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    Conservatives Killed Kemp, Specter Kinda Says

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    Hey Did You Know Arlen Specter's Jewish?

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    Image of Mediahohoho Mediahohoho
    05/04/09

    In reply to Conservatives Killed Kemp, Specter Kinda Says
    I don't want to cast aspersion at the dead or anything, but I'm wondering if the massive amounts of hair spray Kemp used to mold his hair into a helmet had more to do with the cancer than the conservative movement.
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    05/04/09

    In reply to Conservatives Killed Kemp, Specter Kinda Says
    When I was a college lad, and before Kemp was the VP Nom, there were rumors among Buffalo Gay community leaders he was closeted. Anyone else hear that?


    Also, when I was a journalism intern the Erie county legislature seemed to be a hotbed of Football -to- Republican politics action. Even my ex-gym teacher ran. Those were the days.

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    Image of DaveCrabtree DaveCrabtree
    05/04/09

    @choinski: I remember those rumors. They never went anywhere or had any substance to them. They were probably untrue, though it was a more civilized time and political rivals wouldn't have spent a fortune trying to unearth whatever salacious mud could be thrown at the guy, unless it was really important to do so. Fortunately for Kemp, Bill Moyers was no longer a White House advisor at the time.
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    Image of ADismalScience ADismalScience
    05/04/09

    In reply to Conservatives Killed Kemp, Specter Kinda Says
    Arlen Specter : Republican sleeper agent?
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    Image of Tart of Darkness Tart of Darkness
    05/04/09

    In reply to Conservatives Killed Kemp, Specter Kinda Says
    Where was Hillary when he died?
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    Image of xyzpdq xyzpdq
    05/04/09

    In reply to Conservatives Killed Kemp, Specter Kinda Says
    Rather than an opportunist like Specter, why can't we Pennsylvanians have a REAL Democrat on the ballot in 2010?


    (And no, Gov. 'Fast Eddie' Rendell is not who I had in mind. I want someone who doesn't let the little head do the thinking for the big head.)

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    Image of Tart of Darkness Tart of Darkness
    05/04/09

    @xyzpdq: So are you saying you're looking for a female candidate?
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    Image of Aaron Altman Aaron Altman
    05/04/09

    In reply to Conservatives Killed Kemp, Specter Kinda Says
    On the same show, he also told David Gregory that he never said he'd be a "loyal Democrat", so there.


    [inothernews.tumblr.com]

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    Image of Swordfish Swordfish
    05/04/09

    In reply to Conservatives Killed Kemp, Specter Kinda Says
    Are we sure OJ didn't kill him?
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    Image of Tart of Darkness Tart of Darkness
    05/04/09

    @Swordfish: I don't think OJ would kill him. He seems to confine his actual homicidal rages to female victims. He *might* have slapped his sunglasses off of his face, though. Or maybe robbed him in the most clumsy, crack-headed way possible with a gang of pitiful losers to back him up.


    But, no, OJ's still in jail in Clark County as far as I know.

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    Image of allyzay allyzay
    05/04/09

    In reply to Conservatives Killed Kemp, Specter Kinda Says
    afl championships don't count.
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    Image of ADismalScience ADismalScience
    05/04/09

    @allyzay:


    Are you trying to make them go to Canada or what?

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    Image of allyzay allyzay
    05/04/09

    @ADismalScience: like canada wants them!
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    Image of Private Hangnail Private Hangnail
    05/04/09

    In reply to Conservatives Killed Kemp, Specter Kinda Says
    I imagine tossing absentee ballots at Specter's feet and shouting, "Dance, Arlen, Dance!"
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    Image of skahammer skahammer
    05/04/09

    @Private Hangnail: Brilliant. It's so hard to believe you're still a private.
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    Image of DevilsAvocado DevilsAvocado
    04/29/09

    In reply to Swift, Brutal Retribution Against Specter
    Right. So this isn't about Phil Spector? Because he's also about due some swift and brutal retribution. For the "Wall of Sound", if nothing else.
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    Image of DennyCrane DennyCrane
    04/29/09

    In reply to Swift, Brutal Retribution Against Specter
    This is the dumbest, most self-destructive thing they could do. Do they think arguing that the Democratic candidate is a friend of evil Republicans will make those Democratic voters switch parties?
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    Image of SinisterRouge SinisterRouge
    04/29/09

    In reply to Swift, Brutal Retribution Against Specter
    Who the fuck wasn't Bush's patsy? Every politician in Washington was scared shitless to be called a terrorist in 2001-2004.
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    Image of persimmon persimmon
    04/29/09

    @SinisterRouge: Russ Feingold, for one.
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    Image of SinisterRouge SinisterRouge
    04/29/09

    @persimmon: True, true. But let's say most then.
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    Image of MrInBetween MrInBetween
    04/29/09

    @SinisterRouge: Bob Graham is another. Jack Reed. Carl Levin. Look at the list of Dems who voted against the Iraq war. A vote scheduled, by the way, just three weeks before mid-term election day.
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    Image of badasscat badasscat
    04/29/09

    In reply to Swift, Brutal Retribution Against Specter
    I see Specter as a spoiler for the Democrats. So now we get him instead of a real Democrat, which is what we would have gotten had the Republicans defeated him with a Limbaugh/Cheney neo-con in the primary. Instead, we're now stuck with Arlen Specter for another six years, at least.


    In reality, what this has done is taken the PA. election and turned it from a neocon vs. moderate liberal contest to a neocon vs. old-school conservative contest.


    How is this actually good news for the Democrats, assuming it's actually issues that matter and not party labels?

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    Image of Colonel Mustard Colonel Mustard
    04/29/09

    @badasscat: The smarter pundits are already saying that the Dems still need to try and run an aggressive candidate in the primary. Better to have Specter than Toomey, but better still to have a progressive candidate than Specter.
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    Image of If_I_Had_a_Poodle If_I_Had_a_Poodle
    04/29/09

    @badasscat: totally agree. let specter fail against a nutjob rightwing lunatic in the r primary and elect a real democrat


    what am i missing here

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    Image of DennyCrane DennyCrane
    04/29/09

    @if_i_only_had_a_heart: Having Specter in the party gives it the illusion of a big tent: the GOP can't use the "they're all just socialist nutjobs out of touch with mainstream America" excuse if they have conservative Dems like Specter and Bayh out front. Believe me, he will get a committee chair the moment one is available, and the Democratic Party will thrust him out front at every opportunity.
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    Image of wholenuther wholenuther
    04/29/09

    In reply to Swift, Brutal Retribution Against Specter
    Apparently the one thing upon which Republicans and Democrats can finally agree is that no one wants to be a Republican. When Joe the Plumber comes around do we have to take him?
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    Image of Hydroceph Hydroceph
    04/29/09

    @wholenuther: only if we can sell him to some rough trade. i'm almost positive i could find a buyer.
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    Image of JacquesPaysan JacquesPaysan
    04/29/09

    In reply to Hey Did You Know Arlen Specter's Jewish?
    The only thing I get out of this is that Jesus totally had it coming.
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