Sen. Arlen Spector: Democrat – PA

Statement by Senator Arlen Specter

April 28, 2009

I have been a Republican since 1966. I have been working extremely hard for the Party, for its candidates and for the ideals of a Republican Party whose tent is big enough to welcome diverse points of view. While I have been comfortable being a Republican, my Party has not defined who I am. I have taken each issue one at a time and have exercised independent judgment to do what I thought was best for Pennsylvania and the nation.

Since my election in 1980, as part of the Reagan Big Tent, the Republican Party has moved far to the right. Last year, more than 200,000 Republicans in Pennsylvania changed their registration to become Democrats. I now find my political philosophy more in line with Democrats than Republicans.

When I supported the stimulus package, I knew that it would not be popular with the Republican Party. But, I saw the stimulus as necessary to lessen the risk of a far more serious recession than we are now experiencing.

Since then, I have traveled the State, talked to Republican leaders and office-holders and my supporters and I have carefully examined public opinion. It has become clear to me that the stimulus vote caused a schism which makes our differences irreconcilable. On this state of the record, I am unwilling to have my twenty-nine year Senate record judged by the Pennsylvania Republican primary electorate. I have not represented the Republican Party. I have represented the people of Pennsylvania.

I have decided to run for re-election in 2010 in the Democratic primary.

http://www.specter2010.com/news6.html

Ok. So now what.

You go independent right now, Franken comes in, and we got 50 ladies and Gentleman. 50.

For the record Arlen is Pro-Choice but votes weird sometimes on it, Good on immigration, and Labor, kinda. As far as gays, he is against them marrying but against a constitutional ban on it.

In other words he is a Democrat.

Welcome sir, you may now vote exactly how we tell you if you want to receive a dime of DNC money in your 2010 bid.

Olympia Snowe the line forms to the left.

Obama: 69% Overall Approval Rating

Obama’s overall rating remains high, with 69 percent of Americans approving of his job performance. He gets solid marks for his handling of the economy, maintaining a better-than-2-to-1 advantage over congressional Republicans on the issue. Majorities said that Obama has exceeded their expectations in his first three months in office, has accomplished big things and has kept his main campaign promises. Further, public optimism about the economy and the country’s direction also remain on the rise since his election, even as few think his major economic initiatives have moved the needle on the nation’s flagging economy, their communities or their finances.

Washington Post

69, heheh.

RIP Greg Page – Former Heavyweight Boxing Champ

Ex-Boxing champ Greg Page has died at the age of 50 from complications related to injuries he suffered in a 2001 fight against 24 year-old Dale Crowe at Peels Palace near Cincinnati.

Page was the National Golden Gloves heavyweight champion in 1978 when he was just 20 years old.

ZZZlist Radio Episode 8

Check out our newest episode, ZZZlist Radio Episode 8.

Ro Hurley and Chris Otto discuss tons of stuff. New game… “Celebrity Twats”. Come play with us! Intro song “From the Ritz to the Rubble” by Arctic Monkeys. Outro “One” (remix featuring Akir) by Immortal Technique.

You can find us on iTunes, Odeo, Zencast, and Podcast Alley. Be sure to vote for us on Podcast Alley. No registration is required!

Naked Wizard Taser Brawl At Coachella

The police officers beg and plead for the man to put on his robes, but all the Naked Wizard wants to do is be free of his wizard sleeves and hang in the breeze. He throws his colorful garb onto the grass.

“It doesn’t have to stop,” the Naked Wizard says.

“I’ll tell you what,” the cop says. “You can have a great time — but you can have an even better time if you put your clothes on…Can I get them for you?”

The officer grabs the gown and tosses to the Naked Wizard, but he casts it away again. Then the cops put on their rubber gloves, and things get ugly.

Herewith, the best Tasering video since “Don’t Tase me bro!”

WATCH (Video contains Naked Wizard nudity):

Keep Satan out of Utah

Orem » Utah County Republicans defeated a resolution opposing well-heeled groups that a delegate claims are pushing a satanic plan to encourage illegitimate births and illegal immigration.

Don Larsen, a Springville delegate, offered the resolution, titled “Resolution opposing the Hate America anti-Christian Open Borders cabal,” warning delegates that an “invisible government” comprised of left-wing foundations was pumping money into the Democratic Party to push for looser immigration laws and anti-family legislation.

Larsen said Democrats get most of the votes cast by illegal immigrants and people in dysfunctional families.

But it’s not the Democrats who are behind this strategy, Larsen said. It’s the devil.

“Satan’s ultimate goal is to destroy the family,” Larsen said, “and these people are playing a leading part in it.”

Larsen’s resolution contained quotes from the New Testament on the battle between good and evil. The copy of the resolution handed to delegates stated it “fulfills scriptural prophecies about our times.”

SLC Triune

You can just bold random things and laugh, Great story!

RIP Bea Arthur: May 13, 1922 – April 25, 2009

Actress Bea Arthur, 86, has died from cancer. Arthur starred in the television shows “All in The Family”, ”Maude”, and “The Golden Girls”.

Minnesota recount will go into June!

The never-ending recount in Minnesota keeps on going and going… Per the Minneapolis Star Tribune, the Minnesota Supreme Court won’t begin hearing Norm Coleman’s (R) appeal until June 1.

Here is the timeline that the court’s five justices set:
– Coleman must file his brief in the case no later than next Thursday
– Al Franken has until May 11 to do this
– Coleman then has until May 15 to file a reply brief.
– and the justices will hear the appeal on June 1, at 10:00 am ET

NBC

Unbelievable. I would use the word hypocracy here, but Nacy Pelosi has sucked that word dry as of late.

I think Eric, in a comment on this NBC blog summed it up in a perfectly sophomoric way.

We have to wait until June 1 before we get to see the Minnesota Supreme Court give sore loser coleman a well deserved legal wedgie, that ought to bunch up coleman’s briefs huh? On June 1 they’ll hear sore loser coleman squeal because they won’t believe in his soiled briefs. Then when the Supreme Court gives it’s ruling we’ll see the sore loser’s supporters whine baby whine.

Hey and thanks to the repugnant ones who contributed to the sore loser’s illegal defense fund and who unwittingly ended up contributing to Senator Al Franken’s legal defense fund. Doesn’t get your briefs all knotted up? We who gets the last laugh laughs best! Ha Ha!

Seat Senator Al Franken Now!

You are a great writer Eric from Salinas, if you could just CAPITALIZE names.

Anyway, I feel that once the Minnesota Supreme Court decides Al won, the Democrats will sue Coleman for obstruction and it will be over. Watch. I am never wrong.

Sarah Palin Confesses to Abortion Thoughts

Sarah Palin spoke to an adoring crowd at a right-to-life dinner in Indiana on Thursday night. Her talk, covered by some cable news networks, was more personal than political. She confessed for the first time that she had fleetingly thought of having an abortion when she learned that her son, Trig, would be born with Down syndrome.

She said that she was on a trip out of state when she received the result of the amniocentesis test. “I thought, No one knows me here…. no one would ever know.”

“Plus, I was old,” she continued. “And I thought, ‘Very funny, God. My name’s Sarah, but my husband’s not Abraham, he’s Todd.’” At 44, she said, she had a hard time imagining changing diapers again, not to mention “putting down the BlackBerry and picking up the breast pump.”

She also worried that she would not love the child enough. “Believe it or not, I didn’t even know what a baby with Down syndrome was going to look like or feel like … I had to ask that my heart be filled up” with feeling for her unborn son. But everything changed the moment he was born. “My heart overflowed. I felt a love I had never felt before. He’s brought amazing, surprising happiness; he’s the best thing that has ever happened to me.”

Palin also promoted Alaska in her speech. She pointed out, on the day after Federal income taxes were due, that “Alaska is the only state in the nation with a negative tax rate, no income tax, no state sales tax, no state property tax.” She said she wanted to keep it that way because “I believe our families and small business can spend the money they earn better than the government can.” She also noted, repeating–and joking about–one of her most famous lines of the campaign, “You can actually see Russia from land here in Alaska.”

In her home state, Sarah Palin is having considerable trouble with the legislature. While she was speaking in Indiana, they rejected her pick for attorney general. Nine Republican lawmakers joined all of the legislature’s Democrats in a 35-23 vote against confirming Anchorage lawyer Wayne Anthony Ross to the state’s highest legal post. Ross was opposed by native groups and has been criticized for making offensive remarks about women and gays. Palin complained that his rejection was based on the “politics of personal destruction.”

At the right-to-life dinner, Palin, dressed all in black and looking thinner than she did during the fall campaign season, talked about her crazy year. Her son shipped off to Iraq, her daughter told her she was pregnant–and she ran for the vice-presidency. “I borrowed a few clothes and had a couple of sit-down interviews–oh, those went real well–and soon I felt the need to provide Tina Fey with some job security,” Palin said.

Would she do it again? “I have a feeling,” she declared, right after taking the podium, “that I will leave here with new energy and inspiration, and I will re-start my engine.”

Sarah Palin = Right to Choose

Sarah Palin Blames Bloggers

In an interview with the Juneau Empire, Governor Sarah Palin blamed the lies of the blogosphere and e-mails from members of the public (also known as constituent voices) for the defeat of Wayne Anthony Ross for Attorney General.

The vote was the first in state history to defeat an AG appointee and went down 35-23 last Thursday. Not only was Ross the first AG to not be confirmed, according to Legislative Research Services, it was the first time in state history a head of a state agency has failed to be confirmed by the Legislature. At the time of the vote, Palin was pandering, attending an anti-choice fundraiser in Indiana.

“A great problem was public lies were told about Mr. Ross,” Palin told the Juneau Empire.

Huff

Glad we can help, you demon from hell.