[Kaslin]

Can we get rid of Specter?

[antceecee]

From your lips to God's ears....

[muawiyah]

If he's just figuring this part out he's on the wrong committee.

The other part of the process is that if this legislation is needed before we put these people on trial and then execute them, then passage does little more for them than advance their date with death.

Why did anyone think the Supreme Court Liberals would do anyone a favor.

[skinkinthegrass]

Can we get rid of Specter?
We're cursed w/ the "Old Scottish Law" Senator....will someone, PLEASE SHUT HIM UP...thank you.

[volunbeer]

I swear that a democrat in that Senate seat would cause much less harm than Specter has.

[taxcontrol]

Specter should read the Constitution a little closer.

Article 1, section 9-

....
The Privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in Cases of Rebellion or Invasion the public Safety may require it.
....

From Dictionary.com, here is the entry for "invasion"

–noun 1. an act or instance of invading or entering as an enemy, esp. by an army.
2. the entrance or advent of anything troublesome or harmful, as disease.
3. entrance as if to take possession or overrun: the annual invasion of the resort by tourists.
4. infringement by intrusion.

I would postulate that terrorists can easily be identified by all 4 definitions.

[onyx]

Please, somebody post that cup of STFU coffee.

[tobyhill]

The Supreme Court ruled that the detainees are subject to POW status and are not US citizens so they aren't entitled to habeas corpus any which way it's looked at. Specter just couldn't stand being out-RINOed by the others.

[nonliberal]

Well, so much for Santorum's candidacy.

[Prov3456]

Frankly, President Bush has only himself to blame. Because he wanted to keep a Senator "with seniority" in that Pennsylvania seat, he backed Senator Spector over the challenger, Pat Toomey, which resulted in Spector's victory in 2004.

Had the President stayed out of that primary battle, Pennsylvania might now have a true conservative Republican Senator (Toomey) or a Democratic Senator in that seat. Either way, that person would not have been the chairman of this committee.

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

Isn't this pussilanimous asshole one of 100 senators. He can cast his vote and then shut his pie hole.

Add this to Bush's rather long list of f*ups.

[beethovenfan]

Senator Sphincter strikes again.

[kcvl]

Since when do TERRORISTS who want to KILL US have 'rights' in this country?!!!

[photodawg]

The courts have traditionally been open to make sure that individual rights are protected, and that is fundamental," Specter said on CNN's "Late Edition. "And the Constitution says when you can suspend the writ of habeas corpus, in time of rebellion or invasion. And we don't have either. So that has to be changed, in my opinion
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This statement is the biggest bunch of B.S. I've ever heard on this issue. When has the United States ever been invaded since becoming a sovereign 50 state nation? the closest we have come have been Pearl harbor and 9-11. In both instances we declared war, stated our intentions, identified the enemy, and subsequently detained enemy combatants. I cannot believe that over half of the U.S. Senate wants to give legal rights to the enemy. doesn't that totally defy all logic to the purpose of identifying your enemies in the first place,which would be to defend the citizens of the United States from attack?

[Jaysun]

Specter is a mad fool with a frothy mouth. He has all the characteristics of a dog except loyalty.

[airborne]

Can we get rid of Specter?

We tried, but the GOP ignored the people who supported Toomey, because keeping the (R) is more important than anything, even conservative values.

[okie01]

Would somebody remind Specter that the terrorists aren't American citizens; they are the enemy!

How in hell do we ever fight and win a war with Senators like this?

[Gay State Conservative]

The same clown who had no trouble at all defending Ira Einhorn is deeply troubled by the prospect of 9th Century knuckledraggers having ladies underwear placed on their heads or being subjected to the Bay City Rollers at slightly increased volume.

[quantim]

Can we get rid of Specter?

Just another example on how/what/who/when that any member of that body shall never be President.

[angkor]

Did Nazi POWs get a hearing during WWII?

[n-tres-ted]

Although I have disagreed with McCain/Graham on this detainee rights situation, Specter is not all bad. He has taken an active role this Summer leading the charge to get the SEC to come clean on why the agency fired a senior attorney as he was about to proceed with prosecution of a Wall Street bigwig on charges of major insider trading violations by a major hedge fund. Judiciary Committee took the lead when Banking took a dive. Christopher Cox has been less that energetic in protecting regular investors from fleecing at the hands of the big guys. So far, Specter and Charles Grassley, along with Hatch and Bennett, all Republicans, are the only ones trying to get to the bottom of SEC's misconduct.