« on: April 28, 2010, 02:07:40 PM »
http://www.mcall.com/all-a1_5specter1.72516041apr28,0,6498107.storyClick the link for the full article.
Money quote:
''Well, I probably shouldn't say this,'' he said over lunch last month. ''But I have thought from time to time that I might have helped the country more if I'd stayed a Republican.''
Unfortunately, he's saying he could have swayed more Republicans that way. I'm glad he's gone. Particularly because:
Specter voted with Republicans 58 percent of the time during 28 years in the Senate, according to Congressional Quarterly. Since converting, he's backed Democratic priorities more than 95 percent of the time -- 99 percent so far this year.
RINOs: 8% better than not having the seat exist!
And here's another:
Specter pledged not to be an automatic ''yes'' vote for Democrats, but since switching he's toed the party line on nearly every issue, even those he opposed in the past.
And here's the key part:
It seems difficult for Specter to accept that he's not standing alone in that phone booth any longer. When he was a Republican, his votes used to ''stick out like a sore thumb,'' he said. ''Now nobody pays any attention to me.''
« Last Edit: April 28, 2010, 02:11:45 PM by makattak »
I wish the Ring had never come to me. I wish none of this had happened.
So do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us. There are other forces at work in this world, Frodo, besides the will of evil. Bilbo was meant to find the Ring. In which case, you also were meant to have it. And that is an encouraging thought
