Arlen Specter Slams GOP ‘Cannibalism’ in Senate Farewell Speech
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Republican-turned-Democratic Sen. Arlen Specter, D-Pa., used his final Senate floor speech Tuesday to take a less-than-subtle jab at his old party, claiming that conservative Republicans who recently supported tea party challengers over establishment candidates engaged in political cannibalism.
Claiming himself as a centrist, Specter complained that the U.S. Senate has become so politically polarized that it is no longer civil. “In some quarters, compromise has become a dirty word,” Specter said. After serving three decades in the Senate and claiming the title as Pennsylvania’s longest-serving U.S. Senator, Specter lost his bid for re-election to Democratic primary challenger Joe Sestak. Democrats lost the seat, however, after Republican Pat Toomey defeated Sestak during November’s general election.
Specter also complained that some GOP senators had helped tea party challengers beat incumbent Republicans such as Sen. Bob Bennett, R-Utah, and Rep. Mike Castle, D-Del.
“Eating or defeating your own is a form of sophisticated cannibalism,” Specter said.
The outgoing veteran senator also praised the write-in re-election of Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski over tea party challenger Joe Miller as a “counter” to “right-wing extremists.”
CBS also noted that while other departing senators have given goodbye speeches this month, Specter’s departing words “offered a sharp and sometimes angry” tone.
In the end, the longtime senator pleaded for his legislative colleagues to return to a state of civility, what he calls a “state of mind” that members must strive for. “This polarization will make civility in the next Congress more difficult – and more necessary – than ever,” he said.
Specter‘s parting shots didn’t end with Republicans, however. He also took time to criticize Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Samuel Alito for “eroding the constitutional mandate of separation of powers.
“The Supreme Court has been eating Congress’ lunch by invalidating legislation with judicial activism after nominees commit under oath in confirmation proceedings to respect congressional fact finding and precedents,” said Specter.
“Ignoring a massive congressional record and reversing recent decisions, Chief Justice Roberts and Justice Alito repudiated their confirmation testimony given under oath and provided the key votes to permit corporations and unions to secretly pay for political advertising – thus effectively undermining the basic Democratic principle of the power of one person, one vote,” he said. “Chief Justice Roberts promised to just call balls and strikes and then he moved the bases.”
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Comments (435)
dfree11552002
Posted on December 21, 2010 at 9:15pmcould only listen to half that clip….then my head exploded……..what asses sphincter and dultz are.
Report Post »Raul
Posted on December 21, 2010 at 9:14pmWhat a dolt! Mr. single bullet needs to go home.
Report Post »mossbrain
Posted on December 21, 2010 at 9:13pmYou know I’d actually welcome this country run by the Tea party. Federal government cut down to a bare skeleton. I’m sure jobs will be sprouting up all over the place, like weeds after a good rain storm. If you can’t get a job then you have no one to blame but yourself for not learning a marketable skill.
I wonder if our foreign enemies will take advantage of a less powerful federal government though?
I don‘t mind paying zero taxes but it’s not a big deal to me. I pay 5 times more in health insurance than I do in federal income tax. I would welcome the de-licensing of the health professions, (in fact let’s de-license everything). If you want to see an MD and get a multithousand dollar work up, go right ahead. I’d like the freedom to see a foreign trained “Dr.” for a lot less.
Report Post »IVillageIdiot
Posted on December 23, 2010 at 1:07amThey’re taking advantage of this one, it’s certainly NOT cutting GVT size!?!?!…. “Foreign enemies”… take advantage of weakness, not size. Size != strength or power. Size can actually weaken government, it doesn’t necessarily make it any stronger. Reason and morality make it stronger.
Most if not all of your premises are falsely arranged… I would re-check those and try again.
Government doesn’t save you anything, it usually just wants to control you or the situation.
Report Post »WILLIAM E.
Posted on December 21, 2010 at 9:10pmGo home & shut up Arlen Boy !!
Report Post »spendthrift
Posted on December 21, 2010 at 9:09pmWhat a bitter, crooked, corrupt old man. Oh…didn’t Obama appoint him in a position at the UN?
Report Post »DashRipRock
Posted on December 21, 2010 at 9:16pmArlen owes taxes?
Report Post »Isnt that the main criteria for an Obama apointment?
ladyda
Posted on December 21, 2010 at 9:08pmBye bye Rhino…….one more down, will be looking out for more like him to join the fantabulous “No Labels” Party. I have a label for them, sore losers!
Report Post »ULYSSESG
Posted on December 21, 2010 at 9:08pmWell A-HOLE, F YOU….We have a 223 we would to send your way.
Report Post »Go away…BYE….anything you say is verbal diarrhea.
Taquoshi
Posted on December 21, 2010 at 9:07pmDear former Senator Spector –
Here’s a blinding flash of the obvious…
After serving three decades in the Senate and claiming the title as Pennsylvania’s longest-serving U.S. Senator, Specter lost his bid for re-election to Democratic primary challenger Joe Sestak. Democrats lost the seat, however, after Republican Pat Toomey defeated Sestak during November’s general election.
Just in case you didn’t quite catch that, you didn’t lose the general election to a Republican or a Tea Party member, you lost the DEMOCRATIC Primary. Not to put too fine a point on it, but that’s your party, remember? That’s the one you switched to back in the day. The Republicans had NOTHING to DO with your electoral loss.
In the immortal words of Ricky Riccardo “Somebody got some ‘splaining to do”, but let me assure you, it isn’t the Republicans or the Tea Party.
Report Post »13GenAmerican
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 9:25amTaquoshi……..you make an outstanding point. Why is he so angry at The Tea Party and Republicans? He couldn’t even win his own primary.
Too many incumbents are still there……2012 is just around the corner for those guys to start whining like Specter. WE THE PEOPLE can take our country back. Term limits have to be passed. Just read his statements again, and you see how incredulous he is about losing his seat…….just another example of how “entitled” these people think they are.
“What concerns me more than the wicked character of a bad man, is the indifference of a good man.”
Report Post »Eblaze44
Posted on December 21, 2010 at 9:07pmI was so happy to see Arlen gone and I don’t have to look at his face disgracing the Senate anymore. He made his bed, he’s surprised at the thorns that were on what he thought were roses but turned out to only be relatives – briars.
Report Post »neverending
Posted on December 21, 2010 at 9:06pmSo happy he is going and most Pa’s are thrilled he is finally out of there. What a sorry and worthless, sorry sob. Who cares specter – big whoop – congratulations from another scumbag.
Report Post »Stewie
Posted on December 21, 2010 at 9:06pmTo paraphrase Burt Reynolds in a “Smokey and the Bandit” CB conversation with Jackie Gleason:
Report Post »“Sheriff, do the letters “F O” mean anything to you?”
Quencher
Posted on December 21, 2010 at 9:06pmReally good that he is gone. By his own statements he shows how completely out of touch he is.
Report Post »TonyDarrington
Posted on December 21, 2010 at 9:04pmEating our own is a way of thinning the political deadwood. You don’t want to impose term limits on yourselves, we’ll impose them for you. 30 years was about 20 too many, Sen. Specter.
http://takeitoutside.forumotion.com
Report Post »RepubliCorp
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 12:13amTrue, did you hear him lament the fact he didn’t have tenure? Thank god he is gone
Report Post »shmergo
Posted on December 21, 2010 at 9:03pmNA NA NA NA
NA NA NA NA
HEY HEY HEY
Get out
Report Post »diesel71dan
Posted on December 21, 2010 at 10:45pmI was humming that the entire time I was reading this article LOL….
Report Post »HairRazor
Posted on December 21, 2010 at 9:03pmSo nice to see you go Mr Specter. Improvement comes to Washington.. ever so slowly. Wear your bib and do a little planter flex once in a while to rock your chair.
Report Post »DashRipRock
Posted on December 21, 2010 at 9:03pmHow desperatly starving would a cannibal have to be to chew on that old fart.
So long old man dont let the door hit ya……
Report Post »mossbrain
Posted on December 21, 2010 at 9:15pmI wish you were a national news person saying that on the 6 o’clock news. Comedy gold.
Report Post »badbarber54
Posted on December 21, 2010 at 10:45pmHe may be an Old Fart, but he smells like a Fresh Fart.
Report Post »BrotherWill
Posted on December 21, 2010 at 9:02pmDon’t think there is much more needed to be said than that.
Report Post »OperationNorthwoods
Posted on December 21, 2010 at 9:01pmArlen magic bullet theory JFK cover up artist has finally left the building.
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on December 21, 2010 at 9:31pmMaybe Body Ventura has some documents he can pass on to Jillian Ass-ange …
Report Post »WILKOWFAN
Posted on December 21, 2010 at 9:01pmDidn’t this ******* get fired?…… by both parties?……. twice?…… Shut up and go away.
Report Post »annieoakley
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 7:39pmYeah, he did….but he still gets his Greater than Thou PENSION, health Insurance….etc…..etc.
Report Post »So who is the fool exactly? Him? or Us for letting ALL of them get away with this ROBBERY?
bulletsinthegun
Posted on December 21, 2010 at 9:00pmPoor man just don’t get it, I think he is senile and glad he’s gone
Report Post »thepatriotdave
Posted on December 21, 2010 at 9:11pmI think you are more right than you know. There seems to be quite a few old time politicians that just don’t get the Tea-Party movement. We shouldn’t waste time worrying about those people, they can fuss all they want while we zoom right past them and work on saving this country.
If you want to have some fun… go to any progressive blog and post something like this: “We in the Tea-Party will fix this country regardless what you progressives do, so either climb aboard or get out of the way.” You will automatically have about 800 people screaming for your head. Its actually very funny to observe.
PatriotShops.com
PatriotShops.com
Report Post »zagfan
Posted on December 21, 2010 at 8:59pm“Well, what a sore loser! He has been a traitor to his party(s) for his own benefit and not the benefit of the people he was supposed to serve! He is the epitome of corruption and we need to see more of his kind exit the government!
Report Post »APatriotFirst
Posted on December 21, 2010 at 8:59pmSound like poor and sore looser lol
Report Post »paperpushermj
Posted on December 21, 2010 at 8:58pmGood Bye.
Report Post »Ironmaan
Posted on December 21, 2010 at 9:43pmIf the rest of those republican dopes dont abide by conservative values and the constitution we’ll eat them too. http://guerillatics.com
Report Post »paperpushermj
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 12:31amSounds like a plan
Report Post »Hobo Boondocks
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 9:47am“Under both CSRS and FERS, Members of Congress are eligible for a pension
Report Post »at age 62 if they have completed at least five years of service. Members are eligible
for a pension at age 50 if they have completed 20 years of service, or at any age after
completing 25 years of service. The amount of the pension depends on years of
service and the average of the highest three years of salary. By law, the starting
amount of a Member’s retirement annuity may not exceed 80% of his or her final
salary.
As of October 1, 2006, 413 retired Members of Congress were receiving federal
pensions based fully or in part on their congressional service. Of this number, 290
had retired under CSRS and were receiving an average annual pension of $60,972.
A total of 123 Members had retired with service under both CSRS and FERS or with
service under FERS only. Their average annual pension was $35,952 in 2006.”-excerpt from a government report
Well Arlee, retiring on the pension of about 61k and other benefits and whatever you’ve squirreled away in the refrigerator ice trays over the decades should allow you at least to get by without turning into a cannibal. So don’t go away angry…just go away.
ProudTeaPartyMember
Posted on December 21, 2010 at 8:56pmThe poster boy for what’s wrong in American politics.
Report Post »Dakota
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 12:48amThe only thing that was cannablized was his principles over his self-serving ambitition. As Bugs Bunny used to say, “Whaat a Maroon”. Thank God we got rid of him…just have to work on the rest now.
Report Post »BoilitDown
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 1:11am@ProudTeaPartyMember
Report Post »I’d say that only a handful of people in Congress do not belong on that poster or a poster promoting term limits
ProudTeaPartyMember
Posted on December 21, 2010 at 8:56pmGood riddance you old fool.
Report Post »thepatriotdave
Posted on December 21, 2010 at 9:05pmThank you. My thoughts exactly!
PatriotShops.com
guyperram
Posted on December 21, 2010 at 9:06pmSay Bye Bye Arlan. The shame of it is your golden parachute with diamonds has now kicked in. Are taxpayers nice? Suckers.
Report Post »HillBillySam1
Posted on December 21, 2010 at 9:11pmA “centrist” means that he will say or do anything to get elected. There is an ol‘ sayin’ in these here parts: “Sometimes you eat the bear; Sometimes the bear eats you.” You done been served up, Arlen. Enjoy obscurity.
Report Post »IndyGuy
Posted on December 21, 2010 at 9:11pmHey Specter…Don’t let the door hit ya in the sphincter on the way out…
Report Post »Dustyluv
Posted on December 21, 2010 at 9:14pmSay goodbye to your Sphincter Dems….
Report Post »BMartin1776
Posted on December 21, 2010 at 9:23pmLeave already you old corrupt two faced degenerate cook! Oh btw why dont you share with all of us what you know about the Kennedy assassination! Why dont you explain to the American ppl why the Warren Commission you worked for REFUSED to give Jack Ruby protection in exchange for him spilling his guts on everything he knew!!??
Old dirt bag leave and dont ever show your face in public again!
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on December 21, 2010 at 9:25pmSo will Arlene now join the “ No Labels” thingy ??
Report Post »ds7
Posted on December 21, 2010 at 9:28pmwhere was this speech when the democrats tried to “eat” lieberman?
hypocrite.
Report Post »joseph Fawcett
Posted on December 21, 2010 at 9:28pmThis is exactly why he needed to go, thank you PA. I wish more were leaving, maybe 2012!
http://www.josephfawcettart.com western artist
Report Post »ETOOL USMC RECON
Posted on December 21, 2010 at 9:37pmAs someone living the the free part of PA, the West, I am SSOOOOOOO glad to see him go.
Report Post »His name around here has been SPHINCTER for years….. a RINO putting it to good people for so long.
Funny thing when a TURNCOAT gets beat by another socialist in the primary….and the socialist gets beat as well…..by a good guy.
Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on December 21, 2010 at 9:38pmYes, Cannibalism Arlen, although you were a little tough and a bit gamey and made us sick, you still smelled the same coming out the other side.
Report Post »TXPilot
Posted on December 21, 2010 at 9:41pmAnd so ends the career of a sad, cranky, disloyal old fool….don’t let the door hit you in the butt on the way out Arlen.
Report Post »walkwithme1966
Posted on December 21, 2010 at 9:42pmDid you know that Arlen Specter came up with the “single bullet” theory during the Warren Commission hearing on the assassination of JFK? That single bullet theory in my opinion is the stupidest theory that anyone ever came up with. http://maboulette.wordpress.com
Report Post »gckings19
Posted on December 21, 2010 at 10:21pmwhat a loser…this is why we the tea party is a success. get rid of old fools like this that feel they are entitled to their position. this guy cant believe the voters kicked him out. he should be thankful we dont subject him to hours of his own speeches…..but that might be considered cruelk and unusual punishment. jsut go away and shut up.
scerdopa
Posted on December 21, 2010 at 10:26pm“civility”? “compromise”? Arlen you still don’t get it. We don’t want that, we want represenatives to fight for what is best and right for those they represent. This isn’t your congress or senate it belongs to the people! This president and this congress has almost destroyed this country. Hopefully the new congress can bring it back.
Report Post »MAULEMALL
Posted on December 21, 2010 at 10:42pmwhat a dick
Report Post »poverty.sucks
Posted on December 21, 2010 at 10:46pmI reckon he’ll be standing next to Joe Sims and the Socialis Liberal Progressive No Label Leftist New Democratic Communist Party.
Report Post »Aither
Posted on December 21, 2010 at 10:55pmI prefer Pat’s version of this old fool. It makes him sound tolerable from the comedic tone.
Report Post »LUDWIKA BRONISLAWA
Posted on December 21, 2010 at 11:16pmNow now, I kinda feel sorry for him…………………….well, OK, maybe not really! lol
Report Post »COMPROMISE IS NOW A DIRTY WORD! Just like SELLOUT, CENTERIST, and FICKLE, BEEN THERE TOO LONG, ANY WAY THE WIND BLOWS, GET ALONG, RINO! Oh that felt good : )
Curator_JDR
Posted on December 21, 2010 at 11:16pmYes. And they’re all digested now! And the Tea Party Monster grows stronger Arlen you camel’s *********.
Report Post »RepubliCorp
Posted on December 21, 2010 at 11:51pmAnother Rhino goes to the the trash heap of history, may there be many more like him.The last gasp of this dying dinosaur is sweet. Sounds like victory
Report Post »TheBMT
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 12:16amwow, I am so thankful he is no longer my senator. Did anybody else’s head want to just blow up after reading what he said?
Report Post »paperpushermj
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 12:23amCorrection for the writer of this piece: 1st sentence it should be.. Democrat turned Republican turned Democrat Sen. Arlen Specter, D-Pa
Report Post »FormerLib
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 12:24amCannibalism? Is that why he looks like someone ate half his face? I’ve seen hound dogs with their testicles in a bear trap that looked happier than this guy. Good riddance to a doddering fool who should have been gone decades ago.
Report Post »leakimo
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 4:22amGood riddance to a “career politician” who is sad over having now to go home and “gum” on Vienna sausages. By Senator. Enjoy retirement.
Report Post »General K
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 5:06amThank God and Greyhound you are gone Arlen!
Report Post »Polwatcher
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 5:41amWho in the hell does ne think he is. He is just lawyer who never anounted to anything much. I’m sure his family is embarassed by his bad behaviour all these years. He is a morally corrupt creep.(When the FCC controls the internet, I would get my taxes audited for 5 years, or worse, if I said that. Imagine how the FCC can cool of the comments with control of the internet.)
Report Post »UPSETVET
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 5:48amOne less liberal, progressive Democrat in the Senate. Republican turned Democrat, Senator Arlen Specter is just one of the older Senators that have occupied a Senate seat too long. His switch from the Republican party to the Democratic party backfired on him. Instead of helping him secure a reelection as a democratic Senator his seat was lost to a Republican. I’m a firm believer that both Congressmen and Senators should be limited to two consecutive terms. More terms than two tend to lead the seat holder to seek more personal benefits than to represent his or her constituency. Good riddance Senator Specter, now you can “retire” with your FULL senatorial salary.
Report Post »grandmaof5
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 5:53amTraitor! Follow the money trail…..
Report Post »RightUnite
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 6:49amAMEN! Time to kick those fools with dementia out onto the streets!
Report Post »nodems
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 6:51amThe man is so out of touch with reality….you are right on
Report Post »obamusvobiscum
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 7:00amWhen Mr. Specter blames Alito & Roberts for abusing the separartion of power, I must LOL. The Constitution (if followed) places the power in the states and it people. It is silly to blame SCOTUS for such an intervention when we are represented by such idiots as the Senator from Pennsylvania. Mr. Sphyncter, our freedoms are more important than one senile and grumpy old man.
Good riddance
Report Post »Moocephus
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 7:01amHe is “the Establishment” one who chooses the “party” over the people.
Report Post »Cemoto78
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 7:08amDelusional jackass deluxe. Here is your A-typical politician, it’s all about me. Good-bye, moron.
Report Post »The American
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 7:15amArlen, don’t go away mad, just go away!
Report Post »Stuck_in_CA
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 7:19amO Arlen, Arlen…
Report Post »http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tx8×3LCnYZw
KICKILLEGALSOUT
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 7:34amHopefully something in a black robe with a sickle might be there to escort you on your way out!
Report Post »May swift retribution meet you for all your treachery to the American people!
mutt
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 7:36amAgreed x 10 This schmuck is the poster boy for term limits and rules that say if you leave your Party for another, there must be a bye-election by the voters. Dont let the door hit you in the ass!
Report Post »JKN
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 7:45amJust shows the absolute necessity for term limits! To call the ever-growing members of the Tea Party movement “right-wing extremists” demonstrates how living in a bubble for 30 years can distort your facts of reality…
The “right-wing extremists” will soon become the majority of the American people; and thank goodness we were able to get rid of such “representatives” as Bob Bennett and Mike Castle!
We’ve just begun…
Report Post »Oil_Robb
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 8:17amBuh bye….Benedict Arlen
Report Post »BoiseBaked
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 8:23amYeah, good riddance you clueless, old fart. You have no idea how much your so called centrist ways has wrecked this country. You have no idea what conservatism is in your bizarro world.
Report Post »@leftfighter
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 8:47amI only wish this had happened in time to hear Pat do his Arlen impression.
Well Specter, you old (and I stress OLD- as in your act, not your age… Who am I kidding? I mean both.) coot, don‘t let the door hit’cha where the good Lord split’cha.
Report Post »termlimits
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 9:05amBack stabbing fool. he’s pissed because we finally caught up to his way of doing things. The people took out the politcal trash. Arlen was political trash
Report Post »Kurty C Wipe
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 9:05amHis criminal carreer started back in the JFK cover up. Remember???
Report Post »tradexpertbuysell
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 9:19amThat’s OK By his (Specter’s) definition of compromise (IE: Doing deals with the devil) Hitler would have been polarized (and was) by the likes of Dietrich BonHoeffer.
In Hitlers final days he condemned the last of the conspiritors to death. Dietrich died nobly less than a month before the spiteful tyrant took his own life in a vain atempt to escape reality. Little did Hitler know that his greeting party on the other side ironically would be a blanket party of the murdered martyrs of the confessing church.
Careful Specter, change while there is still time!
Report Post »10MMGary
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 9:58amAs already posted, good bye and good riddance you old fool. You were nothing more than a political prostitute.
Report Post »C.C.D.
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 10:18amOkay, who lifted the Rock???
Report Post »time4termlimits
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 10:24amYou ridiculous old man, YOU HAVE BEEN PART OF THE PROBLEM FOR DECADES. No need to say goodbye…just go home!
Report Post »mannrt
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 10:26amFolks,
Don’t you see??? We are bieng out maneuvered and hoodwinked by Dems. They are better organized, funded and have more true believers in thier fold. Look at what they just did. They turned a huge victory in the polls and snookered (or worse) the current Republican leadership to pass everything they wanted. Some comprimise! They got it all!! They must be laughing their heads off. It’s like Lucy and Charlie Brown with the football. The current leadership should resign! We should throw our funding and support to the Tea Party, not to people like Collis, Snowe, Specter, Crist, McConnell. It seems that the Dems eventually manage to corrupt our guys, getting them to fold under the slightest pressure. I wouldn‘t put it past them to even fund these people’s campaigns so they can extract what they need from them when the time comes. So what if Republicans control the house etc if the Dems get them to do their bidding for them, like what just happened with all this lame duck legislation.
Report Post »Lotus503
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 10:27amHe’s off to the dustbin of history.
Report Post »oldoldtimer
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 10:50amToo bad politicians nerer know when to exit with dignity. They usually have to be shoved out in disgrace. Oh but the lust of power is so powerful it deludes even the best of minds.
Report Post »Tennessee Veteran
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 10:59amArlen Specter’s Farewell Speech! That has a nice ring to it, doesn’t it? It‘s a shame we won’t get to hear Harry Reid’s farewell speech anytime soon.
Report Post »CultureWarriors
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 11:23amArlen’s next gig will be starring in the next Grumpy Old Men movie!
Barack : Epic Failure …
Report Post »http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIqryU3Sp54
TSUNAMI-22
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 11:34amGood riddance to bad rubbish. I think Specturd should open a turd polishing enterprise.
Report Post »richauthor
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 11:38amNo, Arlen… it’s not cannabalism, it’s just the democratic process working… getting rid of useless old fools in Congress and the Senate who deem themselves irreplacible.
Report Post »Kalish
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 12:11pmHey Benedict Arlen, don’t let the door hit you in the a** as you are leaving
Report Post »rederic5
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 12:11pmFrom a Christian perspective, I should counsel anyone to be careful who they call a fool, but when I think about this child playing at statecraft at the expense of every American dream, I find it hard to disagree with you. Good riddance indeed! I just wish retirement had begun on November 3rd.
Report Post »JRserious
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 12:14pmNa na na na….. Na na na na…..Hey hey hey….Goodbye!
Report Post »independentvoteril
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 12:27pmtwo words .. SORE LOSER..
Report Post »orkydorky
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 12:35pmAnd we had tea with our dinner but some of the old rino‘s weren’t palatable !!!!!!!
Report Post »Yetti
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 12:45pmMr. Specter, we are glad you are gone. The frustration that you feel over what happened is what you intentionally tried to inflict upon us for years before the electorate voted you out. Take your vitriol and shove it. We won, you lost…Get over yourself.
avenger
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 4:48pmmay you rot in hell arlan,another lib traitor piece of crap…
Report Post »JGP
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 8:20pmThis elitist snob does not have a clue. People voting for candidates that say they will govern within the limits of the constitution are now called right wing extremists. You, Specter, are the cancer that has infected D.C. D.C. is the cancer that has infected this country.
Report Post »We must dismantle the federal government. To this very day, not one thing has happened in congress to reduce the size of government or cut back on it’s spending. The same old s**t.
uvgtafrnd2
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 8:20pmSay Goodnight, Arlen….
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Posted on December 23, 2010 at 1:55amArlen looks like a Specter … a long-dead man still walking. Walk home, Specter … we’ve got that dog-catcher’s position open for you. And THEN a trial for TREASON.
sheriff BART [in bell-cap disguise]: “Candygram for Mongo! Candygram for Mongo!”
Report Post »MONGO: “Me Mongo.”
sheriff BART: “Sign, please.”
[Mongo destroys pad signing scratches on it]
sheriff BART [yanks pad away & gives box]: “Thank you.”
[He walks out putting his fingers in his ears]
MONGO: “Mongo like candy.”
[opens the box] *BOOM*
-Blazing Saddles
DonkRoberts
Posted on December 23, 2010 at 10:09amNo, Arlen, the People are just removing the cancer in both parties called “Progressivism” . The Republican Party is the one the People chose to move into first as it was the least furthest down the Progressive road to Utopia. Democrats in the minority groups waking up and realizing they are being played by the progressive “elites”, the welfare is just enough to rob ambition, the education just enough to allow them to fill meaningless jobs and not compete with the elites and their children. America is waking up and it is a giant, still.
Report Post »lovemycats
Posted on December 23, 2010 at 11:29amMy thoughts exactly…Good Riddance you old fool!
Report Post »DaveCCC
Posted on December 23, 2010 at 12:25pmForgot “Traitor”.
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