There are time that I assume other FReepers are as knowledgable as I am. I don't write this as a way of insulting you. I just don't know you or how cognicent of the world you are so forgive me if I come off as condiscending.
The fact is PA is a moderate state nearly evenly split. There are almost half a million more registered 'rats than Republicans in PA. It has the 3rd largest senior citizen population in the country (not usually thought of as hard right voters). PA has voted for 'rats in the last 3 presidential elections. Bush could not carry the state because he was too conservative. What in the world could make someone believe a far right fringe Toomey can win statewide election? I am sure that Bush would support Toomey if he thought Toomey had a shot of winning. Specter has been no friend of the Bush administration. As usual the far right fringe thinks they are smarter than Dubya Cheney and Rove. It must be because they did such a good job killing Reordon's chances in CA so they could get Bill Simon.
Toomey is a far right nut and will only attract likeminded far right nuts. Specter is a safe vote and ultimately the vote for majority leader is the most important vote in the Senate. You can bet that far left Hoeffel will not vote for a Republican in that seat.
Life is not about getting everything you want. It is often about making hard choices between 2 things you don't want. Like starving or hard work. Some conservatives are like little children. They choose Buchanan instead of Bush or Clinton. They see both the viable candidates as not Toomey, so they choose neither. They hide their stupidity in phrases like "I wouldn't want to win if it meant compromising my integrity" or "Yes I'm a big dumb loser but at least I stand for something while the 'rats bend me over and ram it on home." They have never, and will never get Toomey, because Toomey cannot tell 75% of the voters what he stands for and still win. It is not my decision. It is the moderate and liberal voters of PA who will decide to thwart the conservative voters. It is the voters of PA who say you can have a Senator Specter or a Senator ‘rat, but you can’t have Senator Toomey. You can only make life difficult for Bush, Cheney, and Santorum. Why would you want to do that?
Read my tagline...Thinking about mentioning RINO'S as well...
prisoner6
Here's some advice: That is as off-putting and demeaning an opening sentence as anyone, in the world, in the universe, could ever have read. We are all glad you are self-assured and comfortable in your knowledge of things. However, I think -- me personally, I think -- that no one would want to read any further that what you wrote there in that amazing -- simply awesomely, staggeringly rude -- sentence. The sentiment you would seemingly wish to evoke in your reader has a well-known abbreviation. by the way. That is:
"BOHICA"
My advice: Write to be read or don't bother writing at all.