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The big news this week is that Arlen Specter is changing from a RINO to a Donkey! Yep, the Pennsylvania senator announced today that he's making the switch.
Funny thing is, only a few weeks ago, he was saying something totally different:
“I’m staying a Republican because I think I have a more important role to play there,” he said. “I think the United States very desperately needs a two-party system… And I’m afraid that we’re becoming a one-party system, with Republicans becoming just a regional party.”
So, what made Specter switch herds? Simple, primates....sheer politics and self interest.
He knew he was facing a nasty primary fight with conservative Pat Toomey in the ReThug primary and his private polling obviously showed him getting the short end of things. Specter only beat Toomey last time because Bush campaigned for Specter and put RNC money behind him..proof again that our ex-President wasn't exactly the sharpest tool in the shed.
Plus, by turning Democrat, Specter was able to take advantage of our old friend, leverage.
Specter switching sides gives my Donkeys 59 seats in the Senate, and once Al Franken gets out of court and is seated, that magic filibuster proof 60 seats. You can bet the banana tree that Specter was assured the Democrat nomination and loads of DNC cash to help him win re-election.
The ReThugs must be going ape-poopy over this, but there's not a whole lot they can do about it at this point.I wouldn't be surprised to see more rats jumping the GOP's sinking ship, especially with Steele in charge.
Smell yah later, Primates!
Weekend Monkey was a Democratic candidate for president in 2008 and is JoshuaPundit's political guru. He can be reached at wendmonkey@aol.com
4 comments:
imo, he's not really changing anything, he's just making it official. and as he was obviously promised the nomination, what does that say about the party of jackasses in pennsylvania, if they want to run a republican retread?
a state with that many people in it and this is all they can do to get a candidate?
monkey boy did get one thing right though, i bet soros is loading up the wheelbarrows, dumptrucks, and frontend loaders full of benjamins and heading to pennsylvania. this of course is all the money that he won't be spending in alaska.
and as monkey boy said:
proof again that our ex-President wasn't exactly the sharpest tool in the shed.proof again that chimpy is a lot like our ex-president.
BTW, shatari, a female lioness at the tulsa zoo gave birth to two male lions last week. maybe in a year i can introduce them to monkey boy.
Were you the father? And was it date rape?
roflmao
I Wonder what happens when the Republicans regain control of the House and possibly even the Senate in 2010? Do the rats that jumped ship want to get back on the ship? Better question might be do the Republicans let them back on the boat?
Btw, I'm not entirely sure yet but I would tend to agree with the assement that the Republicans would be better off without Michael Steele as head of the party but I'm not sure yet. In any event, he's but one small part of the equation.
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