Should Arlen Specter Head Senator Craig's Appeal And His Appearance Before The Senate Ethics

[DemocratSinceBirth]

Committee?


The Freepers already hate Specter...Their microcraniums will explode...

[liberal N proud]

1. Why not maybe both of them will be taken down by this

They are both hypocrites and one is a pervert soliciting sex in public where any minor could see.

[Lint Head]

3. I know some homophobes that will probably never vote Republican again

because of this. :dem:

[Wiley50]

2. Sure. Maybe He Can Come Up With A " Magic Bullet... er... Toe Tap.. uh...Hand Wave...Theory"

[DemocratSinceBirth]

4. I'll Bet The GOPU Is Furious With Specter...

I remember when he wanted to vote "not proven" during Clinton's impeachment trial...

[BlooInBloo]

5. Why would a republican head ANYTHING since we control Congress?

I don't understand how the question even ARISES.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

6. Specter Can Presumably Argue Craig's Case In The Minnesota Court

And he can presumably be Craig's counsel before the Ethics Committee...

[BlooInBloo]

7. Oh - as Craig's counsel - gotcha! (shrug) Who cares? They got him dead to rights.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

8. The Latest News Is He Is Reconsidering His Resignation As Per Arlen Specter's "Counsel"

eom

[BlooInBloo]

9. Yuppers. Best of luck to him.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

11. It's Not That Far Fetched...

The GOPU has thrown him under the bus... Craig's not the sharpest knife in the drawer but he can see that...The only question is how much he's willing to cut off his nose to spite his own face...

It would be the ultimate political circus....

[Lex]

10. Tee hee -- you said "head"

/beavis or butthead

[DemocratSinceBirth]

12. Your Bad

or is it you're bad...

[mod mom]

13. Interesting: Both Craig & Specter received *'s wrath over Patriot Act:

JUST POSSIBLY DOES SPECTER THINK THIS IS RETALIATION FROM * AND THAT IS WHY HE THINKS CRAIG SHOULD FIGHT?



4 GOP Senators Hold Firm Against Patriot Act Renewal
More Safeguards Needed, They Say

By Charles Babington
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, December 21, 2005; Page A04

"The Patriot Act expires on December 31, but the terrorist threat does not," he told reporters at the Capitol yesterday. "Those on the Senate floor who are filibustering the Patriot Act are killing the Patriot Act."

There was just one problem. Well, four problems, actually. Four of the 46 senators using the delaying tactic to thwart the USA Patriot Act renewal are members of Frist's party. It is a pesky, irritating fact for Republicans who are eager to portray the impasse as Democratic obstructionism, and a ready-made rejoinder for Democrats expecting campaign attacks on the issue in 2006 and 2008.

The four Republican rebels -- Larry E. Craig (Idaho), Chuck Hagel (Neb.), John E. Sununu (N.H.) and Lisa Murkowski (Alaska) -- have joined all but two Senate Democrats in arguing that more civil liberties safeguards need to be added to the proposed renewal of the Patriot Act. The law makes it easier for FBI agents to monitor phone calls, search homes and obtain business records of terrorism suspects. The four stand calmly at the center of a political storm that soon will determine whether the law, enacted soon after the 2001 terrorist attacks, is renewed in a modified form or allowed to expire in 11 days.

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/20/AR2005122001488.html