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Another Arlen “Human Ipecac” Specter moment

By Michelle Malkin • May 5, 2009 12:19 PM

After exploiting the death of Jack Kemp for political self-aggrandizement, is there any lower depth to which Arlen Specter could possibly sink?

Why, yes. Yes, there is. He pimped a “Specter for the Cure” website under the guise of rallying people to help lobby for increased medical research. One wrinkle: “Specter for the Cure” is actually “Specter for His Campaign Coffers.”

Here’s how he plugged the site over the weekend:

“And one of the items that I’m working on, Bob, is funding for medical research. I’ve been the spear carrier to increase medical research. And I’ve even established a Web site, Specterforthecure.com, to try to get people to put more pressure on Congress to join me in getting more funding.

Via the Fort Worth Star Telegram, the truth:

While it appears at first glance to be a fundraising site for a reform movement to help Sen. Arlen Specter fund programs that will seek cures for major diseases, it’s actually a fundraising arm for Specter’s re-election.

A Specter spokeswoman told The Watchdog: “Specterforthecure.com is explicit throughout — including the name itself — that the site raises money for a candidate.

Via David Freddoso:

It does not say anywhere explicitly in the text that your donation goes to re-elect Arlen Specter and not to medical research, but Specter’s spokesman tells me that is the case. You have to go all the way to the bottom of the page to find clues — the donation requirements on the site match FEC requirements in terms of the legal amounts listed and the required information the site collects on donors. It states at the very bottom that the site is “Paid for by Citizens for Arlen Specter.”

A commenter corrected me yesterday with the observation that Specter is not human Ipecac, but the product of human Ipecac.

I stand corrected.

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#694589

On May 5th, 2009 at 12:24 pm, corona said:

I’m thinking “the product of Ipecac if used by a zombie”.
It doesn’t matter, though.

Hundreds of thousands of Phlegm ‘n Crap voters will keep this POS in the Senate.
#694592

On May 5th, 2009 at 12:25 pm, cntryjoe said:

Please don’t insult a useful product like Ipecac.
#694593

On May 5th, 2009 at 12:25 pm, Rogue Cheddar said:

This was not unexpectorated!
#694597

On May 5th, 2009 at 12:27 pm, Rogue Cheddar said:

“And one of the items that I’m working on, Bob, is funding for medical research. I’ve been the spear carrier to increase medical research.

If only he would fall on said spear.
#694600

On May 5th, 2009 at 12:29 pm, BlameAmericaLast said:

“Paid for by Citizens for Arlen Specter.”

More like…

“Paid for by Fools for Arlen Specter.”
#694602

On May 5th, 2009 at 12:30 pm, DagneyT said:

He’s beyond despiccable, he’s a crook! This must mean he’s really concerned about his possibility of re-election!
#694613

On May 5th, 2009 at 12:36 pm, tre said:

Can’t Jack Kemps survivors do something? He’s exploiting a dead man for his own personal gain.
#694621

On May 5th, 2009 at 12:46 pm, Stewed Hamm said:

Good grief, how much lower can you get? Specter is giving the gutter a bad name.
#694624

On May 5th, 2009 at 12:47 pm, spaceycakes said:

‘for the cure’???

I gotta fever! And the only cure is more cowbell!
#694628

On May 5th, 2009 at 12:50 pm, chapoutier said:

I gotta fever! And the only cure is more cowbell!

It was “only prescription”. But thanks for the laugh.

For anyone confused.
#694630

On May 5th, 2009 at 12:51 pm, Stillwaiting said:

OMGosh!!! He’s an old, wrinkled, Eric Cartman (from SouthPark)!!!

Specter for the cure??? More like Specter of deceit! Disgusting.
#694632

On May 5th, 2009 at 12:52 pm, spaceycakes said:

I know, but I couldn’t shake that feeling it had to be said.

And ’cause I could really use some cowbell right now.
#694635

On May 5th, 2009 at 12:55 pm, spaceycakes said:

I mean, c’mon–it is the Bruce Dickinson!
#694637

On May 5th, 2009 at 12:59 pm, hadsil said:

First they came for the bankers, but I didn’t care since I owned my home. Then they came for the auto industry, but I didn’t care since I don’t drive. Then they came for the computer geeks, but I didn’t care since I don’t work for them. Then they came for … ?
#694642

On May 5th, 2009 at 1:06 pm, RobM1981 said:

He didn’t specify what it’s the cure FOR.

spectorforthecure is actually a cure for liberty. He can get you to fascism in 100 days, if only you send Jr.’s college fund…
#694646

On May 5th, 2009 at 1:11 pm, Flyoverman said:

On May 5th, 2009 at 12:52 pm, spaceycakes said:

I know, but I couldn’t shake that feeling it had to be said.

And ’cause I could really use some cowbell right now.

http://video.aol.com/video-detail/more-cowbell-snl/3952822248
#694653

On May 5th, 2009 at 1:19 pm, mkarnes2007 said:

Doesn’t “specter” also mean ghost? I am just saying…
#694658

On May 5th, 2009 at 1:21 pm, Flyoverman said:

I would make nasty remarks about Specter, but since both of my Senators are slimey, I really should not have say anything.
#694699

On May 5th, 2009 at 1:57 pm, On-my-soap-box said:

I don’t normally thread-jack but…

U.S. military destroys soldier’s Bibles

HMMMMMM

We sure heard a lot of outrage from the left over the Qur’an in the toilet at GITMO…
#694706

On May 5th, 2009 at 2:02 pm, calamityville said:

He is just another democrat doing what democrats do.
#694708

On May 5th, 2009 at 2:06 pm, mchristian said:

After exploiting the death of Jack Kemp for political self-aggrandizement, is there any lower depth to which Arlen Specter could possibly sink?

How low you got?
#694714

On May 5th, 2009 at 2:08 pm, Mister P said:

How about “Spectre for the magic bullet.”
#694735

On May 5th, 2009 at 2:19 pm, Rogue Cheddar said:

On May 5th, 2009 at 1:06 pm, RobM1981 said:
He didn’t specify what it’s the cure FOR.

I think it was for Advanced Syphillitic Dementia, but, I could be right.
#694737

On May 5th, 2009 at 2:21 pm, letget said:

I hadn’t planned to give this slug slime one penny in any case. If his name is mentioned, zero!
L
#694763

On May 5th, 2009 at 2:35 pm, Paul Revere said:

“Cure” this, Benedict Specter…
#694770

On May 5th, 2009 at 2:38 pm, Freddy said:

Seems like this kind of ‘bait and switch’ is EXACTLY why Spector found himself in such a situation within the Republican party in Penn.

Standing up and making one claim to a camera, and then switching the transaction into something different in practice, is why Spector will lose in the democratic primary.

Well, that and the 250k ‘Operation Kaos’ Limbaugh voters that are going to sabotage his democratic primary!
#694777

On May 5th, 2009 at 2:42 pm, hawkeye54 said:

A commenter corrected me yesterday with the observation that Specter is not human Ipecac, but the product of human Ipecac.

I stand corrected.
.

You’re welcome. Can’t have a fine time-tested remedy be given a bad rap by being associated with Spectre.

How about “Spectre for the magic ~~bullet~~brain transplant.”

Nothing less would be helpful.
#694789

On May 5th, 2009 at 2:51 pm, Dexter Alarius said:

Well, that and the 250k ‘Operation Kaos’ Limbaugh voters that are going to sabotage his democratic primary!

Would that be by making sure he wins said Dim Primary so Toomey could trounce him in the general?
#694803

On May 5th, 2009 at 3:01 pm, Bruce said:

I betcha John Edwards is kicking himself for not thinking of this scam.

“Contribute to me so I can help cure my wife!” (whilst diddling someone else’s)

Politicians. The lowest of life forms.
#694810

On May 5th, 2009 at 3:06 pm, chapoutier said:

Soap,

You gotta link for that?
#694813

On May 5th, 2009 at 3:08 pm, Milwaukee Mike said:

“Specterforthecure.com is explicit throughout — including the name itself — that the site raises money for a candidate.

Nice to see he already has that Democrat transparancy thing down.
#694830

On May 5th, 2009 at 3:21 pm, EMT Bill said:

Wow. That’s chutzpah.
#694837

On May 5th, 2009 at 3:27 pm, BadIdeaGuy said:

I think term limits might cure Specter.
#694841

On May 5th, 2009 at 3:33 pm, babiesgrandma said:

BadIdeaGuy said:
I think term limits might cure Specter.

Maybe the cure would be “Ex-Specter-ant”

One good coughing spell….
#694876

On May 5th, 2009 at 3:49 pm, cousin vinnie said:

Specter is too much of a prima donna (primo uomo) to be a “spear carrier.”
#694910

On May 5th, 2009 at 4:14 pm, jrgdds said:

On May 5th, 2009 at 12:46 pm, Stewed Hamm said:

Good grief, how much lower can you get? Specter is giving the gutter a bad name.

Specter would have to use a ladder to climb up to the gutter…
#694922

On May 5th, 2009 at 4:23 pm, txvet2 said:

On May 5th, 2009 at 3:06 pm, chapoutier said:

Soap,

You gotta link for that?

here you go.
#694973

On May 5th, 2009 at 5:08 pm, mom2jack said:

My mom passed away in October after fighting cancer for more than 10 years: breast cancer, kidney cancer, then metastatic renal cancer that came back 4 times! She was a youngster at age 64, with 4 grandchildren who are so young they might not even remember their Granny in another 5 years.

This scumball using Jack Kemp and any other cancer victim as a re-election and fundraising vehicle is despicable.

Cancer does awful things to people and at the same time reveals such strength in humans – the desire for the patient to live, the desire for doctors and nurses to help them recover. The last person to accept that my mom was turning to hospice was her oncologist.

Putting the search for a cure under governmental oversight – you’ve got to be kidding me. That means maybe we’ll have a cure in 100 years if we’re lucky.

When people asked the government to give them overnight mail delivery, they said there was no way it could be done. Then private companies like UPS and FedEx said “of course it can be done.” And they did it. Only then did the government follow suit. If they don’t even believe mail can be delivered overnight, how can we trust them with a cure for cancer?

Maybe I’ve digressed off point here, but this just makes me furious.
#694980

On May 5th, 2009 at 5:14 pm, chapoutier said:

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By Michelle Malkin • May 5, 2009 12:19 PM After exploiting the death of Jack Kemp for political self-aggrandizement, is there any lower depth to which Arlen Specter could possibly sink?

Why, yes. Yes, there is. He pimped a “Specter for the Cure” website under the guise of rallying people to help lobby for increased medical research. One wrinkle: “Specter for the Cure” is actually “Specter for His Campaign Coffers.”

Here’s how he plugged the site over the weekend:

“And one of the items that I’m working on, Bob, is funding for medical research. I’ve been the spear carrier to increase medical research. And I’ve even established a Web site, Specterforthecure.com, to try to get people to put more pressure on Congress to join me in getting more funding.
Via the Fort Worth Star Telegram, the truth:

While it appears at first glance to be a fundraising site for a reform movement to help Sen. Arlen Specter fund programs that will seek cures for major diseases, it’s actually a fundraising arm for Specter’s re-election.

A Specter spokeswoman told The Watchdog: “Specterforthecure.com is explicit throughout — including the name itself — that the site raises money for a candidate.
Via David Freddoso:

It does not say anywhere explicitly in the text that your donation goes to re-elect Arlen Specter and not to medical research, but Specter’s spokesman tells me that is the case. You have to go all the way to the bottom of the page to find clues — the donation requirements on the site match FEC requirements in terms of the legal amounts listed and the required information the site collects on donors. It states at the very bottom that the site is “Paid for by Citizens for Arlen Specter.”
A commenter corrected me yesterday with the observation that Specter is not human Ipecac, but the product of human Ipecac.

I stand corrected.

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#1On May 5th, 2009 at 12:24 pm, corona said:
I’m thinking “the product of Ipecac if used by a zombie”.
It doesn’t matter, though.

Hundreds of thousands of Phlegm ‘n Crap voters will keep this POS in the Senate.

#2On May 5th, 2009 at 12:25 pm, cntryjoe said:
Please don’t insult a useful product like Ipecac.

#3On May 5th, 2009 at 12:25 pm, Rogue Cheddar said:
This was not unexpectorated!

#4On May 5th, 2009 at 12:27 pm, Rogue Cheddar said:
“And one of the items that I’m working on, Bob, is funding for medical research. I’ve been the spear carrier to increase medical research.
If only he would fall on said spear.

#5On May 5th, 2009 at 12:29 pm, BlameAmericaLast said:
“Paid for by Citizens for Arlen Specter.”
More like…

“Paid for by Fools for Arlen Specter.”

#6On May 5th, 2009 at 12:30 pm, DagneyT said:
He’s beyond despiccable, he’s a crook! This must mean he’s really concerned about his possibility of re-election!

#7On May 5th, 2009 at 12:36 pm, tre said:
Can’t Jack Kemps survivors do something? He’s exploiting a dead man for his own personal gain.

#8On May 5th, 2009 at 12:46 pm, Stewed Hamm said:
Good grief, how much lower can you get? Specter is giving the gutter a bad name.

#9On May 5th, 2009 at 12:47 pm, spaceycakes said:
‘for the cure’???

I gotta fever! And the only cure is more cowbell!

#10On May 5th, 2009 at 12:50 pm, chapoutier said:
I gotta fever! And the only cure is more cowbell!
It was “only prescription”. But thanks for the laugh.

For anyone confused.

#11On May 5th, 2009 at 12:51 pm, Stillwaiting said:
OMGosh!!! He’s an old, wrinkled, Eric Cartman (from SouthPark)!!!

Specter for the cure??? More like Specter of deceit! Disgusting.

#12On May 5th, 2009 at 12:52 pm, spaceycakes said:
I know, but I couldn’t shake that feeling it had to be said.

And ’cause I could really use some cowbell right now.

#13On May 5th, 2009 at 12:55 pm, spaceycakes said:
I mean, c’mon–it is the Bruce Dickinson!

#14On May 5th, 2009 at 12:59 pm, hadsil said:
First they came for the bankers, but I didn’t care since I owned my home. Then they came for the auto industry, but I didn’t care since I don’t drive. Then they came for the computer geeks, but I didn’t care since I don’t work for them. Then they came for … ?

#15On May 5th, 2009 at 1:06 pm, RobM1981 said:
He didn’t specify what it’s the cure FOR.

spectorforthecure is actually a cure for liberty. He can get you to fascism in 100 days, if only you send Jr.’s college fund…

#16On May 5th, 2009 at 1:11 pm, Flyoverman said:
On May 5th, 2009 at 12:52 pm, spaceycakes said:

I know, but I couldn’t shake that feeling it had to be said.
And ’cause I could really use some cowbell right now.

http://video.aol.com/video-detail/more-cowbell-snl/3952822248

#17On May 5th, 2009 at 1:19 pm, mkarnes2007 said:
Doesn’t “specter” also mean ghost? I am just saying…

#18On May 5th, 2009 at 1:21 pm, Flyoverman said:
I would make nasty remarks about Specter, but since both of my Senators are slimey, I really should not have say anything.

#19On May 5th, 2009 at 1:57 pm, On-my-soap-box said:
I don’t normally thread-jack but…

U.S. military destroys soldier’s Bibles

HMMMMMM

We sure heard a lot of outrage from the left over the Qur’an in the toilet at GITMO…

#20On May 5th, 2009 at 2:02 pm, calamityville said:
He is just another democrat doing what democrats do.

#21On May 5th, 2009 at 2:06 pm, mchristian said:
After exploiting the death of Jack Kemp for political self-aggrandizement, is there any lower depth to which Arlen Specter could possibly sink?
How low you got?

#22On May 5th, 2009 at 2:08 pm, Mister P said:
How about “Spectre for the magic bullet.”

#23On May 5th, 2009 at 2:19 pm, Rogue Cheddar said:
On May 5th, 2009 at 1:06 pm, RobM1981 said:
He didn’t specify what it’s the cure FOR.
I think it was for Advanced Syphillitic Dementia, but, I could be right.

#24On May 5th, 2009 at 2:21 pm, letget said:
I hadn’t planned to give this slug slime one penny in any case. If his name is mentioned, zero!
L

#25On May 5th, 2009 at 2:35 pm, Paul Revere said:
“Cure” this, Benedict Specter…

#26On May 5th, 2009 at 2:38 pm, Freddy said:
Seems like this kind of ‘bait and switch’ is EXACTLY why Spector found himself in such a situation within the Republican party in Penn.

Standing up and making one claim to a camera, and then switching the transaction into something different in practice, is why Spector will lose in the democratic primary.

Well, that and the 250k ‘Operation Kaos’ Limbaugh voters that are going to sabotage his democratic primary!

#27On May 5th, 2009 at 2:42 pm, hawkeye54 said:
A commenter corrected me yesterday with the observation that Specter is not human Ipecac, but the product of human Ipecac.

I stand corrected.
.
You’re welcome. Can’t have a fine time-tested remedy be given a bad rap by being associated with Spectre.

How about “Spectre for the magic bulletbrain transplant.”
Nothing less would be helpful.

#28On May 5th, 2009 at 2:51 pm, Dexter Alarius said:
Well, that and the 250k ‘Operation Kaos’ Limbaugh voters that are going to sabotage his democratic primary!
Would that be by making sure he wins said Dim Primary so Toomey could trounce him in the general?

#29On May 5th, 2009 at 3:01 pm, Bruce said:
I betcha John Edwards is kicking himself for not thinking of this scam.

“Contribute to me so I can help cure my wife!” (whilst diddling someone else’s)

Politicians. The lowest of life forms.

#30On May 5th, 2009 at 3:06 pm, chapoutier said:
Soap,

You gotta link for that?

#31On May 5th, 2009 at 3:08 pm, Milwaukee Mike said:
“Specterforthecure.com is explicit throughout — including the name itself — that the site raises money for a candidate.
Nice to see he already has that Democrat transparancy thing down.

#32On May 5th, 2009 at 3:21 pm, EMT Bill said:
Wow. That’s chutzpah.

#33On May 5th, 2009 at 3:27 pm, BadIdeaGuy said:
I think term limits might cure Specter.

#34On May 5th, 2009 at 3:33 pm, babiesgrandma said:
BadIdeaGuy said:
I think term limits might cure Specter.
Maybe the cure would be “Ex-Specter-ant”

One good coughing spell….

#35On May 5th, 2009 at 3:49 pm, cousin vinnie said:
Specter is too much of a prima donna (primo uomo) to be a “spear carrier.”

#36On May 5th, 2009 at 4:14 pm, jrgdds said:
On May 5th, 2009 at 12:46 pm, Stewed Hamm said:

Good grief, how much lower can you get? Specter is giving the gutter a bad name.
Specter would have to use a ladder to climb up to the gutter…

#37On May 5th, 2009 at 4:23 pm, txvet2 said:
On May 5th, 2009 at 3:06 pm, chapoutier said:

Soap,

You gotta link for that?
here you go.

Hmmm.

Can you say “overkill”?
#694981

On May 5th, 2009 at 5:14 pm, chapoutier said:

Aw, jeez. sorry.
#695001

On May 5th, 2009 at 5:41 pm, spaceycakes said:

WTH just happened? My life flashed before my eyes!
#695008

On May 5th, 2009 at 5:45 pm, Bruce said:

Can you say “overkill”?

Can you say pointless? Or do you just enjoy quoting an entire page for no reason. Oh wait … a lawyer. That explains it.
#695158

On May 5th, 2009 at 9:59 pm, jangar said:

Didn’t take long once out of the closet to catch up on lost liberal time.

What…
a…
puke.

If PA chooses to put this knob back into office again, then it’s a lost cause.
#695197

On May 5th, 2009 at 10:55 pm, Ret7army said:

A commenter corrected me yesterday with the observation that Specter is not human Ipecac, but the product of human Ipecac.

I stand corrected.

Remember to stand up wind Michelle, as the odor of this type is rather pungent
#695245

On May 6th, 2009 at 3:00 am, Papa Louie said:

“Specterforthecure.com is explicit throughout — including the name itself — that the site raises money for a candidate.

Does that mean that “Susan G. Komen for the Cure®” is also raising money for a candidate? I thought it was a charity raising money to fight against breast cancer? But Specter says the “name itself” makes it clear that donations are going to a political campaign.

Oh Arlen, you’ve got me all confused. It says “Specterforthecure” not “SpecterfortheSenate”. I know you consider your reelection more important than your principles or party loyalty. But Surely you wouldn’t put your reelection effort above finding a cure for cancer, would you?