Posted on 04/28/2009 3:06:20 PM PDT by Jim Robinson
I went to visit Sen. Arlen Specter to save him from an embarrassing pro-stimulus vote that will damage America's economy and send the nation back to 1970s-style stagflation.
Jim Robinson, founder of FreeRepublic.com, and I arrived at Sen. Specter's office with a group of folks who oppose the $1.5 trillion stimulus package, on this past Monday morning. We asked to see Sen. Specter. The office secretary didn't seem to be happy to see us. I could not blame her. We were there to embarrass her boss. Jim, wearing his Navy cap, asked about the senator's whereabouts, but the secretary wasn't helping. It was distressing to see a wheelchair-bound Navy veteran being treated with such disrespect by a senator's staff.
It is clear that Specter's front-office staff needs to do an internship at Wal-Mart to pick up tips on how to properly work as a greeter. While the staffer told us she didn't know where Specter was, the senator was on Laura Ingraham's national radio program, defending the stimulus bill and snidely calling her "young lady" when she challenged him.
The desk staffer warned me that I couldn't go into the backrooms. It went through my mind that I certainly should be able to walk through the doors because I helped pay for them with my tax money. But diplomacy kicked in, so I yelled some more.
Eventually, Specter's chief of staff emerged and took notes as our group told him how disgusted we were that his boss was favoring a stimulus bill that is overwhelmingly apposed by his constituents.
Liz Colby Harp brought her five homeschooled children so Specter could see whom he is saddling with trillions of dollars of future debts. She was gracious, intelligent and dead on with her remarks...
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I think McCain came within a whisker of changing parties over his loss to Bush. He was furious, and spent the better part Bush’s two terms in office, talking down his policy.
During the first year Bush was in office, McCain was practically a full time member of the talking head shows on Sundays. He had no compunction to be a party player. It was the John McCain show non-stop. And his foreign policy advocacy was what folks listened to up until 09/11.
I can’t believe John wouldn’t switch parties if the right circumstances came about. He’s just too much of a turncoat.
That’s how I see it, but what the hey...
Yea, I think youre right about McCain. The only thing I wonder is would he bother if he was 80 yrs old and dying of Cancer with a year or two left ? Maybe he would, Specter definitely would.
I think that’s a fair question to ponder. Thanks for the mention. I can’t say for sure about McCain on that level.
Not a good idea to lie to Melanie Morgan.
But he probably keeps his staff in the dark. I wonder how many of them stayed on?
I think his base of support has been eroding ever since he voted for that stupid porkulus bill because every damn taxpayer in his base and around this country was paying full attention to that entire floor debate. Since then, he’s been all about salvaging 28 years of backstabbing buffoonery.
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