According to the Associated Press, Specter’s decision to switch rather than fight came cheap. All it took was for President Obama to promise to campaign for Specter in next year’s Pennsylvania Democratic
primary.
Of course, Gibbs denied any promises were made to get Specter to get him to become a Democrat. But then Gibbs denied President Obama bowed to King Abdullah.
There are unconfirmed rumors about that Specter was promised the chairmanship of the Appropriations Committee.
7 Minutes
red4ever Tuesday, April 28th at 4:42PM EDT (link)From word of the switch to Obama calling the traitor. All the other things going on, new gaffes to make, and the top priority is to call a sitting Senator who is switching parties.
Of course, I trust Obama’s promise to campaign about as much as I trust Specter to vote Democratic consistently. Who knows what the truth will be tomorrow.
The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who, in times of great moral crisis, maintain their neutrality.
Dante
Arlen Iscariot
dcshananigans Tuesday, April 28th at 4:51PM EDT (link)I’m wondering if there were any Pennsylvania democrats that had their eye on his seat. Did Arlen step on some toes in assuming that he would be the new crown prince of Pa. dems? I think it would be “justice done” if a one of them challenged him in the democrat primary and beat him.
dcshananigans- That would be true, real and honest justice!
Scope Tuesday, April 28th at 5:01PM EDT (link)N/T
Arlen will get his due,Dems Lie
teresamerica Tuesday, April 28th at 5:39PM EDT (link)I believe Arlen Specter is going to be surprised when the next election rolls around. Democrats are famous for stabbing people in the back and breaking promises. One prime example of that is President Obama. Specter did not espouse any of the values that the Republican Party stands for so I say good riddeence to Specter. For us here in the state of PA, we now will have a candidate, Pat Toomey,a Republican who is a conservative and will fight for those values that we believe in and cave in like Sen. Arlen Specter. Specter can now join in with the rest of the Democrats in demoralizing and pick and choosing which parts of the Constitution that they actually want to follow.
Arlen will need to embrace the Dem platform
mallcopsaysno Tuesday, April 28th at 5:50PM EDT (link)Otherwise, they will run a primary challenger against him. For all the talk of him already being a Dem, he’s got a long history of voting against the Dems and with the GOP on critical issues: the war on Iraq, tax cuts, various post 9/11 anti-terrorism/civil liberties legislative battles.
The Dems threw out Lieberman. They’ll throw Arlen out just the same if he doesn’t conform.
My suggestion to Arlen: be honest with yourself. Change your affiliation to the Party of Arlen Specter.
I refused to apologize for chickenhawking when told to.
Eisenhower was right.What makes him think
Lammo Tuesday, April 28th at 6:11PM EDT (link)the Demoncrats won’t primary him with a hard liberal they know they can count on? Especially if Toomey continues to lead in the polls they’ll cut him loose faster than you can say “scalpel”.
ACORN: Association of Criminals Obama Represented in the Nineties. (jupitersuite)
Don’t be so open minded that your brains fall out. (Fr. John Corapi, SOLT)
Crime never takes a holiday. (Dennis J. O’Shea, R.I.P.)
Unlawful is against the law. Illegal is a sick bird. (Ooold joke)
Outside of a dog, a book is a man’s best friend. Inside of a dog it’s too dark to read. (Groucho Marx)
Obama doesn't stick his neck out for anyone
Return to Revolution Tuesday, April 28th at 6:41PM EDT (link)If the race looks tight I wouldn’t be surprised if they throw him under the bus first chance they get. And how awesome would that be.
The evil of the world is made possible by nothing but the sanction you give it.
Hey Arlen- Don't Let the Door Hit Ya!
Scope Tuesday, April 28th at 4:57PM EDT (link)It doesn’t matter that you have now joined the party you have favored with your votes, you would have voted with them anyway, whatever party you belong to. Now if only we could get Snowe, Collins ad McCain to follow you, we just might have a chance to pick up some real Republicans with principles.
Hey Arlen- Don't Let the Door Hit Ya!
Scope Tuesday, April 28th at 4:57PM EDT (link)It doesn’t matter that you have now joined the party you have favored with your votes, you would have voted with them anyway, whatever party you belong to. Now if only we could get Snowe, Collins ad McCain to follow you, we just might have a chance to pick up some real Republicans with principles.
There goes another "big tent" RINO
paint_it_red Tuesday, April 28th at 5:02PM EDT (link)Add him to the list of Jeffords, Chafey, etc. So, now that we’ve lost ALL of the new england congressional seats, and have been entirely obliterated at nearly everly level of government there, on the west coast, and everywhere else following the “big tent” rino candidacy strategy, can we please return to only nominating for offices and supporting real conservatives? Seriously, how long do we bloody our head on this brick wall before the message sinks in?
Toomey 2010.
“It is not good to cultivate a respect so much for the law as for the right. The only obligation which I have a right to assume is to do at any time what I think is right.” Henry David Thoreau
“The means we use must be as pure as the ends we seek.” Martin Luther King Jr.
“If you want peace, work for Justice.” Pope John Paul II
..and don't let the cat out...
valdez Tuesday, April 28th at 5:05PM EDT (link)..didn’t wan his fate decided by the PA republicans? That’s arrogance. Beat it.
I knew there was a deal
JustLeaveMeAlone Tuesday, April 28th at 5:13PM EDT (link)“I am not prepared to have my 29 years’ record in the United States Senate decided by the Pennsylvania Republican primary electorate.”
What a guy. He had no problem accepting the votes and the money of the “Pennsylvania Republican primary electorate” the last five times, though, did he?
Time to pack for the Old Senators’ Home, Arlen. I foresee involuntary retirement in your future!
And Dems? What a gem of a guy you gained. Enjoy him! But be sure to count the silverware when he leaves.
“To compel a man to subsidize with his taxes the propagation of ideas which he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical.” Thomas Jefferson
Of Course there is a deal
antisocial Tuesday, April 28th at 6:05PM EDT (link)Of course Corruptocrats are thrilled. See with all these outrageous things happening most people won’t even remember what moves were made. Are most people really paying attention? Its warfare time in terms of messaging.
This guy demeans his own voters. I have never seen such a politician.
SHAME ON YOU SPECTER!!!
No you can’t - Moe Lane
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The Emperor has no clothes!!!
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Republicans who lost the Crap-and-Raid fight in the House -
Mary Bomo Mac (CA-45)
Mike Castle (DE)
Mark Kirk (IL-10)
Frank A. LoBiondo (NJ-02)
Chris Smith (NJ-04)
Leonard Lance (NJ-07)
John M. McHugh (NY-23)
Dave Reichert (WA-08)
A bit of history for Specter. Pennsylvanians have historically flipped the other way
Marcus_Traianus Tuesday, April 28th at 5:18PM EDT (link)Unless my history is wrong, Simon Cameron and Galush Grow were the only Pennsylvanians to switch parties- from Democrat to Republican.
Cameron was a secretary of war that switched from the “Know Nothing” Party (that would be Democrats) after he couldn’t get a nomination.
Grow switched after Pierce signed the Kansas-Nebraska Act. He became Speaker of the House and once had a brawl on the floor with southern Congressman Keitt from South Carolina.
Specter just made history, he switched the wrong way.
By the way, part of the deal was to clear his potential primary opponents so Specter would not have any challengers; so much for democracy in Pennsylvanian. He has now become the epitome of Obama politics.
“Both of our political parties, at least the honest portion of them, agree conscientiously in the same object—the public good; but they differ essentially in what they deem the means of promoting that good. One side believes it best done by one composition of the governing powers; the other, by a different one. One fears most the ignorance of the people; the other, the selfishness of rulers independent of them. Which is right, time and experience will prove.”.Thomas Jefferson
Contributor to The Minority Report
A bit of history for Specter. Pennsylvanians have historically flipped the other way
Marcus_Traianus Tuesday, April 28th at 5:18PM EDT (link)Unless my history is wrong, Simon Cameron and Galush Grow were the only Pennsylvanians to switch parties- from Democrat to Republican.
Cameron was a secretary of war that switched from the “Know Nothing” Party (that would be Democrats) after he couldn’t get a nomination.
Grow switched after Pierce signed the Kansas-Nebraska Act. He became Speaker of the House and once had a brawl on the floor with southern Congressman Keitt from South Carolina.
Specter just made history, he switched the wrong way.
By the way, part of the deal was to clear his potential primary opponents so Specter would not have any challengers; so much for democracy in Pennsylvanian. He has now become the epitome of Obama politics.
“Both of our political parties, at least the honest portion of them, agree conscientiously in the same object—the public good; but they differ essentially in what they deem the means of promoting that good. One side believes it best done by one composition of the governing powers; the other, by a different one. One fears most the ignorance of the people; the other, the selfishness of rulers independent of them. Which is right, time and experience will prove.”.Thomas Jefferson
Contributor to The Minority Report
Specter is JUDAS and WE know what happened to him....nt
JadedByPolitics Tuesday, April 28th at 5:44PM EDT (link)….
Whoever has his enemy at his mercy &
does not destroy him is his own enemy
Judas only sold out one man.
Next93 Tuesday, April 28th at 5:53PM EDT (link)Specter has just sold out an entire country. Again.
May he rot in hell.
Constitutional limits on the powers of the federal government:
It’s not just the law, it’s a good idea!
Well actually Judas sold out the world in the bigger picture...right?...nt
JadedByPolitics Tuesday, April 28th at 5:55PM EDT (link)…
Whoever has his enemy at his mercy &
does not destroy him is his own enemy
On bowing
GLV Tuesday, April 28th at 5:50PM EDT (link)What did Gibbs have to say about Bush bowing to the king? Noted right-wing commentator Charles Johnson swears he did, and has photographic evidence to back it up. Were you up in arms over that? I ask in all seriousness; I didn’t read the site back then.
goodbye GLV you won't be missed...TOOL!...OBTW...
JadedByPolitics Tuesday, April 28th at 5:57PM EDT (link)he KISSED and HELD HANDS with the sheik and YES WE WERE UP IN ARMS….go back to your mental hell that is you know your head!
Whoever has his enemy at his mercy &
does not destroy him is his own enemy
Wow, you sound really angry
GLV Tuesday, April 28th at 5:59PM EDT (link)Sorry if I upset you further by asking a question. Mental hell, indeed.
Indeed!...nt
JadedByPolitics Tuesday, April 28th at 6:01PM EDT (link)..
Whoever has his enemy at his mercy &
does not destroy him is his own enemy
for those that missed it
Michael DeWeese Tuesday, April 28th at 5:59PM EDT (link)Brain Dead Republican
sum total of parts....
JLenardDetroit Tuesday, April 28th at 6:25PM EDT (link)First, for the record, I seem to recall the images of President Bush holding the hand while walking with a Saudi Prince on the Walker Ranch…. it would help if you had the facts straight….. Now, Silly/Strange? YES! but a matter of showing respect and not a big deal, as it was not part of some bigger scheme of subordinating the US to other nations… ie. Obama’s (BLAME AMERICA) Apology tour…..
As for Obama and his “bowing.” Again, as a matter of showing respect. I have NO PROBLEM with it…. That puts me in the minority…. A little thing that in and of itself means little and was/is blown out of proportion, IMO. As for the added speculation that he also kissed his hand/ring…. well….. HOWEVER - If Obama were to BOW TO THE JAPANESE PRIME-MINISTER, as bowing is a sign of respect, we can then easily say it is just a desire to show respect and he was being CONSISTENT in a willingness to show respect to the Culture. He, of course, is NOT consistent in that. This was NOT respecting Culture, but another FAILURE to grasp the HISTORICAL PROTOCOL set by countless DEMOCRATS and Republican Presidents that came before him. Obama, and his crew, are either too stupid to check Protocol in advance or just don’t give a damn - probably both!
Again, in the vacuum of just this one incident - it is and means NOTHING! Where you are too stupid to understand is that nothing on the Global stage is done in a vacuum. It is the sum total of all the parts of Obama’s (more-so, the entire American Progressive Left) desire to put the enemies of our Nation and way of life like Chavez, Castro, etc…. above our Friends and Historical Allies that makes him (the big Zero) offensive.
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+ 0bama Lies & your Bank acct will Die! (4/15 Truthers)
+ Heil “O” Hell No Obamao is NOT MY PRESIDENT! “No U won’t”
+ I want “O” to FAIL (here, here, & whole Diary (Ofail) here, is why)
“The first Liberal was Satan” - a Rush caller (other Quotes)
Uh *huh*
Neil Stevens Tuesday, April 28th at 7:03PM EDT (link)Calling Charles Johnson right-wing said it all, really.
G’bye.
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