Heads Up! Arlen Specter Switching Parties Today?

humanevents.com ^ | 04/28/2009 | staff

[kellynla]

HUMAN EVENTS has learned from staff sources that Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa) is about to announce his switch to the Democratic Party. Developing….

[nyconse]

One can always hope...historically the party in the white house loses mid term seats.

[Victoria Delsoul]

Yep.

[MeekOneGOP]

Dittos to that!

Here’s another related article:

Cornyn miffed, Hutchison “surprised” (Pissant Elated) at Specter switch
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2239808/posts

[MeekOneGOP]

Exactly!

As I posted earlier:

Heads Up! Arlen Specter Switching Parties Today?
Tuesday, April 28, 2009 12:28:02 PM · 253 of 313

MeekOneGOP to Fiddlstix

Rush Limbaugh is sayin’ that Arlen Spectacle
(as Mark Levin calls him) understands the
political reality.

Apparently he is being primary challenged and
is likely to NOT get the GOP nomination as a
result. It’s ALL about maintaining political
POWER and if that means switching to ‘RAT,
he is just fine with that.

Me too! Adios, RINO LOSER !!!

and ...
- - - - - - -

Ding! Dong!
The RINO’s gone!
The RINO’s gone!
Ding! Ding! Dong!

http://www.cyberbee.com/yesteryear/oz_37.mp3

:)

[Victoria Delsoul]

LOL! You are so right, Meek.

[MeekOneGOP]

hehe! :^D

[WhistlingPastTheGraveyard]

he also appealed to a broad range of voters...big tent.

He appealed to the better angels of our nature. He gave no ground on abortion, he gave no ground in his defense of capitalism or his opposition to Marxism, he gave no ground on a single principle. He governed with a democrat legislature and was forced to give-to-get once he was in office.

That's the art of politics. Not giving it away to get elected. If you can't sell the truth against the lie, if you need to make concessions to the liars to get your power, you've already lost.

[nyconse]

President Reagan signed a bill while governor making abortion legal in the state of California. Also, taxes were raised while he was in office...he was pragmatic and did much good...in order to do this he had to get elected.

[GOPsterinMA]

Any chance Rick Santorum runs or is he toast in PA?

[DrewsMum]

1 down 457 left to go....ALL THE RINOS....

Out! Out! Ye demons of stupidity...

Maybe McCain’s spawn will be next...I know I am not allowed to mention her name....they should make it a family affair. ADIOS!

[nyconse]

Honestly, unless the Dems really screw up and I mean badly, I don’t see a conservative winning in PA...a moderate maybe. But the PA GOP base is mostly really conservative and will almost certainly nominate a ‘real’ conservative like Toomey who will win a primary but lose in the general election...hope I am wrong. This is what I think will happen.

[KTM rider]

"I don’t think this should be allowed. PERIOD! On either side. It’s not right that people donate and vote, then they change parties. To me, that leaves our government wide open for a coup. "

I agree

the people voted for a "republican". If spechter changes parties then he disenfranchises the voters and one man should not have the power to cancell thousands of votes

It violates our civil rights

I would like to see a lawsuit before the supreme court. In effect, Arlen hijacked his senate seat from the republican people for personal political gain and the remedy should be that his change of party be considered a resignation of his senate seat

[OrangeHoof]

Arlen Specter...adding new meaning to the phrase “swine flew”.

[WhistlingPastTheGraveyard]

Yeah, those two points have been the official meme of the left flank of the republican party for a while. “Reagan legalized abortion! Reagan raised taxes! We should embrace abortion and high taxes, too!”. That’s pretty much the Wide Awakes rallying cry.

We’ve dealt with this extensively. There was a board purge over this continuing distortion of Reagan’s record. I’m not interested in revisiting these sort of disingenuous, borderline slanderous arguments. You think the party should move left to win over leftists, I got it. I think your strategy will turn us into Austrian-style two-party, one-party system... I think it already has to some extent.

[Squat]

Why isn't there a law that forbids party switching? Spector can resign and then run as whatever he is. The Governor should have to appoint a replacement of the same party, period.

[kellynla]

well, we still have to wait & see if the comedian from MN is declared the winner...

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks! If Arlen gains the nomination for the Demwit side, there will be a Republican vs a former Republican on the ballot next year, and that’s about the best possible outcome. If we could do that throughout the country, we’d have it pretty well done. :’)

[snoringbear]

“You’re a big fan of Obama’s initiatives, I see.”

Not exactly sure of your inference. But, I am guessing that you mean that those of us who say good riddance to Specter and other rhinos such as McCain and Snow, are conceding a bullet proof majority to the Dem's. In one sense you are correct. However, most likely these rhinos would/will vote with the Dem's regardless of party affiliation. So, how about we make a short term sacrifice and get rid of these impostors and let's plan for the long game?

[conservativebuckeye]

I’ve been reading some of your posts and while you seem like an OK guy, you are clearly not a conservative. You said on one post that you agree with David Brooks and David Frum more than Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh. Brooks and Frum are not conservatives. I actually like and respect Maureen Dowd and James Carville more than those two elitist snobs. You also have written posts that encourage conservatives to embrace gay marriage because the 18-34 demographic favors it. I’m in that demographic and most of my friends voted for Obama. However, most of them are with the Republicans on the homo issue. You claim to be a christian yet equate bigotry against gays as equivalent to bigotry against blacks, Italians, Catholics,etc. However, being black or Italian isn’t a sin. You say that nobody should be forced to see their natural condition as evil, but that is the essence of christianity. Our natural condition is evil and can only be overcome through faith in Christ.

[jackmercer]

“I’ve been reading some of your posts and while you seem like an OK guy, you are clearly not a conservative. You said on one post that you agree with David Brooks and David Frum more than Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh. Brooks and Frum are not conservatives. I actually like and respect Maureen Dowd and James Carville more than those two elitist snobs. You also have written posts that encourage conservatives to embrace gay marriage because the 18-34 demographic favors it. I’m in that demographic and most of my friends voted for Obama. However, most of them are with the Republicans on the homo issue. You claim to be a christian yet equate bigotry against gays as equivalent to bigotry against blacks, Italians, Catholics,etc. However, being black or Italian isn’t a sin. You say that nobody should be forced to see their natural condition as evil, but that is the essence of christianity. Our natural condition is evil and can only be overcome through faith in Christ.”

I am for limited government, the lowest taxes needed to sustain the most basic government needed, i.e., to defend liberty and uphold constitutional rights, for the absolute LEAST amount of regulation needed to maintain orderly capitalism, against abortion in any way, shape or form, for an aggressive foreign policy to root out terrorism in all forms, a return to state and local control of education and vehement supporter of school vouchers, against anything that even resembles affirmative action as it is reverse discrimination, an absolute government hands off libertarian stance on the rights of the people to own and carry firearms according to the rights spelled out in the 2nd Amendment....I could go on and on.

But because I am not with Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh on the “homo issue”, you want to run me out of the party in your quest to purge and purify? You need to read my posts more carefully because I never forwarded the position that homosexuality is a moral way to live or a sinful way to live. I leave the theological implications of those things to others. My point was a political point clear and simple.

But as I stated before, if you want to purge me out of the party because I am not with Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh on your presumption of my alleged position on the “homo issue”.....then that is f&cking ridiculous.

Sorry for the language but the emphasis is needed here. And anyone that refers to gay issues as the “homo issue” and then claims to be a Chrisitian has the word HYPOCRITE stamped on their forehead. Treat all with dignity, love and respect first as Christ would. Loving others doesn’t mean you have to give them rights to gay marriage, but it does mean that demeaning them with the words like “homo” is the antithesis of Christian theology.

The irony is that you see me as a danger to the party. It is people like you that are reactionary without taking a sober and rational approach to political maneuvering that are shaking others out of a party down to a size that will leave us with a permananent and irrelevant minority in Congress and with no shot at the Executive.

I agree with 90% of the conservative platform but I raise a question regarding the political implications of opposing gay marriage and you immediately scream HOMO SYMPATHIZER and want me out.

That is simply irrational and dangerous to the future of our Republic because those attitudes shrink our role in Washington and the economic and social liberalization of this country marches on with greater fervor and less hindrance that would otherwise be there in the form of a strong Republican opposition.