tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post5111913186939706113..comments2024-02-24T00:37:43.087-05:00Comments on The Other McCain: Specter: RINO no moreRobert Stacy McCainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03084541621503669804noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-47402895966786311452009-04-29T05:40:00.000-04:002009-04-29T05:40:00.000-04:00He won't be missed, not any more than an abscessed...He won't be missed, not any more than an abscessed tooth, or an impacted bowel movement. I can’t understand these chicken-hearts who think that catering to dishonest, unreliable, self-interested, terminally craven, so-called members of the party redounds in any way to our credit. Better to be rid of them than associated with them in any way. <br />I feel 98 pounds lighter. Now if we could just be rid of a couple more of the parasites, we might be making progress.Steven Givlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09092840809322567030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-6377445044647745072009-04-29T04:58:00.000-04:002009-04-29T04:58:00.000-04:00You were right about Specter. A clarifying moment....You were right about Specter. A clarifying moment. What a low creature.El Gordonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-68973478488897932272009-04-29T03:01:00.000-04:002009-04-29T03:01:00.000-04:00April was a good month. We finally got rid of tha...April was a good month. We finally got rid of that dirtbag Phil Spector, and we finally got rid of that hypocritical Arlen Specter.<br /><br />Good Riddance to the Spectres. Keep weeding out the riff-raff.<br /><br />rbsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-72080789716293451562009-04-28T23:32:00.000-04:002009-04-28T23:32:00.000-04:00This is a huge blow for Republicans hoping to stop...This is a huge blow for Republicans hoping to stop Obama's agenda in the Senate.<br /><br />Oh bull, on every vote that really mattered he voted with the Dems, tell me what is the difference between 60 Dems and 57 Dems and 3 RINO's voting together? Nothing! For all intents and purposes the Dems have had a filibuster proof majority since January thanks to Snow, Collins and Specter. Good riddance to bad rubbish! Now if the we could only get some strong contenders to Collins and Snow.Oldcrownoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-12522567980309844522009-04-28T20:41:00.000-04:002009-04-28T20:41:00.000-04:00I wonder why people think either party could be ge...I wonder why people think either party could be getting smaller. Libertarian-minded folks know that the swing between the Dems and Reps is more a matter of changing the tent canvas while encompassing the same crowd.<br /><br />If we are to accept the "tent" concept, ask yourselves why people complain about "purges" and shrinking-the-tent over at the RNC, while no one thinks about enlarging the tent of the Dem party. Making room for diversity is not something Dems are engaged in at any level.<br /><br />I could be wrong. They just enlarged their tent by accepting a classless opportunist.K~Bobnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-43631044125333645182009-04-28T19:47:00.000-04:002009-04-28T19:47:00.000-04:00Stacy,
You have mentioned on a number of occasion...Stacy,<br /><br />You have mentioned on a number of occasions the necessity to get to 50% + 1 of the electorate, and the inadvisability of indulging in a purging mentality. In that light, I urge you to reconsider your joy at seeing Specter depart the Republican party.Withywindlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11465319711207992232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-25378324341237510632009-04-28T19:35:00.000-04:002009-04-28T19:35:00.000-04:00If it wouldn't help fund their reelection campaign...If it wouldn't help fund their reelection campaigns I would suggest that we send 30 pieces of silver to Snowe, Collins and Specter as a sign of how we feel they have behaved all these years.Chadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15083359852310707247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-73673713213122481902009-04-28T19:17:00.000-04:002009-04-28T19:17:00.000-04:00"Wait! With 60 seats in the Senate (assuming clown..."Wait! With 60 seats in the Senate (assuming clown Franken gets seated), that means Democrats will actually have TO GET SOMETHING DONE!"<br /><br />Excellent point. They have lost their last remaining excuse for not getting things done. And of course, since everything they DO get done will make things worse, they will have to take 100% of the blame when things (increasingly) turn to shit.<br /><br />As for those decrying "ideological purity" can they answer exactly what made Specter a Republican? Consider:<br /><br />- anti-fiscal restraint, as his stimulus vote indicated<br />- pro-abortion<br />- pro-liberal judge (gang of 14, voted against Bork)<br />- anti-tax cutting (worked to reduce the magnitude of Bush's tax cuts)<br /><br />Specter was against Republicans on pretty much everything, with the possible exception of national defense (which isn't SUPPOSED to be a partisan issue). Since when is it practicing ideological purity to not include in your party someone who shares NONE of your views?thirteen28noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-38627446756670402012009-04-28T18:19:00.000-04:002009-04-28T18:19:00.000-04:00Maybe Senator Sphincter thinks a filibuster proof ...Maybe Senator Sphincter thinks a filibuster proof Senate can ram through legislation that will prevent Democrats from ever loosing another election. Even so, it’s hard to believe that ambitious Pennsylvania Democrats are just going to stand aside and hand him their nomination. These are the same people who stood aside for a power-hungry harpy whose only apparent talent was slandering the woman her husband molested though, so you never know.R. Dittmarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-16804468555596606132009-04-28T17:56:00.000-04:002009-04-28T17:56:00.000-04:00Wait! With 60 seats in the Senate (assuming clown ...Wait! With 60 seats in the Senate (assuming clown Franken gets seated), that means Democrats will actually have TO GET SOMETHING DONE! <br /><br />No more excuses libs. You own the government now. Shut your dirty pieholes and get crackin...JGhttp://theforumblog.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-81825737434666791132009-04-28T16:39:00.000-04:002009-04-28T16:39:00.000-04:00Even the resident zampolit at the New Republic, Jo...Even the resident <I>zampolit</I> at the New Republic, Jonathan Chait, calls this specimen of snatch/grab opportunism an "unprincipled hack."<br /><br />If the Democrats have any brains, they'll toss him out in the primary election just as the Republicans would have---the real reason this devout coward bolted.<br /><br />Hilariously, the creep started out as a Dem, was rejected on smell-test rules, and then somehow wormed his way into the Repub universe. Churchill was right, it talks chutzpah to rat, but considerable treason to re-rat.dave in bocahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10164227301361227792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-48073621409046665922009-04-28T16:17:00.000-04:002009-04-28T16:17:00.000-04:00My senior Senator (almost three years in south cen...My senior Senator (almost three years in south central PA for my lovely bride and me) has seen the handwriting on the wall, and jumped ship. Toomey was gonna blow him away in the primary next year, and he knows it. <br /><br />As for what this means to my party, here’s my take: initially, quite damaging. Once that buffoon Franken gets seated (what is wrong with those people in Minnesota, anyway?), there’ll be hell to pay keeping that 60-vote majority from ruining us all. Here’s hoping Cantor and the rest of the grownups in the House can get the bluedogs to think before they act. As for Arlen himself, I’m going to repeat what I said to Rush in an e-mail I sent in 2001, re: Jim Jeffords: “good riddance! He’s finally decided to call himself what he really is. Anyone who switches parties for political expediency, and not principles, regrets it in the long run. Say good-bye to your chairmanship in January 2003, Sen. Jeffords!”<br /><br />I used the example of Phil Gramm to buttress my case. Senator Gramm became a Republican because of his belief in Ronald Reagan’s ideas and ideals, and even ran in a special election for his seat to prove it. In 1994, he was vindicated when the Republican Revolution swept the Democrats out of Congressional power for the first time in 40 years. They still held the majority in both houses when he retired from the Senate.<br /><br />Jim Jeffords? In 2002, in the very next election after he switched parties, the Republicans regained control of the Senate. I’m not saying that’ll happen in 2010, the hill this time is probably too big to climb, but with what’s happening in the economy and around the world right now, the next two cycles in 2010 and 2012 could be very interesting.bigsarge7noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-8257762324184527332009-04-28T16:09:00.001-04:002009-04-28T16:09:00.001-04:00You might not realize it but this is a disaster fo...You might not realize it but this is a disaster for the Democrats.<br /><br />Specter as the 60th vote means <A HREF="http://datechguy.wordpress.com/2009/04/28/no-more-cover-for-the-democrats/" REL="nofollow">no more cover</A>When you have all the majorities you have all the responsibility.<br /><br />Now instead of Republicans being blamed for "obstructing" the president, now our friends on the left own everything.<br /><br />If they fail to do something it is their fault, if they do something it's their fault and if this develop as we think they will and this is a huge failure it will be a failure that will be totally owned by the democratic party.<br /><br />And now they can't duck the Nutroots since they "have the votes".<br /><br />The short terms pain we have now will pay off big later, now instead of worrying about what the RINO will do the other side can worry and we can rebuildAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-21645708955305229352009-04-28T16:09:00.000-04:002009-04-28T16:09:00.000-04:00How small does your rotten little party have to ge...How small does your rotten little party have to get before it is ideologically pure enough for you?<br /><br />You're a Whig, Stacy. 21%, 40 Senators (probably less next year), and out-voted by 150 in the House? Jesus, Howard Phillips will soon pass you in influence.<br /><br />Oh, and the idea you could win Pa with Pat Toomey is a joke. Your moderate presidential candidate lost by 11 points; your wingnut senate candidate will be lucky to match that.timnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-73061632286678527932009-04-28T15:37:00.000-04:002009-04-28T15:37:00.000-04:00give my blog a look see for a photo shop of our bo...give my blog a look see for a photo shop of our boy ArlenEdward Cropperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10101203539480399988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-71071031005925418122009-04-28T15:23:00.000-04:002009-04-28T15:23:00.000-04:00Specter will support EFCA when the time comes. He'...Specter will support EFCA when the time comes. He's just advertising his vote for sale.Molon Labenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-60178290444953758612009-04-28T15:20:00.000-04:002009-04-28T15:20:00.000-04:00.. even Barack Obama's impressive popularity Why d...<I>.. even Barack Obama's impressive popularity </I>Why do so many people buy into this fantasy that Obama has "impressive popularity"? His poll numbers are mediocre.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-37111563310609482772009-04-28T15:17:00.000-04:002009-04-28T15:17:00.000-04:00Do the Senate republicans who donated for his camp...Do the Senate republicans who donated for his campaign get their money back now?Dave Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13779153708960447630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-84820856617474714992009-04-28T14:12:00.000-04:002009-04-28T14:12:00.000-04:00Specter reminds me of Hyman Roth, of Godfather II ...Specter reminds me of Hyman Roth, of Godfather II fame. He thinks he will live forever. We all remember how it ended for him, don't we? (Figuratively speaking).lunkheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04083668881817334791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-5407187397019158552009-04-28T14:11:00.000-04:002009-04-28T14:11:00.000-04:00He reminds me of Hyman Roth, from Godfather II fam...He reminds me of Hyman Roth, from Godfather II fame. He thinks he's going to live forever, but we all remember what happened to him in the end. (Figuratively speaking).lunkheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04083668881817334791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-67878668304466937792009-04-28T14:00:00.000-04:002009-04-28T14:00:00.000-04:00I second that pox. A pox on all their houses!I second that pox. A pox on all their houses!Redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00995981511802074871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-27177624753906621652009-04-28T13:53:00.000-04:002009-04-28T13:53:00.000-04:00Thank you for punching the point that so few seem ...Thank you for punching the point that so few seem to get - that Specter as bad as he is, is a symptom of RNC incompetence and short-sightedness. This is "fool me once - fool me twice" territory. Supporting a back-stabber like Specter is proof only of weakness or idiocy. <br /><br />Do we need to explain again why Republicans have been losing elections? Sure. Because they haven't been running actual Republicans for office and those shmucks have disgraced the brand.Ronsonichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03084095209525920755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-31223084744976932782009-04-28T13:50:00.000-04:002009-04-28T13:50:00.000-04:00Pox indeed Stacy, I hope the door does hit him on ...Pox indeed Stacy, I hope the door does hit him on his way out. I have been irritated with his presence in the party for years, adios and glad you finally did it.Left Coast Rebelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09292257205859285528noreply@blogger.com