More Specter Stuff

So for the most part, I’m pretty unabashedly liberal, except for when it comes to lobbing crusie missiles are third world countries. So I figured it would be only fair to see what the other side thinks about Specter’s change of party affiliation. I figured the best place to really find out what people thinks was the comment thread that FOX News thoughtfully provided for their mongoloid viewers.

Mike Q. says: Leaving a party because your ideology no longer matches that of your current party, fine. I see no problem with that. Leaving your party because you’re afraid you will lose an election is hypocritical and disingenuous. Despite Specter’s political rhetoric to the contrary, that’s what this smacks of.

Maybe. But why should Specter remain loyal to the Republican Party when the party has stopped being loyal to him?

PEslashPM says: The Republican party: R.I.P. 1854 ~ November 2008

God willing.

MERVYN says: REPUBLICANS OF PENNSYLVANIA NOW IS YOUR CHANCE TO KICK THIS BUM OUT HE HAS ALWAYS OPPOSED THE TRUE ELEMENTS OF CONSERVATISM HE NEEDS TO GO NOW TOGETHER WITH HIS NEW FOUND ALLIES THE DEMOCRATS.

You know who else opposed the true elements of conservatism? The Republican Party. Also, why do people insist on writing in all caps? Is there some sort of computer virus that only affects the shift key? Don’t these people realize that it makes it impossible to take anything they write seriously?

Johanna says: Specter was a decent man who always won his elections with many Dem votes. If the Republicans want to become a “pure” party, and invite the Club for Growth to “weed out” those who are not “pure,” he was right to leave. Republicans have to decide whether to be a national political party or a small club of like-minded ideologues.

I doubt she is a frequent foxnews.com visitor. I liked her statement.

Warrenjh says: There will be more exodus in the GOP if they do not turn down rhetoric and be a party that is inclusive and not exclusive, People like Sean and Rush with a very narrow minded agenda is killing our party.

Yup, couldn’t agree more with Warren. There’s definitely value in a real conservative or libertarian approach to governing. The GOP has chosen to ignore that, focusing instead on hate, polarization, arrogance, and exclusion.

Ramon says: Arlen Specter should stay with his party and continue working on the Republican agenda until he is due for re-election. Voters from the Republican party were the ones that elected him in that office to work on the Republica agenda. He should only change parties when he is due up for re-election so the voters are aware of his political agenda.

I chose this one, even though there were a lot of people saying essentially the same thing, because Ramon managed to be somewhat coherent. Two things: parties are not up for election, people are. Republicans didn’t vote for the Republican Party, they voted for Arlen Specter. People who don’t consider the candidates, and only vote along party lines, or even worse along one issue (abortion) are terrible for democracy. Put some thought into your vote. Also, a lot of Democrats voted for Specter as well, and have voted for him for years. Finally, as Specter said, 200,000 Pennsylvania Republicans have changed their voter registration over the last year; by switching he is representing his constituency.

Eric says: Specter has always baffled me and angered me with his voting record. I say on one hand good bye, farewell. But he has chosen one of the worse times to leave that could hurt a party he had chosen to be a part of, just for his own gain. Not a man of integrity who can change and allign himself with those that desire to have it only their way, and stamp out the speech and vote of a party which tries to still represent the majority of our Country which desire morality, honor, In God we Trust, Marraige being of a man and woman. His decision could help sway many decisions that would change the things this Country was founded on, and for self preservation.

I really struggled to understand what Eric was saying here; I guess that’s one of the drawbacks of homeschooling. If I’m interpreting this correctly, though, he’s saying that our country was founded on “morality, honor, in God we trust, [and] marriage being of a man and woman,” and that by changing parties he’s jeopardizing these things. Um, no. First of all, morality and honor are pretty subjective things, so you can’t really say that one party is more honorable or moral than the other. As for in God we trust, that was added to money in the fifties; it’s not a principle our country was founded on, it’s Cold War propaganda. Finally, the country wasn’t founded on the principle that marriage was between a man and a woman. There’s nothing anywhere that suggests that. And for the love of God, don’t point to the Bible.

Diane says: He’s a Red Coat, a worm, don’t let the door hit you on your way out Spector !

What the hell? Is it 1773 again? She really called him a redcoat.

Kent says: I agree with J S Cros. Sphincter should have to resign his seat, obviously he doesn’t care for his constituents who voted for him. Especially those that voted for him based on him being affiliated with the GOP.

I think I already addressed what this guy thinks. I’m pointing this out because he called Specter “Sphincter.” See, FOX got upset by all the teabagging jokes, but really I think they were upset that they didn’t think of them first. Really, immaturity crosses party lines.

Mark says: hey – do you hear a sucking sound? Must be the GOP.
John P says: Your wrong about the origins of that sucking sound. It’s coming from Barney Frank’s office.

See! Told ya.

DAN says: We`re not going anywhere ant. We will take this country back from you leftist trash by force if we have to. Keep up your leftist propaganda and watch what happens.

The south will rise again? People like DAN make that warning of right-wing extremists seem prescient.

Milt from CA says: And another thing…Arlen, YOU are as responsible for the monstrous increase in the deficit as is barack hussein osuma. You’ve been showing your liberal colors for years but voting in favor of Porkulus was your ultimate coming-out-of-the-closet-in-your-mind moment. Good riddance.

I agree, Specter is just as responsible as Obama for the deficit. Neither of them is nearly as responsible as Bush, though.

Jules says: Sylvie; you have got to be black.

What the hell? This was just there in the middle of the page, not as a reply to anything. I’m a little bit curious.

Bob Runninger says: Since he is a Progressive Republican at heart he is in good company with the other Progressives. We don’t need his whining in the Republican Party.

Yeah, fuck progress!

Ken Miller says: Good by and good ridence

Ken used four words, and managed to spell two of them incorrectly. I would bet a decent amount of money that he spelled his name wrong.

Independent Thinker says: I think it is great that Specter is switching, it shows that he is a man of conviction and does not want to remain in a right-wing extremist party.
Before the Republican Party became so radical and extremist, Specter probably felt quite at home in the the GOP, but now many moderate Republicans like him are becoming very uncomfortable and do not want to support the Taliban-like agenda of the GOP.

YOU GET WHAT YOU VOTED FOR says: You were dropped on your head as a baby, Right?

So the first guy gives a thoughtful response. The reply? Not so much.

Chris Gallimore says: Specter has been a useless piece of sh#t for years. Good riddance. With rinos like him, Snowe and Collins Bush couldn’t get his agenda through even when the republicans had a majority. Republicans will not be the majority again if they continue presenting themselves as democrat lite.

Well, then thank God for Snowe, Collins, and Specter. There’s been an awful lot of hatred on these forums directed at Snowe and Collins, and I don’t really get it. Why are Republicans trying to marginalize people? It just doesn’t make any sense to me.

Last one:

FLOYD says: When 2010 comes around we going to have clean house , and we well. I just hope spector when he stands before his maker has a good excusue for turning his back on moral princples and backing a groupd of cheats and murders.

I hope when FLOYD stands before his maker God throws a dictionary at his face. FLOYD is way too representative of the people posting here. I should have known what I was getting myself into when I went to foxnews.com. I can feel brain cells dying. I need to stop.