Quote:

---

"I now find my political philosophy more in line with Democrats than Republicans," Specter said in a statement posted on a Web site devoted to Pennsylvania politics and confirmed by his office.

---

Quote:

---

Asked by a reporter what he had to say to his constituents, Specter replied with a smile, "I don't have to say anything to them. They said it to me."

---

Quote:

---

Originally posted by Kwicko:
So your belief is that people don't support the candidate, but rather his party? In other words, when you vote, you're not voting for THE MAN and his ideas, you're voting for THE PARTY and ITS ideas. Is that how I'm reading you, Rip?

I figure if the majority of Specter's state went Democratic, he's reacting to their shift in party, and trying to best represent THEIR interests.

Believe it or not, I *HAVE* lived through this sort of thing before. Phil Gramm used to be a Democrat. After the Reagan Revolution, in 1983, he switched parties and became a Reagan Republican. He finished out his term in the House, and then got elected to the U.S. Senate as a Republican.

Was he a traitor, or a patriot? I suppose the answer to that probably has a lot to do with how you identify your own party affiliation.

What's got me MOST worried about Specter is the spectre (pardon the pun) of a filibuster-proof Senate. Scary stuff, no matter which side of the aisle you're on. I *DETEST* rubber-stamp Congresses no matter whose agenda their rubber-stamping! And with Franken's victory all but assured, Specter would make the magic 60 for the Dems. With a rock-solid majority in the House already, and a Democrat in the White House, this sets the stage for all kinds of abuse of power, the likes of which we haven't seen in... well, in about three years, to be honest.



Mike

Build a man a fire and he'll be warm for a day...
Set a man on fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.

---

Quote:

---

Originally posted by RIPWash:

The filibuster-proof Senate scares me as well. That should NEVER happen and why that was ever allowed is beyond me.

---

Quote:

---

Originally posted by Jongsstraw:

With RINOs

---

Quote:

---

Originally posted by chrisisall:

Quote:

---

Originally posted by Jongsstraw:

With RINOs

---

Are they like Dinos?


The Yabba-Dabba-Do Chrisisall

---

Quote:

---

With RINOs Specter, Snowe, and Collins, the Dems already had it. I say good riddance to him, and hopefully the others will follow him over to Harry Reid's camp as well.

---

Quote:

---

Originally posted by Kwicko:

Quote:

---

With RINOs Specter, Snowe, and Collins, the Dems already had it. I say good riddance to him, and hopefully the others will follow him over to Harry Reid's camp as well.

---

Wait just a dang minute! Don't the Democrats get a say in this? I mean, while I might welcome moderates like Specter, Snowe, and Collins, do I have to keep Harry Reid? Ain't there some horse-tradin' we can do here? Tell ya what - you've got an honest face. I'm gonna give you the brother-in-law deal. You take Reid and Pelosi, and I'll throw in Hillary, and we get Specter, Snowe, and Collins.

Deal? (Crosses fingers, hoping Jongs takes the deal...)



Mike

Build a man a fire and he'll be warm for a day...
Set a man on fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.

---

Quote:

---

Originally posted by Jongsstraw:
The fact that some Dems, maybe like you, don't like Reid & Pelosi is quite amusing to me.

---

Quote:

---

Originally posted by chrisisall:

Quote:

---

Originally posted by Jongsstraw:
The fact that some Dems, maybe like you, don't like Reid & Pelosi is quite amusing to me.

---

You mean, let me understand this cause, ya know maybe it's me, I'm a little f****d up maybe, but they're amusing how, I mean amusing like they're clowns, they amuse you? They make you laugh, They're here to f****n' amuse you? What do you mean amusing, amusing how? How are they amusing?



The laughing Chrisisall

---

Quote:

---

Originally posted by Kwicko:

Quote:

---

With RINOs Specter, Snowe, and Collins, the Dems already had it. I say good riddance to him, and hopefully the others will follow him over to Harry Reid's camp as well.

---

Wait just a dang minute! Don't the Democrats get a say in this? I mean, while I might welcome moderates like Specter, Snowe, and Collins, do I have to keep Harry Reid? Ain't there some horse-tradin' we can do here? Tell ya what - you've got an honest face. I'm gonna give you the brother-in-law deal. You take Reid and Pelosi, and I'll throw in Hillary, and we get Specter, Snowe, and Collins.

Deal? (Crosses fingers, hoping Jongs takes the deal...)



Mike

Build a man a fire and he'll be warm for a day...
Set a man on fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.

---

Quote:

---

The words he used just struck me as being very pompous and arrogant.

---

Quote:

---

You're either switching because of your own personal beleifs or because you felt a change in the wind and are going to save your rear end politically

---

Quote:

---

here are MANY who did and have served far longer, including Pietro Vichi "Pete" Domenici (36 yrs), Theodore 'Ted' Stevens (40yrs), and James Strom Thurmond (47.5 yrs). "There's the MAIN problem right there. Dude need to be sat down, for good. Time for him to be shown the door." Strom Thrumond I might add, switched parties, from democrat to repubican, in 1964 due to shifting demographics.

---

Quote:

---

Originally posted by RIPWash:

Oh no no no no no no no no no no. You guys got the whole package when you got the majority in both houses. You KNEW who the leaders would be and you voted in the majority anyway. Grin and bear it, bucko.

---

Quote:

---

Originally posted by rue:
So --- now that we both have been reminded - do you think they should ALL be put out to pasture, just on the basis of length of service ? Say - anything more than 25 years ? Or do you only think that when it comes to democrats ?

Now's your chance to show us all how you really aren't just a partisan boob.

***************************************************************

Silence is consent.

---

Quote:

---

Originally posted by SignyM:

Quote:

---

The words he used just struck me as being very pompous and arrogant.

---

Wasn't there more to it, tho? As I read it, he said he had toured the state and talked to his constituents and felt that his changing parties was not only more represetantive of HIS basic philosophy but also of the people he represented.

Quote:

---

You're either switching because of your own personal beleifs or because you felt a change in the wind and are going to save your rear end politically

---

I thought he ahd explained that pretty fully. He said it was the Republican Party which had changed, not him. The party had moved too far to the right and he no longer felt like they were heading in the same direction.

Did your article leave that out?

---------------------------------
They pit us like dogs against each other and rake it in. And I'll bet they laugh when they hear dupes like you defend the system that fucks you over and rewards them so nicely! But the one thing they'll stamp out in horror as if it were the spark of conflagration is any whiff of socialism. That should tell you something.

---

Quote:

---

You may have gotten your input from another source.

---

Quote:

---

Originally posted by Kwicko:

Quote:

---

Originally posted by RIPWash:

Oh no no no no no no no no no no. You guys got the whole package when you got the majority in both houses. You KNEW who the leaders would be and you voted in the majority anyway. Grin and bear it, bucko.

---

NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!

Curse you and your logic!



Mike

Build a man a fire and he'll be warm for a day...
Set a man on fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.

---

Quote:

---

Originally posted by SignyM:
Aren't you depriving his/ her constituents of choice?

---

Quote:

---

Originally posted by RIPWash:
Oh . . . wait . . . did I just win a small victory there? If I blinked I might have missed it! Whoopee! Yay for me!

Zoe: "Get it running again."
Mal: "Yeah"
Zoe: "So not running now"
Mal: "Not so much"
- Out of Gas

---

Quote:

---

Originally posted by chrisisall:

Quote:

---

Originally posted by Jongsstraw:
The fact that some Dems, maybe like you, don't like Reid & Pelosi is quite amusing to me.

---

You mean, let me understand this cause, ya know maybe it's me, I'm a little f****d up maybe, but they're amusing how, I mean amusing like they're clowns, they amuse you? They make you laugh, They're here to f****n' amuse you? What do you mean amusing, amusing how? How are they amusing?

The laughing Chrisisall

---

Quote:

---

Originally posted by piratenews:
The've got so much dirt on Magic Bullet Man that he might as well be one of his own MKULTRA sexslaves.

---