[vannrox]

Specter is DANGEROUS.

[EternalHope]

This guy cannot be trusted with the chairmanship of the Judiciary Committee.

[LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget]

Banning abortion for conservatism is the same as the Gay Marriage issue for liberals. It is going to bite us in the ass.

[LADY J]

Inferred on Fox that Specter has made a 'deal' to lead the fight for Tort Reform. I guess to make up for his abortion blunder quote.

Is this possible - since his son is one of those trial lawyers who sues for the big bucks?

[MHGinTN]

Specter should be removed from the committee. John Kyl should be the Chairman replacing Hatch. Specter can be better used on another committee where his liberal bias won't be so devastating to the current trend in the Republican party.

[thegreatbeast]

Specter's unhelpfulness on the presidential level also showed itself in some very concrete and visible ways. Most striking were the "Kerry and Specter for Working Families" signs posted around Southeastern Pennsylvania. Was the culprit some particularly ambitious freelance ticket-splitter? The signs were created, paid for, and posted by a 527 created by Roger Stone, chairman of Specter's 1996 presidential campaign.

This is from the NRO article cited in the article and should have been better publicized BEFORE the election. No question, we were duped.

[Reagan Man]

The GOP is not just the majority party in America today. The GOP is also a pro-life party, with the vast majority of its constituents being pro-lifers. Within his own party, Arlen Spector is in the minority when it comes to respecting and advancing right to life issues, and in overturning Roe v Wade.

[Taggart_D]

http://www.gopusa.com/activist/petitions/petition.php?petition=specter_chairman

Petition to remove Specter as chair...please sign.

[Colonel_Flagg]

He is not a loyal Republican.

Only off by one word :)

[RightOnline]

Specter is beneath contempt.

However, he's also spineless........and now that his name is up in lights, we can only hope that his cowardice will force him to toe the Party line for a while.

[narses]

Title: GOP Sen. Specter Vows to Block Bush's Nominees
Source: newsmax
URL Source:
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2004/10/29/165559.shtml
Published: Oct 29, 2004
Author: newsmax
Post Date: 2004-10-29 20:42:24 by TLBSHOW
3 Comments

Recall that alleged Republican Sen. Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania, upon winning the primary, immediately backstabbed President Bush, who had campaigned for him instead of actual Republican Pat Toomey. Turns out Specter was just getting started.

We now see that the usually pro-Democrat Pittsburgh Post-Gazette endorsed the sharp-horned RINO in Tuesday's general election for this reason: "Before the Post-Gazette editorial board, he promised that no extremists would be approved for the bench."

What the pro-abortion Specter and pro-abortion Post-Gazette mean by "extremist" is anyone who isn't pro-abortion or who otherwise follows the U.S. Constitution instead of making up legislation from the bench.

"Even if he votes nine out of 10 times for the administration, we trust his word that the 10 percent of difference will be a brake on the worst excesses of a second Bush term, if it comes to that," the pee-yoo P-G snarled.

And there are these facts:

Arlen Specter:

Voted NO on ending special funding for minority & women-owned business. (Oct 1997)

Voted NO on banning affirmative action hiring with federal funds. (Jul 1995)

[F16Fighter]

Arlen Specter warns Bush against nominating pro-life judges.

Let's face it -- Specter has essentially just announced he's rejoined the Democratic Party. That means he'll NOT be participating in the Judiciary Committee.

But who cares? Specter and imminent turncoat Chafee mean the GOP will still retain a 53-47 majority in the Senate. Get used to it folks. That's what happens when RINOs are chosen over real Pubbies.