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Specter's Blame Game
National Review ^
| April 28, 2009
| David Freddoso
Posted on 04/28/2009 2:48:46 PM PDT by reaganaut1
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To: reaganaut1
“switched from Democrat to Republican in 1965”
No he did not, he simply held a role that got him power and went back to his root and carrying the honest name of what he is.
The scam on the people of PA, like Bernie Madoff is finally over.
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posted on
04/28/2009 2:52:22 PM PDT
by
edcoil
(Democracy is two wolves and a lamb deciding what to have for dinner Liberty is a well-armed lamb)
To: reaganaut1
If we take Specter's word, then the GOP has become intolerant of moderate politicians like himself. On this score, Specter appears to have a severe case of amnesia. Exactly five years ago, the national Republican Party swooped into Pennsylvania and saved him from certain defeat at the hands of Rep. Pat Toomey (R). Valuable presidential time was sacrificed on his behalf. Also sacrificed for Arlen Specter was the reputation of his conservative colleague, Rick Santorum (R), who never recovered. From that moment forward, he lost his core constituency, and was easily defeated two years later by a pro-life Democrat.This is what happens when a party loses it foundational principles and sells out to win. We can all learn from this.
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posted on
04/28/2009 2:52:23 PM PDT
by
GOP Poet
To: reaganaut1
I didn’t know Specter had been a Democrat. What an opportunist! Anyone who defends his move back to the Dem party as anything other than political expediency is shilling for the Dems.
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posted on
04/28/2009 2:54:05 PM PDT
by
saganite
(What would Sully do?)
To: reaganaut1
Excellent article and one that shows just how big tent conservatives really are, but what are Toomey’s chances with AS in as a Dem?
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posted on
04/28/2009 2:56:03 PM PDT
by
1010RD
(First Do No Harm)
To: reaganaut1
"The departure of Arlen Specter looks very bad for the GOP." Why? We don't need spinless traitors like him any more. I hope his career takes a nose dive and he disappears into the infamy it deserves.
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posted on
04/28/2009 2:57:09 PM PDT
by
blackbart.223
(I live in Northern Nevada. Reid doesn't represent me.)
To: reaganaut1
He's 79, almost 80. He's survived more than his share of serious illnesses and really, really, really should retire and start checking off his bucket list.
sw
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posted on
04/28/2009 2:57:32 PM PDT
by
spectre
(Spectre's wife)
To: reaganaut1
The departure of Arlen Specter looks very bad for the GOP
Bull. The GOP is looking better without him. I wish the rest of the CINOs would take a hike as well.
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posted on
04/28/2009 2:57:37 PM PDT
by
StarCMC
(Sometimes you need a Jimmy Carter to get a Ronald Reagan.)
To: reaganaut1
How do we get term limits in place? I know the idiots in congress would never bring it up.
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posted on
04/28/2009 2:59:04 PM PDT
by
jerri
To: GOP Poet
“This is what happens when a party loses it foundational principles and sells out to win. We can all learn from this.”
I award you “Post of the Day”!
LLS
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posted on
04/28/2009 2:59:37 PM PDT
by
LibLieSlayer
(hussein will NEVER be my President... NEVER!!!)
To: spectre
He's definitely too old to be running for office. Time to go write his memoirs (if he can remember something meaningful in his career).
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posted on
04/28/2009 2:59:55 PM PDT
by
muawiyah
To: saganite
"What an opportunist!"Most politicians are. I wonder what they offered him? Cheap whores posses more honer than Specter.
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posted on
04/28/2009 2:59:59 PM PDT
by
blackbart.223
(I live in Northern Nevada. Reid doesn't represent me.)
To: reaganaut1
..”Exactly five years ago, the national Republican Party swooped into Pennsylvania and saved him from certain defeat at the hands of Rep. Pat Toomey (R). Valuable presidential time was sacrificed on his behalf. Also sacrificed for Arlen Specter was the reputation of his conservative colleague, Rick Santorum (R), who never recovered. From that moment forward, he lost his core constituency, and was easily defeated two years later by a pro-life Democrat.”
The opportunist control freak, Mitch McConnell(RINO) gets the credit for that blunder.
To: reaganaut1
An excellent and succinct article.
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posted on
04/28/2009 3:01:22 PM PDT
by
headstamp 2
(Spay or Neuter your liberal today!)
To: reaganaut1
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posted on
04/28/2009 3:01:42 PM PDT
by
feedback doctor
(The first female president will be a Conservative Republican)
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posted on
04/28/2009 3:02:02 PM PDT
by
sourcery
(Obama Lied. The Economy Died!)
To: reaganaut1
I doubt he will win even as a Dem. He’s now 80 and the folks are ready for something NEW.
To: reaganaut1
I wonder if he threatened Bush with a party switch in order to get Bush’s support last election?
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posted on
04/28/2009 3:04:43 PM PDT
by
WesternPacific
(I am tired of voting for the lesser of two evils!)
To: reaganaut1
Reps. Joe Schwarz (R, Mich.) and Wayne Gilchrest (R, Md.) are two moderate victims of the Club for Growth whom Specter mentioned today. They were not being sore losers, but rather acted in good faith when they lost their respective primaries to conservatives and then turned around and endorsed the Democratic nominee in the general election. I'm tired of Conservatives taking it in the chin all the time. We are like the dumb bastard who shows up to a gun fight with a knife. We will we learn that this is war.
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posted on
04/28/2009 3:05:05 PM PDT
by
11th Commandment
(Proud Member of the DHS radical list since 2008)
To: reaganaut1
Good riddance to one of the GOP’s problems. It already is in better standing and has a brighter future.
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04/28/2009 3:05:21 PM PDT
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