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Specter says Obama ditched him after he voted to pass health law
thehill.com ^
| 3/12/2012
| Alexander Bolton
Posted on 03/12/2012 10:45:51 AM PDT by mojitojoe
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Specter writes that Obama turned down a request to campaign with him in the final days of the primary, because the presidents advisers feared he would look weak if he intervened and Specter lost.
I realized that the president and his advisers were un-shy about supporting my candidacy after being stung by Obamas failed rescue attempts for New Jersey governor Jon Corzine and Massachusetts attorney general Martha Coakley. They were reluctant to become victims of a trifecta, he writes.
The snub was made all the more painful by Obama flying over Philadelphia en route to New York City a few days before the election and then on primary day jetting over Pittsburgh to visit a factory in Youngstown, Ohio, 22 miles from the Pennsylvania border, to promote the 2009 economic stimulus law. The painful irony for Specter is that his vote for the stimulus legislation, which was instrumental to its passage, hastened his departure from the Republican Party. More at link.....
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posted on
03/12/2012 10:46:03 AM PDT
by
mojitojoe
To: mojitojoe
What’s the problem??? Arlen is white.
To: mojitojoe
Don’t it just break your heart....
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posted on
03/12/2012 10:48:34 AM PDT
by
Izzy Dunne
(Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
To: mojitojoe
What did you expect, Specter?
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posted on
03/12/2012 10:50:26 AM PDT
by
YHAOS
(you betcha!)
To: mojitojoe
Apparently Arlen never heard the story about giving the scorpion the ride across the river. Too bad.
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posted on
03/12/2012 10:50:56 AM PDT
by
henkster
(Andrew Breitbart would not have apologized.)
To: mojitojoe
Snarlin Arlin has been around long enough to know better than to
ever trust a Democrat.
That sorry POS has no excuse
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posted on
03/12/2012 10:51:04 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both)
To: Izzy Dunne
“There’s no fool like an old fool.”
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posted on
03/12/2012 10:51:04 AM PDT
by
massgopguy
(I owe everything to George Bailey)
To: mojitojoe
Awwwwwww!
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posted on
03/12/2012 10:51:43 AM PDT
by
Albion Wilde
("The facts of life are Tory." -- Margaret Thatcher)
To: mojitojoe
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posted on
03/12/2012 10:51:51 AM PDT
by
Panzerlied
("We shall never surrender!")
To: mojitojoe
He makes surprising revelations about Republican leaders, as well he writes that former Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole (R-Kan.) told him that he would have made the same decision to defect from the GOP if he had been in Specters position.For those who try to claim that Dole is conservative.
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posted on
03/12/2012 10:53:43 AM PDT
by
dirtboy
To: Panzerlied
In this case, Obama did us all a favor. Specter is a major malfunction.
To: Panzerlied
In this case, Obama did us all a favor. Specter is a major malfunction.
To: BenLurkin
Even traitors have no use for traitors. Can’t trust a damn one of them.
To: ImJustAnotherOkie
Nelson Muntz graphic in 5, 4, 3, 2...
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posted on
03/12/2012 10:54:30 AM PDT
by
UNGN
(I've been here since '98 but had nothing to say until now)
To: ImJustAnotherOkie
Not only white, but Jewish. The Democrat primary in 2010 was actually close enough that Obama might have pulled Specter over the finish line, but I still think he would have lost in the General Election.
The NEA and union thugs also failed to give Specter any backing in the Democrat primary. You'd think it might serve as a lesson to Quisling Republicans. But apparently not.
For any of you interested, Specter now has a new career as a lobbyist for China's business interests. Is anybody surprised?
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posted on
03/12/2012 10:55:34 AM PDT
by
Vigilanteman
(Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
To: mojitojoe
IIRC, Santorum ran against Arlen in the prior election and Dubya supported Arlen for some damned reason, which is what pushed Santorum out of the Senate. Karma’s a butch.
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posted on
03/12/2012 10:55:40 AM PDT
by
Albion Wilde
("The facts of life are Tory." -- Margaret Thatcher)
To: mojitojoe
That’s what usually happens to a prostitute. Only Arlen didn’t get paid!
Couldn’t have happened to a more deserving turncoat Democrat.
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posted on
03/12/2012 10:56:16 AM PDT
by
A. Patriot
(Have we lost our Republic? Do the majority of Americans care?)
To: mojitojoe
Specter threw Americans under the bus when he voted for Obamacare.
To: mojitojoe
Awwww, that's really sad, Arlen. We'll take you back.
Not.
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posted on
03/12/2012 10:56:57 AM PDT
by
Cyber Liberty
("If the past sits in judgment on the present, the future will be lost." --Winston Churchill)
To: mojitojoe
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