Posted on 05/03/2009 12:56:27 PM PDT by rabscuttle385
On Sunday talk shows, he says the 'big tent' party of Reagan and the late Jack Kemp has been replaced by rigid conservatism.
BY MARK TRUMBULL
Sen. Arlen Specter (D) of Pennsylvania and leaders of the party he bolted last week surprisingly struck a chord of near agreement in discussing the future of the Republican Party Sunday.
The question of whether the party can stage a revival without welcoming Northeastern moderates came to the fore on television talk shows Sunday morning.
On NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Senator Specter blamed the inner workings of the conservative movement for his own departure, and suggested that “there has to be room for people who are moderates.”
Appearing later on the same show, some Republican figures essentially agreed with that assessment, even while they did not endorse all of Specter’s remarks.
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Hey Specter....you mind is going Left...you’re so far left you can’t see Regan’s Accomplishments.
Historically speaking, Specter, you are Ignorant of most things Republican . . . really Ignorant....so shut up and get ready to Retire.
Sen. Specter thanks for the feedback, good bye.
Specter: Reagan’s GOP is gone
Well yes Arlen it is gone.Its gone becuase of you, Snowe,Collins and others that diluted the Republican Party until it was just Democrat Lite...
If Specter is against it, I like it!
Specter is no turncoat, he has always been a liberal POS. The Republican voters who kept him in office when he kept stabbing them in the back are the ones to blame. Specter always showed his true colors even if the citizens were too color blind to see.
You have had 30 years Arlen. Go retire somewhere and shut up!
-One thing the Demon-rats didn’t realize -
it is ALL About Sphincter- he MAKES A DEAL to
get a senior position on the DEMON side of congress!
pushing long term Rats out of the way!
The U.S.A. is totally screwed with the majority of
losers like this that are now in congress.
NO Arlen, the Rockefeller-Bob Michel-Gerald Ford wing of the GOP is turning the party into a permanent minority.
'Meet the Press' transcript for May 3, 2009
Then, the future of the Republican party with: MSNBC's Fmr. Rep. Joe Scarborough (R-FL) & Fmr. RNC Chair Ed Gillespie.
And they've got...1 page out of 4.
I'm not impressed.
Reagan cut taxes. All Porculus does is RAISE them. There are NO Conservatives on the alphabet networks. It’s a stacked deck. Liberals are liars and petty thieves.
“On NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Senator Specter blamed the inner workings of the conservative movement for his own departure, and suggested that “there has to be room for people who are moderates.”
This is such a ridiculous statement in light of how the party governed since Bush took office in 2001. The moderates in the party have basically run the show since then, screwing over Conservatives at virtually every turn. They could be depended upon to vote exactly the wrong way or undermine the fight on virtually every important issue to Conservatives or back down when the going got tough on a vital issue in the face of liberal opposition. It’s nothing but a snow job for political cover.
Spectre is nothing but a political pimp in search of sustaining his Senate seat which he would lose in a primary. He does not give a damn who he steps on or destroys. Right now he is merely in the process of trying to endear himself to Democrat voters in PA by dumping on the Republican party in general.
The Republican party has outlived its usefulness to him so he’s gone. He’s the worst kind of politician and the damned Democrats can him. He’ll fit right in. He’ll probably croak before he has a chance to screw them over too, again.
Thanks. :-)
Personally I am ready for Snowe and Collins to follow suit. Anyone else as well?
The GOP has a new leader waiting in the wings. He is a Four Star General with a PhD. He is the world’s leading expert on asymmetric warfare. He has been nose to nose with Obama and taken measure of the man. He knows the enemy.
Numbers mean nothing if the fool consistently votes opposite the rest of the party.
As a PA conservative primary voter who has spent the past five years working to send this guy to the retirement home, I wear his scorn as a badge of honor.
Typical Rat - do whatever it takes to survive.
That's Why!
The majority party gets the committee chairmen.
Numbers do matter.
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