I listened to this event on c-span radio, and found it very heartwarming as a lifetime afficianado of radio entertainment. Inflections in voices can be heard via radio that are lost when watching an appearance on tv.
Specter was grilled for a half hour, followed by Sestak. Both of them tried to assure their audience that they were ‘progressive’ enough to please any Pennsylvania voter. The tone in the questioners’ voices was mainly , “OMG, is this all we’ve got for candidates for Pennsylvania next year.”
It was nauseating yet amusing to listen to Specter squirm and weasel, and to hear a soporific Sestak try to sound like a lib.
http://www.c-spanarchives.org/library/index.php?main_page=product_video_info&products_id=288373-2
2010 Pennsylvania Democratic Primary
Product ID: 288373-2
Format: Forum
Last Airing: 08/15/2009
Event Date: 08/14/2009
Length: 1 hour, 6 minutes
Location: Pittsburgh, PA, United States
Senator Arlen Specter Specter and his Democratic primary rival Congressman Joe Sestak participated in a discussion moderated by Pennsylvania blogger Susie Madrak and Ari Melber of The Nation at the Netroots Nation conference, an annual gathering of progressive bloggers from around the country. The Congressman did not appear together in the program.
Senator Spector discussed his record in the Senate, including his switch earlier in April 2009 from Republican to Democrat. He also responded to questions from audience members. Other topics included climate change and health care legislation, stem cell research, and televising the U.S. Supreme Court.
Among the topics Congressman Sestak addressed were his qualifications for Senator and his support of the FISA (Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act) bill.
Netroots Nation is an annual gathering of progressive bloggers from around the country.
Latest Health care polling. Mirrors what Gallup found in their poll released Thursday.
Time for the Democrats to follow their own advice, pull the plug on their attempt at a Heath Care take over. Rather then turning off people from our side, the protests have strengthen opposition to the bill.
Spector, heh.
I pray that this man ends his career in a most humiliating fashion and I pray that God forgives me praying for this.
But please let this man go down and let him be a lesson for every congress critter without a backbone, idealogy or cause...a coward in other words.
Next...may that rich boob Corzine go down, I ask this in the name of Jesus cause these two heartening events will tell those Dems more than most anything else.