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Senator Specter says that T.O. is being "blacklisted" (Worthless RINO alert)
KYW Newsradio/Philadelphia ^ | 11/28/05 | Tony Romeo

Posted on 11/28/2005 2:43:37 PM PST by Sterm26

Senator Specter Says T.O. Is Being Blacklisted

By KYW's Tony Romeo Pennsylvania U.S. Senator Arlen Specter says he is looking into the Terrell Owens situation, saying the former Eagles receiver is being "blacklisted" from football.

Senator Specter, like fellow Philadelphian Governor Ed Rendell, is a huge Eagles fan. As to the impact Terrell Owens has had on the Eagles’ season, Specter says he’s "madder than hell."

But, he says, Owens has not committed a crime, and that the punishment being imposed on Owens is "vindictive" and "inappropriate."

"And I believe a man or a woman has a right to undertake his profession, or his sport, or his activities. And I believe that they blacklisted him from football."

During a news conference in Harrisburg, Specter also commented on reports about allegations of tampering against Cowboys’ owner Jerry Jones because of comments jones made about Owens and reports that the league had told teams not to contact Owens.

That, Specter says, may constitute restraint of trade and a possible anti-trust violation.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: owens; rino; specter; terrellowens
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Isn't it nice that Sen. Specter took time out from backstabbing Republicans to comment on an NFL soap opera?
1 posted on 11/28/2005 2:43:39 PM PST by Sterm26
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To: Sterm26

Er, comment should read "stabbing Republicans in the back"...


2 posted on 11/28/2005 2:44:28 PM PST by Sterm26 (Indict....no, HANG Joe Wilson!)
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To: Sterm26

Specter is playing to his liberal base!


3 posted on 11/28/2005 2:45:00 PM PST by airborne (Al-Queda can recruit on college campuses but the US military can't!)
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To: Sterm26

No wonder they couldn't spend time on Alito hearings - they're so busy with this important stuff...


4 posted on 11/28/2005 2:45:11 PM PST by Izzy Dunne (Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
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To: Sterm26

I like the concept...can we blacklist Specter?


5 posted on 11/28/2005 2:45:53 PM PST by worldclass (www.massright.com)
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To: Sterm26
Arlen Specter says he is looking into the Terrell Owens situation,

The same guy who pushed back hearings on the Supreme Court nominee because there "just wasn't time". Great.

6 posted on 11/28/2005 2:46:09 PM PST by somemoreequalthanothers (All for the betterment of "the state", comrade)
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To: Sterm26

Yeah, funny he has time to get involved in the NFL, but his schedule is too busy to hold hearings for SCOTUS, for which we pay him. Does the NFL pay him for his advice?


7 posted on 11/28/2005 2:46:10 PM PST by Just A Nobody (I - LOVE - my attitude problem! WBB lives on. Beware the Enemedia.)
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To: Sterm26

Specter and Owens have a lot in common when it comes to teamwork. Just wish it was just as easy to bench Specter.


8 posted on 11/28/2005 2:46:26 PM PST by Ben Mugged (Sins can be forgiven but stupid is forever.)
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To: Sterm26
This clown doesn't have time for the Brent Kavanaugh judicial nomination, or the re-authorization of the Patriot act...but he has time for this?
9 posted on 11/28/2005 2:46:28 PM PST by denydenydeny ("As a Muslim of course I am a terrorist"--Sheikh Omar Brooks, quoted in the London Times 8/7/05)
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To: Sterm26

FU Arlen. Mind your damn business and keep your stinking rotten government out of private business. Keep your bloated, money sucking government out of personal lives. If Owens were being put in blocks he may have jurisdiction. That jag Owens is being paid and that's all TO is really about. Go away Arlen or just switch parties and be done with it.


10 posted on 11/28/2005 2:47:57 PM PST by satchmodog9 ( Seventy million spent on the lefts Christmas present and all they got was a Scooter)
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To: denydenydeny

Oh, so now it's Spectator, is it?


11 posted on 11/28/2005 2:48:19 PM PST by princess leah
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To: Sterm26

This is surprising, because Specter rarely flies against public opinion, and the public is not with Owens on this, it's with the Eagles.


12 posted on 11/28/2005 2:48:52 PM PST by mwl1
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I think it demonstrates how clueless Specter is, on many levels.


13 posted on 11/28/2005 2:50:40 PM PST by Sterm26 (Indict....no, HANG Joe Wilson!)
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To: Sterm26

Careful Arlen! Your politics are sometimes puzzling to us, but getting involved in the TO-saga -- to the detriment of the Eagles -- we won't forgive.

Actually, I always vote against Arlen, but I enjoy dissing a Rhino...


14 posted on 11/28/2005 2:50:59 PM PST by Tallguy (When it's a bet between reality and delusion, bet on reality -- Mark Steyn)
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To: Sterm26

So let me get this straight. The Judiciary committe was too busy to take on the Alito nomination before the holidays, but Spectre has time to straighten out things between TO and the Eagles? hmm....?


15 posted on 11/28/2005 2:51:00 PM PST by lexington minuteman 1775
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To: Sterm26

Sorry Senator Spector, TO is under contract. He is being paid by your home town team. They do not feel having him on their active roster is in their best interest.

It may come as a surprise to you as a Senator, THAT IS THEIR DECISION NOT YOURS.


16 posted on 11/28/2005 2:52:19 PM PST by JLS
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But, but but, isn't it racist to use that terminology when referring to an African American football player?
17 posted on 11/28/2005 2:52:43 PM PST by Buffettfan
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To: Justanobody
Yeah, funny he has time to get involved in the NFL, but his schedule is too busy to hold hearings for SCOTUS, for which we pay him. Does the NFL pay him for his advice?

Every once in a while Sen. Specter takes on a legal client. Perhaps he's trolling for a high-profile case here?

18 posted on 11/28/2005 2:52:58 PM PST by Tallguy (When it's a bet between reality and delusion, bet on reality -- Mark Steyn)
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To: Sterm26

Specter probably thinks Terrell Owens is the U.S. sprinter who won those gold medals at the 1936 Olympic in Berlin, and that the Eagles could face an age discrimination lawsuit for benching him.


19 posted on 11/28/2005 2:53:36 PM PST by Alberta's Child (What it all boils down to is that no one's really got it figured out just yet.)
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To: Sterm26

Hey Arlen baby, How about concentrating on your duties as the Judiciary Chairman rather than a football team's internal affairs.

Like, maybe, conducting a hearing for the NEXT SUPREME COURT JUSTICE when you find the time! Idiot.


20 posted on 11/28/2005 2:54:17 PM PST by headstamp
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