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Panel Member Wants Vow From Specter
W Post ^ | November 11, 2004 | Helen Dewar

Posted on 11/12/2004 2:27:51 PM PST by swilhelm73

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121 posted on 11/13/2004 7:22:19 AM PST by MeekOneGOP (There is only one GOOD 'RAT: one that has been voted OUT of POWER !! Straight ticket GOP!)
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To: CharliefromKS

You have mail.


122 posted on 11/13/2004 7:28:35 AM PST by joanie-f (An Arlen Specter promise and a dollar will buy you a dollar's worth of anything.)
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To: F16Fighter; ForGod'sSake; Cedar; FBD; Mr. Silverback; EternalVigilance; Squantos; ...
~ A Spectral Eulogy ~ 

There was a time when men like Arlen had the upper hand.
They saw to it that opposition views were strictly banned.
But times they are a-changing, and the wind has shifted course.
So if you plan on betting, try to find a better horse.

Sir Specter has a hist'ry that goes back to JFK.
When he claimed there was one bullet, so that he could pave the way
for a cover-up that reached beyond the shores of this fair land,
and into dark and smoky rooms where liberty is banned.

The cover-up succeeded, and Sir Specter felt his oats.
He campaigned to be a senator, and got sufficient votes.
He claimed to be a pubbie, but his claim was full of holes.
As was evidenced by rhetoric, and ugly leftist goals.

Judge Bork, his greatest victim, was defeated at the gate,
for loyalty to documents that made this country great.
But Specter deemed that loyalty a danger to the system:
'We cannot tolerate a man of character and wisdom!'

He also borked a man named Sessions - deemed unfit as well.
But Sessions then moved through the ranks, and so he lived to tell
that senate aspirations proved him worthy in his state,
and now he sits in congress - there's a justice found in fate.

Now he sits right there with Specter on a singular committee
that helps decide on judgeships - and he will not waste his pity
on the man who sought to keep him from a judgeship of his own,
even as his former adversary seeks to change his tone.

That tone's been ringing through the years. It reared its ugly head
when Clinton was impeached, and when the senate roll was read.
Sir Specter invoked Scottish Law and saved the traitor's term.
'Unproven!' was his rally cry, and Scottish law stood firm.

It seems that Scottish Law is held in even more esteem
than Constitution dictates, by this man who's on the team
of those who think that global law is now the way to go --
But Scottish Law has had its day … it's time for quid pro quo.

For Specter doesn't know that there's a force throughout the land
that sees him now for who he is, and seeks to force his hand …
to call him on the lies he's told, the men he's sought to scuttle
from taking their anointed place, without a fair rebuttal.

Rebuttal's turned to just desserts. We will not see him sit
as chair of a committee whose philosophy won't fit
within his leftist framework, so it's time for us to say,
'We're wise to you, Sir Arlen! You've been borked … now go away!'

 ~ joanie

123 posted on 11/13/2004 7:35:34 AM PST by joanie-f (An Arlen Specter promise and a dollar will buy you a dollar's worth of anything.)
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To: joanie-f

O-U-T-S-T-A-N-D-I-N-G!!!!!

I don't know whether to laugh or cry---or start calling you "Joanie Seuss". :)

Check your mail.


124 posted on 11/13/2004 7:43:16 AM PST by Minuteman23
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To: joanie-f

You need to send this to National Review (I think they have a poetry section).


125 posted on 11/13/2004 7:58:44 AM PST by WhatPriceFreedom?
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To: joanie-f
Joan(#123).. beautiful.. A very good use of your time...
Better than seething in your juices I guess..
Spectre even getting the time of day from republicans shows a distinct lack of character in those that honor him with the time of day..
126 posted on 11/13/2004 8:17:44 AM PST by hosepipe (This propaganda has been edited to included some fully orbed hyperbole....)
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To: joanie-f

yes Joanie, excellant poem.
Specter will be I believe...Borked.
In fact, the Borking process has already begun.

:)


127 posted on 11/13/2004 8:24:54 AM PST by FBD (BORK Specter)
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To: joanie-f

I read this over my morning coffee. Thanks for starting my day on an upbeat note. ;)

I agree with the poster above. You should send it somewhere to be published.

You've got mail.


128 posted on 11/13/2004 8:34:30 AM PST by SiliconValleyGuy
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To: joanie-f
"...Sir Specter invoked Scottish Law and saved the traitor's term.

'Unproven!' was his rally cry, and Scottish law stood firm..."

Ha! Now THAT is poetry, Joanie! (But no "there once was a man from Nantucket" preface?? :-D

129 posted on 11/13/2004 9:02:24 AM PST by F16Fighter
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To: swilhelm73

I promise....

130 posted on 11/13/2004 9:09:13 AM PST by Samwise (This day does not belong to one man but to all. --Aragorn)
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To: joanie-f

Joanie-F = the reincarnation of Dr. Seuss.

Is there anything you DON'T do well? {g}

Thanks for sharing this. Great poem and great ideas in it.


131 posted on 11/13/2004 9:27:07 AM PST by CharliefromKS
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To: joanie-f
It seems that Scottish Law is held in even more esteem
than Constitution dictates, by this man who's on the team
of those who think that global law is now the way to go --
But Scottish Law has had its day … it's time for quid pro quo.

I love it when you talk Latin! ;)

Excellent, Joanie.

132 posted on 11/13/2004 9:47:39 AM PST by downwithsocialism
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To: CharliefromKS

Here is a letter I wrote (not sure I should have used the snarlin' arlen nickname):

Dear Senator Cornyn,

Senator Specter is backing away from his threat to President Bush, but how trustworthy is he? Look at what the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette said in their endorsement of Mr. Specter:

"The best argument for his staying on is his seniority, which puts him in line to be the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee. In that capacity, he would be in a position to block some of the ideologically extreme federal judges likely to be nominated by President Bush in a second term, some of them for the Supreme Court. Before the Post-Gazette editorial board, he promised that no extremists would be approved for the bench."

Either he Senator Specter was lying when he said he would block the president’s nominees, or he was lying when he said he wouldn’t. Why gamble on which way he will go? The fact that he was going around saying that the president hadn’t won a mandate sure makes it sound like Snarlin’ Arlen will go back to his old ways once the heat is off. Please support Senator Kyl, or one of your other colleagues for chairman. Arlen Specter divides the party too much and will be too much of a distraction if made chairman. We can do better.

Respectfully yours,


133 posted on 11/13/2004 11:01:53 AM PST by Catholic and Conservative
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To: CharliefromKS

Here are links to more letters people have written regarding Sen. Specter. (Despite the way some of the letters are written, please be aware, if you are not already, that Sen. Frist does not appoint the committee chairs, although he does have influence).

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1271211/posts#25
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1270185/posts#69
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1270185/posts?q=1&&page=101#103
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1270185/posts?q=1&&page=51#81
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1270529/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1270185/posts#44
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1270185/posts?q=1&&page=51#61
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1270529/posts#13
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1271959/posts#23
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1271211/posts#26
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1270185/posts?q=1&&page=51#87


134 posted on 11/13/2004 11:05:23 AM PST by Catholic and Conservative
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To: All

I'm sorry everybody. Cornyn is my state Senator and I'll have to have a good long talk with him.*~* If he even appears to be a jelly-spined, weak-kneed appeaser then I'll REALLY have a long talk with him!


135 posted on 11/13/2004 2:42:32 PM PST by Dawgreg (Happiness is not having what you want, but wanting what you have.)
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To: joanie-f

You composed this? Geez', you continue to amaze me.


136 posted on 11/13/2004 2:45:13 PM PST by snopercod (Bigger government means clinton won. Less freedom means Osama won. Get it?)
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To: joanie-f
Wow, a poetess too. Multitasking can be a good thang.

Wonderful piece of work joanie.

FGS

137 posted on 11/13/2004 7:36:34 PM PST by ForGod'sSake (ABCNNBCBS: An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and carries his banner openly.)
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To: swilhelm73
If the GOP does not get this right the Demoncrats can expect a windfall in 06. Support prolife 3rd parties in 06.

Note to the GOP "deliver or perish"
138 posted on 11/14/2004 6:38:19 AM PST by Mark in the Old South
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To: joanie-f

That's a very well written poem!


139 posted on 11/14/2004 7:15:05 AM PST by mrsmith
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To: joanie-f

Smile on face.


140 posted on 11/14/2004 10:10:12 AM PST by First_Salute (May God save our democratic-republican government, from a government by judiciary.)
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