CAIR takes credit for Specter no-show

By Michelle Malkin  •  May 19, 2009 04:07 PM

I know. It’s a shocker. The crapweasels at CAIR act like…crapweasels. And Arlen Specter still smells like one.

Via Philip Klein at the American Spectator:

Sen. Arlen Specter backed out of speaking at a Tuesday conference on the global effort to silence speech critical of Islam, citing a scheduling conflict, but the Council on American-Islamic Relations has taken credit for his decision.

In February Specter introduced legislation in the U.S. Senate aimed at protecting American authors who have been sued under plaintiff-friendly libel laws overseas. He was scheduled to speak about the trend, known as “libel tourism,” at a Washington conference being sponsored by the Legal Project of the Middle East Forum, the Federalist Society Center for National Security Law, and the Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression.

CAIR branded it an “anti-Islam” conference and launched a petition drive last Friday protesting Specter’s appearance, and on Monday the pressure group took credit for getting him to cancel.

Tolerance of dissent is not a CAIR value.

Fortitude is not a Specter value.

They deserve each other.

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  1. #703602
    On May 19th, 2009 at 4:12 pm, TruthToBeTold said:

    They don’t CAIR for free speech!

  2. #703604
    On May 19th, 2009 at 4:17 pm, hawkeye54 said:

    Arlen Specter still smells like one.

    He did when he had an R after his name. Since he decided to trade the R for a D he officially became one.

  3. #703608
    On May 19th, 2009 at 4:19 pm, tre said:

    I just can’t resist this…

    I don’t CAIR for Specter because Specter doesn’t CAIR for the USA.

    I’m ready for your groans now.

  4. #703610
    On May 19th, 2009 at 4:20 pm, Hangfire said:

    Specter = UberDhimmi

  5. #703613
    On May 19th, 2009 at 4:21 pm, txvet2 said:

    He can quit hiding his true feelings and allegiance now. No more lip service to things like equal treatment, free speech, or any of those other inconvenient constitutional rights.

  6. #703614
    On May 19th, 2009 at 4:22 pm, Hangfire said:

    On May 19th, 2009 at 4:19 pm, tre said:

    I’m ready for your groans now.

    Naw, I give it a rimshot!

  7. #703619
    On May 19th, 2009 at 4:27 pm, TheCorruptedLamb said:

    Hangfire,

    I will just take a shot, with a lime and a little salt on the rim!

  8. #703621
    On May 19th, 2009 at 4:33 pm, TheCorruptedLamb said:

    Or, how about this:

    Specter is just CAIRing their water.

    or,

    Specter couldn’t CAIR more.

    or,

    They are both just CAIRRion feeders.

    Pun, pun, pun for everyone!

  9. #703622
    On May 19th, 2009 at 4:35 pm, JammieWearingFool said:

    A recurring theme with Specter: Cowardice.

  10. #703624
    On May 19th, 2009 at 4:35 pm, cpodug said:

    I take it none of you CAIR about the PUNishment you are inflicting on the rest of us.

  11. #703626
    On May 19th, 2009 at 4:38 pm, et said:

    Was there a Q&A session after his speech? If so thats why he canceled.

  12. #703627
    On May 19th, 2009 at 4:41 pm, Ragspierre said:

    An inadvertent benefit to America, care of CAIR.

  13. #703629
    On May 19th, 2009 at 4:42 pm, J S Ragman said:

    Sen. Arlen Specter backed out of speaking at a Tuesday conference on the global effort to silence speech critical of Islam, citing a scheduling conflict.

    Come on now, you know he had to empty the wastebaskets in all of the committee rooms that he’s assigned to.

  14. #703631
    On May 19th, 2009 at 4:43 pm, Kalifornia Kafir said:

    “He who fights with monsters might take CAIR lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you.”

    Nietzsche

  15. #703633
    On May 19th, 2009 at 4:45 pm, Savage24 said:

    Sen McCarthy had the best description of a senator, and it fits Specter to a tee. ” He is a medical wonder, no brain ,no guts and no backbone.”

  16. #703634
    On May 19th, 2009 at 4:45 pm, TheCorruptedLamb said:

    ooh, maybe they need:

    MediCAIR

    Sorry cpodug, just had to…

    P.S. et your not greek are you?

  17. #703637
    On May 19th, 2009 at 4:52 pm, TheCorruptedLamb said:

    KK,

    I always loved Peter O’toole’s line from Caligula…

    “Every Senator is guilty of treason, because every Senator believes himself a potential Cesar. Therefore he is guilty of treason, in hart at least if not in deed!”

  18. #703641
    On May 19th, 2009 at 4:56 pm, Leatherneck said:

    CAIR is an enemy of this country, and as such should be attacked with the full weight of the Federal government.

  19. #703647
    On May 19th, 2009 at 5:01 pm, TheCorruptedLamb said:

    Leatherneck,

    While I agree with the sentiments of your statement, I also believe that mockery works well to!

  20. #703652
    On May 19th, 2009 at 5:07 pm, NJ-Aviator said:

    That’s nice. Spector Kow-Tows to a group (CAIR) that likely supports terrorism.

    Nice.

  21. #703686
    On May 19th, 2009 at 5:48 pm, ArizonaNeanderthal said:

    CAIR, Hamas, Hezbollah, ACORN, cockroaches, PMSNBC and mice can ALL take credit for Arlen Specter. Like Specter they are vermin and spreaders of disease devouring our grain. If it takes “anti-Islam” conferences, traps, poison, rat terriers and cats to be rid of this vermin be quick about it. mockery works well too! ;) -TheCorruptedLamb

    Not that I wish to disparage the Senator in anyway, absolutely not. But that man is a irritating as summer galding. Would cornstarch help? Do we have enough to cover the whole state of PainInTheSylvania?

  22. #703688
    On May 19th, 2009 at 5:50 pm, hatfield said:

    On May 19th, 2009 at 5:07 pm, NJ-Aviator said:
    That’s nice. Spector Kow-Tows to a group (CAIR) that likely supports terrorism.

    Nice.

    Fixed it for ya.

  23. #703695
    On May 19th, 2009 at 5:59 pm, swede said:

    Our favorite two-way, reversible republicrat senator.

    Sorry, I just don’t CAIR.

  24. #703724
    On May 19th, 2009 at 6:31 pm, Truesoldier said:

    CAIR just reminded Specter which party he belonged to this week and teh rest was history.

  25. #703742
    On May 19th, 2009 at 6:59 pm, madshark said:

    I believe that it was Mark Steyn who remarked that nobody ever knew that CAIR even existed until after the 9/11 attacks occurred.

  26. #703785
    On May 19th, 2009 at 7:43 pm, letget said:

    If this man is in bed with cair, he will have his female family members under their thumb and the rop doesn’t have much use for females. Boy, this man is so horrible, I have no words.

    BTW, don’t you dare ask for our military to help your sorry hind end out when they come for you and your family.
    L

  27. #703789
    On May 19th, 2009 at 7:49 pm, JustAThought said:

    Please, please, please! Whomever is running against this idiot please tie CAIR to him with super glue! Paste their name and his everywhere.

  28. #703874
    On May 19th, 2009 at 10:30 pm, zorro said:

    They deserve each other.

    Yes. It must be spring mating season…

  29. #703892
    On May 19th, 2009 at 11:01 pm, ITookTheRedPill said:

    Tolerance of dissent is not a CAIR value.

    Those who can’t handle the truth,
    try to silence those who speak it.

  30. #703949
    On May 20th, 2009 at 12:34 am, DannoJyd said:

    Specter didn’t see any reason to lose his head over protecting the free speech rights of Americans. He really doesn’t CAIR about anyone except himself.

  31. #703984
    On May 20th, 2009 at 6:56 am, WLBCO said:

    As a former Pennsylvanian I am thrilled to see Spectre get so much negative press. He has always been spineless. Let’s be factual here, sArlen cancelled because he feared the loss of the Islamic and psuedo-Islamic vote in PA’s two big Dem cities. Without Philadelphia and Pittsburg Spectre will be just a memory!!

  32. #704041
    On May 20th, 2009 at 9:33 am, heroyalwhyness said:

    We believe freedom of speech is a two-way street,” notes CAIR spokesman Ibrahim Hooper.

    and

    ”Sharia is no different than Jewish law or Christian law,” said CAIR communications director Ibrahim Hooper.

    Dualism in action . . .aka taqiyya. Believe it or else.

  33. #704051
    On May 20th, 2009 at 9:48 am, no2pcbs1 said:

    cair the criminal islamist organization and specter the gutless piece of human waste, two septic tank residents.

  34. #706053
    On May 22nd, 2009 at 8:39 pm, Dimsdale said:

    On May 19th, 2009 at 11:01 pm, ITookTheRedPill said:

    Tolerance of dissent is not a CAIR value.

    Those who can’t handle the truth,
    try to silence those who speak it.

    You mean liberal Democrats?

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