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Posted on 05/16/2010 11:34:15 AM PDT by mdittmar
Just days before he stands before Pennsylvania’s Democratic primary voters, Sen. Arlen Specter, a former Republican, sought to cast his party switch of a year ago as a matter of principle rather than self-interested politics.
“For years, I've tried to moderate the Republican Party,” Specter, a five-term incumbent, said Sunday on CNN’s State of the Union. “And when the stimulus came up and President Obama asked me for his support - for my support, and it looked like we were sliding into a 1929 depression, I sided with President Obama.
“It wasn't my job to be saved. It was the jobs of thousands of Pennsylvanians and Americans.
“Look here, I had a clear shot at re-election. If I had stayed with the obstructionist Republican caucus, I would have been re-elected easily, especially in an out-year when the party out of power is favored.”
Specter added that he was at odds with the GOP because of his vote in favor of President Obama’s $787 billion stimulus package.
Asked by CNN Chief Political Correspondent Candy Crowley about the anti-incumbent mood in the country with midterm elections six months away, Specter championed his record of ideological independence during his three decades in the Senate.
“Candy, that's the national attitude. But I have fought the bickering and the partisanship in Washington. I have been one guy who has been willing to cross party lines.
(Excerpt) Read more at politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com ...
A shameless grifter.
I am going to thoroughly enjoy his defeat.
Specter is an idiot.
It’s a shame that Specter won’t just go away quietly.The old weasel has a rationalization for everything.
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In your dreams Specter.
And since you aren't a king or a dictator but an elected official, that effort is now coming back to bite you on the ass because NO ONE BUT YOU WANTED IT, stupid.
I watched the interview and really thought he looked dimwitted. He should have retired six years ago. He’ll just end up being another guy dismissed from DC because he just hasn’t delivered for voters.
“I am going to thoroughly enjoy his defeat.”
Not only that but for the nect 6 months or so the media won’t be able to mention him without say ..Specter who lost his primary bid...
I will be ROTFLOL
Give Sphincter an enema and all that would remain could easily fit into a thimble with plenty of room to spare.
Specter is going senile.
He should run as and Independent (that’d be funny)
No pity here. He’ll make millions as an ex-Senator.
Completely delusional.
Senator, you made your bed, now lay in it.
“I have been one guy who has been willing to cross party lines.”
Better stated, “I have been one guy who has been willing to doublecross party lines.”
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