Swine flew.

[Grover Powell]

good riddance!
Breitbart.tv » PA Sen. Arlen Specter Announces Party Switch to Democrats for 2010 Election

[METSSC]

Good riddance is right. He was getting crushed in the primary polls by his republican opponent so he switches parties. At least Lieberman ran as an independent.

[FrankStylV7]

Lieberman might be closer to a Republican than Specter.

[ambler]

The title of this post is ironic because when I first heard about swine flu, I assumed they had identified the disease that makes people become republicans.

[SteveJRogers]

Originally Posted by ambler

The title of this post is ironic because when I first heard about swine flu, I assumed they had identified the disease that makes people become republicans.

Ambler, there is one thing I have to say to you...

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[Ajax]

Originally Posted by FrankStylV7

Lieberman might be closer to a Republican than Specter.

The republicans are welcome to Loserman.

[Mets bs]

No take backs. Arlen Specter only cares about one thing -- getting re-elected.

[ambler]

Originally Posted by Mets bs

No take backs. Arlen Specter only cares about one thing -- getting re-elected.

So do most politicians.

You could make the same argument about Specter in 1966, when he became a Republican. Was the GOP outraged then?

[Mets bs]

I'm not so sure exactly who's outraged and who was surprised at all about this. As mentioned, he was getting smoked in projections for the primaries and did this because it's his only shot at re-election. In fact I'm guessing most conservatives are thrilled, no more having to choose between a Dem and a Dem pretending to be a Republican. The only complaint I hear is from people pissed that he was saying how precious the remaining few Republican senators are and how he dreads a one party system less than two months ago. Let him prey on the Dems now -- good riddance to bad rubbish, I wouldn't mind seeing the rest of these RINOs like Snow go too.




TheHill.com - Specter won’t rule out run as an Independent

“I’m staying a Republican because I think I have a more important role to play there,” he said. “I think the United States very desperately needs a two-party system. … And I’m afraid that we’re becoming a one-party system, with Republicans becoming just a regional party.”

“I think each of the 41 Republican senators, in a sense — and I don’t want to overstate this — is a national asset,” he said, “because if one was gone, you’d only have 40, the Democrats would have 60, and they would control all of the mechanisms of government.”

[Jersey Shore]

Originally Posted by METSSC

Good riddance is right. He was getting crushed in the primary polls by his republican opponent so he switches parties. At least Lieberman ran as an independent.

Lieberman is a ball-less pice of crap. He didn't have the nerve to leave his party, he backed the Republican candidate, but stayed a Democrat? He played both ends and when his bioy McCain got whipped he ran back to the DEMS with his tail between his legd FU(K that piece of $hit Lieberman. Spectre had the sack to stnad up and switch, not straddle the fence

[KeySpan Park]

Good effing riddance is right. All he cares about is being reelected.

[Ajax]

There's two sides of this argument. On one hand both of these Senators weren't going to be re-elected if they stayed in their party they had previously belonged to. Plus they both had disagreements with their national party on a few issues. Beyond the doubt it was a selfish thing but it was what it was.