RECALL IMMEDIATELY!!!

Not really. He never even qualified for the RINO definition.

Here’s the statement:

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/thefix/senate/specter-to-switch-parties.html

“I have decided to run for re-election in 2010 in the Democratic primary,” said Specter in a statement. “I am ready, willing and anxious to take on all comers and have my candidacy for re-election determined in a general election.”

He added: “Since my election in 1980, as part of the Reagan Big Tent, the Republican Party has moved far to the right. Last year, more than 200,000 Republicans in Pennsylvania changed their registration to become Democrats. I now find my political philosophy more in line with Democrats than Republicans.”

Let’s take a second to address the BS that Specter fronts above. The common meme is that the GOP is now a far-right organization.

Bullsh1t. It’s the same as it ever was – keep spending low (although Bush and the last Congress blew that), keep government small (Bush blew that one as well), opposition to abortion, pro-2nd Amendment, pro-individual.

Who’s really made the move? The democrats. Way to the left. It’s a lie to say the GOP is now pandering to the most foul parts of its base. The real truth is that there are no Scoop Jackson democrats anymore. Now all we have are Nancy Pelosi democrats. So which party is the one that’s moved away from itself, again?

Here’s the statement:

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/thefix/senate/specter-to-switch-parties.html

“I have decided to run for re-election in 2010 in the Democratic primary,” said Specter in a statement. “I am ready, willing and anxious to take on all comers and have my candidacy for re-election determined in a general election.”

He added: “Since my election in 1980, as part of the Reagan Big Tent, the Republican Party has moved far to the right. Last year, more than 200,000 Republicans in Pennsylvania changed their registration to become Democrats. I now find my political philosophy more in line with Democrats than Republicans.”

Let’s take a second to address the BS that Specter fronts above. The common meme is that the GOP is now a far-right organization.

Bullsh1t. It’s the same as it ever was – keep spending low (although Bush and the last Congress blew that), keep government small (Bush blew that one as well), opposition to abortion, pro-2nd Amendment, pro-individual.

Who’s really made the move? The democrats. Way to the left. It’s a lie to say the GOP is now pandering to the most foul parts of its base. The real truth is that there are no Scoop Jackson democrats anymore. Now all we have are Nancy Pelosi democrats. So which party is the one that’s moved away from itself, again?

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You guys are the reason Specter got the nomination over Toomey last time.

Never trust a RINO. I think he saw the writing on the wall, and knew he was going to be beat by Toomey in the primary.

Or, you could man up and just admit how very very wrong you were.

Since his chance of winning in the next Republican primary was looking slimmer by the month, he’s realized he’ll either have to start working for a living finding a real job outside of politics or whore himself out to the democrats.
It will be sweet to see him lose as a democrat next election.

Can someone tell me when a Democrat crossed the isle to become a Rebulican? Good riddance to bad rubbish.

Good riddance.

If he’s looking for gratitude from the Dems for his continuing subversion of conservative principles, he will be sorely disappointed.

Just like McCain, they throw him under the bus so fast he won’t have time to duck.

Figuring out if his district was “going Democrat” as his motus operandi or if he is just scared of losing.

I am surprised by such a desperate act.

Obama was to have said, “We are thrilled to have you”, per Fox just now… I wonder if he will say that in November 2010….

“I read that he was switching parties, but I was disappointed to learn that he’s still a Democrat.”

From The Corner at National Review Online.

Made me laugh out loud.

This is scary. People shouldn’t be too thrilled. There is nothing to hold him back now. If he were at least running in the GOP primary, he’s have to throw the Right a few bones (EFCA, judges, national security).

maybe this is a sign of things to come!

Spector thinks more people registered democrat so he’ll run as a RAT.

Hey knucklehead, it was called Operation Chaos!

LOL!

He says the party has moved further to the right. What planet does he live on? Further right than when Reagan was president? If only!

Time to winnow out all the RINOs – we’ve got nothing to lose. It will be interesting to see Toomey run for that seat.

I blame W for Toomey not getting the seat in 2004. Shame on him for sticking with this old fool.

You SUCKERS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Judicial nominations, cabinet positions, absurd “truth” tribunals, spending, the list goes on and on. Is there some kind of recall option in PA? If not we have to look at all of our options to limit the wholesale destruction of everything that’s good in America before he loses in ignomy in ’10.

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Hopefully, a life-long, well-known Democrat decides to run and ousts Specter in the Democratic Primary. How incredibly sweet would that be?

Finally some truth in advertising! Specter hasn’t been a Republican since he switched parties years ago…his lifetime ACU raring is in the 40% range.

Good bye and good riddance Arlen!

The “Big Tent” analogy isn’t the correct one…the correct one is a MAGNET…we need to be a MAGNET that draws these independents in who are sick and tired of what’s going on in Washington—Fred Thompson

Seriously… I suspect it is. Consider the budget, healthcare and green movement….

GOP is better off without these scoundrels.

Thank GOD.

of our opinion regarding the turncoat. They are salivating at the consolidation of power. What happens in Congress will be bad enough but has anyone thought about the Supreme Court?

Our country is in peril—-we need more than the obvious remarks—-we need to start supporting as many candidates ( at the local level), as possible and not stop our vigilance.

Next, someone will tell me Clay Aiken is gay.

When Senator Phil Gramm decided the time had come to change parties, he resigned his seat in Congress, and ran as a Republican. There was some degree of risk, given that Texas wasn’t quite solid red in those days. Lloyd Benstsen, a Democrat, was Texas’ other US Senator.

The point is, Gramm felt that he was breaking a compact with the Democrat Party in Texas, and that the only ethical way to switch parties was to run again as a Republican. Arlen Specter could never understand this type of character, and moral compass.

Look at it from his point of view. He had lost the support of the PA Republican Party a long time ago. So, he went to Emanuel and Eddie Rendell and made them an offer they couldn’t refuse. Of course they went for it, for a price.

Arlen will run unopposed in the D primary, then resign midway thorugh his term so Eddie can appoint an Outfit Guy to the seat.

The smarter play on Arlen’s part would have been to be an “independent Dem” and go moderate, like Joe. But I suspected the D’s wanted all or nothing.

This is just bad optics for Arlen. He was just out to save his a$$. How godd**n pathetic.

Arlen Sphincter shows his true colors that it’s more important to hold power than to hold fast to principles. The man has never been a moderate as the media claims, but has always leaned to the left. At least he’s no longer a RINO.

It’s clear he did this only for his own political advantage because he knew he was going to get creamed in the primary. This is the kind of thing people remember and hopefully will work against him in 2010. This is a race that the RNC really needs to target because IMHO, Spector is vulnerable.

this is nothing to be alarmed about and something WE KNEW he was one and now WE have the proof in his own words so now WE don’t have to have heartburn over his votes & OBTW he will be LOSING in 2010 no matter what he calls himself!

They managed to pay for the election of the 60th Democrat in the senate.

They should stay OUT of the primaries! Let the local Republicans deal with the primaries, then come in and support the nominee in the general.

I hope they’ve at least learned THIS lesson.

The fact that he’s been the ranking Republican on the Judiciary has always been a travesty…if he’s switching Parties for the elections…then he should switch NOW and Republicans need to get someone who represents us to replace him!

The “Big Tent” analogy isn’t the correct one…the correct one is a MAGNET…we need to be a MAGNET that draws these independents in who are sick and tired of what’s going on in Washington—Fred Thompson

for saying the NRSC would support him for re-election.

If I remember correctly the last time a Republican senator switched to the Democrats was back in 40′s or early 50′s. And I believe it didn’t work out too well for that fellow either.

assignments, then he should be replaced as minority leader. It’s time for a full blood bath now.

What took him so long? This may come back to haunt him.

Now lets get someone in there who is a real Republican.

…that netting the Democrat nomination will be any easier? I hardly think whoever was ramping up to challenge him for that seat in 2010 is just going to fold up now. And if there’s anything 2008 should have taught us, it’s that Dems won’t support a “reach across the aisle” guy when they can have someone who’s had both feet planted over there all along.

Cigars and Port on me.

The left has 60 ? OK, they own it all now. Everything that happens is on them.

I sincerely “hope” they have fun with their “change”…. I’ll keep The Constitution and The Bill Of Rights.

Locked, loaded and waiting with no want or desire for the need to use my AR, 12 ga., 9mm and crossbow for anything other than competitions and training.

Cheers !

Wait until he finds how far Pennsylvania has “moved to the right”.

Specter;
- Voted for a “stimulus” package that has saddled generations wwith $9 trillion in debt, earmarks, wasted spending and put us on the road to nationalized healthcare

- Pushed for terrorists to have habeus rights and access to US courts. We can all take comfort in this decision as irrregular terrorist combatants are released in the US or sent to Montana

There is not enough room to write about all the times Mr. Specter abandoned his constituents.

The coupe de grace was Specter’s stimulus bill vote which substantially killed his chances to win in a primary or general for that matter.

So I wish Arlen and his new “friends” a great deal of luck. Although I recommend considering a primary challenger (after you are done with him).

As an aside, there is nothing more despicable than a politician who pretends to stand on moral ground for a decision after his electoral mortality, and almost inevitable demise has been revealed.

Pennsylvania deserves better.

I would love to see some “news” reports interviewing voters who voted for Specter. Better yet -if you voted for Specter – interview yourself and post it on YOUTUBE and CNN.

Actually, I think he will support an “amended” “bipartisan” alternative that will be as bad or worse than what’s proposed now.

If Specter plans to run and win as a Democrat, the only way he can do so is with union support, which means he has to support card check (else they will back a primary opponent).

Then again, he has always been a union man – he only came out against card check in the hope of pre-empting Republican primary challengers. Once he figured out he would lose anyway, it was time to “come out”.

“Republicans look forward to beating Sen. Specter in 2010, assuming the Democrats don’t do it first.” — Michael Steele

(link)

Toomey should crush this guy…

Spares us the intraparty fratricide of a contested primary. Assuming no one else jumps in to contest Toomey.

I’m going to break my rule of not donating to out of state races, to donate to Pat Toomey. The one nice thing out of all of this is, the Dems will learn to hate the narcissistic blowhard Specter, as much as we have. What a fitting end to his self serving career.

Now to scrape away a few more of the barnacles.

Good riddance to bad garbage.

Wished that he had done it decades ago.

Snow? Collins? any others feel froggy, then please jump.
You’re RINOs anyway, never be missed and the party brand will have a chance to regain respectability.

Regards

See!! there is still some good news out there…

It’s essentially unanimous — here at RS at least — that Arlen Specter is a detestable politician, an opportunist, a careerist, and a whole bunch of other unflattering descriptions. Flail away, fellow conservatives, I say Amen.

But the threads I’ll be much more interested to read will deal with how we can play our congressional hand without a threat of filibuster.

Before Specter’s treachery, the Dems were already making noises about playing loose with the Senate rules to steamroller a nationalized health bill with only 51 votes…how much more swagger will they have with 60?

Yes, the Dems can’t resist overreaching, and thereby start a backlash that could manifest as soon as Nov 2010…but that political correction is only a possibility, and my mind swims thinking of how much damage they can do between now and 4Q2010.

The weasel only switched to save his worthless hide from losing in the primary. I never trusted or had any respect for him. He was to Republicans as Joe Lieberman was to the Democrats, as far as I am concerned. Good riddance. When will that other idiot Sen. Collins become ad Democrat?

1. Specter’s switch doesn’t make the senate filibuster proof. It already was leaning that way with him, Snow, and Collins.

2. He will probably side with the senate “bluedogs.” They don’t help the GOP agenda but they do slow the more radical liberal agenda.

3. This frees up GOP funding to put on a good general fight rather than an expensive primary fight. A lot of regular people don’t like party switchers — kind of shows that the candidate is more interested in re-election than in representing the will of the people that got him there in the first place.

I’ll have to revise this to Shame on the GOP2 and find a new picture. Then again, I’d like to know what the reactions of Maine’s Senators are to Specter’s switch and their own votes for the seven thousand $1,000,000.00 porkulus…

http://www.redstate.com/hammer2008/2009/02/13/shame-on-the-gop-3-shame-on-you/

Specter said Reps moved far right and had they supported Chafee, Spector would be the chairman of the judiciary committee. This is a self interested cry baby taking his ball and going home to the DEM party.

We are going to suffer greatly but I guess its necessary to hang this radical experiment clearly on the DEMS and hopefully come back someday from the damage they are going to do over the next couple years at least.

Wanna bet he made a deal with the Dems? And should they trust him? The guy allowed the Republican Party to pay for his prior elections. Then, when the going gets rough, instead of manning-up, he cuts and runs.

Buh-bye, Traitor.

Surprise, surprise.

Specter has been a RINO for years and was going down to defeat in the GOP primary next year he switched parties in order to save his political life. He’s as corrupt and unprincipled as most of the Washington elite,so good riddance.What I want to see is Specter go down to defeat as a Dem next year.

for demonstrating all the years of you being called a RINO were correct. That you care only about YOUR BEING IN THE SENATE to protect your paycheck and pension and not a wit about the Health and Welfare of the Nation. That you cared nothing about being Republican, and often less so about any Conservative ideals only caring to vote for them when it required NO COURAGE to do so in order to protect the DEMOCRAT VOTES you were (now, not quite still openly admitting to) garnering to insure your continued returns to the US Senate.

I, at least, have retained respect for Joe Lieberman for his going to Independent out of PRINCIPLE…. You, Mr. Spectacle sir, have FINALLY admitted the truth and I THANK YOU for it! Thank you for demonstrating that you have only been a Republican to hoodwink some votes on top of your Democrat base, to whom you have mostly proven your loyalty, as of late anyway. Thanks for rallying Conservatives and Republicans alike, so that we can work for getting someone in/from PA that cares about someone/something other than Self!!!!

I do NOT entirely disagree with Senator Graham, when he went on FOX and spoke of Reagan “if you are with me 80% of the time, you are my friend.” I agree with that MOST OF THE TIME and I have no problem with the notion that Moderate Republicans may be the only ones that may indeed be able to win in some/certain areas (the Blue-est of the Blue). I really don’t…. HOWEVER, I do have a great expectation that any/all Republicans rally at key critical Vote times and am very unforgiving of those who fail to stand with the Conservative Majority in the Party at those times! Sorry, that is my position, and my honesty to be willing to be flexible in some cases (which is really basically only to be respectful to other viewpoints and to form a Majority coalition) will cause me some grief from some around here and my inflexibility at times (to adhere to core Conservative values) will cause me grief from others at other times. I have never been a fan of Specter, and I will NEVER support McCain again either! I can only hope that McLame will cross-over now, or have the balls unlike Specter, to go Independent!

A.S. do I need to say anymore?

I new he was a rat when he came up with that stupid single bullett deal what a dope no a dippy dope now all those people who thought they were voting for a real man a republicMAN just got screwed agin. whats next we alredy got commies in our GOV111111111!! i guess krushev won the cold war even thou Ronald Reegan won the cold war now we have to fite it all over agin. this time nuke em.I did not now he was a democRAT. If hes a RINO you cant expect no loyalty no way. Who would say they were one thing then be another thing witch there not???? only a RAT. I think he is a RAT and good riddence to bad rubish. Arlen Speckter joined the party that bows down to muslems how does it smell down theyre you dirty rat.

First, this news today pissed me off. The Dems have 60 seats do u realize the damage they can do now? To think in 1994 we won Congress and now we have less then 40 members and lets be honest folks 2010 looks bad for us. We could lose NH, MO, NC, KY, OH, and FL and I see hardly any locks for pickups.

1. I do wish we could allow the Republican party to have more people elected on its views. I would rather have a Snowe or Collins then 2 Dems representing Maine for example. I would rather have a Lingle, Castle get our support then not.

As for Arlen this was a turncoat. You don’t leave ur friends and colleagues like he is. You don’t raise 6.5 million from Republicans for past 6 years and then stick knife in them.

Again, I am mad but so fearful

Its time for the Huckabees, Thommy Thompson, etc to stand up and help their party. This is bull if they don’t

but dittos to all the “good riddance” comments above. I can’t really add anything to what has all been said already.

Specter is exactly like the character in Braveheart who plays the Scottish king, father of the heir prince. He tells his son to back the uprising led by William Wallace while he opposes it through the nobles. Maintain popularity with both the King of England and the commoners. Unprincipled cowardice. Untrustworthy liars. Thats what Specter is along with all of the leadership in Washington including Obama.Even more sinister is that they actually try to present their character as noble. As an ability to compromise. Compromise what? Life? Death? History repeats itself. Only each generation becomes stupider than the next because they allow it to repeat. Believe the lie because it is harder to accept the truth.