Posted on 04/28/2009 11:06:51 AM PDT by Behind Liberal Lines
Senator Arlen Specter (PA), who switched from the Republican to Democrat party on Tuesday (April 28), admitted that he did so due to an unwillingness to let voters decide his fate.
“I am unwilling to have my twenty-nine year Senate record judged by the Pennsylvania Republican primary electorate,” he said in the statement.
“I don’t have to say anything to them. They’ve said it to me,” Specter said.
Specter, 79, has been a Republican for his five terms in the Senate. However, he had recently come under fire for supporting the Obama stimulus plan and was expected to face a tough primary challenge from Pat Toomey in 2010.
In addition, the state had been trending democratic in recent years, meaning that Specter could have also faced a difficult challenge in the general election if he stayed with his former party.
Because I double dog guarantee you...they just about ALL think like Arlen....
You are daggum right they said it to you, Arlen. Now go. We are thrilled.
“I am unwilling to have my twenty-nine year Senate record judged by the Pennsylvania Republican primary electorate.”
So here’s my poster for next spring. Have this statement at the top....then a picture of Arlen...and a simple comment at the bottom (”Loser”).
What does he get out of this deal? He gets a committee leadership situation and can help repay several of his buddies who’ve supported over the past twenty-five years. This is strictly about paying them back....over the 20 months he has left. I figure something in the range of $400 million will be pushed to his buddies for construction projects.
You can watch over the next year...what projects get done for his region and who gets the favors. Arlen was sure nice about paying folks back for their support. Thats all that this is really about. He knows he’s a loser...and this is the only deal he can get.
LLS
I like your description of the weasel.
He's 79 years old and has a lifetime pension. He doesn't have to work.
This is about arrogance.
I,I,I,I,I,I....what a narcisist.
I don’t ever remember Specter having a spine.
I’m actually enjoying the spectacle of Specter embracing his inner Statist.
Didn’t he say something about taking each issue on it merits and deciding what to do?
I wonder if he will do the same thing as a DEM. Of course his voting record wont change... he will just feel more at home where he is going.
But I still wonder if he will take each issue on its merits like he does now.
Oh, he is. No mistake there.
At least you got that part right.
with the gold plated pension he gets? at his age? work? are ye daft man?
“’I am unwilling to have my twenty-nine year Senate record judged by the Pennsylvania Republican primary electorate,’ he said in the statement.”
Wha?
I’m fine with people who drop illusions about the purity and goodness of democracy. But this is just reprehensible. Thanks you for trusting in the system, Dictator Spectre.
What was his price ?
What was he promised ?
What will be his rewards ?
Toomy's bumper stickers are writing themselves.
He’s an anti-Christian, and I don’t say that because her’s Jewish, I say that because he HATES REAL CHRISTIANS!
Hey Arlan, you’re a real profile in courage.
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