Recall that alleged Republican Sen. Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania, upon winning the primary, immediately backstabbed President Bush, who had campaigned for him instead of actual Republican Pat Toomey. Turns out Specter was just getting started.
We now see that the usually pro-Democrat Pittsburgh Post-Gazette endorsed the sharp-horned RINO in Tuesday's general election for this reason: "Before the Post-Gazette editorial board, he promised that no extremists would be approved for the bench."
What the pro-abortion Specter and pro-abortion Post-Gazette mean by "extremist" is anyone who isn't pro-abortion or who otherwise follows the U.S. Constitution instead of making up legislation from the bench.
"Even if he votes nine out of 10 times for the administration, we trust his word that the 10 percent of difference will be a brake on the worst excesses of a second Bush term, if it comes to that," the pee-yoo P-G snarled.
And there are these facts:
Arlen Specter:
Voted NO on ending special funding for minority & women-owned business. (Oct 1997)
Voted NO on banning affirmative action hiring with federal funds. (Jul 1995)
Success is near because of all the hard work we have done, but it is not yet over. The Philadelphia Inquirer, Washington Times, and United Press International all covered how the offices have been flooded with calls, but we need to keep it up as the fight does not end here! Make the calls all over again on Monday.
Also note the changes to the site, all the recent press mentions will be on the Why? page, but this blog should keep you fairly up to date on the goings ons.
Mark Harris .:. 11/6/2004 Keep Up The Work
Things are going fantastic over here, as we have gotten press through the Laura Ingram Show, several state pro-life alerts, and countless conservative e-mail lists, but the fight has just begun.
The rumor on the Hill is that things are about ready to break. We just need to keep up pressure on them to make sure it happens. So keep your eyes and ears open. NotSpecter.com also has some great resources that have gone up so make sure to check it out.
Also GrassrootsPA.com has a letter written by Specter to raise money that slams the conservative wing of the party, which puts to rest any argument over how he would run the Judiciary Committee.
http://stopspecter.savethegop.com/
Lest you think this is fiction - these signs started to appear in the Philadelphia area just before the election, paid for by Arlens former campaign manager. This particular picture originially appeared in the Philly Daily News.
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Thanks a million for the consideration.
Sorry... the last thing our Senators need during the extremely busy days after the election is to have their offices paralyzed with thousands of faxes and phone calls informing them of the earth-shattering news that (sit down now, what a shocker), Arlen is not a conservative.
They know this better than anyone. They also know better than we do what agreements Specter has made and how well he abides by them... these Senators have worked side-by-side with him for years.
If the conservative Senators feel they can trust him, he'll chair the committee. If they feel they can't trust him, they'll vote him down and deal with the costs. Hundreds of hysterical threads here on the subject won't make a bit of difference.
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