The OFFICIAL goodbye Arlen Sphincter thread

[DainBramaged]

Goodbye asshole, don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out.

[Ian David]

1. You can call and taunt Arlen Specter's office here:

http://specter.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=contact.contactform

[TexasObserver]

2. Good riddance.

[TwilightGardener]

3. I feel bad for him--he's 80, and facing a retirement now that he apparently didn't want.

Time to ride off into the sunset with dignity.

[zipplewrath]

6. He's a republican

And republicans have screwed up retirement for a generation of folks. I can't "feel bad" that he has a retirement to ride off into.

[DainBramaged]

28. HEAR HEAR

fuck him, he enriched himself on the public teat.

[Kolesar]

4. Hope he doesn't f**k up our climate legislation...eom

[WeDidIt]

19. He won't

He wants some cushy appointment from Obama next year and if he plays along, he could get it.

[Teaser]

5. I have mixed feelings on this

On the one hand, he was a soulless shill and had it coming. On the other hand, he had done a lot of good for my state (PA) and my city (Philly). Still, here's hoping Sestak will do more, and do it without being a douchewad.

[joeybee12]

10. Spectre was not the worst of the lot, had he won, I could have lived with that...

...his ego is just too fucking huge, though. In a group of 100 egomaniacs, even he stands out.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

11. Regardless of how you feel about Specter and some of his votes/status/behavior

Nobody can deny that him defecting last year actually ended up being pretty helpful in getting some things through (and he will perhaps be even more helpful now that he doesn't have to worry about fighting off Toomey in November). In at least some ways, Specter IMHO has been an even better Democrat than our resident so-called "Independent Democrat" Joe Lieberman- who seems to be becoming more of a douchebag every day. Should it become advantageous for "Holy Joe" to switch to the Republican Party sometime during the last two years of what should hopefully be his LAST term in office, I think he would do it in a heartbeat. :eyes: Whatever deal Obama and Biden made with Specter to get him to change Democrat seemed worth it to me when all's said and done and they fulfilled their end of the bargain by supporting him in the primary. However, the voters, of course, had a different opinion and voted in Sestak. That's just democracy in action.

[Echo In Light]

7. "Magic" Bullet Bullshit

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Cry2hN-xUQM/SafykwagvXI/AAAAAAAABTg/MBuRZvHHej0/s400/magic+bullet.jpg

[WeDidIt]

21. That drawing has it all wrong

but conspiracy theorists won't ever let it rest.

[SpiralHawk]

22. Won't let it rest for good reason

The 'official' story is a pack 'O crap.

Like the 'official' story of 9/11.

That's just the way it is.

[WeDidIt]

23. "That's just the way it is."

in Paranoid Delusionland.

[Ichingcarpenter]

25. Being Naive and uninformed is delusional too

just saying.....


sorta of like supporting the DLC

[Echo In Light]

26. Vast majority of Americans believe the assassination was a conspiracy (7 in 10)

http://www.gallup.com/poll/1813/most-americans-believe-oswald-conspired-others-kill-jfk.aspx

http://abcnews.go.com/sections/wnt/US/JFK_poll_031116.html

[surrealAmerican]

29. Facts are not determined by opinion polls.

People believe a lot of things that just aren't true.

[Echo In Light]

31. If you're saying you personally buy the official explanation, fine...

But if a crucial aspect of your buying it necessitates categorizing any who disagree as crazy/delusional, etc, then, in the case of JFK, you're trivializing millions upon millions ... and while I do agree, and realize millions can abide complete nonsense (such as, that the US is a legitimate rep democracy), they're not off the mark in sniffing out something rotten in the 'official' dismissal re JFK's assassination

[WeDidIt]

27. I'm very informed on both issues

There was a single shooter in the Kennedy assassination and there was no government conspiracy to bring down the World Trade Center...

much to the chagrin of the paranoid delusional conspiracy theorists.

And using "DLC" as a bogeyman on DU is much akin to using "ACORN" as a bogeyman on FR.

[AllentownJake]

8. Specter got over 40% of the vote

Might want to show some class today, people that voted for Arlen you must assume are undecideds they don't have to vote for Sestak.

A fact I kept in mine in 2008 for people who supported a Senator from NY.

[MH1]

34. I agree

Sestak had the class to acknowledge, in his victory speech, that Specter had done a lot of good for PA, and gave the specific example of medical research funding (an issue area close to Sestak's heart as well).

I would ask my fellow Sestak supporters to show that kind of class as well.

(not applicable necessarily, to those Sestak opponents who continue to attack him ... they are no longer supporting Specter in that case, as Specter has said he supports Joe in defeating Toomey.)

[11 Bravo]

9. Anita Hill says "Eat shit and die, you jowly fuckwad".

(OK, Ms. Hill is WAY too classy to say something like that. But I'm not.)

[The Backlash Cometh]

12. nah-nah-nah-nah-NAH, nah-nah-nah-nah-NAH

Heeeey, Goood-bye!

[formercia]

13. Goodbye Arlen.

I've been watching that Snake for over 40 Years. This is a big deal for me.

Don't let the door hit you in the ass.

[lonestarnot]

14. Glad you got to see the end of that bullshit!

:hi: :D

[formercia]

16. Schadenfreude.

:rofl:

:hi:

[Ichingcarpenter]

15. Buh bye....What part didn't you understand? The Buh or the Bye?"

Okay slick buh-bye."

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_At2Pxgoc1a4/SswTD32Xy6I/AAAAAAAACiI/pk4mv_VxD4s/s400/Buh-bye+skit+SNL.jpg

[CanonRay]

17. Take Clarence Thomas with you when you leave, please.

[Hubert Flottz]

18. Looks like the suction is about gone out of his limp jaws anyways.

I hope he stole enough to tide him over until he can find a real job. Bootstraps Baby Bootstraps!

[disillusioned73]

20. Buh-bye!! My vote for Sestak yesterday..

was very satisfying. I've told my rightwing co-workers we took care of what they couldn't for 30 years.

[rocktivity]

24. When I read last night that Sestak was ahead in Allegheny and Erie counties,

I knew it was over. You don't have to be from PA to realize that if even the conservative side of the state didn't want him, it was buh-bye indeed. What in the world made him think that so many Democrats would vote for him anyway?

:hi:
rocktivity

[freddie mertz]

30. Barack may "love" you, but Anita does NOT.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfvDcMzyAlY

Good riddance.

[Arkana]

32. Arlen, before you go...

...could you tell us who the fuck killed Kennedy? It's been driving me nuts.

[philly_bob]

33. Didn't vote for him, glad Sestak won, but I respect the wily veteran bantamweight

and hope he either retires to write his memoir or goes into progressive health care lobbying. (His experience with cancer made him relatively smart about health care and medical research.)