July 15, 2010
— DrewM You stay classy Arlen....
Sources tell ABC News that Sen. Arlen Specter, D-Penn., has informed the White House that he would like to consider remaining in public service after his senate term ends at the end of this session, and White House officials are keeping an open mind about possible job openings for him....Talk of such a job, however, has raised eyebrows among SpecterÂ’s Republican Senate colleagues who are now eyeing his votes with added scrutiny. For instance, Specter seemed not particularly impressed with Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan, whose nomination as Solicitor General Specter opposed last year. This week he announced support for her Supreme Court nomination.
See ole Arlen had a choice, he can vote no on Kagan, like he did when she was up for Solicitor General, as revenge for Obama's unwillingness to come out at the last minute and help him against Joe Sestak in the primary. Or he could vote yes in hopes of getting some sinecure that would allow him to "continue to serve the public"/have some position to keep his shriveled up, um, ego, in the public eye.
As always, Arlen did what was best for Arlen.
Meanwhile, Pat Toomey is in a close race with Joe Sestak but has a clear lead in money.
Less wealthy Republicans are doing well elsewhere. In Pennsylvania, Republican Pat Toomey raised more than $3 million in the quarter, and had $4.6 million on hand. Democratic nominee Joe Sestak, who defeated incumbent Arlen Specter in a tough primary, raised $1.9 million for the quarter. He had about $2 million on hand.
Meanwhile Sestak is getting hammered by the new Emergency Committee For Israel over his stances on behalf of Palestinians over Israel.
I'm glad Arlen is done, I still wish that Toomey had been the one to finish him.
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Posted by: MJ at July 15, 2010 03:09 PM (BKOsZ)
Posted by: curious at July 15, 2010 03:09 PM (p302b)
Posted by: Tami at July 15, 2010 03:10 PM (VuLos)
Specter is, by most accounts, a miserable wretch. There's no way to get good governance out of people like that.
Posted by: nickless at July 15, 2010 03:13 PM (MMC8r)
Posted by: Y-not at July 15, 2010 03:17 PM (O627A)
Posted by: stuiec at July 15, 2010 03:18 PM (7AOgy)
Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at July 15, 2010 03:20 PM (swuwV)
Someday...someday, curious will first a thread with an O/T newslink.
And I will be proud to say I was here to see it happen.
Posted by: reason at July 15, 2010 03:20 PM (kC3nL)
Posted by: AmishDude at July 15, 2010 03:21 PM (G6Faf)
This. I really don't see what's in it for Specter personally. At his age, in his health, what is the point? Can he really be so power-hungry that he has to snatch at every wisp in a vain attempt to hold on? It just makes no sense.
Posted by: Ace's liver at July 15, 2010 03:21 PM (XIXhw)
Posted by: Timbo at July 15, 2010 07:19 PM (ph9vn)"
He has billy c syndrome...he's worrying about his legacy...
Posted by: curious at July 15, 2010 03:22 PM (p302b)
Posted by: Arlen Specter's immediate family at July 15, 2010 03:22 PM (kC3nL)
Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at July 15, 2010 07:20 PM (swuwV)
Damn straight. Kick these freaks out after a couple terms. Bunch of narcisist losers unqualified to do anything else.
Posted by: Timbo at July 15, 2010 03:23 PM (ph9vn)
Posted by: rockhead at July 15, 2010 03:24 PM (RykTt)
We need to repeal shit like that: each and every one of these turds passed during the Progressive era. You want to fix our problems? Fix the root causes.
Posted by: KG at July 15, 2010 03:24 PM (S8TF5)
Vic or any of you Low Country morons need to go snag one. I can't believe they're not on eBay yet.
Posted by: HeatherRadish at July 15, 2010 03:24 PM (M9BNu)
He has billy c syndrome...he's worrying about his legacy...
Posted by: curious at July 15, 2010 07:22 PM (p302b)
Ha exactly.
His legacy is being a dipshit..
Posted by: Timbo at July 15, 2010 03:25 PM (ph9vn)
Kinda explains the underpinnings of every legislative act in his history. Not making sense. Or the teat-sucking thing.
Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at July 15, 2010 03:26 PM (swuwV)
Posted by: AmishDude at July 15, 2010 03:27 PM (G6Faf)
Posted by: . at July 15, 2010 03:28 PM (p302b)
What's supposed to happen with public servants? After a few years of service, they are supposed to return to the private sector.
Alas, DC is broken. We now have a generation of politicians who have no idea how to function in the private sector.
Posted by: Lemon Kitten at July 15, 2010 03:29 PM (0fzsA)
Posted by: Ken "The White Shadow" Howard at July 15, 2010 03:29 PM (P9+0W)
This. I really don't see what's in it for Specter personally. At his age, in his health, what is the point? Can he really be so power-hungry that he has to snatch at every wisp in a vain attempt to hold on?
Yes.
Posted by: Hollowpoint at July 15, 2010 03:30 PM (plsiE)
Posted by: . at July 15, 2010 03:31 PM (p302b)
Posted by: bill-tb at July 15, 2010 03:32 PM (y+QfZ)
Posted by: Asscheeks of Saturn at July 15, 2010 03:33 PM (w9bVp)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 15, 2010 03:35 PM (P9+0W)
Posted by: Budd Dwyer at July 15, 2010 03:35 PM (vTB8H)
Definitely term limits. I'm tired of people arguing, "Yeah but what if they're doing the right thing? What good would it do to limit them before they can get the right thing done?"
Well if they were that good of a person they would mentor the next guy or gal and the right thing would go on instead of the corrupt selfishness.
Posted by: ErikW at July 15, 2010 03:36 PM (2GSTD)
The Politico leftards are going all psycho on Israel on that Sestak thread, as if those hot IDF chicks would ever want to fuck their pathetic needle-dicks.
Posted by: TexasJew at July 15, 2010 03:37 PM (bNngr)
Look at Newt. Hell, look at Bubba Clinton. These guys never stop jonesing for political thrills until someone mercifully drives a stake through their shriveled hearts.
Politics: it's the heroin of the privileged class.
Posted by: MrScribbler at July 15, 2010 03:38 PM (Ulu3i)
Posted by: dfbaskwill at July 15, 2010 03:39 PM (ndlFj)
Why do these damn scumbag politicians never seem to die of their cancer, while all the good people do?
Posted by: TexasJew at July 15, 2010 03:39 PM (bNngr)
Why do these damn scumbag politicians never seem to die of their cancer, while all the good people do?
Posted by: TexasJew at July 15, 2010 07:39 PM (bNngr)
Harumph! Are ye callin' me a good person?? I'll put you to some fucking knowledge!
Posted by: Robert "kleagle" Byrd at July 15, 2010 03:41 PM (S8TF5)
This guy is fucking unbelievable.
Someone tie him up in a sack and throw his sorry old ass in a river.
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at July 15, 2010 03:41 PM (P33XN)
Posted by: stuiec at July 15, 2010 03:41 PM (7AOgy)
Posted by: conscious, but incoherent - not senile, yet at July 15, 2010 03:42 PM (YVZlY)
"continue to serve the public"
Posted by: Cicero at July 15, 2010 07:39 PM (QKKT0)
It's a cookbook!!
Posted by: TexasJew at July 15, 2010 03:42 PM (bNngr)
Posted by: Countrysquire at July 15, 2010 03:44 PM (PfpKC)
Posted by: ace at July 15, 2010 03:44 PM (SsvUp)
Posted by: ace at July 15, 2010 07:44 PM (SsvUp)
When ace used his Yiddish terms, you know he's pissed..
Posted by: TexasJew at July 15, 2010 03:45 PM (bNngr)
Posted by: Countrysquire at July 15, 2010 07:44 PM (PfpKC)
Who in the hell votes for that dumb bitch? That's fucking pathetic!
Posted by: conscious, but incoherent - not senile, yet at July 15, 2010 03:46 PM (YVZlY)
Comparing Arlen Specter to vampires greatly disrespects vampires.
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at July 15, 2010 03:46 PM (P33XN)
Posted by: sifty at July 15, 2010 03:47 PM (BDP/V)
Hey, we only drain a few victims at a time, while parasites like Sphincter drain entire countries at once!
You'll be hearing from our attorneys.
Posted by: The real (non-Twlight) Vampire community at large. at July 15, 2010 03:49 PM (c0A3e)
When Arlen Specter dies they're going to have him stuffed and propped up behind a podium with a microphone on it.
And he'll still be collecting a check...
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at July 15, 2010 03:49 PM (P33XN)
Posted by: Countrysquire at July 15, 2010 07:44 PM (PfpKC)
What dumb fuck votes for this imbecile? I am not sure who is more pathetic... her or the people who pull the lever for her.
Posted by: Timbo at July 15, 2010 03:50 PM (ph9vn)
I'd love to see him hired to clean up roadkill off the highway, something he's at least qualified for.
What I'm betting is that Obama strings him along, promises him the moon to keep him voting his way, and then as soon as January is here drops him like a hot potato.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 15, 2010 03:50 PM (T1boi)
Posted by: ErikW at July 15, 2010 03:55 PM (2GSTD)
I just watched that three times and cannot for the life of me figure out what the FUCK she's talking about.
But then, this is the lady who once asked whether the Mars Lunar Rover was going to be able to get pictures of the flag our astronauts had left there.
(When I lived in Houston my dad liked to needle me about what "your congressman" was doing in reference to whatever babble this brain-damaged idiot happened to be spewing forth and I had to try to explain to him [usually through clenched teeth] that my congressman was Bill Archer, thank you very much.)
Posted by: The War Between the Undead States at July 15, 2010 03:56 PM (vTB8H)
The Obama's cook was made a Senior Policy Advisor. Can Arlen fry chicken?
Posted by: Larsen E. Whipsnade at July 15, 2010 03:57 PM (pcs/y)
Arlen could pass out mints and offer shitty cologne in one of the Senate restrooms.
Arlen's been known to eat urinal cakes, so anything's possible...
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at July 15, 2010 03:58 PM (P33XN)
But then, this is the lady who once asked whether the Mars Lunar Rover was going to be able to get pictures of the flag our astronauts had left there.
I missed that one. It's on YouTube somewhere, yes?
Posted by: ErikW at July 15, 2010 03:58 PM (2GSTD)
Definitely term limits. I'm tired of people arguing, "Yeah but what if they're doing the right thing? What good would it do to limit them before they can get the right thing done?"
Well if they were that good of a person they would mentor the next guy or gal and the right thing would go on instead of the corrupt selfishness.
Posted by: ErikW at July 15, 2010 07:36 PM (2GSTD)
We have term limits in California and it made things worse (no, really). From the moment they get into office they're jockeying for the next job, and nothing at all matters to them past their exit date. California's finances really went off the rails very soon after we imposed term limits, and I'm convince part of the reason is legislators sincerely don't care if the state hits a wall as long as it happens after they time out.
Posted by: Ace's liver at July 15, 2010 03:58 PM (XIXhw)
OT: More Sheila Jackson Lee:
Dem Rep Sheila Jackson Lee Tells NAACP: “All those who wore sheets a long time ago have now lifted them off and started wearing [applause], uh, clothing, uh, with a name, say, I am part of the tea party. ... http://is.gd/dtzsh
Posted by: conscious, but incoherent - not senile, yet at July 15, 2010 03:59 PM (YVZlY)
Wasn't she also the one at her town hall meeting about the heathcare bill, was talking on the phone while a young woman was asking her a question...and later claimed she was on the phone with staff getting clarification on the healthcare bill?
Posted by: Tami at July 15, 2010 04:01 PM (VuLos)
Posted by: sifty at July 15, 2010 04:01 PM (BDP/V)
Posted by: Ace's liver at July 15, 2010 07:58 PM (XIXhw)
Okay but wouldn't term limits at least be the lesser of two evils? I don't know dick about California politics but I can't really think of anything good that has ever come from having any politician in for the long haul.
Posted by: ErikW at July 15, 2010 04:04 PM (2GSTD)
That was her.
Posted by: The War Between the Undead States at July 15, 2010 04:05 PM (vTB8H)
Bingo. Term limits mean nothing if the people elected have no honor and character. These people have gone beyond the typical scummy-ness of politicians.
Posted by: The real (non-Twlight) Vampire community at large. at July 15, 2010 04:05 PM (c0A3e)
I would support repealing the 17th, certainly. That would make the federal government a creature of the states again instead of the other way around.
The sixteenth I would have voted against in the beginning, but at this point repealing it would cause some pretty wrenching changes.
Posted by: Ace's liver at July 15, 2010 04:05 PM (XIXhw)
Well, they certainly didn't make things better.
Posted by: Ace's liver at July 15, 2010 04:06 PM (XIXhw)
Posted by: rdbrewer at July 15, 2010 04:08 PM (0ONli)
Posted by: ontherocks at July 15, 2010 04:08 PM (HBqDo)
When Arlen Specter dies they're going to have him stuffed and propped up behind a podium with a microphone on it.
And he'll still be collecting a check...
And voting, like a true Democrate.
Posted by: Hammer at July 15, 2010 04:12 PM (hVGDL)
Posted by: The War Between the Undead States at July 15, 2010 04:13 PM (vTB8H)
Posted by: torabora at July 15, 2010 04:15 PM (mcXz4)
Posted by: Fa Cube Itches at July 15, 2010 04:15 PM (ySNz/)
Posted by: rabidfox at July 15, 2010 04:23 PM (/zNRF)
Bingo. Term limits mean nothing if the people elected have no honor and character. These people have gone beyond the typical scummy-ness of politicians.
Posted by: The real (non-Twlight) Vampire community at large. at July 15, 2010 08:05 PM (c0A3e)"
you rang?
Posted by: mayor mike . at July 15, 2010 04:35 PM (p302b)
Posted by: Purple Avenger at July 15, 2010 05:01 PM (c6vOi)
Posted by: Muskwa at July 15, 2010 05:09 PM (5+B55)
Even the androgynous, wimpy ones? That's harsh.
Posted by: Ace's liver at July 15, 2010 05:17 PM (XIXhw)
Posted by: louis tully at July 15, 2010 05:20 PM (Vc/xe)
The folks who set up this country 200+ years ago would have burned DC to the ground long ago and driven all of its inhabitants across the Canadian border. We are not worthy.
Posted by: louis tully at July 15, 2010 05:22 PM (Vc/xe)
Posted by: Muskwa at July 15, 2010 05:45 PM (5+B55)
Posted by: Muskwa at July 15, 2010 06:11 PM (5+B55)
Posted by: Dw Pepper at July 15, 2010 06:26 PM (yorvz)
Posted by: Doo Dah, Doo Dah at July 16, 2010 03:29 AM (sYrWB)
No Arlen, that non-paying/non-existent job was for your opponent, we're not that into you. But you can continue blowing me.
Posted by: B+rry at July 16, 2010 06:55 AM (UU0OF)
Posted by: Richard McEnroe at July 16, 2010 07:05 AM (3/cdn)
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Posted by: MJ at July 15, 2010 03:08 PM (BKOsZ)