[Sir_Humphrey]

I am just shocked at some of the comments. As a conservative and 14 veteran of the FR, I can not distance myself enough from these comments. I have read similar postings from liberals on ‘mainstream” boards (ex. NYT, CNN) when a conservative dies or is on his deathbed. That only got me to despise and disrespect liberals even more than already did.I have a borderline arrogant belief that we are better people then the left. The comments here only make this case much more difficult to prove.

Believe me, I thoroughly disagreed with the man's politics. Yes, he, along with hundreds of others, epitomized what is wrong with politics But we are talking about a father, a husband and most importantly one of God's creations. If we really believe in Christ (yes I am definitely questioning the faith of those who are celebrating condition of this man) then we HAVE to pray for him.

Now flame away if you must but don't expect me to respond.

[Opinionated Blowhard]

Sadly, I agree. Arlen Specter was an opportunist and took moderate and even liberal positions on issues. He did not support his party on certain key issues. And he did have a nasty side. But none of that is a reason to be happy about his disease or laugh at his death or wish that he rotted in Hell. Some people are upset that he was Pro-Abortion. I am Pro-Life but I know that a big chunk of the country is not 100% Pro-Life and I don’t go around laughing or being happy when a Pro-Choice person dies. Some people pick out other parts of his voting record to show that he somehow deserves to die or burn in Hell. That is disgusting. I hope a lot of the nastier posts are trolls. There is no excuse for the bile on this thread.

[Scarlet Pimpernel]

I think the difference between FR and liberal boards is that you will find people such as yourself, that are not full of hate, here on FR. You will find NO such people on a liberal site.