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Specter farewell speech slams GOP 'cannibalism' (Adios RINO Rat!)
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| 12/21/2010
| By ANDREW MIGA
Posted on 12/21/2010 3:44:03 PM PST by tobyhill
Departing Republican-turned-Democratic Sen. Arlen Specter on Tuesday said conservative Republicans who backed Tea Party challengers against establishment candidates in the recent elections engaged in political cannibalism.
In his final floor speech, Specter complained there's scant room for centrists like himself in a polarized Senate where civility is in short supply.
"In some quarters, compromise has become a dirty word," said Pennsylvania's longest-serving senator, who lost his re-election bid after three decades in the Senate.
Specter complained that some GOP senators had helped Tea Party challengers beat incumbent Republicans like Utah Sen. Bob Bennett and Rep. Mike Castle in his Delaware Senate primary.
"Eating or defeating your own is a form of sophisticated cannibalism," he said.
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TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: 111th; rino; scf; senate; specter; sphincter; theend
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To: tobyhill
Wouldn’t it only be cannibalism if the other person was human?
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posted on
12/21/2010 6:36:33 PM PST
by
stevio
(God, guns, guts.)
To: tobyhill
I have no feelings for this a$$hole but I do for his family. Surely they can see what a loser he is? Just go away Arlen, you have done enough damage. Enjoy your retirement, which I truly hope is a long one......
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posted on
12/21/2010 7:40:21 PM PST
by
eeriegeno
(<p>)
To: eeriegeno
Why does it matter what Sen. Arlen “Turncoat” Spincter has to say? He was a lousy RINO and a worse Donkey. Go and fade into irrelevance, Arlen.
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posted on
12/22/2010 12:39:53 AM PST
by
MasterGunner01
(To err is human; to forgive is not our policy. -- SEAL Team SIX)
To: eeriegeno
Why does it matter what Sen. Arlen “Turncoat” Spincter has to say? He was a lousy RINO and a worse Donkey. Go and fade into irrelevance, Arlen.
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posted on
12/22/2010 12:43:35 AM PST
by
MasterGunner01
(To err is human; to forgive is not our policy. -- SEAL Team SIX)
To: tobyhill
Stand up Arlen! The greyshirts are circling the tower ... now get out'a town!
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posted on
12/22/2010 12:53:09 AM PST
by
Liberty Valance
(Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
To: Tribune7
And of course he is right. The point he misses, however, was that it was never about "eating our own" but expelling those who pretended to be our own.What's really funny about your comment, is that it almost perfectly decribes him in a way I'm not entirely sure you intended. Wikipedia has a great article on "Brood Parasite" that describes him better than you might expect!
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posted on
12/22/2010 8:21:09 AM PST
by
zeugma
(Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam)
To: zeugma
LOLOLOL
There is even a picture of him being fed by a Reed Warbler!!!
Wonder if they meant Harry Reid Warbler!!
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posted on
12/22/2010 12:55:40 PM PST
by
Tribune7
(The Democrat Party is not a political organization but a religious cult.)
To: elkfersupper
Don’t worry, Arlen, Toomey is there to vote more like you than you ever imagined!
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posted on
12/22/2010 1:25:22 PM PST
by
Theodore R.
(Rush was right when he said America may survive Obama but not the Obama supporters.)
To: tobyhill
Toodles Arlen,get off the stage already.
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posted on
12/22/2010 1:39:42 PM PST
by
fatima
(Free Hugs Today :))
To: tobyhill
Adios...
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posted on
12/22/2010 1:41:53 PM PST
by
vox_freedom
(America is being tested as never before in its history. May God help us.)
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