[You Dirty Rats]

Santorum had an 88, but that didn't stop him from backing Specter with a 45! So what persuades a supposed rock ribbed conservative to support a flaming liberal?

That "flaming liberal" did get Alito and Roberts and Janice Rogers Brown and lots of others through the Committee and he supported them all. He's no conservative, of course, but he came through when we needed him. He also saved the Thomas nomination. (I'm still upset that he ruined Bork).

Comparing guys like Arlen and Giuliani to REAL flaming liberals just makes one look silly. Fortunately, politicians like Pete Sessions are astute enough to see the difference.

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That "flaming liberal" did get Alito and Roberts and Janice Rogers Brown and lots of others through the Committee and he supported them all.

So you're saying they couldn't get through without him?

Why is that?

Comparing guys like Arlen and Giuliani to REAL flaming liberals just makes one look silly. Fortunately, politicians like Pete Sessions are astute enough to see the difference.

Hardly.

If Specter and Guliani aren't liberals, then the term has no meaning. That others wish to ignore that fact doesn't do a thing to those of us who won't.