Posted on 11/19/2004 1:14:50 PM PST by hinterlander
Bork Specter ~ keep the heat on!
Makes me feel better that the fight is still there. I'd given up because the knife in the back is too painful to move.
Odd headline, considering that "I'm quitting the GOP" is the favorite cry of the most vocal ones here. On average once a week per spammer...
Thanks for proving my point so quickly.
All it will take is one more snide remark about the president's judicial candidates.
I've been amazed at the number of people quiting, many of them who have quit numerous times before.
Replacement of Santorum by a Third Party Candidate would make them all CRAP in their panties!! We need PRO AMERICAN, PRO CONSTITUTION, PRO LIFE CANDIDATES!!
Arlen Specter, ( R. Orchiectomy)
The Republican leadership has been extremely stupid not to have worked behind the scenes to pacify Specter, throw him a bone, and give him another cushy job.
No, this won't go away. And it's virtually certain to have a negative effect in the next couple of elections. It may mean that Republicans in the Senate will drop instead of increasing in 2006.
I've never been one to vote for third-party candidates or to complain if I don't get everything I want. I understand that politicians have only so much political capital and have to spend it wisely. But this fight is absolutely crucial. It's the bottom line. Nothing is more important. We are in reach of turning our courts around. If they blow it, it will disillusion Christian conservative voters with the party for the next 10 or 20 years.
We can't stop them if they decide to go ahead with this. But they would be exceedingly stupid to do so. It will be virtually impossible for them to punish Specter for misbehavior once he has the job. But he will be in a very strong position to punish them, and I expect that he will.
One or both ?
I expected they would not expectorate spercter
Both..that's his new "state"..(g)
Yes, since Hell would be frozen over.
If there is a silver lining here, it's that Specter has been completely neutralized. He will have to give every nominee a vote, and knows he'd better not oppose a pro-life nominee. He understands now, better than before, that a lot of eyes are on him. So does the President.
Cicero, you've got it right. ;o)
From the article: "Mahoney told HUMAN EVENTS his Christian Defense Coalition was still planning to hold a nationwide protest against Specter on December 9. On that day, constituents are encouraged to visit their senators' home-state offices to voice their concerns about Specter."
I'll be visiting mine. To give up this early is to lose for sure. We must fight and fight HARD. I don't think people have given up yet.
Mahoney, a good Christian leader, said: "The pro-family, pro-life voting bloc is almost being viewed by the Republican Party as African Americans are viewed by the Democratic Party. Specter getting to the Judiciary, although it's very disturbing, I think is dwarfed by a larger problem. The Republican leadership truly does not respect nor understand our constituency."
This appears to be true. However, Values Voters do not vote Republican. They vote for those who support their values and then followup with action. If that doesn't happen, the Republican Party will lose in the next elections.
I hope you are right. Somehow, I just can't believe Specter has turned over a new leaf, even with the trip to the woodshed, if that indeed happened. The guy's a loose cannon. Always has been.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1284025/posts
I'll say. They've started calling him Arlene.
Anyone who has been on this forum for any length of time knows that there is not any such thing as a Republican in the Senate. Those boys and girls are 100% RINOS. The House Managers were 100% tried and true Republicans and they were ridiculed and derided by those boys and girls in the Senate. Orrin Hatch must have been the person to which Dana Carvey modeled his church lady character.
Well, he's pro-abortion and probably always will be. But the point is he won't carry this principle into judicial selection. Bush and the base won't stand for it.
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