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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090428/ap_on_go_co/specter_switch Several officials say veteran Republican Sen. Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania intends to switch parties, advancing his own hopes of winning a new term next year while pushing Democrats one step closer to a 60-vote filibuster-resistant majority.
The sources said an announcement could come later in the day — or Wednesday. The officials who provided the information did so on condition of anonymity, saying they were not authorized to discuss his plans.
Specter is a 79-year-old veteran of five Senate terms, and one of only a handful of moderate Republicans left in Congress in a party made up largely of conservatives.
whomod said: I generally don't like it when people decide to play by the rules against people who don't play by the rules. It tends to put you immediately at a disadvantage and IMO is a sign of true weakness. This is true both in politics and on the internet." Our Friendly Neighborhood Ray-man said: "no, the doctor's right. besides, he has seniority."
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I could see him legitimately running as an independent if he lost the primary.
But any one who would switch parties rather than run in a primary and accept the will of the voters isn't really much of a member of that party to begin with.
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In fact, this pretty much says it all about his attitude toward the voter: - “I am unwilling to have my twenty-nine year Senate record judged by the Pennsylvania Republican primary electorate,” he said in the statement.
Yeah, you wouldn't want those pesky VOTERS to have any say in who represents them....asshat.
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Yeah, we're doomed. Just like we were doomed when Jeffords switched.
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The number for today, brought to you by the right wing Republicans
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Keep up the extremism, guys!
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Damn. I missed this guy. Seriously. I'm cracking up here.
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They just can't stay away!
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I guess whomod missed the thread when I wrote how big of a douche Limbaugh is... 
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WHOMOD!!!
how did we survive without this guy?
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WHOMOD!!!
how did we survive without this guy? Shhh, quiet, he's having another breakdown...
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but I don't want him to go away again! 
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whomod User some RKMB'ers are Obsessed with Black People Hmmm? 5000+ posts 04/28/09 02:46 PM Reading a post Forum: Politics and Current Events Thread: Sen. Arlen Specter D(?)-Penn. Hooked! 
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it just keeps getting better!
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Can an Olbermann youtube clip and large red font be far away?
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you gotta admit we must be pretty compelling for this guy to lurk so long....
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Yes whomod, we all laugh at you whenever you post.
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 Here, the leader of the Republican Party reacts to the news. Well, this actually is was what the fat drug addled Nazi asshole gasbag had to say: "A lot of people said, well Specter, take McCain with you, and his daughter. Take McCain and his daughter with you," talk show host Rush Limbaugh declared during the early hour of his Tuesday program. So really? Rush Limbaugh wants the magic number to go up to 61 now? He really does want to be the leader of the Fascist party, that control NOTHING (well besides the deep south) but is pure in their extremism? Michael Steele now has to warm up the crazed extremists that control his party even more to save his ineffective ass, so he had THIS to say: "Let's be honest," read a statement from RNC Chairman Michael Steele. "Senator Specter didn't leave the GOP based on principles of any kind. He left to further his personal political interests because he knew that he was going to lose a Republican primary due to his left-wing voting record." Yeah, that big "left winger" Arlen Specter. Keep up the extremism guys, it's helping The Democratic Party day by day. Here's what conservative host Michael Smirconish had to say: "This is a sad day for the GOP," Michael Smerconish, a longtime conservative radio host in Philadelphia, told the Huffington Post. "He is what the party needed to be. They need to cultivate more Specters instead of deriding him as a RINO [Republican In Name Only].... The fact that Michael Steele is deriding him for his left wing record is just the same type of bullshit of playing to the base." He sees it as a bad thing, i however love it. Like I say, keep up the extremism guys.  ******************************************* Hardball, right now with Smerconish and Matthews: "the death of the Republican party" - Chris Matthews 
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But any one who would switch parties rather than run in a primary and accept the will of the voters isn't really much of a member of that party to begin with. See also: Lieberman, Joseph
Knutreturns said: Spoken like the true Greatest RDCW Champ!
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Here, the leader of the Republican Party reacts to the news. Well, this actually is was what the fat drug addled Nazi asshole gasbag had to say: "A lot of people said, well Specter, take McCain with you, and his daughter. Take McCain and his daughter with you," talk show host Rush Limbaugh declared during the early hour of his Tuesday program. So really? Rush Limbaugh wants the magic number to go up to 61 now? He really does want to be the leader of the Fascist party, that control NOTHING (well besides the deep south) but is pure in their extremism? Michael Steele now has to warm up the crazed extremists that control his party even more to save his ineffective ass, so he had THIS to say: "Let's be honest," read a statement from RNC Chairman Michael Steele. "Senator Specter didn't leave the GOP based on principles of any kind. He left to further his personal political interests because he knew that he was going to lose a Republican primary due to his left-wing voting record." Yeah, that big "left winger" Arlen Specter. Keep up the extremism guys, it's helping The Democratic Party day by day. Here's what conservative host Michael Smirconish had to say: "This is a sad day for the GOP," Michael Smerconish, a longtime conservative radio host in Philadelphia, told the Huffington Post. "He is what the party needed to be. They need to cultivate more Specters instead of deriding him as a RINO [Republican In Name Only].... The fact that Michael Steele is deriding him for his left wing record is just the same type of bullshit of playing to the base." He sees it as a bad thing, i however love it. Like I say, keep up the extremism guys. ******************************************* Hardball, right now with Smerconish and Matthews: "the death of the Republican party" - Chris Matthews I see you can still use smileys properly. Where's the rest of the herd? You know, like zzap and all of them? They gonna show up again? They gonna register new ids or use the ones we know?
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Here ya go Rex, here's your serving: 
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yes whomod, you and your fellow sheep are made of shit. Have you finally realized what reality is?
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Yeah, that big "left winger" Arlen Specter. Are you saying he's not? Specter's always carried a Liberal philosophy and been republican in name alone. This is especially demonstrated by his desire to circumvent an eventual loss to Toomey. He's so desperate and hungry for power in the senate that he's taken the decision-making out of the hands of the voters who gave him his position.
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Hasn't spector switched parties before?
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I see you can still use smileys properly.
Where's the rest of the herd? You know, like zzap and all of them? They gonna show up again? They gonna register new ids or use the ones we know? I wonder if Whomod will stand on the sidelines again while the Insurgency fights his battles for him.
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They learned how to fight?
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Good good.....  Gauging the expected reaction of the extremist party and it's complete failure to get a simple message, we'll probably be seeing a 61 seat majority any day now.
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Hasn't spector switched parties before? 48-65, he was a democrat. Probably had the same problem he does now: his constituency is about to vote him out, so he's preempting them.
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Hasn't spector switched parties before? 48-65, he was a democrat . Probably had the same problem he does now: his constituency is about to vote him out, so he's undermining them.
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LOL! Just noticed all the pinned Obama topics that eerily echo all the ineffective far right stupidity thrown at him. BTW, did you guys teabag?
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Seems rather effective considering it made you too insecure to stay away.
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Why is Zzap humping your face?
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