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Specter 'Shocked' by Reaction to GOP Betrayal
Newsmax.com ^ | May 13, 2009 | Dan Weil

Posted on 05/14/2009 1:04:19 AM PDT by appleseed

Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter, who switched to the Democratic side of the aisle from Republican last month, is shocked, shocked that some of his former brethren aren’t so happy about the move.

“I feel very comfortable being a Democrat. My new colleagues were always my friends,” the five-term Senator told Men.Style.com, the online site for GQ and Details magazines.

(Excerpt) Read more at newsmax.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: 111th; arlensphincter; betrayal; democrat; gop; obama; specter
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He's only looking out for himself. Republicans should be happy he's gone and is now the Dem's problem.
1 posted on 05/14/2009 1:04:19 AM PDT by appleseed
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To: appleseed

He fits right in, the liar


2 posted on 05/14/2009 1:07:02 AM PDT by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote.)
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To: appleseed

Like so many other career politicians, it’s all about him and the nation be damned!


3 posted on 05/14/2009 1:29:22 AM PDT by Roccus (The Capitol, the White House, the Court House...........America's Axis of Evil)
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“And many people urged me to become a Democrat—almost as many Republicans as Democrats.

For once I believe you, Arlen, and for once I think you did the right thing. Bye.

4 posted on 05/14/2009 1:33:02 AM PDT by TigersEye (Cloward-Piven Strategy)
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To: appleseed

His ignorance apparently flows into his social skills.


5 posted on 05/14/2009 1:39:45 AM PDT by monocle
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To: appleseed

Benedict Arlen is a disgusting human being.


6 posted on 05/14/2009 1:49:09 AM PDT by 43north (11.04.08: the day America committed voluntary suicide)
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To: appleseed

Same old same old story. What right do you have to respond when I attack you.

Like two kids fighting and one runs to mom and says.......he started it when he hit me back.


7 posted on 05/14/2009 1:49:11 AM PDT by Carley (OBAMA IS A MALEVOLENT FORCE IN THE WORLD)
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To: appleseed

Will no one rid me of this meddlesome Senator?


8 posted on 05/14/2009 2:15:16 AM PDT by vladimir998 (Ignorance of Scripture is ignorance of Christ. St. Jerome)
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To: appleseed

Heh.. well, maybe someone should ask him about loyalty or actually having beliefs in their parties ideals. This all about Specter! What a loser of a person (he has made his bed in history and it is not pretty).


9 posted on 05/14/2009 2:28:57 AM PDT by Deagle
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I wonder if he’s shocked about being demoted in his new digs as an official lib lover? LOL


10 posted on 05/14/2009 2:35:30 AM PDT by freeangel ( (free speech is only good until someone else doesn't like what you say))
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Didn’t his new buddies vote to strip of his 26 years in the Senate.


11 posted on 05/14/2009 2:57:01 AM PDT by scooby321
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To: appleseed
My new colleagues were always my friends...

Yeah, that's why your friend Harry Reid lied to you about the deal you were getting, and you stupidly believed him.

12 posted on 05/14/2009 3:01:29 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (Hey, Obama! Where's my check?)
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Ole Arlen finally comes out of the closet. I'm surprised he doesn't enter the Senate Chamber in a stunning floral dress with high heels and a blond wig to really feel liberated! At this point I need to flush my eyes!
13 posted on 05/14/2009 3:12:19 AM PDT by RU88
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Specter is in his own world that’s void of reality if he’s really shocked at GOP reaction to his betrayal of the party.


14 posted on 05/14/2009 3:14:45 AM PDT by WildWeasel
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“I feel very comfortable being a Democrat

What an understatement.You always were a Democrat you moron.........


15 posted on 05/14/2009 3:23:52 AM PDT by SECURE AMERICA (Coming to You From the Front Lines of Occupied America)
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“I just was not going to subject my record to the bleak prospects of a primary election,” he says

Miserable, self-serving coward...

16 posted on 05/14/2009 3:35:14 AM PDT by Virginia Ridgerunner (Sarah Palin is a smart missile aimed at the heart of the left!)
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Being a sleazy , evil disease ridden rodent POS traitor that you are specter... of course you are comfortable living and eating sewer refuse with you brethren!

LLS

17 posted on 05/14/2009 3:36:20 AM PDT by LibLieSlayer (hussein will NEVER be my President... NEVER!!!)
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To: appleseed
Loved these pull quotes, so rich:

"'I just was not going to subject my record to the bleak prospects of a primary election,' he says"

HA!!
No Arlen, I don't suppose you did.

"Not only was it 'disappointing so many people were unhappy with my choice,' Specter says. But he feels 'personal disappointment at the Republican Party, that it didn't want me to be their candidate.'"

Interesting.
Just the opposite among your former supporters.
Arlen, *that* is a disconnect.
You from the voters, and the voters when they disconnected you.

"Specter didn’t want to give voters a chance to decide between himself and conservative former Congressman Pat Toomey in the Republican primary."

Whadda guy, that Arlen.
Always thinking about the voters, *always*.

"Specter thinks there is at least one Republican who hasn’t turned against him: former President George W. Bush. Asked by Mens.Style if he and Bush parted as friends, Specter said, 'Oh, definitely. Maybe you should ask him, but I'm pretty sure he'd say the same thing.'"

Well, there you have it.

18 posted on 05/14/2009 3:45:32 AM PDT by Landru (Arghh, Liberals are trapped in my colon like spackle or paste.)
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The Republican Party is better off without him. We will never be able to attract anybody to the party if we don’t stand for anything. As long as we moderate and temporize to keep somebody like Specter in the party, we will never be able to stand for anything.

It is painful to lost the seat now, but it is to our long-term advantage. If Snowe and Collins want to go, too, the same thing will apply.

Though after seeing how the Donks have reneged on their deal with Snarlin’ Arlin, maybe Snowe and Collins will stay put.


19 posted on 05/14/2009 3:49:01 AM PDT by gridlock (L'Etat, c'est Barack...)
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"“I just was not going to subject my record to the bleak prospects of a primary election,” he says Miserable, self-serving coward..."

Isn't that what elections are for?????

20 posted on 05/14/2009 3:50:35 AM PDT by liberateUS
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