Posted on 01/16/2006 5:03:36 AM PST by Kaslin
Since when did Arlen Specter become a Republican?
In the meantime, some leftists are trying to say that shouting at someone is terrorism. I get what you are trying to say. These terrorist-huggers make me sick. FRegards....
he may be getting a bad rap here. And I hate rap! ;)
Ditto on both counts!
Words escape me. Spector has no sense of time and place. He is an idiot.
He was set up by Steffy and the media went with the snip-it, as they always do.
the media does not include the snip-it where the question is asked and the comments by spector right before the word impeachment.
Yes, think Specter said twice, "not in this case" but was answering in general terms. He was sandbagged.
No surprise to me an article like this appears today. the following are my comments from yesterday about George Stephanopolis' interview with Arlen Spector. It was clear yesterday George Steph was intent on giving credence to the notion of impeaching George Bush.
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Mark Warner = "shallow as a puddle" LOL !
But one thing..he's smart enough not to fall into George Steph's atttempted trap on impeaching George Bush.
George Steph grilled Spector and now Warner on whether or not they don't think Bush should be impeached for taking us to war without fully consulting the congress.
Spector said he wasn't going to provide a soundbite on the subject but then he did exactly that when Steph kept pressing. "What remedy if Bush did commit crime?", Steph asked. "Well what remedy?" Spector did mention impeachment just as Steph wanted him to do"
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Spector did a surprisingly fine job of chairing the Alito Hearing, but yesterday he reverted back to norm, being useful idiot to the left.
Yeah, Republican. My rear-end.
I'm sure Pres. Bush and Sen. Santorum must be proud that they saved Sen. Sphincter's bacon in the Republican primary in '04. And all the political geniuses on FR who thought this was a smart political move must be equally thrilled with his performance. Oh yes, and those Republican senators who made him chairman of the Judiciary Com., when any sane person could see that he would only screw things up for Pres. Bush, can take a bow, too. All the PA Democrats who voted for Snarlin' Arlen are pleased as punch that they have such stupid Republicans as opponents.
It is not journalism in my eyes
You would think he's got enough experience at this game by now to know the result of answering such a question.
totally misreported (surprise!). Specter made it clear that there wouldn't be any impeachment. That being said, he clearly doesn't like Bush, jealousy perhaps?
Please disregard this blatant lie by AFP. Specter was set up, and his answer was the same that you or me would give to a theoretical question.
Unforuntately. . .all too easy to believe when it comes to Specter. . .
. . .and given that we should always consider the source first. . .
. . just WHO is Breitbart.Com?
Not only that, but nowhere in the Constitution does it say the Ssenate must hear the articles of impeachment, just as nowhere in the Constitution does it say that the Senate must give an up or down vote relating to a nomination.
So, even if the House impeaches the President of a judge, the Senate can refuse to conduct the trial.
Of course it's not. And Arlen's aware of that. Which is why I can easily believe he was party to Snuffleupagus' little set-up.
. just WHO is Breitbart.Com?
All I have to see is AFP and I know enough to beware!
I know what you mean. But Specter should be smart enough to know he was being manipulated into saying "impeachment," and that the MSM would tout the story as "Specter mentions impeachment." I would have prefered he say "well, that's a hypothetical, and not reflective of the facts we have" and deflected the question. Again, he clearly could have forseen that he was being manipulated; apparently he didn't mind all that much.
I wonder what Durbin, Kennedy, Murtha, etc. would say to a loaded, leading hypothetical question that tried to get them to mention the idea of sedition or treason prosecutions for some of the most extreme opponents of of Bush, the war, and the US effort.
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