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Arlen Specter’s Card Check Compromise Announcement was PURE FANTASY
The Hill/The Lid ^ | 9/17/09 | The Lid

Posted on 09/17/2009 8:16:13 AM PDT by Shellybenoit

On Tuesday, Senator Arlen Specter R D-Pa. raised expectations when he told the A.F.L.-C.I.O. convention in Pittsburgh that the Senate has “pounded out an Employees Choice bill which will meet labor’s objectives” and predicted it would pass this year. There was only one problem with his announcement, it was fantasy. The Senate presently has 99 members (because of the death of Ted Kennedy) Arlen Specter was the only one of the 99 that knew about the compromise. In other words it never happened.

The Hill spoke to other Senators who tried to politely pull away from Specter's statement

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; Politics
KEYWORDS: arlenspecter; cardcheck; dementia; unions

1 posted on 09/17/2009 8:16:14 AM PDT by Shellybenoit
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To: Shellybenoit

I think Arlen just likes to cause drama wherever he goes.


2 posted on 09/17/2009 8:18:25 AM PDT by Rodebrecht (Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.)
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To: Shellybenoit

The democrats already have race card check.


3 posted on 09/17/2009 8:19:05 AM PDT by cripplecreek (Seniors, the new shovel ready project under socialized medicine.)
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To: Rodebrecht

That’s Jimmah Cahtah’s M.O.


4 posted on 09/17/2009 8:21:50 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks
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To: Shellybenoit

I saw a sign outside an AFL-CIO union hall urging people to support the “Employee Free Choice Act”. I wanted to rearrange the wording lettering to reflect the real affect of the bill.


5 posted on 09/17/2009 8:26:35 AM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (The Second Amendment. Don't MAKE me use it.)
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To: Shellybenoit

So Arlen lives in a fantasy world? Yup, definite Democrat material.


6 posted on 09/17/2009 8:53:33 AM PDT by VeniVidiVici (Hey Obama. Where is Osama Bin Laden?)
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To: Shellybenoit

Liberaldom is pure fantasy, whatever the party


7 posted on 09/17/2009 9:03:57 AM PDT by GeronL (http://libertyfic.proboards.com ............. http://tyrannysentinel.blogspot.com)
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