasion.
Specter didn’t just become a Democrat, he just came out of the closet.
RSS, I will bet you a large Hershey Bar(with almonds) that Specter NEVER makes it to election day 2010 as the Democrat candidate for his current Senate seat.
Harry Reid and Obama will use him like a cheap hooker until they see Specter’s poll numbers head south. Just like Bob “The Torch” Torrecelli in NJ, he will politically sleep with the fishes before election day.
Absolutly true! A private industry will cure cancer so they can make money selling the cure. A government program will avoid curing cancer so they can keep getting tax payers money to ‘look for’ the cure.
Does he really think the Dems are/were going to welcome him with open arms and huge welcomong parties? They are doing nothing but laughing at him.
All someone need do is study history. You can see what happens to traitors. Take the case of Benedict Arnold. Here was a man who was once an enormous hero to the United States both before they declared their Independance and afterward. All of a sudden, ol Ben doesn’t think he is getting the recognition he deserves and decides to hand over West Point to the British, and destroying the name Benedict for all time in this country in the process.
But how was he eventually treated by the British for his deeds? (and actual failure, due to the entire thing being discovered before he could actually hand over W.P.) He was treated like someone who could not be trusted. The British, while taking him in and allowing him to return to England after the war, never trusted him. He was seen as a traitor even in the eyes of those he helped.
So just how does Spectre think he will end up being seen by the Dems? Laughing stock and traitor maybe?
He sounds like Biden’s twin brother.
If they found a cure for cancer what would all the government researchers do for a living? They can’t find a cure for cancer because too many people would lose their jobs and there wouldn’t be any reason to have a department for cancer research in the government. Just like there will never be an end to the IRS. There are too many people who have a vested monetary interest in the continuance of the IRS. CPAs, taxpreparers like Hold-up and Rob Block, Hewitt Jackson and a bunch of other, plus all the tax lawyers, not to mention all the IRS agents who would lose their livelyhoods if the IRS went out of business.
I’m so happy that we’re rid of this gag-bag turncoat! I love that picture you have of him with the man behind him holding “Benedict Arlen” sign, Micelle!
Now if we can just get Toomey elected, we’ll have a start to rid ourselves of RINOs!
Ass-dom indeed! I just saw an article indicating that former PA Gov Tom Ridge would stand a better chance of unseating Specter than Pat Toomey. I’m no fan of Ridge – he was a tax-raising RINO – but he might be preferable to Magic Bullet in the Foot Specter.
Hello, just say “no”.
BINGO! Remove government funding for failure and the private sector will compete to be the first with the cures and make the big money.
Same with embryonic stem cell research. The private sector is staying away because of the problems that do not occur with adult stem cells which work. As soon as gooberment funding is provided for embryonic stem cell research, they money will be grabbed in large amounts and who could blame researchers. They can fail all day long and get paid for zero results. Great system. Kinda like paying people to stay home and not working.
heh
There’s not a well run company in America that would hire a clown like this, but…
He’s a SIX TERM US Senator.
If that doesn’t tell you how doomed we all are, nothing will. You wouldn’t work with these maniacs. I don’t think you could stand to live next door to them.
They should pipe calliope music into the Senate Chamber whenever this circus is in session.
…and the Republican Party, courtesy NRCC, the same people who helped botch Tedisco in NY, want to have a moderate Republican -not Toomey-run against Arlen Spector!
Imagine… Spector running against one of his own kind….and the NRCC boneheads want to go a magical “listening” tour.
Its time for conservatives to re-take the Republican Party and take no prisoners, so to speak.
It was such an easy set up there’s no way we couldn’t hit it out of the park!
It would be more logical if Specter pined for the lives lost due to the “pro-choice” policies of his new party. It is just as likely that one of those millions of aborted fetuses might, if born, have found the cure for cancer. The lack of character exhibited by Specter makes me glad he’s no longer a Republican for he was surely never a conservative.
BillB…wow…super, mega dittos!
Just as likely he’ll just disappear into the crowd. When he was a “swing vote”, he was important. Now he’s just another face. When’s the last time anybody made a big fuss about “Jumpin Jim” Jeffords?
Really too bad Mr. Specter is oblivious to the fact that drug companies spent almost $1 billion to bring ONE drug to market, or that it takes 15 years, 5000 drug compounds (submissions) and only ONE drug that gets approved in that timeline.
The drug companies and those related are spending record amounts of $$$ to bring drugs, vaccines, diagnostics and medical devices to market. When it comes to medical innovation, nothing compares to what occurs in the US.
One of these days he really should take a close look at private industry and the accomplishments they’ve made.
And to blame the Republicans?
Please…isn’t it the Democrats who want to take away patent rights, screw the pharma profits, etc.?
That obviously won’t help anyone’s cause.
With Sphincter’s defection the average IQ in both parties went up.
Dexter:
The only problem is they still have a long way to go to get to triple digit IQs.
I think the Democrats will distrust Specter but make him a useful idiot. If he had no sense of loyalty or honor with the Republicans, what makes anyone think he will have any for the Democrats. He’s already proven what type of person he is. Not one to be trusted and out for himself only.
If the Dems were smart, they’d find a “loyal” Democrat to run in Pennsylvania and dump Specter.
Let’s hope those Pennsylvanians who cling to their Bibles and their guns will vote enmasse and put a good conservative in office.
Same thing with John “airport” Murtha.
*His opponent in 2010 will be able to beat him like a drum with a statement like that, as a wealth of information exists to expose him as the selfish rat bastard liar he has been to his core.
You actually support Card Check? You like the idea of union bosses strong-arming employees?
Employee Free Choice Act…. that’s one of the most poorly named concepts in the history of mankind.
Specter has been brought back from the “jaws” of C twice. Splain that….
With the dems. new health care, he would have been too old to save……
God condemns the best of men and saves the worst of sinners. Arlen will be an example of the latter, assuming he makes it.
Flyoverman said: “This is one really spirtitually sick person.”
Agree! There’s also the distinct whiff of desperation about him. His career is over.
Yes, and for what? Someday he is not going to like what he sees in the mirror very much.
You mean after he retired from the Senate in 2006? Gee. I guess you’re right. When IS the last time anyone made a fuss about a retired Senator?
TTBT, in the case of the Dims, you of course meant in the aggregate.
FOMan: That would require some semblance of a conscience — I get the distinct impression most politicians lose that the day they win their first election!
Give the poor guy a break — He is old!
Term Limits anyone?
After the Kemp family completes their mourning the loss of the late, great Senator, I hope one of them will go on to demand a public apology of this horse’s a$$ or at least give him a solid poke in the eye. Is this Arlen Specter or Arlen Speculate?
Whatever, I should just drop kick his sorry a$$ across the U.S. in a tribute to Jack Kemp. Maybe I could raise money for cancer research that way. Anyone want to donate a-dollar-a-mile?
Again, my apologies to horses’ a$$es, everywhere.
The problem with all senators retiring are their perks for life, while you and I struggle on a daily basis to keep our heads above water. Term limits must be set in place. Government service was never meant to be a career choice.
As far as Specter’s idiot remarks – yes, he’s survived cancer and feels he can legitimately comment about it. Although I’m starting to question whether some brain damage may be exhibiting itself with his recent decisions. I can not imagine the feelings of the Kemp family about such obvious pandering. Especially, given the amount of taxpayer funding for research and developement. What an insensitive thing to say.
And with a second protocol to one that already has about a 90% rate of success. I believe the second one would be disallowed under the Dems plan.
If Arlen will sign the waiver I would gladly slap him to Cuba.
There is a lot to be upset about since the election, but for some reason Arlen makes my blood boil more than usual.
The term “crapweasel” comes to mind when I see his ferret face.
Let me see…
79 years old, 2X cancer survivor
Big lifetime pension, plus (depending on state law)his campaign fund.
Any right minded person would retire and enjoy his waning days with the one he loves, not in Washington D.C.
But Nooooo…
I’m a power hungry self serving idiot
who’s only concern is himself.
What does it profit a man to gain the whole world, but to lose his very soul?
That’s odd. The flu originated in Mexico. The one thing that would have kept it out of the US, and other countries, was to keep the border sealed tight.
What planet does this Arlen fellow hail from?
Switching from the dems to the republicans…. Now he’s switched from the republicans to the democrats. Maybe we can start a pool on which party he supports in 2011. He hasn’t tried the American Socialist Party. Seems to be right “up his alley”.
Quite possibly Uranus.