Posted by
Roxanna M. on Saturday, May 02, 2009 3:03:20 PM
Arlen Specter, who else, for going over to the dark side. After decades of pretending to be one thing, Mr. Specter now wants to be something else. After claiming that his party had left him - that old canard - Mr. Specter finally admitted that the reason he switched was because he didn't think he could get re-elected as a Republican.
One thing going for Mr. Specter, and pretty much the only thing, is at least that's an honest statement. Instead of pretending to have ideals and beliefs, he admitted what we've known all along about politicians: it's always only about getting re-elected.
I used to think that Al Gore was the most pathetic man in politics. Remember the 2000 election when he said that he would do anything to get elected and almost did. Watching him desperately try to steal the presidency was painful.
Then came 2004 and John Kerry. The two-time gigolo who was so desperate to get out of Vietnam that he demanded medals for boo-boos. The great war hero, as he now fancies himself, never incurred an injury that required more than Bactine and a band-aid.
Now. there's Arlen Specter to join the ranks. Hopefully, the dimocrats of Pennsylvania will give him an ignominious end to a career that never really amounted to anything except a headline-grabbing effort to get re-elected.