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Specter, a Fulcrum of the Stimulus Bill, Pulls Off a Coup for Health Money
New York Times ^ | 2/13/2009 | Gardiner Harris

Posted on 02/15/2009 4:54:36 PM PST by Born Conservative

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To: Born Conservative

WHY is it that Democrats can keep Democrats in line but the Republicans can”t ?


21 posted on 02/15/2009 5:43:27 PM PST by shielagolden
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To: Born Conservative
Arlen Specter should be helping the GOP to groom a replacement for the senate seat he holds. If he cared at all about the future of this Republic that is. Specter is 79 yrs. old, has multiple health problems of a very serious nature. If he dies in office his replacement will be appointed by a democRAT governor. He said he would not break a commitment he had made about the stimulus bill but would not reveal what that commitment was contingent on. He sold out all of Americans, and the Republican party that has kept him in the senate all these years, for a paltry ten billion dollars of grant money to the NIH. If he insists on running again in 2010 the Republican party has got to field a primary candidate against him. That opponent to Specter will get campaign funds from those of us who know that this is a test of the seriousness of the Gop about becoming relevant again. I do not understand why these rich, timed out politicians, will not leave gracefully and help bring in new blood to the party. Specter has disgraced himself. After he goes we need to target the Main sisters, Snowe and Collins.
22 posted on 02/15/2009 5:48:27 PM PST by mountainfolk (God Bless The United States of America)
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To: Born Conservative

This means that the NIH head can get a better company car.


23 posted on 02/15/2009 5:58:34 PM PST by dr_who
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To: mikrofon

Full of something. If they call it “crum”, it’s crum.


24 posted on 02/15/2009 5:59:17 PM PST by Humble Servant (See y'all in the Gulag.)
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To: Tarpon

The coup is coming.


25 posted on 02/15/2009 6:00:15 PM PST by Humble Servant (See y'all in the Gulag.)
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To: mountainfolk

“After he goes we need to target the Main sisters, Snowe and Collins. “

Nope. At the same time... 2010.


26 posted on 02/15/2009 6:00:37 PM PST by ataDude (My incredulity has already turned into disillusionment and is now turning into hatred.)
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To: D Rider
Looks like Specter got his 30 pieces of silver.

I don't think that's his 30 pieces. My bet is that he's going to be paid off in some other fashion, quietly, directly or indirectly.

27 posted on 02/15/2009 6:05:12 PM PST by theDentist (Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspelll)
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To: Born Conservative

He and Casey have teamed up and someone is running commercials to call and thank them for voting for SCHIP and helping millions of children.

I want to vomit.


28 posted on 02/15/2009 6:18:36 PM PST by mombrown1 (PA Coordinatior SAS The Second Amendment is the reset button for the Constitution)
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To: 2banana

join conservativeallies.com and help us get rid of him and other creeps.


29 posted on 02/15/2009 6:19:21 PM PST by mombrown1 (PA Coordinatior SAS The Second Amendment is the reset button for the Constitution)
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To: Born Conservative
he has long insisted that research that results in medical cures is the best service that government can provide.

And the liberal mentality of this major RINO is laid out for all to see.

Seems to me that national defense might ought to rate somewhat higher... Protection of our God Given rights might also be placed just a bit higher.

30 posted on 02/15/2009 6:19:49 PM PST by TheBattman (Pray for our country....)
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To: mountainfolk

There are two out there considering taking him on.


31 posted on 02/15/2009 6:21:01 PM PST by mombrown1 (PA Coordinatior SAS The Second Amendment is the reset button for the Constitution)
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To: ataDude

My cousin in Maine says the people want to ‘hang them from the tree of liberty.’

She said, at the normally quiet local watering hole where they go alot, it almost came to fisticuffs about snow, collins, and the stimulus.


32 posted on 02/15/2009 6:23:10 PM PST by mombrown1 (PA Coordinatior SAS The Second Amendment is the reset button for the Constitution)
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To: mountainfolk

Republicans may have HELPED in stay in office, but he is, in effect, a Liberal, and thus, I do not WANT him grooming anyone for his seat. I was hoping that Pat Toomey would run against him the next time, but at this point, it looks as though he’ll run for Governor.

It’s disgusting to think that he sold us out for his own personal gain.


33 posted on 02/15/2009 6:34:16 PM PST by Born Conservative (Bohicaville: http://bohicaville.wordpress.com/)
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To: Born Conservative

scumbag is too kind a term for the waste of skin and demeans me for using the term


34 posted on 02/15/2009 6:38:14 PM PST by Elle Bee
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I don't doubt it. People were mad at George W. Bush for his drunken-sailor-like spending, and it hurt Republicans across the board for two election cycles in a row. Now Bush is gone, the Republicans control *nothing*, and the Democrats set out straightaway to multiply the nation's debt.

Fisticuffs will only be the opening act.

35 posted on 02/15/2009 6:39:21 PM PST by Charles Martel ("Endeavor to persevere...")
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To: Charles Martel

You betcha!


36 posted on 02/15/2009 6:41:58 PM PST by mombrown1 (PA Coordinatior SAS The Second Amendment is the reset button for the Constitution)
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To: Born Conservative

re: Pulls Off a Coup for Health Money

Maybe not. Let’s not count our chickens before they hatch. He hasn’t gotten any money for anybody yet. All he has is the promise to provide it IF it’s there. And I suspect that’s going to be a bigger and bigger if as we move through this next year.


37 posted on 02/15/2009 6:43:38 PM PST by jwparkerjr (God Bless America!)
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To: mombrown1

I can Fedex some rope, if needed. It can be there first thing Wednesday.


38 posted on 02/15/2009 7:02:22 PM PST by ataDude (My incredulity has already turned into disillusionment and is now turning into hatred.)
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To: Born Conservative
Stabbed the nation in the heart for health care research.

What good will a cure for anything be when all of America's tax payers are all destitute?

39 posted on 02/15/2009 7:14:12 PM PST by NickFlooding (Canceling out liberal votes since 1972.)
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To: Melchior
"He sold America into debt bondage..."<.I>

In an act of extreme selfishness Specter sold out future generations in the hope of squeezing another few years out of his already decaying corpse.

40 posted on 02/15/2009 7:25:48 PM PST by Natural Law
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