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Longtime U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter dies at 82
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review ^
| Sunday, October 14, 2012
| Richard Gazarik
Posted on 10/14/2012 3:05:04 PM PDT by RS_Rider
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To: RS_Rider
His family will miss him
No one else will.
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posted on
10/14/2012 4:02:20 PM PDT
by
Venturer
To: RS_Rider
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posted on
10/14/2012 4:02:29 PM PDT
by
TangoLimaSierra
(To the left the truth looks like Right-Wing extremism.)
To: RS_Rider
The term RINO was invented for Sen. Specter.
My sympathy goes to his family.
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posted on
10/14/2012 4:27:24 PM PDT
by
jch10
(America needs some R and R!)
To: RS_Rider
Specter has been referred to as a "moderate".
So, from what he represented, and from what he said and did, here's my interpretation or definition of a "moderate"...
A "moderate", is someone that the media and democrats like, and that agrees with them. An extremist is always a conservative or republican. A democrat is someone that always agrees with the liberal media. A communist is someone that the media adores, no matter what the issue, and no matter how radical their positions might sound.
A moderate, like Specter, is someone that can't be trusted by either side, and is someone that easily switches positions, depending upon what suits him the best at the moment. A moderate will throw you and his mother under the bus, if it will further his goals. Notice that, being a moderate is all about "him" or "her", and not about caring about the issues or the people being affected. A moderate is a useful idiot, and one that can easily be bought. A moderate in politics has no scruples.
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posted on
10/14/2012 4:29:53 PM PDT
by
adorno
To: RS_Rider
RIP, Mr. Specter.
NEXT!!!
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posted on
10/14/2012 4:32:18 PM PDT
by
workerbee
(The President of the United States is DOMESTIC ENEMY #1)
To: RS_Rider
I don’t curse at the dead.......but I have one question. Did he leave a note, telling us what the Warren commission really found out?
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posted on
10/14/2012 4:34:10 PM PDT
by
Kakaze
(I want The Republic back !)
To: RS_Rider
My Dad was acquainted with Specter during the 1960s and even met Specter’s father (WWI vet) not long before the elder Specter died. My Dad liked Arlen, and found him to be a decent and personable man.
I will always remember Specter for dismantling Anita Hill and then exposing that California judge who testified on her behalf as a liar. He deserves a lot of credit for getting Clarence Thomas confirmed. Also, Specter was front-and-center in killing Hillarycare (the ultimate irony, given Specter’s later support for the equally communist Ubamacare). These were the times I was glad Specter was a Republican senator.
Unfortunately, in the end these times were few and far between.
Specter, originally a Democrat, always played his politics well in Pennsylvania, where he was a master at pandering to both sides and always managing to split the difference enough to win term after term. He was careful to never get the unions and the old-fashioned Democrats upset with him, and he could always count on most Republicans shrugging, holding their noses and voting for him.
That scheme came to an end with the evolution of the Democrat party to its brazen embrace of Euro-style socialism and cultural decadence, and the subsequent rise of the “tea party”. Specter, who was desperate to hold onto his royal seat in the US Senate, saw the writing on the wall - - he was going to lose the next GOP primary. In his desperation, he switched parties and sealed his own fate, a fate which was a long time coming and a long time avoided. The dance on the head of a pin wouldn’t work anymore.
RIP Arlen Specter.
To: Da Coyote
Frankly, my dear.....I don't give a damn.
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posted on
10/14/2012 4:36:52 PM PDT
by
USS Alaska
(Nuke the terrorist savages, start today.)
To: RS_Rider
..........gee Teddy, Arlen,......
on a completely unrelated subject, my friends say good things come in threes....
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posted on
10/14/2012 4:43:17 PM PDT
by
Dick Vomer
(democrats are like flies, whatever they don't eat they sh#t on.)
To: Dick Vomer
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posted on
10/14/2012 4:58:26 PM PDT
by
randita
To: RS_Rider
may it be the same for all life-long pols...
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posted on
10/14/2012 5:00:41 PM PDT
by
dps.inspect
(rage against the Obama machine...)
To: Venturer
His family will miss him The rest of the country will miss him like a boil on the fanny.
To: adorno
Sheesh, you accurately described that consumate weasel, Bill O'Reilly, in your post about snarlin' Arlen.
Thanks, I can use that paragraph in a lot of ways.
To: RS_Rider
This just in: Former Senator Arlen Specter (D-PA) has been registered to vote in Cook County, Illinois. A spokesman for the Senator says he intends to vote early and often.
To: Da Coyote
His passing is the first good news I've received today.
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posted on
10/14/2012 5:24:36 PM PDT
by
Farmer Dean
(stop worrying about what they want to do to you,start thinking about what you want to do to them)
To: RS_Rider
Well, now he knows if the magic bullet theory works or not.
When he re-joined the Communist Democrat Party, I lost any respect I had left for him.
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posted on
10/14/2012 5:35:04 PM PDT
by
exit82
("The Taliban is on the inside of the building" E. Nordstrom 10-10-12)
To: RS_Rider
I wish God would have restrained his terrible influence several decades sooner than He did.
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posted on
10/14/2012 6:09:43 PM PDT
by
Secret Agent Man
(I can neither confirm or deny that; even if I could, I couldn't - it's classified.)
To: RS_Rider
He still has time to vote for Obama.
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posted on
10/14/2012 6:10:15 PM PDT
by
Tolkien
(Grace is the Essence of the Gospel; Gratitude is the Essence of Ethics.)
To: RS_Rider
(will be surprised if this thread breaks 100)
RIP ya miserable git
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posted on
10/14/2012 7:06:43 PM PDT
by
tomkat
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