"As counsel for the Warren Commission, Arlen Specter described a "magic bullet" that changed America."
The crackpot magic bullet theory that buried the JFK hit.
From magic bullet to magic nutjob.
Posted on 05/01/2009 7:51:18 AM PDT by SmithL
As counsel for the Warren Commission, Arlen Specter described a "magic bullet" that changed America. Four decades later as a U.S. senator, Specter is providing another history-altering magic bullet - one Democrats will either fire off in a starting gun, or use in their suicide.
By leaving the Republican Party this week, the five-term Pennsylvania lawmaker eliminated the last Democratic rationale for inaction: the Senate filibuster. With Minnesota Democrat Al Franken expected to be seated soon, and now with Specter, Democrats will have the 60 Senate votes needed to overcome all parliamentary obstructions.
This legislative magic bullet will force Democrats to fulfill their policy promises and commence an era of dominance, or fail and get annihilated at the polls.
No longer can they blame Republicans for stopping bills to reform health care, tax, defense and trade policy. In command of the White House, the autocratic House of Representatives, and soon a filibuster-proof Senate, Democrats will have total authority to do whatever they want, and no scapegoat to fault. That means, as ABC News' Rick Klein said, "This is Democrats' turn to govern, no excuses" - and it means we're about to find out whether their pledges were genuine.
Ever since the 1994 Republican takeover of Congress, Democrats have guaranteed "real change" if we give them back control of government. They've made this pledge despite helping Republicans deregulate the financial system and plunge the country into the Iraq War. And at every turn, they've blamed the GOP, rather than themselves, for gridlock.
When they temporarily took back the Senate in 2001 after Vermont Sen. Jim Jeffords' party switch, they said the Republican House would stymie their priorities
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To heck with it, bring it on.
People have been whining for years because they want socialism. I say let them have everything they ask for. Unfortunately, I’ll be getting it too, but at least I know what’s coming.
It has worked really well for all those country’s that have tried it.
We’re gonna party like it’s 1939.
"As counsel for the Warren Commission, Arlen Specter described a "magic bullet" that changed America."
The crackpot magic bullet theory that buried the JFK hit.
From magic bullet to magic nutjob.
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