Specter the turncoat

Tunnelcat · Post by **Tunnelcat** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 2:33 pm

Uh oh! Arlen Specter is switching parties to become a Democrat. If Al Franken finally gets seated, the Dems will have a filibuster-proof majority in the Senate.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/04/28/ ... ty.switch/

NOW the Conservatives should worry.

CUDA · Post by **CUDA** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 2:38 pm

Specter says its about ideals. he's more democrat than republican. BULLSH@T, this is all about re-election for him, seems the conseravtive side of the GOP is mounting a challenge for his seat in the next election and he's sure he's going to lose the nomination. so he jumped ship to try and maintain his seat. just another Example of the cowardess in our government

Tunnelcat · Post by **Tunnelcat** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 2:48 pm

That's a true politician. Abandon your principles if it looks like you're gonna lose the next election. Just what the Dems need, another Conservadem with no principles or loyalty to the party base. The Republicans are probably happy to get rid of him and run someone with more party loyalty in 2010.

Spidey · Post by **Spidey** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 2:58 pm

Have no fear…Specteroid has always been a liberal.

Good Riddence!

Will Robinson · Post by **Will Robinson** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 3:34 pm

Drowning man grasps at straw on bank of swiftly moving river....attempt fails, man drowns.

He's a loon. Now he'll be a retired loon. then an over paid lobbiest loon. Ain't America grand?

Tunnelcat · Post by **Tunnelcat** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 4:00 pm

Yeah, but NOW he's going to be kowtowing to the Dems helping to give them their majority in the next four years, especially with Franken getting seated, eventually.

Maybe they'll get drunk with power and self-implode like the Republicans did. Conservatives can only hope.

Grendel · Post by **Grendel** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 4:29 pm

Muaaahahahaha..

Jeff250 · Post by **Jeff250** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 7:21 pm

I'd never heard of the guy before now, but if the GOP is trying to replace him for being too liberal, then it's not as though you can say that he's switching parties *just* for reelection. Clearly the GOP doesn't think he's right for the GOP either.

The only people that him switching parties will betray are people who vote the party line. From the sounds of it, he was already voting liberal, so his voting record probably won't change much.

And if he's guilty of betraying the GOP itself, then 1) it sounds like they stuck it to him first and 2) I'm not sympathetic to political parties getting their feelings hurt. Let's all feel sorry for the poor political party...

Duper · Post by **Duper** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 7:45 pm

Jeff250 wrote: And if he's guilty of betraying the GOP itself, then 1) it sounds like they stuck it to him first and 2) I'm not sympathetic to political parties getting their feelings hurt. Let's all feel sorry for the poor political party...

Lothar · Post by **Lothar** » Wed Apr 29, 2009 6:59 pm

Jeff250 wrote:I'd never heard of the guy before now

Really?

Jeff250 · Post by **Jeff250** » Wed Apr 29, 2009 9:19 pm

Yes. I don't hear about anything until it's on the Daily Show.

Will Robinson · Post by **Will Robinson** » Thu Apr 30, 2009 6:59 am

Jeff250 wrote:Yes. I don't hear about anything until it's on the Daily Show.

He's plenty loopy enough to be ridiculed on the Daily Show, the problem is he's for the most part always been pro democrat so he won't be a target....

Kilarin · Post by **Kilarin** » Thu Apr 30, 2009 7:27 am

Will Robinson wrote:He's plenty loopy enough to be ridiculed on the Daily Show, the problem is he's for the most part always been pro democrat so he won't be a target....

One of the really nice things about the Daily Show is that they admit they are biased. EVERYONE is biased, the best way to achieve a level of fairness is to admit your bias up front and then deal with it from there.

Jeff250 · Post by **Jeff250** » Thu Apr 30, 2009 2:23 pm

They actually did mock him that night, but I still had to wait until midnight of that day to watch it.

Gooberman · Post by **Gooberman** » Thu Apr 30, 2009 3:57 pm

Kilarin wrote: One of the really nice things about the Daily Show is that they admit they are biased. EVERYONE is biased, the best way to achieve a level of fairness is to admit your bias up front and then deal with it from there.

I agree. The only thing that really irks me about the Fox News Channel is their slogan.

Spidey · Post by **Spidey** » Thu Apr 30, 2009 4:46 pm

Right, and which one claims to be the totally non biased political news…is it CNN? Lol Every time I tuned that channel in during the election season I got a big chuckle.

You know what you get with FOX…get over it.

Tunnelcat · Post by **Tunnelcat** » Thu Apr 30, 2009 5:03 pm

Duper, that's the cutest picture I've ever seen!

Duper · Post by **Duper** » Thu Apr 30, 2009 5:05 pm

lol I wish I could say it was mine, but it's not. It originated off of \"icanhascheeseburger.com\" or now lolcats.

Kilarin · Post by **Kilarin** » Thu Apr 30, 2009 6:54 pm

gotta love http://icanhascheezburger.com/ !!!! (Lol cats isn't nearly as good)

Tunnelcat · Post by **Tunnelcat** » Fri May 01, 2009 10:27 am

Awwwwww, soooooooo cuuuuuuute.......uh, oh!......erk........beeeeeeeeeeep.....stack overflow.......beeeeeeeeeeeep..........errror............BSoD!

The right-wingers should be happy that such a wishy-washy, unprincipled politician has left the nest. He'll sabotage the Dems just fine for ya.

Did you notice that during the last Presidential Press Conference that the ONLY network that Obama DIDN'T call on was FOX News.

Gooberman · Post by **Gooberman** » Fri May 01, 2009 10:40 am

Spidey wrote:Right, and which one claims to be the totally non biased political news…is it CNN? Lol Every time I tuned that channel in during the election season I got a big chuckle.

You know what you get with FOX…get over it.

Comparing Fox News to MSNBC is quite accurate, comparing them to CNN is way off mark. CNN leans left, Fox and MSNBC are both over the top. I would *love* to see a mainstreem CNN equivalent on the right. It would be really healthy for the republican party.

Regardless, as far as I know, neither of which have a slogan similar to "fair and balanced."

The only ones I know of CNN are: "The Most Trusted Name in News" / "The Best Political Team on Television"

I don't really watch MSNBC, so I don't know what their slogans are. If its as bad as Fox's, so be it I will throw them in the gutter too.

But I doubt it is.

CUDA · Post by **CUDA** » Fri May 01, 2009 12:45 pm

tunnelcat wrote:Did you notice that during the last Presidential Press Conference that the ONLY network that Obama DIDN'T call on was FOX News.

thats because FOX told the Presidents press secretary that they shreded the Fax from the White House with the telepromper questions they were required to ask

Will Robinson · Post by **Will Robinson** » Fri May 01, 2009 12:59 pm

CUDA wrote:
tunnelcat wrote:Did you notice that during the last Presidential Press Conference that the ONLY network that Obama DIDN'T call on was FOX News.
thats because FOX told the Presidents press secretary that they shreded the Fax from the White House with the telepromper questions they were required to ask

LOl!!

Gooberman · Post by **Gooberman** » Fri May 01, 2009 7:02 pm

Keep hatin'

Spidey · Post by **Spidey** » Fri May 01, 2009 8:48 pm

We will, we had 8 years to learn how it’s done.

Duper · Post by **Duper** » Fri May 01, 2009 8:54 pm

He kinda looks like a Sintari from Babylon 5. Let's hope he goes down a better path.

Either that or they're Off to See the Wizard.

...tough call....

woodchip · Post by **woodchip** » Sat May 02, 2009 9:36 am

Much loved Michelle showing off her 550 dollar sneakers while working at a food bank to help the needy. Nice to see her being proud of her country now by flouncing around in gross excess.

TheCope · Post by **TheCope** » Sat May 02, 2009 9:37 am

He came up with the \"magic bullet theory\". Peasants.

Will Robinson · Post by **Will Robinson** » Sat May 02, 2009 9:37 am

I don't hate him and it's nice to see an African American family living in the White House but it sure sucks to have one who is hell bent on being the reparations president!

CUDA · Post by **CUDA** » Sat May 02, 2009 2:03 pm

it was said many years ago that Pigs will fly before a black became president of the USA.

well now with our first Black President celebrating his 1st 100 days in Office.

Swine flu

Sergeant Thorne · Post by **Sergeant Thorne** » Sat May 02, 2009 3:01 pm

Whitewater · Post by **Whitewater** » Sat May 02, 2009 4:11 pm

I don't understand the outrage behind the shoes. It's not as if they're using tax payer dollars to buy them. What they do with their money is up to them. If they feel like gold plating their toilet than all the more power to them. Now if you want to call them idiots for paying $550 for shoes, I have no objection to that.

Ferno · Post by **Ferno** » Sun May 03, 2009 12:47 am

I sure didn't see anyone whine about this

Tunnelcat · Post by **Tunnelcat** » Sun May 03, 2009 4:23 pm

Will Robinson wrote:I don't hate him and it's nice to see an African American family living in the White House but it sure sucks to have one who is hell bent on being the reparations president!

Well, if little Bushie and a Republican Congress hadn't effed things up royally, the Republicans would still be in power.

CUDA · Post by **CUDA** » Wed May 06, 2009 9:40 am

Arlen Specter's switch to the Democratic Party has cost him his seniority on Senate committees.

The Senate passed a resolution Tuesday night that made him the most junior Democrat on the committees on which he serves.

AHAHAHAHAHAH

He out smarted himself, well thats what greed will get you

woodchip · Post by **woodchip** » Wed May 06, 2009 9:57 am

Whitewater wrote:I don't understand the outrage behind the shoes. It's not as if they're using tax payer dollars to buy them. What they do with their money is up to them. If they feel like gold plating their toilet than all the more power to them. Now if you want to call them idiots for paying $550 for shoes, I have no objection to that.

Just like the outrage by the left on Sarah Palins wardrobe that was supplied to her through non taxpayer dollars...of which she returned as the wardrobe was only loaned?

Gooberman · Post by **Gooberman** » Wed May 06, 2009 10:43 am

woodchip wrote:Just like the outrage by the left on Sarah Palins wardrobe that was supplied to her through non taxpayer dollars...of which she returned as the wardrobe was only loaned?

They both shouldn't be criticized for spending their own money (Which Sarah Palin didn't). I think what got people about Sarah Palin was that her entire M.O. was a folksy blue collar 'one-of-us' personality. To then see her in those kind of outfits made things not match up.

This sort of thing is entirely the McCain campaign's fault, not Sarah Palin, but it was a big mistake to put someone with those traits in those kind of outfits.

CUDA · Post by **CUDA** » Wed May 06, 2009 11:00 am

Gooberman wrote: but it was a big mistake to put someone with those traits in those kind of outfits.

Ya but she looked Hot

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