Specter: Senate Dems playing politics w/attacks on Gonzo

[babylonsister]

Yesterday he didn't believe Gonzo; today, we're playing politics?


http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2007/07/26/specter-senate-dems-playing-politics/

July 26, 2007
Specter: Senate Dems playing politics

Watch Specter’s comments Thursday.

WASHINGTON (CNN) – Sen. Arlen Specter, R.-Pennsylvania, said Thursday that Senate Democrats were just playing politics with their attacks on the Bush administration including their request for a special counsel to investigate Attorney General Alberto Gonzales.

“It’s been a great fundraising device for the Democratic Party,” Specter, the ranking member on the Senate Judiciary Committee, said during a press conference on Capitol Hill.

Specter also accused Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-New York, of having a conflict of interest because Schumer is both in charge of Democratic fundraising in the Senate and is the chairman of the Senate subcommittee whose Democratic members requested the special counsel investigation of Gonzales.

“Everybody’s trying to top everybody else and they’re reaching for the front pages,” said Specter.

[movonne]

1. What an asshole...I don't believe a word he says.....

[bdamomma]

21. me either, they must be blackmailing or threatening him.

a clear about face on this.

[thecrow]

30. It's the Specter/Spectre Syndrome

Also known as SSS, a syndrome that affects a certain Senator from Pennsylvania.
The symptoms are:
1. When in a congressional hearing, the Specter part, or professional district attorney persona, takes over making the Senator a formidable foe. While under the influence of this part of the syndrome, the Senator is likely to question the credibility of the witness, or mention that there is a jail in the basement of the Capitol.
2.The other part of the syndrome (Spectre)is likely to show its effects during and after said Senator either has a briefing with the pResident or gets on Air Force One for a short hop to his home state.

No one knows why this syndrome occurs, or how many Senators may be affected by it.
Senators under the influence of this syndrome should not be trusted at face value.
Democrats are looking for a way to help people afflicted by this syndrome, but there is presently no known cure.

[Tarheel_Dem]

2. Was this statement made before or AFTER his trip

on Air Force One with Pres. Numbnuts?

[PA Democrat]

7. Do you have any more info about his trip with Bush?

I would like to mention that when I call his office tomorrow. How rich that he accuses the Dems of playing politics after he has a cozy little meeting with King George.

[BringEmOn]

18. Waterboarding tends to have that effect.

[bdamomma]

22. I think it was after his meeting with *.

Something is definitely going on, well I guess Specter wants to go down with the ship huh? Is he up for re election? I don't trust his guy at all. the * cabal got to him really got to him. All that stuff about Schumer is in charge of the Democratic party stuff, they really strong armed Specter today.

[wryter2000]

3. What is it Bush has on them?

I read in another thread that he met with Bush* on Air Force One today. He got the message. Only, what in blue blazes does * have on them to make them stick with his sinking ship?

If we could figure that out, maybe the whole thing would make sense and we could make some progress.

[flyarm]

5. mkultra!!!!!!!!

[Kagemusha]

6. What does Bush require besides the power of complete political ostracism?

Specter is a politician. What more is required than operational dominance of the party political system to crush and destroy those who defy him?

As for playing politics, upholding the rule of law is a political act, yes, but it's good politics, to be distinguished from bad politics.

[WinkyDink]

19. JFK? Telling Specter he'd better hope he's never again under anaesthesia?

[flyarm]

4. he got roves blackberry memo..remember the blackmail!!..

rove: arlen..remember the blackmail

arlen: ahhh shit

rove..we own you man

arlen: i am calling the msm now, to make nice

rove : you better or you will have ca ca in your pants

arlen: i got the memo!! magic bullet..magic bullet , magic bullet.

fly

[originalpckelly]

8. Senator Specter and Mr. Hyde?

Seriously, this dude "attacked" Gonzo, didn't he? What was that asshole?

[Disturbed]

11. Busholini reminded Spector about the NSA file.

Nuff said!

[originalpckelly]

31. Yep, we've got your balls over there Senator, we intend to keep them...

[Jack Rabbit]

9. Senator Spector could be right about that

But, golly, Gonzo came giftwrapped from the White House.

This is a better toy that was Clinton's "I did not have sex with that woman" was.

[indepat]

10. Specter's concerns about the Dems is a far graver national issue than a seeming perjurer

holding the nation's highest law enforcement office is in fact running a partisan political operation for the WH and in the process making the rule of law a joke on the American people. We must keep our priorities straight.

[brentspeak]

12. So apparently something DID transpire between Bush and Specter aboard AF-One

[VP505]

13. Very simple explanation

he was in the presence of King George on AF1 and experienced an epiphany just prior to landing.

[bdamomma]

20. yes, they got to him, he changed his tune awfully quick didn't he?

[Ghost in the Machine]

25. heh heh heh.. Arlen, see these Blackwater guys? heh heh heh.. you can land *with*

the plane... or you can land *without* the plane.. heh heh heh ..

Now go be a good little puppy and attack the Dems...

[bluedog]

14. never ever trust this man

he talks out of both sides of his mouth....he'll always put party before country......the republicans talk about political threatre..this man is the main star.......

[bdamomma]

24. and it's not the first time Specter did this too.

he always makes an about face. Something is definitely going on.

[Jack Sprat]

15. The guy is a whirling dervish. He must have

been taken aside for a good "sit-down". Maybe, he will regain his courage tomorrow.

[WinkyDink]

16. Like I said yesterday: Where would Specter be at the finish line?

In Bushco's pocket, it seems.

[Telly Savalas]

17. "They're playing politics" is the talking point of someone who knows they're wrong.

If Bush and Cheney went into an orphanage with machetes and hacked up all the children, Democrats would be "playing politics with the issue" if the demanded Bush and Cheney resign.

[TahitiNut]

23. It's feces-flinging - THEIR OWN feces! Chutzpah. Abu Gonzo makes the DOJ an annex of the GOP ...

... and then Weasel Specter claims that the only people willing to blow the whistle are "playing politics"? Wow! That's a whole pot warehouse calling a toy kettle black!

[knowledgeispwr]

26. Surprise, SURPRISE!

The ol' Specter "talk tough" then change his mind. We shouldn't be surprised by this anymore.

I wonder what happened with his meeting with Bush.

[bdamomma]

27. kick

[JDPriestly]

28. This statement is not consistent with Specter's on

examination of Gonzales. Specter was as frustrated as anyone else with Gonzales' lies. What would Specter have done if Janet Reno h\had lied to Congress and avoided straightforward testimony before Congress. This is very strange. I think the Bush administration works like the Mafia. This is yet another example of a reason for impeaching Bush and Cheney -- their intimidation of other Republicans into silence regarding the Bush wrongdoing.

[bdamomma]

32. they were probably going to let Spector have an "accident"

if he didn't do what they told him.

[babylonsister]

34. I can't remember the last time Specter was consistent. nt

[bdamomma]

29. I am upset about this, should we call Spector's office

and say how disappointed we are that Spector would put his party first before the country.

[TwilightGardener]

33. Someone needs to do a brain scan on this guy.

His behavior is increasingly erratic. He's always been a spineless water-carrier, but now he takes a different tack every day, depending on the audience and the situation. He reverses himself constantly.

[Blue Belle]

35. Okay... who here had 3:50 pm on Thursday in the pool??

We all knew this statement was coming the minute he met with Bush. We've seen this one trick pony before and we know Specter will choose party over Constitution every time.

[Tesla]

36. I think he IS choosing LIFE!!