On Sun, 07 Nov 2004 06:48:57 -0800, Net Llama! <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 11/06/2004 08:07 PM, Alma J Wetzker wrote:
>
> > Net Llama! wrote:
> >
> >> http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=41331
> >>
> >> Looks like moderate republicans are the next to go...
> >
> >
> > This is about Arlen Spector of PA. More of an opportunistic republican
> > than a moderate. IIRC he first tried to run as a democrat but switched
> > to republican when they offered to give him more money.
>
> Yea, first like 20+ years ago. Its a bit late now for them to throw him
> to the wolves when he was perfectly acceptable for a few decades.
>
> > That said, lets see if the bloggers and other fringies can take his
> > comments and really drive him out. It has happened to leaders of both
> > parties in the past few years. A politician makes a comment and
> > somewhere, someone removes the context and the audience to make it sound
> > inflammatory, and then they try to get the politico axed. Looks like
> > both sides of the divide are now engaged in this wonderful new tactic.
>
> References please.
>
> >
> > This type of dirty politics is far older that our republic. What is
> > important is not that it is being tried, but if it succeeds.
>
> No, actually what's important this time around is that the only reason
> this is happening to spector is because Bush won. If he had not, they
> would be desperate to keep every member of the party happy.
>
>
>From everything I know about Mr. Specter, Alma has it quite right.
He's been a Republican in name only, seldom supporting the party in
his voting record. You might think of him as a reverse (if less
articulate) Zell Miller, since Mr. Miller purports to have the best
interests of Democrats at heart but supports (some) Republican
enterprises.
And, I believe, you are wrong about him being thrown to the wolves.
He's never been very acceptable in the Republican Party. The reason
this is happening to Mr. Specter now is purely self abuse: he opened
his big mouth at the wrong time to let out his true feelings which run
counter to the Republican majority mission, and now he is attempting
damage control. If all the cards were reversed, Democrats would be
just as quick to crush someone who did not (at least) give token
support to the cause.
In groups as diverse as the Democratic or Republican Party, there are
always going to be a few square pegs who don't fit the round holes.
--
/\/\
(CR) Collins Richey
\/\/ "I hear you're single again." "Spouse 2.0 had fewer bugs than
Spouse 1.0, but the maintenance ... was too much for my OS."
- Glitch (tm)
_______________________________________________
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Unsub/Pause/Etc -> http://mail.linux-sxs.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/general
