Specter says Obama ditched him after he voted to pass health law

thehill.com ^ | 3/12/2012 | Alexander Bolton

[mojitojoe]

Former Sen. Arlen Specter (Pa.) writes in a new book that President Obama ditched him in the 2010 election after he helped Obama win the biggest legislative victory of his term by passing healthcare reform.

Specter also claims that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) did not uphold his promise to grant him seniority accrued over 28 years of service in the Senate as a Republican.

Specter, who rocked Washington’s political establishment and made headlines around the country when he left the Republican Party to join Democrats in April of 2009, has kept quiet about these slights until now.

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 Specter’s position.

[righttackle44]

Why doesn’t that surprise me about Dole?

[Cyber Liberty]

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 Specter’s position.

Note the weasel words at the end. I'm not a Dole fan in the least, but I don't think he was telling anybody he'd do what Specter did, while in Dole's position.

[exit82]

So he finds out after all, that he was just a useful idiot.

Even Ray Charles could have seen that one coming.

[Truth is a Weapon]

Thus always to traitors.

[Vaquero]

I’ll never forgive Bush for backing this POS.

[chris37]

Good, Arlen, you little worm.

[Robwin]

What a sad, sad story.

Thanks for the smile, mojitojoe

[ha maker]

Poetic.

[Dick Bachert]

Gosh, you mean even the left has no respect or use for a gutless, unprincipled turncoat?

Will wonders ever cease.

[ChinaGotTheGoodsOnClinton]

Well he broke his promise to pro-life Democrats like Bart Stupac so welcome to the club.

[Thom Pain]

Isn’t it amazing when lying, cheating, amoral, crap-on-anyone-in-their-way pukes (Arlen Specter, Rahm Ah’Manuel, etc.) are so shocked when an even bigger puke craps on them?

[Abby4116]

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.

Toomey ran against Specter in the primary in 2004. Bush and Santorum supported Specter. It didn't sit well with PA's conservatives. However, Santorum lost in the general against Casey (D).

[Uncle Miltie]

Specter was supported by the same RINOs who support Romney.

Think about it.

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

To China Business = Espionage

[Baynative]

"Even traitors have no use for traitors. Can’t trust a damn one of them."

That's a lesson that needs to be learned by America's media sycophants who go out of their way to promote Islam or U.N. world domination. They need to understand that they will be the first ones done away with if the "big change" they all pray for ever transpires.

[Robe]

[SpaceBar]

Even traitors have no use for traitors.

Joseph Stalin knew this, and had defectors to the Soviet Union executed because if they changed their allegiance once, they could never be trusted again.

[annieokie]

HA HA ha ha ha ha ha, what did you expect FOOL? Loyalty? hahahahahaha

[Londo Molari]

But he left $100 on the nightstand afterward, didn’t he?

[trappedincanuckistan]

Obama taped cab fare to Specter’s head. Thanks for coming out Arlen.