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1. #698364
   On May 11th, 2009 at 8:54 am, Ron said:

   Do you know if anyone successfully filed a complaint? It would be nice to give them the credit for this weasel’s change in seasonal plumage. Slimball just doesn’t completely cover Specter, although it should.

2. #698365
   On May 11th, 2009 at 8:55 am, b-cat said:

   In 2010, Arlen Specter will seek re-election to the United States Senate,” the site now says in the first paragraph. “With his unsurpassed record of support for medical research, helping to return Senator Specter to the Senate is a powerful statement on behalf of those suffering with disease. The purpose of this web site is to encourage support for Senator Specter’s mission to improve America’s health by helping assure Senator Specter’s re-election.”

   As long as he’s been there, you’d think he’d have cured all diseases by now. What possible good can another term do?

3. #698366
   On May 11th, 2009 at 9:01 am, TruthToBeTold said:

   These things take time AND A LOT OF MONEY!/s

4. #698368
   On May 11th, 2009 at 9:07 am, tre said:

   SPECTER:

   SPecial Executive (there’s nothing special about him)

   for Counter intellegence (he is counter intelligent)

   Terrorism (I won’t go there)

   Extortion (his vote for the “stimulus” was certainly that)

   and Revenge (isn’t that why he switched parties?)

5. #698370
   On May 11th, 2009 at 9:08 am, Capt Kirk said:

   First, it was all about Arlen getting spanked the in primary poll numbers and realizing he was finally about to be dethroned. Now, it’s all about the people and medical research. I smell shenanigans. (still laughing about how he was screwed-over regarding his seniority status on the senate committies)

6. #698372
   On May 11th, 2009 at 9:10 am, Rogue Cheddar said:

   Hey Junior! Go make me a sandwich, stat!

7. #698373
   On May 11th, 2009 at 9:13 am, txvet2 said:

   On May 11th, 2009 at 9:08 am, Capt Kirk said:

   (still laughing about how he was screwed-over regarding his seniority status on the senate committies)

   The Dems come to bury Specter, not to praise him.

8. #698394
   On May 11th, 2009 at 9:53 am, 30 pcs of silver said:

   Dems come to bury Specter, not to praise him.
   

   And it couldn’t happen to a nicer guy.

9. #698403
   On May 11th, 2009 at 10:07 am, spaceycakes said:

   txvet2 said The Dems come to bury Specter, not to praise him.

   Awesome. Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar paraphrased already this morning.

10. #698408
    On May 11th, 2009 at 10:13 am, no2pcbs1 said:

    specter the loyal servant to his personal agenda, sees the writing on the wall. no hope of this bottom dweller being reelected.

11. #698446
    On May 11th, 2009 at 11:18 am, Truesoldier said:

    The funny thing is that Specter does not realize that the Dem’s are just using him as much as he is trying to use them.

    They wont give him a chairmanship, because they dont expect him to survive the primary against the Dem running against him. I suspect they are promising him the world as long as he votes their way for the remainder of this term (especialy if/when Franken takes office it will mean a fillibuster proof majority).

12. #698448
    On May 11th, 2009 at 11:22 am, Paul Revere said:

    The egos of these people is fascinating.

13. #698454
    On May 11th, 2009 at 11:31 am, PhredE said:

    Two words: Term Limits.

14. #698455
    On May 11th, 2009 at 11:33 am, Bruce said:

    I filed mine, along with printouts of the page as originally posted. Haven’t heard back yet.

15. #698486
    On May 11th, 2009 at 12:12 pm, right_on said:

    Sunlight is the best disinfectant. For Specter’s germs, we need extra-strength cleanser.

    NOT just for Specter!!!!

16. #698488
    On May 11th, 2009 at 12:17 pm, Rorschach said:

    Sunlight might be a good disinfectant, but I prefer strong bleach…just to be sure.

17. #698496
    On May 11th, 2009 at 12:31 pm, ArizonaNeanderthal said:

    Good, bad, indifferent-I am trying to ignore that cartoon character until the general. Then I write a check.

18. #698519
    On May 11th, 2009 at 1:25 pm, L.N. Smithee said:

    Michelle, your exposure of this mini-scandal to the blogosphere was spurred by this Dallas Star-Telegram report by “watchdog” columnist Dave Lieber about misleading fundraising sites. Lieber first featured a pro-life PAC that implied the currently moribund Freedom of Choice Act was currently before Congress. This led him to contact the Center for Responsive Politics, whose representative cited the Specter For The Cure site as another example of misleading text regarding where donated cash was headed.

    Lieber’s column was published in the Star-Telegram May 3, 2009, the same day that Specter promoted his “cure” site on CBS’ Face The Nation while suggesting the GOP’s lack of support for cancer cures may have led to the death of Jack Kemp, whose corpse was barely cold! This was noted in the Star-Telegram by Aman Batheja on Monday, May 4.

    Michelle, you linked that May 4 article and expanded on it, showing screenshots of the SpecterForTheCure.com site and highlighting how it was designed to appear like an nonprofit endeavor separate from the Specter re-election campaign. Then you showed how SEC complaints could be filed against Specter.

    So naturally, in Saturday’s report from Politico written by Manu Raju (or is it Raju Manu? or Maju Ranu?) noting that Specter’s crew had “clarified” the site, it ended thusly (bold mine):

    Criticism of the site had mounted in recent days in the blogosphere, including on Daily Kos, which first reported the change Saturday morning.

    “[I]ncluding on Daily Kos.” Uh huh. That’s the Daily Kos (or as I call it, the Daily POS) all right, taking the lead, always the first to leap up and criticize disingenuous Democrats.

    Makes you wanna kick somebody’s …

19. #698527
    On May 11th, 2009 at 1:48 pm, Pasadena Phil said:

    Capt Kirk: Specter? “He’s dead Jim.”

20. #698563
    On May 11th, 2009 at 2:47 pm, txvet2 said:

    On May 11th, 2009 at 1:25 pm, L.N. Smithee said:

    But you have to understand that he never would have changed the site if all of the criticism were coming from the right. It needed the Kos to step in to make him correct the “oversight”, you see?