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Specter warns of tea party 'take over'
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Posted on 05/18/2010 12:44:29 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
Specter warns of tea party 'take over' By: Andy Barr May 18, 2010 03:10 PM EDT
As voters considered his fate throughout Pennsylvania, Sen. Arlen Specter warned on Tuesday that without him Democrats may not be able to fend off a tea party takeover.
What you see happening across the country is that the tea party organization has taken over, Specter said in an interview with MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell.
We know what happened to [Sen. Bob] Bennett [R-Utah], what happened to [Florida GOP Gov. Charlie] Crist, Specter said.
They drove him out of the Republican Party, Specter said of Crist, now running for the Senate as an independent in Florida.
Specter fled the Republican Party after polls showed the conservative grassroots support behind former Rep. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) would likely be enough to propel him to a primary win over the longtime senator.
Specter has acknowledged he switched to the Democratic Party, at least in part, to stand a better chance of preserving his seat. But on Tuesday he suggested that he had changed to remain one of the only men standing in front of a tea party revolution.
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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2010election; 2010midterms; elections; teaparty
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To: Sub-Driver
What you see happening across the country is that the tea party organization has taken over, Specter said in an interview with MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell. Yeah...you senile old bat. We're called the Amemrican People and we're taking our country back!
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posted on
05/18/2010 12:48:26 PM PDT
by
pgkdan
(I Miss Ronald Reagan!)
To: Sub-Driver
What you see happening across the country is that the tea party organization has taken over, Specter said in an interview with MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell. Yeah...you senile old bat. We're called the American People and we're taking our country back!
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posted on
05/18/2010 12:48:48 PM PDT
by
pgkdan
(I Miss Ronald Reagan!)
To: Sub-Driver
Specter sending out a warning to the good ole boys in D.C.
Yes, we sure hope that the tea party movement takes Washington D.C. by storm. However, it is not an organization by any stretch of the imagination.
To: Sub-Driver
This is like Scott Brown’s opponent saying that if voters elected Brown Healthcare wouldn’t pass. Sadly, she was wrong, but it gave Brown that little extra oomph he needed.
To: Sub-Driver
The peasants are revolting!
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posted on
05/18/2010 12:49:21 PM PDT
by
Hunton Peck
(In the postmodern land of the blind, the one-eyed man is killed in his sleep.)
To: Sub-Driver
This whore will say anything to stay in the Senate club. He thinks people will believe he switched parties because of a movement that hadn't even been founded at the time???
Maybe they will. They are Dims, after all.
To: Spok
Its like some kinda dam democracy!Exactly my first thought. Ol' Arlen is trying to scare people that Democracy is going to get them, and that they ought to stick with the ruling elite class for their own protection.
Hey Arlen, act like a lady!
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posted on
05/18/2010 12:49:30 PM PDT
by
Obadiah
(I can see November from my house!)
To: Sub-Driver
Shouldn't you be calling it a "bloodless coup" like Barry does, Arnold?
After all, the peasants have no right to dethrone you.
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posted on
05/18/2010 12:49:47 PM PDT
by
E. Pluribus Unum
("The only stable state is the one in which all men are equal before the law." -- Aristotle)
To: Sub-Driver
OMG! It is so un American for Americans to elect their own representatives...we must stop this madness!!!
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posted on
05/18/2010 12:49:48 PM PDT
by
Eagle Eye
(A blind clock finds a nut at least twice a day.)
To: Spok
Hmmmn.
Can’t win locally in PA against “republicans” but will (successfully ?) fight against the “tea party” .... nationally?
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posted on
05/18/2010 12:49:49 PM PDT
by
Robert A Cook PE
(I can only donate monthly, but socialists' ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
To: Sub-Driver
The guy openly cares more about his position at the public trough than the country. Throw him out with the rest of the garbage
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posted on
05/18/2010 12:50:03 PM PDT
by
paul51
(11 September 2001 - Never forget)
To: EyeGuy
They need to understand,
this is indeed an ANTI-ELITIST movement.
If you think you “know better”, you’re a target.
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posted on
05/18/2010 12:50:10 PM PDT
by
MrB
(The difference between a (de)humanist and a Satanist is that the latter knows who he's working for.)
To: Sub-Driver
"...Tuesday that without him Democrats may not be able to fend off a tea party takeover...."
Without him ?. Sheeesh, this guy is dilusional. Who does he think he is? Is he the end all, be all of the dimoCRACKtic party? Do they have to run everything through him? Or is this just a last ditch effort to save his unholy, unsanctified hide (job)?
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posted on
05/18/2010 12:50:11 PM PDT
by
NCC-1701
(ZEROs FAVORITE SONG -- I, ME, MINE -- BY THE BEATLES)
To: Sub-Driver
Actually I’m glad he said it. This MSM is force feeding us the talking point that whats going on is simply an “anti-incumbent” movement. BS. Whats going on is anti-dem and anti-rino. If its really just “anti-incumbent”, could someone show me the conservative incumbent that is in trouble?
The reason Specter is having trouble is because he was a rino that was chased from the GOP just like Crist, Scuzzyfava, and Gilcrest. He reached out to the libs for a lifeline but was denied.
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posted on
05/18/2010 12:50:25 PM PDT
by
icwhatudo
("laws requiring compulsory abortion could be sustained under the existing Constitution"Obama Adviser)
To: Sub-Driver
As voters considered his fate throughout Pennsylvania, Sen. Arlen Specter warned on Tuesday that without him Democrats may not be able to fend off a tea party takeover. Translation: Specter is complaining that Incumbancy Protection has failed.
-PJ
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posted on
05/18/2010 12:50:28 PM PDT
by
Political Junkie Too
("Comprehensive" reform bills only end up as incomprehensible messes.)
To: Sub-Driver
Senile...... Well, at least he can hide his own Easter eggs now.
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posted on
05/18/2010 12:51:16 PM PDT
by
Puppage
(You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
To: Sub-Driver
I wonder how often he excuses himself from meetings to change his depends.
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posted on
05/18/2010 12:51:28 PM PDT
by
maddog55
(OBAMA, Why stupid people shouldn't vote.)
To: Hunton Peck
The peasants are revolting!They certainly are!
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posted on
05/18/2010 12:51:28 PM PDT
by
HOYA97
(Hoya Saxa = What Rocks)
To: cripplecreek
“Coming from a man who joined a party that has been taken over by marxists.”
Maybe he will run now as an independent.
To: Sub-Driver
Looks like Rinos are on the endangered species list.
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