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Specter: Who are the Voters to Judge ME? (admitted he was unwilling to face electorate)
Federal Review ^ | 4/28/09

Posted on 04/28/2009 11:06:51 AM PDT by Behind Liberal Lines

Senator Arlen Specter (PA), who switched from the Republican to Democrat party on Tuesday (April 28), admitted that he did so due to an unwillingness to let voters decide his fate.

I am unwilling to have my twenty-nine year Senate record judged by the Pennsylvania Republican primary electorate,” he said in the statement.

“I don’t have to say anything to them. They’ve said it to me,” Specter said.

Specter, 79, has been a Republican for his five terms in the Senate. However, he had recently come under fire for supporting the Obama stimulus plan and was expected to face a tough primary challenge from Pat Toomey in 2010.

In addition, the state had been trending democratic in recent years, meaning that Specter could have also faced a difficult challenge in the general election if he stayed with his former party.


TOPICS: Editorial; Government; Politics/Elections; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: arlenspecter; bushlegacy; democrats; rovelegacy; specter
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Yeah, we wouldn't want the "little people" deciding who gets to represent them. (rolls eyes)

Don't let the door hit you in the butt, Arlen.

1 posted on 04/28/2009 11:06:51 AM PDT by Behind Liberal Lines
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With this type of arrofance, he should be in the Obama administration.


2 posted on 04/28/2009 11:08:05 AM PDT by wny
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I think it is time for a constitution convention, a new government and guys like this kicked out the door.

Vince


3 posted on 04/28/2009 11:08:19 AM PDT by Mouton
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“Who are the voters to judge me?...”

THEY ARE YOUR EMPLOYERS, you BOOB!


4 posted on 04/28/2009 11:08:28 AM PDT by J40000
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RINO to be mauled in November 2010.

I am sending Toomey money now!


5 posted on 04/28/2009 11:08:51 AM PDT by wac3rd (In the end, we all are Conservative, some just need their lives jolted to realize that fact.)
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To: wny

That would be “arrogance”


6 posted on 04/28/2009 11:08:53 AM PDT by wny
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

As liberal RINO as he is, I think he’s still too “conservative” to win in a DemoRat primary, unless 0bambi and Company have bought off/threatened off all opposition.


7 posted on 04/28/2009 11:09:29 AM PDT by Chet 99
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"Specter: Who are the Voters to Judge ME?"

Erm, the people who put you into power?

The arrogance of these people is astounding.

8 posted on 04/28/2009 11:10:17 AM PDT by ronnyquest ("That's what governments are for, to get in a man's way.")
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“I am unwilling to have my twenty-nine year Senate record judged by the Pennsylvania Republican primary electorate,” he said in the statement.

What an arrogant, elitist jerk.

The tail is wagging the dog, folks.

9 posted on 04/28/2009 11:10:23 AM PDT by TChris (There is no freedom without the possibility of failure.)
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Specter is an ideal illustration of the fact that we allow our inferiors to lead us.


10 posted on 04/28/2009 11:11:03 AM PDT by Da Coyote
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He’s nothing but a flexible package of vinegar and water.


11 posted on 04/28/2009 11:11:12 AM PDT by Drill Thrawl (Taxation with representation ain't so hot either.)
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"...Now go away before we taunt you a second-a time-a..."
12 posted on 04/28/2009 11:11:40 AM PDT by J40000
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Bastard.


13 posted on 04/28/2009 11:13:09 AM PDT by kenth
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“I am unwilling to have my twenty-nine year Senate record judged by the Pennsylvania Republican primary electorate,” he said in the statement. “I don’t have to say anything to them. They’ve said it to me,” Specter said.

Translation: WAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!!!

14 posted on 04/28/2009 11:13:48 AM PDT by JennysCool (Fast is fine, but accuracy is everything. -- Wyatt Earp)
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Don’t let the door hit ya where the good Lord split ya Mr. Scottish Law.


15 posted on 04/28/2009 11:15:43 AM PDT by ChinaThreat (3)
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To: Behind Liberal Lines
“I am unwilling to have my twenty-nine year Senate record judged by the Pennsylvania Republican primary electorate,” he said in the statement.

“I don’t have to say anything to them. They’ve said it to me,” Specter said, when asked in a Capitol corridor about abandoning the GOP.

Ailen Sphincter is unbelievably arrogant.
16 posted on 04/28/2009 11:17:30 AM PDT by VRWCmember
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He sees his gravy train slipping away and he’s not too happy about it. The thought of working for a living sends shivers down the empty space where his spine use to be. Work is for the peons, not royalty.


17 posted on 04/28/2009 11:18:08 AM PDT by peeps36 ( Al Gore. Is A Big Fat Lying Hypocrite. He Pollutes The Air By Opening His Big Mouth)
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...meaning that Specter could have also faced a difficult challenge in the general election if he stayed with his former party.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but where is it written that Snarlin' is going to be the DemonRAT candidate? He still has to face a RAT challenger in the RAT primary. Maybe we can get Rush to start up another Operation Chaos to get Snarlin to loose the RAT primary. Hee Hee Hee.

18 posted on 04/28/2009 11:18:52 AM PDT by cuz_it_aint_their_money (I'll show their president the exact same respect and loyalty that they have shown my president.)
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Hey Arlen, here’s an original thought...

-How ‘bout you go out and get a JOB for the first time in your life???


19 posted on 04/28/2009 11:19:07 AM PDT by J40000
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Arlen is going to the perfect place for him and his kind. Scum like him belong in the Rat party


20 posted on 04/28/2009 11:20:10 AM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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