Specter, a Fulcrum of the Stimulus Bill, Pulls Off a Coup for Health Money

New York Times ^ | 2/13/2009 | Gardiner Harris

[shielagolden]

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

[mountainfolk]

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.

[dr_who]

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

[Humble Servant]

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

[Humble Servant]

The coup is coming.

[ataDude]

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

Nope. At the same time... 2010.

[theDentist]

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.

[mombrown1]

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.

[mombrown1]

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

[TheBattman]

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.

[mombrown1]

There are two out there considering taking him on.

[mombrown1]

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.

[Born Conservative]

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.

[Elle Bee]

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

[Charles Martel]

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.

[mombrown1]

You betcha!

[jwparkerjr]

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.

[ataDude]

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

[NickFlooding]

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?

[Natural Law]

"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.