On Sun, 07 Nov 2004 13:16:28 -0600, Alma J Wetzker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Net Llama! 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's a bit of a stretch. To my knowledge Mr. Specter has never been
"perfectly acceptable" to any committed members of the Republican
Pary. At best, he has been tolerated.
> >> 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.
Hmm, bloggers and fringies. They're not all too far from becoming the
mainstream. Public confidence in the used-to-be mainstream media is
waning, and the "open source" approach to news reporting and analysis
is rapidly becoming an essential tool for those really interested in
the political process. The Kerry campaign were masters at the art of
"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.", but
that didn't sell primarily due to the "eternal vigilence" of the
bloggers and fringies.
> >> 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.
I've lost the thread here. If you mean the Specter situation, then
this is not dirty politics at all, but merely the party asserting its
legitimate influence over those who seek to obtain a political plum in
the committee structure of the Senate. If Mr. Specter really did not
mean to continue the practice of obstructionism in the process of
confirmation of judicial appointments, then he can keep his seat, but
those who are now in charge of the Senate have every right to insist
that judicial appointees receive a fair presentation to the full
Senate without being blocked by special interests as was the case in
the past year.
>
> Let the fringe express their opinion. They have the right to an opinion and
> the ability to express it just like you or I. When the majority is influenced
> we need to start paying attention. That type of thing has brought about good
> things in the past, as well as bad. (The end of slavery and civil rights to
> name two good ones.)
>
Amen brother! The leftists (whom I despise) have every right to whine
about this, but they do not have the right to make themselves
arbitrors over every decision of the majority party. That's why we
have elections.
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