Arlen Specter fiercely defended Clarence Thomas' supreme court nomination. He went after Anita Hill with a vengence. He also voted for Alito and Roberts. Even as sorry as he is, he's still miles ahead of most dems.
I'll grant you that. Yet he's still scum. Politics can be ... interesting.
Your comments regarding Specter and Thomas are true, but not exactly accurate.
Thomas was nominated in the year leading up to the primary and he needed the GOP behind him or he'd have been tossed. Defending Thomas as he did was a bold stroke and he did a great job.
The rest of the story is that he apologized to his base for about a year after that when Thomas took the Constitutional path. Specter expected him to fall into line.
As to Alito and Roberts, he couldn't stop them so he tried to delay them in the hopes that something devastating would derail the,
The key to Specter is to remember that he is only with us when we don't need him. If it looks like Specter is doing the right thing, look again. If it doesn't benefit Specter, he doesn't do it.
He is a masterful and crafty politician, but he is not our friend. He never was and never will be.
Even as sorry as he is, he's still miles ahead of most dems.
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Some truth to that. I still consider him a huge globalist stooge. When the order comes down from the puppet masters, I'm sure on critical issues and crises toward setting up the global government--he'll fold and vote for the global government and flushing sovereignty. I don't trust him any further than I could throw Shrillery's left buttock.