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Title: Scoundrel Specter Should Have Stayed Put
Source: townhall.com
URL Source: http://townhall.com/columnists/Mike ... _should_have_stayed_put?page=2
Published: May 21, 2010
Author: Mike Gallagher
Post Date: 2010-05-21 10:32:47 by Eric Stratton
Keywords: None
Views: 241
Comments: 16

Scoundrel Specter Should Have Stayed Put
Mike Gallagher
Thursday, May 20, 2010

Arlen Specter is a scoundrel.

It really doesn’t take much digging or deep analysis to come to this conclusion. His decision to abandon the GOP and switch to the Democrat Party left everyone mad at him. Democrats never quite trusted him -- after all, a betrayer is a betrayer, no matter what his party affiliation -- and Republicans were never inclined to act particularly kindly to a person like him.

I’m not fond of kicking a man when he’s down. Sen. Specter’s defeat slammed the door on a long career of public service that ended in disgrace, and what’s done is done.

But I’m fascinated by the many life lessons that come our way each and every day. And it seems to me that the destruction of the political career of Arlen Specter is a powerful life lesson that every man, woman and child can learn.

Years ago, when I first became active in the business side of my radio show, I received some simple and powerful advice from my mentor. He told me that it was going to sound trite and simplistic, but make sure to do the right thing in every aspect of my life: business, personal, spiritual. When there are tough decisions to make and the temptation might exist that would require some ethical “short-cuts” or compromises, run from that temptation.

I’ve tried to follow that advice in every aspect of my life since the day, many years ago, when this wise person offered it to me. Naturally, I have fallen short. I’ve made mistakes, usually when I felt backed against a wall or faced enormous pressure. I’m human and flawed.

But I try.

I continually ask myself if a decision I’m about to make falls short in the eyes of God or my family or my colleagues. It’s actually a pretty simple litmus test: am I doing the right thing or not? The answer is generally an easy one.

Arlen Specter should have done the same thing.

He knew he was abandoning the political party that he called home for so many years. When he sneered at reporters and said, “I’m switching parties so I can get RE-ELECTED”, he had to recognize how mean-spirited and ugly his comments were. He turned his back on the countless Republican colleagues, including George W. Bush, who had supported and defended him for so many years.

But the person he stabbed in the back most of all was the voter. The Pennsylvania Republican citizens who counted on him, relied on him, voted for him, donated to his campaigns, and called Arlen Specter their senator.

It was a stunning betrayal.

And look at how it turned out. After the Barack Obama machine convinced him to switch parties so that they could use his votes to advance their radical agenda, they deserted him like a leper.

By now, countless political pundits and analysts have noted how absent President Obama and Vice-President Biden were during the last days of Specter’s doomed campaign. They didn’t want anything to do with him anymore. They got what they needed from him, and when it looked like he was going to fail in his re-election effort, they bailed on him, just like he bailed on his constituents.

This bunch deserves one another.

But the life lesson here is crystal clear: when you abandon your principles and betray your friends, you’ll be left with nothing. And nobody. The frauds that Specter kissed up to turned their backs on him. He was left to fend for himself, a lonely man who found out the ultimate price of betrayal.

May all of us learn from Arlen Specter’s spectacular fall from power. Parents should teach their children what will happen to them when they take this path. Business people should pay attention to just how badly things can turn when one behaves the way Specter did.

Every day, we’re given a valuable life lesson. The story of Arlen Specter is one of the most powerful lessons of all.

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#3. To: Eric Stratton (#0)

Sen. Specter’s defeat slammed the door on a long career of public service

I call bull$#it on that. What Specter did was to dis (mis?) serve the public at every turn. I am glad ol' Magic Bullet got the crap kicked out of him and think it should have happened a long time ago.

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#7. To: Eric Stratton (#5)

The whole notion of "public service" should be retermed "self service."

What it is to most of them is a far bigger paycheck than they could ever hope to earn on their own merits, lots of benefits unavailable to the serfs and peons and a big pension when the people have finally had enough and kick them to the curb.

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#12. To: Eric Stratton (#9)

I hope the SOB has a massive angina and kicks the can.

Don't you think you are being a bit too hard on the poor old public servant?

                   

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