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From hoystory.blogspot.com:

Reduce the GOP Senate majority: Barring any unexpected, last-minute developments, the GOP will have a 55-44-1 majority in Congress' upper chamber. After President Bush and Vice President Cheney helped Pennsylvania's senior Senator Arlen Specter fend off a strong primary challenge from conservative Pat Toomey, Specter has decided to bite the hand that feeds him.

Specter, as presumptive chairman of the powerful Senate Judiciary Committee, suggested that he would block any Bush nominee to the Supreme Court who opposed abortion rights. Reiterating his position that a woman's right to choose is "inviolate," he said overturning Roe v. Wade today would be akin to trying to reverse Brown v. Board of Education, the court's 1954 landmark desegregation decision.

Barring unforeseen GOP objections, Specter, 74, should assume the committee chairmanship in January. He also sent an unsubtle message to the White House that he expects nominees for the federal bench to be of the highest caliber, and took a critical swipe at the stature of the current court. [emphasis added]

Well, I think that the GOP should object. Specter can switch parties if he pleases -- we don't need him. Republicans can't accept a Pat Leahy-type obstructionist on the judiciary committee.

GOP chairman Bill Frist can be contacted at (202) 224-3344 or senator_frist@frist.senate.gov. Let him know how you feel about Sen. Specter.

Frist fax:
202 228-1264 (DC FAX)
615 352-9985 (NASHVILLE)
202-224-3344 (DC OFFICE)

We can't let Spector get away with this. Please call and/or write Senator Frist. If we should contact someone else as well, please post that information.

Please ping any appropriate lists, thank you!

Washington, D.C. Office of Senator Bill Frist, M.D. 461 Dirksen Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 202-224-3344 202-228-1264 (fax)	Nashville 28 White Bridge Road Suite 211 Nashville, TN 37205 615-352-941 615-352-9985 (fax)
Chattanooga James Building 735 Broad Street, Suite 701 Chattanooga, TN 37402 423-756-2757 423-756-5313 (fax)	Jackson 200 East Main Street Suite 111 Jackson, TN 38301 731-424-9655 731-424-8322 (fax)
Kingsport/Tri-Cities 10368 Wallace Alley Street Suite 7 Kingsport, TN 37663 423-323-1252 423-323-0358 (fax)	Knoxville Twelve Oaks Executive Park Building One, Suite 170 Knoxville, TN 37919 865-602-7977 865-602-7979 (fax)
Memphis 5100 Poplar Avenue Suite 514 Memphis, TN 38137 901-683-1910 901-683-3610 (fax)

See also:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1271129/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1271211/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1270529/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1270632/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1270185/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1271838/posts

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Ping please

[alessandrofiaschi]

Please, answer to this question: given that we have 53 (i.e. 55-2) Conservative Republicans in Senate, is so difficult to find only 7 or 8 Conservative Democ-rats, to support a S. C. appointment? I hope that somebody could help us to find those names. Otherwise, it seems that the not-Republican Senate is made up by persons like Arlen Specter (a Republican but...), Ted Kennedy or Hillary Cliton! Blow me down. Thanks, in any case.

[Rutles4Ever]

Specter's about to get steamrolled. He's going to get out of the way quickly.

Frist can't be seen as a weak sister out of the gate in quest for 2008. He knows there's a groundswell of support from conservative Catholics that played a big role in this election (not the only factor, but undebatably a big one). He should take note of the grassroots animosity towards Giuliani's wishy-washy version of Republican politics...

[sr4402]

FREEPED my Senators. Go FREEPERS!

[swift eagle]

email Senator Frist http://frist.senate.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=AboutSenatorFrist.ContactFormAct

[JohnCliftn]

I'm doing it. I'm in PA. I voted for Specter because President Bush said to do so this Spring.

Seniority should NOT be the sole qualification for Senate committee chairmen.

Also, PA doesn't need a senator on Judiciary -- our Federal Court is not one of the wacko liberal Districts (though it is too liberal, it's not insanely liberal). PA needs Armed Services (Philly. Naval Yards, Mechanicsville supply depot), Interior (PA has nice forests with lots of good hunting, and rivers and streams with good fishing), Commerce and Transportation (most goods going from South and West to the East Coast go through PA).

[Arizona Carolyn]

Isn't Hillary on the Judicial Committee, too?

By the way, Sean Hannity is going to address the Specter situation on his show today.

[lilylangtree]

Thanks. Have circulated. Arlen Spector is as bad as that Vermont senator that switched parties and I can't remember his name. (I intentionally try not to remember bad people.)

[Once-Ler]

Specter did not "warn" or insult the President. He answered a question about SCOTUS nominees and past opposition by rats. Read the transcript for yourself. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1270750/posts?page=27#27

You are being manipulated by the Main Stream Media.

Specter was rated 21% by NARAL in 2003 and voted for the PBA ban and the Unborn Victims of Violence Act. Specter has voted to confirm all of Dubya's controversial pro-life picks including Mike Fisher. Dubya campaigned for Arlen, and Arlen used Dubya in his campaign lit. Dubya "really understands" what Specter is. I think Dubya, Cheney, and Santorum are smart men. Dubya, Cheney, Santorum, and the rest of the Republican Party could have supported Toomey, but they understood that in liberal PA you need a RINO to win. They all think they can work with Arlen.

[cpforlife.org]

Pro-Life PING

Please let me know if you want on or off my Pro-Life Ping List.

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I just called both my Senators offices. My husband is going to email them. I'm from Virginia, and when I called Senator Warner's office the girl first had to put me on hold, then back on the phone said, "Is this about Senator Specter?" and I said "You better believe it." She laughed and said, "Well, I'll put you on the opposed list, I've got a lot of calls to answer" and she was GONE. I think Arlen is going down, down, down for the third time, I don't care how much back peddling he tries to do, or how many press releases he puts out now trying to cya. Forget it. We need to stick together on this, and call our state Senators AS WELL as Frist and keep the heat on to give our Senators confidence that we've got their backs and let them know we aren't taking no for an answer. And Arlen has got to go -- seniority or no seniority. This is a matter of principle. And that's what I told my other Senator -- Former Governor George Allen. Go FReepers! I'm off now to call Frist. Don't woos out on us Frist!

[Elkiejg]

As I've said on the other threads about getting rid of Specter - it will be a BIG mistake to mount a campaign based on Pro-Life. What we should be fighting for are judges who will follow the constitution and uphold laws - NOT WRITE LAWS FROM THE BENCH. Don't narrow the focus to just one issue.

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FWIW, my email to Bill Frist, please copy and re-use if it helps:


Dear Senator Frist,

I am elated about the recent general election results. I worked very hard--going door-to-door and passing out literature for several days--to get George W. Bush re-elected. I am also extremely pleased that Americans choose to give Senate Republicans a majority.

However, I am very concerned about the possibility that Sen. Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania may become head of the Senate Judiciary committee. My concern lies in the fact that he has stated his opposition to any pro-life nominees. To me, this amounts to the same type of obstruction tactics that Americans rejected when they voted to unseat Tom Daschle.

We have already had 4 years of out of control filibustering by democrats who wish to impede the judicial process and the president's right to appoint judicial nominees. I appeal to you as a voting and concerned citizen to not allow a Republican to become an obstacle to the President's mandate from the people.

Please Senator Frist, use your authority as Senate Majority Leader to stop Arlen Specter from being a road block to the President! Please keep him off the Senate Judiciary Committee!

Also, use your Senate majority to stop the filibuster! The American people despise these tactics, and are counting on you to fight for them now that their choices have been made.

Sincerely,

[TBP]

The Specter has already said he'll block strict constructionist, pro-life, constitutionalist judges.

If mroe Pennsylvanians had voted for Jim Clymer, someone who's more of a team player and more friendly to the President's agenda might be running Judiciary. If constitutionalist judicial nominees are blocked, some of the fault lies with the conservatives who supported The Specter.

[Salvation]

Catechism of the Catholic Church and what it says about those who support abortion

what does this say about Senator Specter

[Helms]

Pennsylvania: Has Your Senator Begun to Rust ?

Hey Hey My My Will Senate Septuagenarians Ever Die

Brought to you in Specter-Vision formerly Rust-O-Vision

[Coleus]

http://www.notspecter.com/

Go here to sign:
http://www.gopusa.com/activist/petitions/petition.php?petition=specter_chairman

and

National Right to Life
URGENT CONGRESSIONAL ALERT
Help Prevent Arlen Specter
From Becoming Chairman
of the Senate Judiciary Committee! Click link

ACTION ITEMS:

Please take these three actions immediately, and urge others to do the same:

1. If one or both of the U.S. senators who will represent your state in the new Congress is a Republican, contact his or her office immediately with this message: "Senator Specter must not become chairman of the Judiciary Committee. We urge Senator ______ to support any other Republican member of the Judiciary Committee to become chairman -- anyone but Arlen Specter." The offices of continuing senators can be contacted by telephone through the Capitol Switchboard at 202-224-3121, and appropriate e-mail messages can be sent to them by clicking on the "Elected Officials" tab at the top of this page. Please use both phone AND e-mail.

[NOTE: We will post contact information for the seven newly elected Republican senators on our website's Legislative Action Center as soon as it becomes available. For some of these, local campaign offices may still be open and taking messages. The seven newly elected Republican senators are Mel Martinez (Fl.), Johnny Isakson (Ga.), David Vitter (La.), Richard Burr (NC), Tom Coburn (Ok.), Jim DeMint (SC), and John Thune (SD).]

2. Call the office of Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tn.) at 202-224-3344, with a message along these lines: "Senator Arlen Specter MUST NOT become chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee. He would use that position to protect Roe v. Wade and to advance abortion and human cloning. We urge you to do everything in your power to ensure that a pro-life Republican becomes chairman, not Specter." You can also send Sen. Frist a fax at 202-228-1264, and send him an e-mail by clicking here.

[NOTE: The majority leader does NOT have the power to simply appoint a chairman for the Judiciary Committee. But Senator Frist can be influential in guiding the Republican senators collectively to solve this urgent problem.]

3. If you receive a response from the office of any Republican senator, or see a statement on the matter by your senator in the news media, please forward it to the Federal Legislation Department at National Right to Life at Legfederal@aol.com, or by fax to 202-347-3668, or by phone to 202-626-8820.

SPECIAL ACTION ITEM:

If your Republican senator is already a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, he can be especially influential in deciding who the new chairman will be. Please make every effort to encourage other constituents to contact the Republican committee members who are listed below. (NOTE: One or more NEW Republican senators may be appointed to the committee later this month, but it is not yet known who they will be.)

Orrin Hatch (Utah)
Charles Grassley (Iowa)
Jon Kyl (Az.)
Mike DeWine (Ohio)
Jeff Sessions (Al.)
Lindsey Graham (SC)
Larry Craig (Id.)
Saxby Chambliss (Ga.)
John Cornyn (Tx.)

and:

Message for Republican Senators on the Senate Judiciary Committee:

Senator Arlen Specter is an unacceptable choice to chair the Senate Judiciary Committee.  Please do not vote to give him the Chairmanship.  Instead, please select a Senator who does not have a pro-abortion litmus test and one who will work cooperatively with President Bush.  Thank you.

Contact Information for Republican Senators on the Judiciary Committee:

Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) 202-224-2934, email:
http://cornyn.senate.gov/contact/index.html
Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT) (202) 224-5251, email:
http://hatch.senate.gov/index.cfm?Fuseaction=Offices.Contact
Senator Charles Grassley (R-IA) (202)224.3744, email:
 http://grassley.senate.gov/webform.htm
Senator Jon Kyl (R-AZ) (202) 224-4521, email:
http://kyl.senate.gov/contact.cfm
Senator Mike DeWine (R-OH) (202) 224-2315, email:
 http://dewine.senate.gov/ 
Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL)  (202) 224-4124, email: http://sessions.senate.gov/contact.htm#form 
Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) (202) 224-5972, email: http://lgraham.senate.gov/index.cfm?mode=contact
Senator Larry Craig (R-ID) 202/224-2752, email:
http://craig.senate.gov/webform.html
Senator Saxby Chambliss (R-GA) (202) 224-3521,email: http://chambliss.senate.gov/Contact/default.cfm?pagemode=1

Senator Bill Frist, Phone 202 224-3344, Fax 202-228-1264 email: http://frist.senate.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=AboutSenatorFrist.ContactForm
Senator Rick Santorum, Phone 202-224-6324, Fax 202-228-0604 e-mail:
http://santorum.senate.gov/emailrjs.html

It's Not Gay:

http://www.notspecter.com/

 

senator_frist@frist.senate.gov

FAX NUMBERS WHICH GET TO FRIST MORE QUICKLY:

202 228-1264 (Washington)

615 352-9985 (NASHVILLE)

http://frist.senate.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=AboutSenatorFrist.ContactForm

 

1-800-839-5276

 

Senate Majority Leader First can be reached at:
(202) 224-3344
http://frist.senate.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=AboutSenatorFrist.ContactForm

Santorum, the very pro-life PA Senator who campainged for Specter:
(202) 224-6324
http://santorum.senate.gov/emailrjs.html

Other senators can be reached at:
http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm

Other members of the Judiciary Committee:
http://judiciary.senate.gov/members.cfm

The president: president@whitehouse.gov

 

1. Go to www.fairjudiciary.com and sign up. Contribute if able. CJ Wm. Rehnquist is in our thoughts and prayers, and may have precious little time left this side of eternity. The Left has millions set aside for the imminent SCOTUS battle.
Source for context

2. Write to your Republican senators (if unlike me you have that luxury) about keeping Specter off the judiciary committee.

Here are the emails for the existing Senate (both Dems and Republicans) have fun.

 

president@whitehouse.gov,  senator@biden.senate.gov, senator_bingaman@bingaman.senate.gov, kit_bond@bond.senate.gov, senator@breaux.senate.gov, jim_bunning@bunning.senate.gov, senator_byrd@byrd.senate.gov, senator@cochran.senate.gov, senator@collins.senate.gov,
senator@conrad.senate.gov, senator_domenici@domenici.senate.gov, senator@dorgan.senate.gov, dick@durbin.senate.gov, senator@enzi.senate.gov, russell_feingold@feingold.senate.gov, bob_graham@graham.senate.gov, mailbox@gregg.senate.gov, chuck_hagel@hagel.senate.gov, tom_harkin@harkin.senate.gov, vermont@jeffords.senate.gov, tim@johnson.senate.gov,
senator@kennedy.senate.gov, john_kerry@kerry.senate.gov, senator_kohl@kohl.senate.gov, senator_leahy@leahy.senate.gov, senator@levin.senate.gov, senatorlott@lott.senate.gov, senator_lugar@lugar.senate.gov,
john_mccain@mccain.senate.gov, senator@mcconnell.senate.gov, senator_murray@murray.senate.gov, senator@nickles.senate.gov, jack@reed.senate.gov,
senator@rockefeller.senate.gov, senator@sessions.senate.gov, senator@shelby.senate.gov,
olympia@snowe.senate.gov, arlen_specter@specter.senate.gov, senator@stabenow.senate.gov, mailbox@sununu.senate.gov, senator_voinovich@voinovich.senate.gov, senator@warner.senate.gov, chairman@rnc.org, jack.oliver.deputychairman@rnc.org, info@rnchq.org, Special@foxnews.com, rush@eibnet.com, hannity@foxnews.com,

editor@weeklystandard.com, beltwayboys@foxnews.com, tblankley@washingtontimes.com,jmccaslin@washingtontimes.com, gpierce@washingtontimes.com,jseper@washingtontimes.com, Templar119,malkin@comcast.net,letters@charleskrauthammer.com,ben@cspc.org

Contact Senator Specter:
Phone: 412-644-3400
Fax: 202-228-1229
E-mail: http://www.senate.gov/~specter/webform.htm  

Contact Senator Santorum:
Phone: 412-562-0533
Fax: 412-562-4313
E-mail: http://www.senate.gov/~santorum/emailrjs.html  

3. Lastly, send a respectful but passionate message to Senator Frist: http://frist.senate.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=AboutSenatorFrist.ContactForm

Tell him you do not wish to see Arlen Specter ascend to Chairman of the Judiciary Committee.

Whereas, liberal Senator Arlen Specter is in line to be Chairman of the Judiciary Committee.

Whereas, liberal Arlen Specter has a stated litmus test against pro-abortion judges.

Whereas, liberal Arlen Specter has stated he will fight against conservative judges

Whereas, in the past liberal Arlen Specter has helped defeat great judges like Robert Bork,

Whereas, the Democrats have loaded the Judiciary Committee with extreme liberals such as Kennedy, Feinstein, Leahy, and Schumer.

Whereas, liberal Arlen Specter is in a position to turn our huge and historic election victory into a defeat by killing the nomination of all decent judges,

Be it resolved, that we will do whatever it takes to get liberal Arlen Specter off the Judiciary Committee

and/or

Dear Senator Frist,

After a long and contentious fight to retain the White House and expand our majority in both houses of Congress, I am extremely dismayed by comments made by Senator Specter regarding the President's right to choose his own candidates for the nation's judiciary. After several years of stonewalling on the part of Democrats in the Senate Judiciary Committee, it is incredibly distressing to see a member of the Republican party attempting to block excellent and qualified judges from the bench because of their conservative ideology.

I am a partisan. I will continue to work for our party's success because I believe that we embody the principles that are best for the nation. But make no mistake, conservative members of the Republican party will not continue to support the GOP if a very small minority of our Senators refuse to give a fair hearing to judges who agree with the party platform.

The last election should be a wakeup call to party leadership. The single most important issue to voters was "moral values". The party did a masterful job of getting Evangelical and other Conservative voters to the polls - voters who stayed home in 2000 - largely because of the moral issues facing the nation. It would be disastrous for the party and country if these voters felt betrayed and did not return to the polls in 2006 and 2008.

Renegade judges have been legislating from the bench for decades and have recently accelerated a dangerous experiment in social engineering - whether by redefining marriage, tinkering with the Pledge of Allegiance, or ruling against late term abortion restrictions. The American people recognize this judicial tyranny for what it is, and we look to you and other members of the Senate to put a stop to it.

Senator Specter and Democrats in the Senate say that the President should not nominate candidates with a conservative ideology because they are "outside the mainstream". If that is the case, most of the country must be outside of the mainstream. The vast majority of Americans support some limits on abortion, and clearly Tuesday's results in the states voting on Marriage Amendment should prove that this country will not accept gay marriage as a government supported institution.

In light of all of this, I am writing to you to urge you to take action to remove Senator Specter from the Judiciary Committee. The idea that this man, who won a tough primary fight only with the help of the White House, could be the next Chair of the Judiciary Committee is truly frightening. Please take steps to ensure that he does not aid liberals in continuing to block the President's agenda.

I understand that this move could lead to Mr. Specter defecting to the other side. In reality Senator, he made that defection long ago. Please do what is right and help President Bush and the majority of the American people in seating solid judges, without forcing them to pass a liberal litmus test. As our majority leader, we are counting on you.

 

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Stop Specter Bump

[don-o]

bump for later.

Time to pump up and push W to spend some of that capital that the conservatives earned for him.

Specter must be stopped!

[Agitate]

Looks like our voices are being heard!
The people rule!

Conservative wing raises fuss over Specter's views
Carl Hulse, New York Times
November 6, 2004
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Angry conservatives flooded Senate phone and fax lines Friday demanding that Republicans prevent Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., from presiding over the Judiciary Committee for saying two days earlier that judicial nominees who strongly oppose abortion might be rejected.

Republican senators and their aides, speaking privately for the most part, said the uproar posed an impediment for Specter, who is in line to succeed chairman Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, atop the committee that examines judicial nominees. It was likely that he would still get the post, they said, but not certain. "He is not out of the woods," said one aide.
Stop Specter!