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Rising above partisanship
The Philadelphia Inquirer ^ | 3/10/09 | Arlen Specter

Posted on 03/10/2009 5:08:26 AM PDT by Obadiah

Sixty-four years ago, Sen. Arthur H. Vandenberg (R., Mich.) famously declared that in matters of foreign policy, "politics stops at the water's edge." His post-isolationist Senate career stands as a monument to the benefits of bipartisanship - an approach that endured through the Cold War and beyond.

Today we stand not "at the water's edge," but we are staring over the edge of the economic cliff. What we are experiencing is so painful and dangerous that we must dampen, if not remove, partisanship for the common purpose of saving the nation.

The debate in Congress over the economic stimulus was only a foretaste. Health care, national security, education, and energy, including global warming, are issues that will require cooperation and compromise.

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TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: morebsfromspecter; rino; specter
The debate in Congress over the economic stimulus was only a foretaste. Health care, national security, education, and energy, including global warming, are issues that will require cooperation and compromise.

Specter is warning us that he will be voting completely as a Democrat in the days ahead. His sellout is complete. Where do we send money to Pat Toomey?

Specter must go!

1 posted on 03/10/2009 5:08:26 AM PDT by Obadiah
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To: Obadiah
Sen. Arthur H. Vandenberg (R., Mich.) famously declared that in matters of foreign policy, "politics stops at the water's edge."

Well the Lib-Dems sure put an end to that. 

2 posted on 03/10/2009 5:12:06 AM PDT by valkyry1
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To: Obadiah

But, We must not abandon our core principles Arlen!!!


3 posted on 03/10/2009 5:24:16 AM PDT by refermech
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Rising above partisanship...

I don't join a political party for that reason.

4 posted on 03/10/2009 5:28:42 AM PDT by Sir Francis Dashwood (Arjuna, why have you have dropped your bow???)
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Health care, national security, education, and energy, including global warming, are issues...

the doddering old fools in CONgre$$ have the authority to address.
We all know what the GW BS is about and it ain't about science. Parents should be responsible for educating their children and keep your hands off my body!

5 posted on 03/10/2009 5:43:29 AM PDT by Just A Nobody (Better Dead than RED! NEVER AGAIN...Support our Troops! Beware the ENEMEDIA)
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To: Obadiah

The door is this way, Mr. Specter.


6 posted on 03/10/2009 5:52:01 AM PDT by ClaudiusI
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Rising above partisanship.

In Spectorese, this means I surrender.


7 posted on 03/10/2009 6:22:15 AM PDT by y6162
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Hey Specter, don’t use ‘we’ when talking about Republicans.


8 posted on 03/10/2009 6:54:02 AM PDT by sportutegrl
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