U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter (Democrat, then RINO, now Democrat again — Pennsylvania) was on Meet the Press this morning. Perhaps the most telling exchange was when David Gregory asked him what he got in terms of a pay-off from the Democrats.
GREGORY: I want to move on to the question of what it took for the democrats to get you. What were you offered? What inducements were you given to switch parties?
SEN. SPECTER: None.
GREGORY: None? You won’t keep your seniority?
SEN. SPECTER: I will.
GREGORY: That’s not an inducement?
SEN. SPECTER: No. It’s an entitlement.
This pretty much sums everything up. Sen. Specter believes he is entitled to keep his power in Washington. That is his motivation. First he candidly admitted that he switched parties just so he could win — not because it would help achieve a set of policy goals. And now he’s done it again. For Specter, it’s not about protecting the Constitution or even serving the people of Pennsylvania; it’s out protecting his own power. Perhaps Pat Toomey will have a chance to say something like this to Specter in a future debate.
WILLIAM WALLACE: There’s a difference between us. You think the people of this country exist to provide you with position. I think your position exists to provide those people with freedom. And I go to make sure that they have it.
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I’m not a bit surprised, SpectRE always was a scumbag hypocritical self serving pol and will always be.
What boggles my mind is how this low life stayed in power as long as he did!
The useful idiots who continually keep putting this kind of scum in office, year after year, need their head examined!
By: tazzmax on May 3, 2009
at 5:42 pm
The cynical, self-serving move by Specter had absolutely nothing to do with values, policy, or any high-minded thinking of any kind— though President Obama surely would like for you to think that.
Everybody knows he did it because he was down 21% in the polls leading-up to the GOP primary for his seat- and Joey Pluggs made a deal with him, he already admitted as such. The sad truth is that this hack has spent three decades in the Senate, while accomplishing very little.
And Barack and him have a lot in common- as unprincipled political opportunists, I’m sure they’ll get along just great.
Just a little over a month ago, the Senator said in an interview that he wouldn’t switch parties due to the importance of checks and balances.
And back in 2001, Sen. Arlen Specter, then a Republican, proposed a rule forbidding party switches… he was upset when Vt Sen. Jim Jeffords’ left the GOP to become an independent.
Who knows what the truth is with this guy, you’ll never get it from him. Nobody on our side’s going to miss him.
By: Reaganite Republican on May 3, 2009
at 6:29 pm
Specter said he doesn’t want to run against the Club for Growth.
Thus, he’s not a conservative on fiscal issues and he is not a conservative on social issues. The democrats can have him, he’ll still lose.
By: Keystoner on May 3, 2009
at 9:08 pm
Specter said 34 judges failed to be confirmed after Chafee was defeated.
If those judges had to moderate their views to be confirmed by a reelected Chafee, they don’t belong on the court anyway. It’s better to purify the party. NO RETREAT.
By: Keystoner on May 3, 2009
at 9:12 pm
Specter said 200,000 voters changed their registration to democrat.
They did it to participate in Operation Chaos because they are so fed up with democrat rule.
The King’s army was defeated at Valley Forge, and Specter the King’s army will be defeated at Philadelphia.
By: Keystoner on May 3, 2009
at 10:10 pm
GOP in PA need to get behind Pat Toomey 100%. We need to get back to our consertavie values. I will not support a Tom Ridge. We have a real opportunity here, lets not blow it.
By: Donna Hall on May 4, 2009
at 10:52 am
Join the race by running against Specter on http://www.thevirtualcongress.com or run against any one of the too many Rinos. This site is full of conservative voices who will be leading the charge in 2010.
By: VirtCon on May 4, 2009
at 10:53 am
the article ended with:
This pretty much sums everything up. Sen. Specter believes he is entitled to keep his power in Washington. That is his motivation. First he candidly admitted that he switched parties just so he could win — not because it would help achieve a set of policy goals. And now he’s done it again. For Specter, it’s not about protecting the Constitution or even serving the people of Pennsylvania; it’s out protecting his own power. Perhaps Pat Toomey will have a chance to say something like this to Specter in a future debate.
I say…vote out everyone who has this attitude! If they have not shown the people that they support the Constitution and work FOR the people…they should go and give a new person a chance. When the people fear their government, that’s called tyranny! When the government fears the people, that’s called FREEDOM! I do not remember who said it…it certainly was not me…but I like it a LOT!
By: JoAnne Schnepp on May 5, 2009
at 2:08 am