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AP: Sen Arlen Specter Has died
AP ^ | 10/14/12

Posted on 10/14/2012 10:04:14 AM PDT by Perdogg

According to the AP ex Sen Arlen Specter has died.


TOPICS: Breaking News; Politics/Elections; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: arlenspecter; arlenspecterdead; obit; obituary; pennsylvania; rip; spector
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...

Thanks Perdogg.


121 posted on 10/14/2012 12:02:40 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: tumblindice

absolutely, positively most assuredly stare decisis!


122 posted on 10/14/2012 12:03:30 PM PDT by Pilgrim's Progress (http://www.baptistbiblebelievers.com/BYTOPICS/tabid/335/Default.aspx)
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To: Perdogg; a fool in paradise; Slings and Arrows

Expect a specter of a funeral spectacle!


123 posted on 10/14/2012 12:04:55 PM PDT by Revolting cat! (Bad things are wrong!)
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To: Perdogg

But . . . can he still vote? :)


124 posted on 10/14/2012 12:05:18 PM PDT by BAW (“If you’ve got a business – you didn’t build that. Somebody else made that happen.”- Pres Obama)
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To: cotton1706

Well said and it falls to the larger “Tea Party” to weed out these drifty, un-committed, go-along-to-get-along, friend-of-everyman, money sucking, weasel blowhards before they can actually get elected. My sharpest memory of the turkey is him limp wristing his way thru the Waco hearings. BOY, do we have a lot of work to do.!


125 posted on 10/14/2012 12:06:32 PM PDT by cherokee1 (skip the names---just kick the buttz)
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To: Perdogg
Ahb . . .

Ahb . . .

Ahb . . .
126 posted on 10/14/2012 12:12:02 PM PDT by righttackle44 ( I may not be much, but I raised a United States Marine . . .)
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To: Revolting cat!

Totally exspecteriated


127 posted on 10/14/2012 12:12:28 PM PDT by Pilgrim's Progress (http://www.baptistbiblebelievers.com/BYTOPICS/tabid/335/Default.aspx)
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To: Perdogg

My sympathies to his friends and family.


128 posted on 10/14/2012 12:13:30 PM PDT by Tax-chick (I am relentlessly reasonable. Mrs. Don-o said so.)
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To: Perdogg
I don't know what to say, as much as she sparred with him, I think Laura Ingraham forgave him, which is the ultimate Christian thing to do.

It would be curious to see who goes to his funeral and if Obama lets him Lie in State, as opposed to no such honor for Neil Armstrong ( caveat, Neil may not have wanted it ).

If he allowed the In State honor, tangent to this is how many will show up. From what I hear no one showed up for Ted Kennedy's funeral in DC.

Compare that to Reagan and what is the mark of a man's life, via how many showed up to say good-bye to Ronaldus Maxsimus.

Condolences to Specter's his Family...

129 posted on 10/14/2012 12:14:34 PM PDT by taildragger (( Fubarward Obama 2012, think about it :-) ))
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To: Perdogg
“A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and carries his banner openly. But the traitor moves amongst those within the gate freely, his sly whispers rustling through all the alleys, heard in the very halls of government itself. For the traitor appears not a traitor; he speaks in accents familiar to his victims, and he wears their face and their arguments, he appeals to the baseness that lies deep in the hearts of all men. He rots the soul of a nation, he works secretly and unknown in the night to undermine the pillars of the city, he infects the body politic so that it can no longer resist. A murderer is less to fear.”

Marcus Tullius Cicero

130 posted on 10/14/2012 12:15:43 PM PDT by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not a Matter of Opinion)
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To: Yehuda; Alouette
"Blessed are You, Lord, our God, King of the universe, the True Judge."
עליו השלום May he be at peace.

I'm not a fan of Specter's liberal politics. I never considered voting for him in the 1996 presidential primary or supporting him in any race, because of our religion. But I will accord him with the respect, charity, and justice he deserves in death.
131 posted on 10/14/2012 12:21:25 PM PDT by rmlew ("Mosques are our barracks, minarets our bayonets, domes our helmets, the believers our soldiers.")
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To: MeanGreen2008

Say hello to Murtha for us...


132 posted on 10/14/2012 12:23:13 PM PDT by snuffy smiff (Socialism is the philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy.)
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To: SoFloFreeper

“You were a RINO, but at least you helped usher in Clarence Thomas to the Supreme Court. So thanks for that.”

I’m with you. That’s an awesome legacy, even if he later disowned it. Thomas simply would not be on the Court except for him.

Otherwise, yes, he was a jerk.


133 posted on 10/14/2012 12:34:25 PM PDT by BobL (You can live each day only once. You can waste a few, but don't waste too many.)
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To: Pilgrim's Progress

Clearly and most sincerely!


134 posted on 10/14/2012 12:36:58 PM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives)
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To: Gay State Conservative
The Unicorn.

The Kenyan must go.

135 posted on 10/14/2012 12:45:26 PM PDT by ex91B10 (We've tried the Soap Box,the Ballot Box and the Jury Box; ONE BOX LEFT!)
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To: cotton1706

All true, and he is rightly derided for all that. But I also remember his fierce support of Clarence Thomas during his confirmation hearings, and his unswavering efforts to demostrate just what a liar and stooge Anita Hill was. In that event, at least, Arlen was a stand up guy.


136 posted on 10/14/2012 12:45:48 PM PDT by teflon9 (Political campaigns should follow Johnny Mercer's advice--Accentuate the positive.)
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To: Gay State Conservative
That's what lawyers do, though.

They act in the interests of clients who often enough are guilty.

I suppose Specter could have refused to take the case, but the decision to set bail was the judge's.

137 posted on 10/14/2012 12:49:12 PM PDT by x
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To: x
That's what lawyers do, though.They act in the interests of clients who often enough are guilty.

Nobody with a conscience would have what he did.But then,the overwhelming majority of American defense lawyers lack a conscience.

138 posted on 10/14/2012 12:53:52 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Ambassador Stevens Is Dead And The Chevy Volt Is Alive)
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To: Perdogg

By all accounts, including from people I know who knew him, he was a nasty man.


139 posted on 10/14/2012 12:56:31 PM PDT by Hildy (F"When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser." - Socrates)
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To: Gay State Conservative


140 posted on 10/14/2012 12:57:16 PM PDT by Chode (American Hedonist - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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