Here is hoping the kid is ok. I guess he forgot to oppologize to the mexis for all of our faults like ISLAMObama did.
On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 5:42 AM, Cold Water <[email protected]> wrote: > *A kid from Elyria, Ohio (about ten miles down the road from me) goes to > Mexico and gets the Swine Flu... Obama goes to Mexico and doesn't get > anything. There is no justice in this world Travis.* > ** > *CW* > ----- Original Message ----- *From:* Travis <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Wednesday, April 29, 2009 06:34 > *Subject:* Re: Self-Serving Switch > > And we now have a communist-muzzie in the wh and the congress controlled by > the democommiecrats. Where is Osama when we need him? > > On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 4:08 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. >> [image: Arlen Specter: A RINO no >> more.]<http://www.ibdeditorials.com/IBDArticles.aspx?id=325810081394462#> >> >> 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://ibdedweb2/> >> http://www.ibdeditorials.com/IBDArticles.aspx?id=325810081394462 >> * >> >> >> -- >> *~@):~{> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> > > > -- *~@):~{> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
