good riddance to bad rubbish. On Apr 29, 5:08 am, Cold Water <[email protected]> wrote: > Self-Serving Switch > By INVESTOR'S BUSINESS DAILY | Posted Tuesday, April 28, 2009 4:20 PM PT > > Politics: In finally abandoning the Republican Party, Pennsylvania Sen. > Arlen Specter showed his true colors not just ideologically, but personally. > It's all about the liberal Specter maximizing his own power. > > The climax Tuesday of Arlen Specter's long, drawn-out betrayal of his > party may seem like it came out of nowhere — especially since it was only > last month that he said he'd seek re-election as a Republican. But why be > shocked when a hardened Machiavellian does what comes naturally after doing > the math? > > As a Democrat, Sen. Specter will now be Washington's king power broker, > since he is poised to be the 60th vote for Democrats in the U.S. Senate, > constituting a filibuster-proof majority at a time when the federal > government is undergoing an unprecedented expansion in size and power. > > Arlen Specter: A RINO no more. > > No one is falling for Specter's hand-wringing rationale that "since my > election in 1980, as part of the Reagan Big Tent, the Republican Party has > moved far to the right." He was just as uncomfortable with Reaganism back > then as he is now, all along relishing his role as RINO — Republican In Name > Only — whose vote was up for sale. > > "Last year," Specter added, "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." > > He must not have been looking for that philosophy very hard, or he > would have "found" it's been that way for decades. > > What Specter saw, in fact, as he looked at the people of Pennsylvania > was that his days were numbered. Former congressman and Club for Growth > president Pat Toomey, who nearly snatched the GOP nomination away from the > longtime incumbent in 2004, has been organizing an encore effort that Specter > obviously surmised was going to succeed in 2010. > > The game that the former Philadelphia prosecutor has played for so long > would no longer work. He got away with betraying party principles on > everything from tax cuts to Supreme Court appointments because periodically > his specialized abilities would come in handy — most memorably in grilling > Justice Clarence Thomas accuser Anita Hill during his Supreme Court > confirmation hearings in 1991. > > It will be a new dance now. As vote No. 60 in the World's Greatest > Deliberative Body (assuming vote No. 59 belongs to comedian Al Franken of > Minnesota), Specter will be owed an incalculable debt by congressional > Democrats and President Obama. > > There will be no threats of party discipline against him on the > occasions when he votes with Republicans, no warnings that campaign funds > will be kept from him. (You think they want Toomey to beat him in 2010?) Each > and every big vote in the Senate will be a bargaining opportunity for > Specter. Riches and favors will be showered upon him for the power he > prostitutes. > > There has never been a more important time to temper the power being > wielded in Washington, never a time when putting country before political > ambition was so consequential. The system of economic freedom that built and > sustains America is at stake, as are the fortunes of our children and > grandchildren. > > Thanks to Arlen Specter, that destructive power may now be absolute. > Reserve a space for a new addition to history's Rogues' Gallery. > > http://www.ibdeditorials.com/IBDArticles.aspx?id=325810081394462 > > smlissues042909.jpg > 9KViewDownload > > px.gif > < 1KViewDownload --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum
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