Posted on 01/24/2005 7:02:23 PM PST by smokeyb
Carolyn Short, one of the chief litigators in Reed Smith's Philadelphia office for more than a decade, has left the firm to become general counsel for the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, which is now chaired by Arlen Specter, R-Pa.
Short resigned last Tuesday from Reed Smith, her professional home for the past 16 years, and was sworn in Thursday. Short said she only views it as a temporary position, being that she and her husband, former U.S. Constitutional Center executive director and Democratic congressional candidate Joseph Torsella, live with their four children in Flourtown.
She said her chief motivation for accepting the position and giving up what is believed to be a seven-figure book of business was the chance to work with Specter. She said the senior senator from Pennsylvania called her shortly after he was named chairman of the Judiciary Committee. "I don't think I would be doing this if it wasn't for [Specter]," Short said. "He's a brilliant lawyer in his own right and we come from similar backgrounds. We both were DAs who worked in private practice. "But how could any lawyer say no to an opportunity like this? It's an important time for the judiciary, and I'm really looking forward to it."
Lovely.
He's giving us the finger.
He's bringing a (likely liberal) Democrat onto the SJC? What a traitor!
Can he be recalled?
Of course, he's a RINO.
Specter had the best chance of winning......and promised to behave in the chairmanship......
This is getting worse than I could have imagined. He's going to probably drag Santorum down with him. Obviously he thinks of nothing but his own personal ambition.
And so it begins.
Frist-- we will NOT forget.
Is there anything that can be done now?
Can Specter be "de-frocked" and stripped of his chairmanship?
If so, the Pubs better make it snappy and pull the rug out from under Arlen.
humbly, what's a RINO?
Spectracide
RINO = Republican in name only
thanks.
It wouldn't surprise me if Arlen Specter hired Ted Kennedy to be his chauffer.
RINO = B U S H
Republican In Name Only.
This doesn't look good.
Ahh, many screamed about Arlen Specter's treachery before he got the Senate Judiciary Committee chair. Did the Republican eunuchs of the senate listen? Of course not. They are all graduates of the Neville Chamberlain school of Political Appeasement.
We were assured he could be in the first debate on this. If a majority of committee members vote to remove him, I think.
Specter is right up there with Chrissy Whitman and Tom Kean as three of Bush's worst choices.
I think Bush I is giving Bush II advice - and that's VERY bad.
My lord, this is PREPOSTEROUS.
I don't know about that. The way the party's running to the left, we may be the RINOS.
now we know what happened to his nose.
FGS. He couldn't be more confrontational with his actions.
He has GOT to go. Fool me once, bad on you; fool me twice (or is it three times?), bad on me.
Arlen specter is setting himself up to be Hillary Clinton's running mate in '08.
IDIOT=Y O U
I hope not. Then we should work to weed out the liberal infestation.
We'll have to see what ends up happening as far as actual action, but the recent behavior is not an encouraging sign of things to come.
I'll believe anything now.
I thought he PROMISED.
How can they stand by and let him crap all over them?
Why do you find it necessary to insult people you disagree with?
This is too much; first a NAACP operative and now the wife of a Democratic politico?
On OUR committee?
Because anybody who believes George Bush is a RINO is a complete idiot. That's why.
Look at this!
Did you get it in writing?
Not much of an explanation.
Why do you need it explained to you? Don't you understand simple English words?
Actually, I think the good people of pennsylvania might be able to recall him.
No, but I saw the press conference, didn't you?
"There's an old saying in Tennessee—I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee—that says, fool me once, shame on—shame on you. Fool me—you can't get fooled again."—Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 17, 2002
I don't understand why you can't communicate with people you disagree with without resorting to personal attacks.
"Specter had the best chance of winning......and promised to behave in the chairmanship"
The first statement is total BS and as for the second, when did the promise of any "democrat" mean anything.
rottndog = jackass
Go Howlin! If people start throwing mud, pick it up and throw it back.
Now TT picks up his frosty mug and jumps up and sits on the bar, pushing his hat back, grabs a hand full of peanuts, nods to the Barkeep for a re-fill... let the games begin!
I can communicate with RATIONAL people who have pertinent facts and make coherent posts that are anchored in reality.
I don't have trouble communication with 99 percent of the people on this forum; it's the 1 percenters whose responses don't deserve anything except a post in kind in return.
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