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Specter farewell speech slams GOP 'cannibalism' (Adios RINO Rat!)
msnbc ^ | 12/21/2010 | By ANDREW MIGA

Posted on 12/21/2010 3:44:03 PM PST by tobyhill

Departing Republican-turned-Democratic Sen. Arlen Specter on Tuesday said conservative Republicans who backed Tea Party challengers against establishment candidates in the recent elections engaged in political cannibalism.

In his final floor speech, Specter complained there's scant room for centrists like himself in a polarized Senate where civility is in short supply.

"In some quarters, compromise has become a dirty word," said Pennsylvania's longest-serving senator, who lost his re-election bid after three decades in the Senate.

Specter complained that some GOP senators had helped Tea Party challengers beat incumbent Republicans like Utah Sen. Bob Bennett and Rep. Mike Castle in his Delaware Senate primary.

"Eating or defeating your own is a form of sophisticated cannibalism," he said.

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TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: 111th; rino; scf; senate; specter; sphincter; theend
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1 posted on 12/21/2010 3:44:05 PM PST by tobyhill
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To: tobyhill

AMF, Arlen


2 posted on 12/21/2010 3:45:22 PM PST by elkfersupper (Member of the Original Defiant Class)
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To: tobyhill

Snarl On!


3 posted on 12/21/2010 3:45:24 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: tobyhill

“In his final floor speech, Specter complained there’s scant room for centrists like himself...”

Nuff said.


4 posted on 12/21/2010 3:46:17 PM PST by jessduntno ("'How fortunate for governments that the people they administer don't think." - Adolph Hitler)
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To: tobyhill
Plenty of spare time for Sphincter to brush up on his Scottish law.


5 posted on 12/21/2010 3:46:28 PM PST by WOBBLY BOB ( "I don't want the majority if we don't stand for something"- Jim Demint)
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To: tobyhill

I expect to hear the roar of approval from the left for Spector—”you go girl! you tell ‘em!” at the same time they continue to applaud their hero Alan Grayson for STTP. That’s the way the left rolls.


6 posted on 12/21/2010 3:47:08 PM PST by mrsmel
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To: Paladin2

Maybe I’m asking a stupid question, but if he’s a democrat now, why does he care what goes on in republican primaries?


7 posted on 12/21/2010 3:47:13 PM PST by goodolemr
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Maybe I’m asking a stupid question, but if he’s a democrat now, why does he care what goes on in republican primaries?

He forgot.

8 posted on 12/21/2010 3:48:12 PM PST by Loyal Buckeye
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9 posted on 12/21/2010 3:48:33 PM PST by jimbo123
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To: jessduntno

“Centrist”,oh, is that what he calls it when a politician switches sides THREE times out of blatant opportunism? Is this Bill Clinton-speak?


10 posted on 12/21/2010 3:49:43 PM PST by mrsmel
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To: Owl_Eagle; brityank; Physicist; WhyisaTexasgirlinPA; GOPJ; abner; baseballmom; Mo1; Ciexyz; ...
"Eating or defeating your own is a form of sophisticated cannibalism," he said.

And of course he is right. The point he misses, however, was that it was never about "eating our own" but expelling those who pretended to be our own.

With cannibalism and all it was actually Joe Sestak who retired him.

11 posted on 12/21/2010 3:50:55 PM PST by Tribune7 (The Democrat Party is not a political organization but a religious cult.)
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To: tobyhill

Suck it up buttercup.

Say hi to Tom Daschle for us.


12 posted on 12/21/2010 3:51:06 PM PST by Danae (Anail nathrach, orth' bhais's bethad, do chel denmha)
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To: tobyhill
Go to hell Arlen. I can't wait till Gov' Corbett pulls the $10 million in spending Redull gave you for your library. You are the epitome of a failed politician. From the "Magic Bullet" theory to using Scottish Law to guide your decisions, you have made yourself a laughing stock and the irrelevant person you are today.


13 posted on 12/21/2010 3:51:23 PM PST by Lazlo in PA (Now living in a newly minted Red State.)
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To: tobyhill

Specter ... don’t let the door hit ya where the good Lord split ya on the way out!


14 posted on 12/21/2010 3:51:26 PM PST by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country! What else needs said?)
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To: mrsmel

A centrist is a liberal who hasn’t yet been bought off by George Soros.


15 posted on 12/21/2010 3:52:37 PM PST by EQAndyBuzz (Remember March 23, 1775. Remember March 23, 2010)
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To: tobyhill

Hey Arlen, the Dems didn’t want you either. Nobody likes a backstabber. Just leave.....and have a few more of those sour grapes on your way out the door.


16 posted on 12/21/2010 3:52:49 PM PST by circlecity
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To: tobyhill

The sweetest goodbyes are those made to whining cry-baby RINOs, who actually think they are entitled to kick their party around and still get re-elected.


17 posted on 12/21/2010 3:52:49 PM PST by kittymyrib
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To: tobyhill

"What's that Arlen baby? Afraid you're gonna lose? Trust me, Arlen, old pal.
About as much chance as that happening as Michele having a watermelon-eating
contest on the WH lawn."

18 posted on 12/21/2010 3:52:49 PM PST by Liz
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"Eating or defeating your own is a form of sophisticated cannibalism," he said.

We're not eating our own if we're voting out the garbage, trash and scum that doesn't represent our own best self-interests.

19 posted on 12/21/2010 3:53:24 PM PST by BigSkyFreeper (In 2012: The Rookie and The Wookie get booted from the White House.)
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To: tobyhill

As far as I am concerned he won’t be missed.


20 posted on 12/21/2010 3:55:00 PM PST by sport
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