[GeneralHavoc]

Toomey Meetup, the LARGEST Senate Meetup in the Nation

Petition for PA State Committee NOT to endorse liberal RINO Arlen Specter:

[lormand]

Send Specter to Scotland where his loyalties are.

[pogo101]

Benedict Arlen bttt.

[AuH2ORepublican]

*PAT TOOMEY PING*

We all need to support Pat Toomey in his primary against ancient RINO Arlen Specter. Specter is singularly unable to attract votes from blue-collar Democrats outside of the Philly metro area (who tend to be socially conservative but economically liberal-to-moderate), since Specter is an extreme social liberal who is anti-gun, pro-abortion and who supports Saddam Hussein being tried *at The Hague* (where there's no death penalty).

While Specter would be favored against Democrat Congressman Joe Hoeffel, his election would not be a slam dunk (Hoeffel represents parts of Montgomery County and Philly and can eat into Specter's base), and even if Specter is elected we'd have to worry about (i) his becoming as obstructionist a Judiciary Committee Chairman as Pat Leahy ever was, (ii) his move to his natural perch in the far left, since he would never again have to face Republican primary voters, and (iii) his health, since he is old enough to fart dust and does not appear to be a well man, and Ed Rendell would name his replacement if he died.

Pat Toomey, on the other hand, has been elected and reelected in heavily contested races in a swing district (Bush got 47% under the old lines and 48% under the new lines) that is shock full of blue-collar Democrats (Allentown and Bethlehem are its two big cities), and his social conservatism should similarly attract Democrat votes in the rest of the "T" and in the Pittsburgh area.

Toomey will also be able to hold his own in the Philly suburbs, since he has always run extremely strong in the Montgomery County portion of his district, and since his conservative positions on taxes and national defense, along with President Bush's coattails, will bring a lot of socially liberal suburbanites (who were heavily Republican during the Cold War but who swung to the Democrats when national defense lost preeminence as an issue in the early-to-mid-1990s) back to the GOP fold.

So Toomey is not only a better Republican than Specter, he's also *more electable*. It's a no-brainer, folks. GO, PAT, GO!

[ladyinred]

Specter is a liberal! No real news here, but good to see it in print anyway!

[connectthedots]

Make sure this is placed under the "Breaking News" section.

[lilylangtree]

30 years of Specter's liberalism and idiocy--go gettim' Toomey.

[Kay Ludlow]

Here in Centre County we are seeing a lot of TV ads for both and hearing many radio ads.

One thing I find interesting about those - On the radio, Specter really sounds old and feeble. For the TV ads, they made him look so young it offsets the old sound in his voice.

One of my concerns about Specter (aside from the whole liberal thing) is his age - if he would pass on after the election Rendell would appoint his replacement, who would no doubt be a liberal Philadelphian.

[Republican Wildcat]

Polling data seems to indicate Specter would lose to Hoeffel in a matchup. It would be best to go with Toomey, IMHO. I hope he can pull it off. Otherwise, this could be a loss of a Senate seat we cannot afford.

[votelife]

bttt

[cynicom]

Can't the man spell "socialism".

[zook]

Sphincter is running some really sleezy attack ads against Toomey. Basically accusing him of being an extremest crackpot.

[Qwinn]

Be very careful out there, folks.

Specter has asked Democrats to register as Republicans and vote for him rather than Toomey. The Dem elites are complying, and the unions are passing the marching order around. It even got written up in the Guardian.

At one time I thought that Republicans sending money to Nader was a pretty cheap tactic... but when they're actively and openly infiltrating the Republican Party... screw 'em. Honor is wasted on them.

Qwinn