Posted on 04/28/2009 11:48:31 AM PDT by jodiluvshoes
I really hate it when "parties" do really stupid things. And I'm not talking about Obama's bribe and bait little play with Arlen Specter. Heck he's been voting from that side of the aisle so long I just figured he had forgotten where his seat was.
I'm talking about two of my heroes George W. Bush and Rick Santorum taking some really bad advice and snuggling up to the snake-oil Senator when he last ran for re-election.
It caused me incredible pain at the time, but the thinking by all the smart people in the room like some of the other contributors on TownHall (Hugh Hewitt) was, "Hey... because they helped him so much, he'll owe his allegiance to them."
(Excerpt) Read more at kevinmccullough.townhall.com ...
I wonder if his brain tumor has re-ignited?
Amen....Rick Santorum LOST because of his support for the Vile man.
You no what they say "No good deed goes unpunished".
He’s not a PIG, he just declared himself an ASS!
Michael Steele should have seen this coming a long time ago. Specter has been signaling his liberal leanings for a long time. Hopefully now he will be equally despised by both Democrats and Republicans. The guy has no loyalty whatsoever.
Oops - you no = you know
Benedict Arlen
Spector changed his party from Dem to GOP many years ago to run for DA in Philly. So switching back should come as no surprise. He’d already tried to get the GOP in Pa. to do an open primary, in the hope switchovers would get him renominated. When thast failed, and he saw how far behind he was in the polls, you knew he was jumping ship.
Does he have swine flu?
Ha ha, charade you are...
This has everything to do with the fact that Arlen read the tea leaves and knew he was DOA in the PA R primary this time.
Now he doesn’t have to face losing a primary.. and is hoping he’ll cakewalk as the D to back to the Senate. He may do that, however he is highly tied to Fauxbama now, and the more of a mess things are by 10, the more likely he’ll get the boot. Plus being an off year election, those angered by him are far more likely to show up and vote vs the unengaged voter.
This move has everything to do with the fact he knows he was going to lose the PA R primary race.. he hasn’t survived as long has he has because he’s stupid. He was heading into an absolute drubbing in the PA R primaries... nothing he could do was going to change that... so he switches parties and now avoids it and presumably, instead of facing an embarrassing defeat in the primaries, cakewalks back to the Senate as a D.
The Dems can have this turncoat, he’ll burn them too, just a matter of when.
Just a question as I do not know for sure but .......seems a class action lawsuit for misrepresentation could apply here......this was a scam on sphincters part for self preservation. He has cost his backers money , short term and long term.......
This is a desperate move on Specter’s part to try and stay a Senator. He saw the writing on the wall, he was going to get trounced in the primary by Toomey.
Rush announced hussein has stated he will personally go to PA and campaign for specter. He is now an obamamite 100%!
LLS
**** this guy, **** the republicrap party, whose members always seem to be ready to do just what the democrats need to get things done, and **** the government of this country, who polarizes its population into liberal versus conservative while they serve and represent themselves.
I would call them rats, or swine, or even snakes, but I do not wish to insult the creepy, crawly, slimy animals of this earth by associating them with people. Arlen Spectre, you disgust me, Sir, you sniveling bastard.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.