Wednesday, May 19, 2010
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Arlen Specter warns of tea party 'take over'
As voters considered his fate throughout Pennsylvania, Sen. Arlen Specter warned on Tuesday that without him Democrats may not be able to fend off a tea party "takeover."
"What you see happening across the country is that the tea party organization has taken over," Specter said in an interview with MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell.
"We know what happened to [Sen. Bob] Bennett [R-Utah], what happened to [Florida GOP Gov. Charlie] Crist," Specter said.
"They drove him out of the Republican Party," Specter said of Crist, now running for the Senate as an independent in Florida.
Specter fled the Republican Party after polls showed the conservative grass-roots support behind former Rep. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) would likely be enough to propel him to a primary win over the longtime senator.
Specter has acknowledged he switched to the Democratic Party at least in part to stand a better chance of preserving his seat. But on Tuesday he suggested that he had changed to remain one of the only men standing in front of a tea party revolution.
"If we're not careful, if you don't field the strongest candidate - frankly, like Arlen Specter - they're going to take over," Specter said of the tea parties. "Beating the tea party gang is more important than who does the beating."
"They want to go back to the gold standard," he added. "It'd be an 18th-century America."
As voters considered his fate throughout Pennsylvania, Sen. Arlen Specter warned on Tuesday that without him Democrats may not be able to fend off a tea party "takeover."
"What you see happening across the country is that the tea party organization has taken over," Specter said in an interview with MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell.
"We know what happened to [Sen. Bob] Bennett [R-Utah], what happened to [Florida GOP Gov. Charlie] Crist," Specter said.
"They drove him out of the Republican Party," Specter said of Crist, now running for the Senate as an independent in Florida.
Specter fled the Republican Party after polls showed the conservative grass-roots support behind former Rep. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) would likely be enough to propel him to a primary win over the longtime senator.
Specter has acknowledged he switched to the Democratic Party at least in part to stand a better chance of preserving his seat. But on Tuesday he suggested that he had changed to remain one of the only men standing in front of a tea party revolution.
"If we're not careful, if you don't field the strongest candidate - frankly, like Arlen Specter - they're going to take over," Specter said of the tea parties. "Beating the tea party gang is more important than who does the beating."
"They want to go back to the gold standard," he added. "It'd be an 18th-century America."
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An election for President and Commander in Chief of the Military must strive to be above reproach. Our public institutions must give the public confidence that a presidential candidate has complied with the election process that is prescribed by our Constitution and laws. It is only after a presidential candidate satisfies the rules of such a process that he/she can expect members of the public, regardless of their party affiliations, to give him/her the respect that the Office of President so much deserves.
How about a little graditude specter. You lost for many reason and it wasn't only the Tea Party.
ReplyDeleteNow that you are leaving how about doing one last thing for the state of PA and the legal citizens of the United States. And start a investigation on the offer by the WH on a job for Sestak