See other (s)Elections Articles
Title: Specter says he's switching from GOP to Democrats - Obama: "Thrilled to have you."
Source:
BreitBart
URL Source: http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D97RJ5B01&show_article=1
Published: Apr 28, 2009
Author: By DAVID ESPO
Post Date: 2009-04-28 13:03:44 by HAPPY2BME-4UM
Keywords: None
Views: 4269
Comments: 124
"I now find my political philosophy more in line with Democrats than Republicans," Specter said in a statement posted on a Web site devoted to Pennsylvania politics and confirmed by his office. Several Senate officials said a formal announcement could come later in the day or Wednesday. Specter, 79 and in his fifth term, is one of a handful of Republican moderates remaining in Congress in a party now dominated by conservatives. Several officials said the White House as well as leaders in both parties had been involved in discussions leading to his move. With Specter, Democrats would have 59 Senate seats. Al Franken is ahead in a marathon recount in Minnesota, and if he ultimately wins his race against Republican Norm Coleman, he would become the party's 60th vote. That is the number needed to overcome a filibuster. Specter faced an extraordinarily difficult re-election challenge in his home state in 2010, having first to confront a challenge from his right in the Republican primary before pivoting to a general election campaign against a Democrat. "I am unwilling to have my twenty-nine year Senate record judged by the Pennsylvania Republican primary electorate," he said in the statement. "I don't have to say anything to them. They said it to me," Specter said, when asked in a Capitol corridor about abandoning the GOP. A senior White House official, speaking on the condition of anonymity because no announcement has yet been made, said at 10:25 a.m. EDT Tuesday President Barack Obama was handed a note while in the Oval Office during his daily economic briefing. The note said: "Specter is announcing he is changing parties." At 10:32, Obama reached Specter by phone and told him "you have my full support" and that the Democratic Party is "thrilled to have you." Specter had publicly acknowledged that to win in 2010, he would need thousands of Pennsylvania voters who switched from Republican to Democrat last year to vote for Obama to flip back to the GOP to cast ballots for him. Specter says he's switching from GOP to Democrats 
Apr 28 12:45 PM US/Eastern
By DAVID ESPO
AP Special Correspondent
(3 images) WASHINGTON (AP) - Veteran Republican Sen. Arlen Specter disclosed plans Tuesday to switch parties, a move intended to boost his chances of winning re-election next year that will also push Democrats closer to a 60-vote filibuster-resistant majority.
Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread
Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest
Begin Trace Mode for Comment # 97.
#14. To: HAPPY2BME-4UM (#0)
Old " Magic Bullet" Specter should have gotten his personal one a LONG TIME ago.
Remember the senate hearing when (Michigan Militia Brigadier General) Norm Olson said to Specter, "I'm not the one who came up with 'the fictional magic bullet story', Senator", or words to that effect. And the whole gallery laughed out loud, a deep, roaring belly laugh that humiliated Specter! Specter then tried to calmly explain why that grotesque assassination fairie tale was factual and indeed plausible but to no avail. From that moment on he had to wonder if his staff, his fellow politicos and even the whole country is deferential in his presence and tippy toes around it but disbelieves him and that whole crock o' dewdie known as The Warren Commission Report because of his blatant lies. (which was confirmed by President "Isn't there an escalator here someplace?" Ford shortly before his death) Perhaps Specter is being positioned to validate the questionable evidence for the next assassination and it will that much more easy to sell coming from a Senior Democrat. I mean, is tapping Specter to chair the next commission any more absurd than the attempt to put Kissinger on the 9/11 Damage Control Team? The irony of this defection is, we're supposed to believe that he's changing parties as a matter of ideology and principle. The real truth is the GOP is dying, having allowed their party to be abused by Israeli Zionists, the MIC and all of BushCo's buddies who strip mined the treasury, and they never gave any thought to how the party would survive once they openly sold their souls for the privilege of an eight year orgy of greed and lust for power. (But this poses no problem for "goal oriented chameleons and "dual loyalists" (sic) like Specter, Lieberman, David Gergen, Ted Turner, etc. And, Specter's move will force the GOP to either get on their knees and deliver everything that AIPAC demands on Israel's behalf, or, back the principled conservatives who are trying to restore the party and take their chances without Jewish financial support. Both with likely prove to be too little, too late, and the graves are being dug as I type. Even the Socialist Republicans (seniors, farmers, all who want govt health care and see this as the chance to get it) will have no choice but to vote in their own interests, and only the extremist "Young Republicans for Christ" and brainless loyalists who'll vote "Republican" no matter who or what their current sales campaign is based around will lemming over the "cliff of losers". And, they won't have the numbers to defeat the majority that has now ripened and are ready to vote themselves govt benefits and not be sidetracked by ancillary issues such as abortion, school prayer, Evolution-Intelligent Design and other issues that don't feed the bull DAWG. President Obama is about to wield the most power of any president since FDR, and all efforts to defeat him will exemplify the futility of resisting an idea whose time has come. That time is, "The Fall Of Rome Book Two".
And the whole gallery laughed out loud, a deep, roaring belly laugh that humiliated Specter! Specter then tried to calmly explain why that grotesque assassination fairie tale was factual and indeed plausible but to no avail. I can't listen to the audio right now but is this that clip?? There is also a link to the full vid at the youtube link. American Militia Commander Norman Olson Speaks at Senate
That was the hearing. Specter's embarrassing moment isn't in that clip but it may be on another. And, Olson really stuck it to Specter in this one, too. Thanks.
here it is at 7:45. this whole clip is worth watching though.
Norm Olson, senior adviser to the Michigan militia and pastor of a strong right-to-life church in Wolverine, said Tuesday he had put together an unarmed coalition of state militias that were prepared to storm the Florida hospice where Terri Schiavo has been left to die, and take her to a safe house. www.petoskeynews.com/arti...local_regional/news01.prt What a sad chapter. The subprime crisis was being stoked by the trillions of dollars in derivatives such as credit default swaps, right at that very moment. Patriot Acts and executive orders had nullified our constitution. The government was using 9/11 as an excuse for butchering Iraqis, Afghanis, and abetting Israel's oppression of the Palestinians, and this guy wants to start something over a vegetable. The only thing that comes to mind this morning for me: Maybe the FBI should have been monitoring Norman Podhoretz's E-mail instead of Norm Olson's?
Not to get into siderailing here, but Terri was not a vegetable. She was a human being who was, according to her own doctor and family, responsive and aware. This as opposed to those who have the euthanasia agenda as their goal. They have succeeded in many ways into causing people to think nothing about discarding "useless eaters." Christ says that those who cannot protect themselves should be helped by those who can. Olson was doing that. Aside from this area, I agree with your points.
Aside from this area, I agree with your points. I agree with you too. Terri Schiavo was murdered by her so-called "husband" and the "judge" who acted as his accomplice.
People need to prioritize. In the grand scheme of things, this was entirely insignificant. It was only advanced medical techniques that permitted Terri to go on living, such as antibiotics and tubal feedings, things that weren't available to Americans before the 20th century. But it made great "Christian right" drama. Again, we had illegal immigration. We had NAFTA. We had the SPP being drawn up. We had massive tyranny on paper. We had the NSA spying on everything we did. In fact, the FBI knew about General Olsen's planned adventure. Where were conservative Christians on that issue? Arguing until they were blue in the face about Terri's soul. This is why I've given up on the Christian right. You know, the ones (unlike the two of you) who would sell our souls for Israel. The Terri Schiavo case was the ultimate diversion, and it truly worked. A hunk of flesh became more important than liberty, and stayed that way for months on end. This is why we're entrapped by our government. All it takes is the flu or a right to life case to derail any focus on freedom that the majority of "freedom lovers" could muster. Between the rapture nutters, the prophecy do-nothings, the one issue pro-lifers and marriage defense types, there's really an issue for just about any Christian to go off the deep end with. Meanwhile the banks own us. The intelligence industrial complex owns us. We have no absolute right to our own earnings, properties, and businesses. Our national sovereignty is in tatters. Firearms and their manufacture and sales are regulated. Information is controlled by a few owners of the media, who by the way played up the Terri Schiavo case to the maximum effect. Israel is still considered an ally. And people like Alex Jones, who should be expressing leadership, are permitting his listeners and readers to think the flu is part of a depopulation agenda, and wants us all to panic. Disgusting, but predictable. Go ahead and change the world, after the rapture, after saving Terri's life, and after panicking due to the flu.
I'm not in a panic over the flu or anything else. I said what I meant and meant what I said about Terri Schiavo. She was murdered and in a cruel, inhumane way and that's a fact.
Yes, the legal situation as inflamed as it was, made it impossible to euthanize her properly. But that's not as important as the other problems we have. It's just that the Christian right couldn't stop thinking about it.
She was a Catholic and so was her family. Euthanasia is a sin to Catholics, at least that is my understanding. I believe Artisan is a Catholic and I am sure there are others on the board who would know that better than I would. But the point is that her family was willing to care for her and her alleged "husband" who had already moved on with his life and had kids with another woman should not have even been allowed to visit her, let alone to finish her off.
Yep. but i remember the family was weak-kneed about taking aggressive action. Catholics are against (at least are supposed ot be against if they follow the rules) all artificial and purposeful end to life. suicide, euthenasia, abortion, all equate murder. taking someone off artificial life support such as a respirator or heart pumping machine does not qualify as euthenasia though, because the person could still theoretically live without those things,. Injecting them with poison to kill them or starving them to death crosses the line and is clearly murder.
So from the PEW data above we can assume that at a sizable number of Americans are easily distracted by so-called "right to life issues." FOX probably has analysts looking at data like this and trying to determine what sort of material will draw their audiences in for more advertising time. Looks like a cakewalk here. Plus, it's getting easier since so many illegals are Catholics.
i do not think life issues are a distraction. If someone is truly pro life they would not vote for degenerates like bush or obama. and abortion is by far not the only 'life' issue, as the repubricrats would have people believe. As a good friend of mine puts it, his fellow Catholics at his church seem to be "pro life" as long as it's a fetus, but as soon as it turns 18 it's ok to have them violate the 5th Commandment, sent off to unconstitutional wars to commit genocide and torture against foreigners.
#99. To: Artisan (#97)
I found myself arguing with pro-life people who thought that illegals were OK because they were Christian Catholics, and Bush should remain in office because he might nominate more pro-life candidates. And how much time did we waste on the stem cell agenda, phony as it was since all Bush was doing was blocking federal spending on it? Every issue that can get us to vote for one of the existing parties is a distraction, and MILLIONS of people voted for McCain and Obama because of issues just like these. In your mind, I believe there's balance. You show that every day with your fight against the out of control legal system and your activities here. Even in the way you're responding to me is a demonstration of balance. Most Americans on these hot button issues are NOT balanced.
Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest
#22. To: tom007, Deasy, James Deffenbach, litus, Artisan (#14)
Old " Magic Bullet" Specter should have gotten his personal one a LONG TIME ago.
#24. To: HOUNDDAWG, twentytwelve, original_intent, rotara, psusa, christine, deasy, farmfriend, all, *Bilderberg and NWO Watch* (#22)
Remember the senate hearing when (Michigan Militia Brigadier General) Norm Olson said to Specter, "I'm not the one who came up with 'the fictional magic bullet story', Senator", or words to that effect.
#28. To: Artisan (#24)
#29. To: HOUNDDAWG, Artisan, Jethro Tull, IndieTx, tom007, litus, James Deffenbach, ALL (#28)
(Edited)
#46. To: christine, HOUNDDAWG, Artisan, Jethro Tull, IndieTx, tom007, litus, James Deffenbach, farmfriend (#29)
Wednesday, March 30, 2005 12:39 PM EST
Olson said he needed only the OK from Schiavo's father, Robert Schindler, either directly or through his attorney David Gibbs, to put the plan, called "Operation Resurrection," into action on Sunday.
But Olson said Gibbs contacted the FBI instead of passing his message on to Schindler.
Olson said the FBI had been monitoring e-mails within militia groups and on Tuesday, March 29, sent an agent from Traverse City to his home in Alanson and other agents to militia leaders in the South to question them about the plan.
The FBI was unavailable for comment.
#50. To: Deasy (#46)
The government was using 9/11 as an excuse for butchering Iraqis, Afghanis, and abetting Israel's oppression of the Palestinians, and this guy wants to start something over a vegetable.
#52. To: litus (#50)
Not to get into siderailing here, but Terri was not a vegetable. She was a human being who was, according to her own doctor and family, responsive and aware. This as opposed to those who have the euthanasia agenda as their goal. They have succeeded in many ways into causing people to think nothing about discarding "useless eaters." Christ says that those who cannot protect themselves should be helped by those who can. Olson was doing that.
#71. To: James Deffenbach, litus, PSUSA (#52)
Terri Schiavo was murdered by her so-called "husband" and the "judge" who acted as his accomplice.
#73. To: Deasy (#71)
#78. To: James Deffenbach (#73)
She was murdered and in a cruel, inhumane way and that's a fact.
#81. To: Deasy, Artisan (#78)
#94. To: James Deffenbach, deasy (#81)
Euthanasia is a sin to Catholics, at least that is my understanding. I believe Artisan is a Catholic and I am sure there are others on the board who would know that better than I would. But the point is that her family was willing to care for her
#96. To: Artisan (#94)
Catholics are against (at least are supposed ot be against if they follow the rules) all artificial and purposeful end to life.
Survey Response %, June 1996 %, March 2001 %, March 2002 Protestant 53 53 52 Catholic 23 23 24 Mormon
(Latter-day Saints)2 2 2 Orthodox 1 1 * Non-denominational 1 0 0 Something else (Specify) 1 * 2 Not practicing any religion 1 0 0 Don't know/Refused 2 3 2 TOTAL CHRISTIAN 84% 82% 82%
#97. To: Deasy, james deffenbach (#96)
Replies to Comment # 97.
End Trace Mode for Comment # 97.