On Arlen Specter switching from R to D...

[unusualmusic_lj_archive]

What. they. said.

In short, another fucking unprincipled ENTITLED conservative asshole standing in the way of bloody progress. How fucking helpful.


EDIT: I mean really? "I am not prepared to have my 29-year record in the United States Senate decided by the Pennsylvania Republican primary electorate -- not prepared to have that record decided by that jury, the Pennsylvania Republican primary electorate."

Who the hell else should determine it, exactly? The Republican primary voters ARE voters, aren't they? They have the right to determine who will represent them, don't they? Fucking arrogant asshole. What, he thinks he should be in the Senate forever? And blasted spineless, corporatized idiot Dems for accepting the man in what looks like a spirit of no strings attached. He wont vote for EFCA, wont vote for cloture for Dawn Johnson, we REALLY needed another Blue Dog trying their best to make the corporations as happy as possible on the backs of the actual people on the country, I'm sure! WTF?

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[fa-ikaika.livejournal.com]

Yeah, this we need like a hole in the head. Greenwald was dead on as usual.

[unusualmusic.livejournal.com]

Greenwald is one of my fav bloggers in all the world, I tell you.

I will say the Repub freakout is hil-fucking-larious to watch though. I mean, between Mitch McConnell claiming that this was a threa t to the country, and Micheal Steele claiming that he knows that Specter's mam didn't raise him to switch parties without informing him [Steele} to Rush and the rest screaming about how leftwing Specter was anyway...smh. I cannot believe that these people are ADULTS, much more elected representatives.

[misslaura.livejournal.com]

All I can say is, at least he's being honest as to why he switched parties.

Hopefully Rahm will stay on his ass