Posted on 02/23/2012 9:00:30 PM PST by mitchell001
According to today's video interview between CNN's John King and Arlen Spector at the link below, Rick Santorum lied about Arlen Spector's promise to support George Bush's Supreme Court nominees in exchange for Santorum's endorsement, during the nationally televised debate on CNN Wednesday. This is damaging video evidence of Santorum's lie about this important reason given by Santorum for supporting the liberal Arlen Spector over the conservative Patrick Tomey is at the following link. http://www.breitbart.tv/specter-santorum-lied/ During the debate, Romney claimed that if Tomey was elected as the GOP Senator from Pennsylvania instead of Spector, Obamacare would not have passed by 50 to 49, but would have failed by 50 to 49. Spector voted for Obamacare and Tomey would have voted against it.
Didn’t Toomney vote with Snowe, Collins, Brown and Lugar to repeal DADT? Some “social conservative”!
Ping to #58. The Spector/Obamacare argument is a total fail.
(excerpt): "And as for the pro-abortion-rights presidential candidate Santorum endorsed, when Specter launched a long-shot bid for president in 1995, Santorum — his fellow Pennsylvanian — was one of his few high-profile endorsements.
For Specter, who later became a Democrat, his pro-abortion-rights position was a centerpiece of his campaign. Specter believed that anti-abortion activists were a “fringe” group hijacking the Republican party.
“There are clearly more Republicans who are pro-choice,” Specter told Newsday’s Susan Page. “Up until now, I am the only person willing to take on the fringe.” After Specter dropped out of the race, he led an ill-fated movement to change the anti-abortion provision in the Republican party platform.
Santorum was effectively returning a favor by endorsing Specter despite his aggressive pro-abortion-rights views. Specter had supported Santorum’s 1994 Senate campaign."
http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/290880/santorum-endorsed-specters-presidential-bid-katrina-trink
It can’t get any nastier than it’s been.
Specter: I Won’t Block Pro-Life Judges
NewsMax Wires
Thursday, Nov. 18, 2004
After two days of appealing to fellow GOP senators, embattled Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania said he would make a public statement to assure Republicans at large he would not block anti-abortion judicial nominees from President Bush.
“I’m working on it,” Specter said of the statement after receiving more Senate support despite calls from anti-abortion conservatives that he be skipped over as the next chairman of the Judiciary Committee.
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Specter, a moderate on abortion rights, has been trying to repair the damage caused by his postelection comment that Democrats would probably block judicial nominees who would try to overturn Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 Supreme Court case legalizing abortion.
“And I would expect the president to be mindful of the considerations which I am mentioning,” he said then.
Since then, he has been trying to reassure Republicans that he would not stand in the way of Bush’s nominees if he takes over the Judiciary Committee next year when current chairman Orrin Hatch of Utah steps down because of term limits.
He’s been on radio and television and telling senators one by one and in groups that he doesn’t have a litmus test on abortion for judges. In addition, he’s been stressing that Democrats plan to filibuster against conservative judges regardless of what he does.
“People are looking to him to provide some assurance, so he’ll make a statement,” said Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., who is in line, in terms of seniority, to become the committee’s chairman if Specter is passed over.
Senators have said that there would have to be some kind of public reckoning for Specter to smooth over relations with abortion opponents, and to give them some political cover from the e-mails, faxes and phone calls they have been receiving.
But nothing Specter says will satisfy some conservatives, who say he has a track record of opposing their issues.
“When Jon Kyl, Jeff Sessions or John Cornyn would make a great chairman, why in the world would Republicans take the great risk of trusting Specter?” said Jan LaRue, lawyer for the conservative Concerned Women for America.
Nevertheless, the Senate’s No. 3 Republican, staunch anti-abortion advocate and fellow Pennsylvanian Rick Santorum, offered Specter support.
“I think everyone knows that I have been a supporter of Sen. Specter throughout this process, in his re-election,” Santorum said. “I expect him to keep his commitments, to move judges out of committee, and to be an advocate of the president in getting those judges passed.”
Specter spent most of Tuesday talking to noncommittal Senate leadership and to GOP Judiciary Committee members, who will take an official vote on his chairmanship in January.
That vote, whichever way it goes, can be appealed to the full GOP caucus, which heard from Specter on Wednesday.
No one would say what Specter told senators, and that includes Specter. “Under no circumstance would I begin to tell you what I said,” he said afterward.
But no one spoke out for or against Specter during the meeting. At the same time, Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., said Specter’s comments “were received well.”
Even before the meeting, Specter was getting public statements of support from colleagues like Hatch, Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John Warner, R-Va., and Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine.
“He was just restating the facts about potential challenges with a Supreme Court nominee before the United States Senate,” Snowe said.
His subsequent statements since Election Day, said Warner, have been “clear as a bell — no ifs, ands or buts. I think he’s made clear the circumstances under which he made that statement, and he should be given the opportunity to serve.”
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So is the "I-took-one-for-the-team" and the "I-supported-My-President" by Mr. Pro-Life.
Whose "team" did Santorum take it for in 1996? Santorum supporters are doing what barack's supporters did in 2008, seeing him as a messiah, when he is just another politician... Santorum has commenced digging his hole...
(excerpt): "And as for the pro-abortion-rights presidential candidate Santorum endorsed, when Specter launched a long-shot bid for president in 1995, Santorum — his fellow Pennsylvanian — was one of his few high-profile endorsements.
For Specter, who later became a Democrat, his pro-abortion-rights position was a centerpiece of his campaign. Specter believed that anti-abortion activists were a “fringe” group hijacking the Republican party.
“There are clearly more Republicans who are pro-choice,” Specter told Newsday’s Susan Page. “Up until now, I am the only person willing to take on the fringe.” After Specter dropped out of the race, he led an ill-fated movement to change the anti-abortion provision in the Republican party platform.
Santorum was effectively returning a favor by endorsing Specter despite his aggressive pro-abortion-rights views. Specter had supported Santorum’s 1994 Senate campaign."
http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/290880/santorum-endorsed-specters-presidential-bid-katrina-trink
Let’s see.....mmmmm....Santorum lied? Spector lied. My money’s on the magic bullet.
You actually accept that Specter's telling the truth?
Even though Santorum's description of the deal was common knowledge at the time?
As it turned out Bush won the 2004 election carrying along a plus 4 in new Senate seats resulting in a 55 to 45 Senate. It did not matter if Specter lost in the primary to Toomey or if he lost in the general election. Trying to make the case of holding the Senate for the Republicans over a single state election is silly unless you have a crystal ball that can tell the outcomes of future events. I have little doubt that the new Republican head of the Senate Judiciary Committee would have supported the President’s SCOTUS nominees.
The only thing that makes sense of the Santorum’s endorsement of Specter was he supported the GOP party favorite incumbent over the primary challenger. As in being a GOP-e team player.
Santorum was a GOP-e player re Specter in 1996...
(excerpt): “And as for the pro-abortion-rights presidential candidate Santorum endorsed, when Specter launched a long-shot bid for president in 1995, Santorum — his fellow Pennsylvanian — was one of his few high-profile endorsements.
For Specter, who later became a Democrat, his pro-abortion-rights position was a centerpiece of his campaign. Specter believed that anti-abortion activists were a “fringe” group hijacking the Republican party.
“There are clearly more Republicans who are pro-choice,” Specter told Newsday’s Susan Page. “Up until now, I am the only person willing to take on the fringe.” After Specter dropped out of the race, he led an ill-fated movement to change the anti-abortion provision in the Republican party platform.
Santorum was effectively returning a favor by endorsing Specter despite his aggressive pro-abortion-rights views. Specter had supported Santorum’s 1994 Senate campaign.”
It doesn’t matter what I believe. What matters is public perception.
You can stick your head in the sand, but this thing has a STRONG potential of going viral in the media.
We will see over the next few days.
Romney will not allow this to die.
It’s damaging unless Santo has something that can refute Snarl’n Arlen.
Mittens has done nothing but dismiss conservatives and TEA party members from the start. He will move way left in the general election because he really is a liberal. If by some odd calculation, he becomes president, there will be no way for any conservative to hold him accountable. We will be nothing to him then because we are nothing to him now.
If Obama white is the nominee, we can look forward to four more years of Obama policy, either from Obama himself or his melanin deficient clone.
>> Such a bald head lie, as if Toomey would not have supported Bush’s choices! <<
Santorum acknowledged that Toomey would have; he argued that Specter was ale to carry several Democrat and moderate Republican votes with him.
Specter’s the one lying. I remember the 2004 campaign quite well.
And what about Rick campaigning in '08 for Mitt and he telling anyone who would listen - he's the best man for the job while Romneycare, pro abortion and pro homo marriage on his resume. How many stupid's count until one sees he's politically hungry and will do whatever needs to be done for himself and the hell with our country! He's on the stage now for one reason and it's not for our country!
>> Why would Arlen Spector lie about this on national TV? <<
Because Specter realized his chance to screw over Santorum and the prolife movement?
Thanks. Now that explains it for me as it's an important part of the puzzle!
Specter’s been lying since he came up with the magic bullet theory and before.
And he has been laughing at US ever since. When I first got cable I was a C-SPAM junkie. One of the first presentations I can remember watching was a long interview with Spector. He sounded so gooooood, and I was 'deceived'. Anything out of Spector's mouth is suspect, even if he would tell the truth.
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