BREAKING NEWS: Arlen Specter switching parties to give Democrats 60 votes in Senate

[Bfgrn]

oh gee, enviro-nazis dont like em
LOL

Enviro nazi's?

Do you know what president started the EPA?

Nixon! Who might have been one of the best presidents if that little watergate scandal didn't happen! He was also the best President for the environment also!

Well, George Bush sure makes all presidents look good...

Nixon deserves credit for the EPA and proposing a healthcare plan, But his ultimate downfall was rooted in his paranoia, his hatred for Ivy League grads (especially Harvard) and his character flaws...

I despise Nixon for what he did to the drug law classifications as a way to punish war protesters...


"Nixon was the most dishonest individual I have ever met in my life. He lied to his wife, his family, his friends, his colleagues in the Congress, lifetime members of his own political party, the American people and the world."
Barry Goldwater

 

[GHook93]

Enviro nazi's?

Do you know what president started the EPA?

Nixon! Who might have been one of the best presidents if that little watergate scandal didn't happen! He was also the best President for the environment also!

Well, George Bush sure makes all presidents look good...

Nixon deserves credit for the EPA and proposing a healthcare plan, But his ultimate downfall was rooted in his paranoia, his hatred for Ivy League grads (especially Harvard) and his character flaws...

I despise Nixon for what he did to the drug law classifications as a way to punish war protesters...


"Nixon was the most dishonest individual I have ever met in my life. He lied to his wife, his family, his friends, his colleagues in the Congress, lifetime members of his own political party, the American people and the world."
Barry Goldwater

The war on drugs was started with the Harrison Act. Nixon didn't escalate the WOD, rather it wasn't under Reagan that the war really heated up!

Nixon also opened the door to China!
The man balance the budget!
American Experience | The Presidents | Richard M. Nixon | PBS

Sent a man to the moon!

 

[C-101]

Blunt-Abramoff-DeLay-Cantor[/B]
Blunt and "his staff have close connections to uber-lobbyist Jack Abramoff, who is the subject of criminal and congressional probes. In June 2003, Mr. Abramoff persuaded Majority Leader Tom DeLay to organize a letter, co-signed by Speaker Hastert, Whip Roy Blunt, and Deputy Whip Eric Cantor, that endorsed a view of gambling law benefitting Mr. Abramoff's client, the Louisiana Coushatta, by blocking gambling competition by another tribe.

Environmental rating - League of Conservation Voters

Pence
Vote Ratings
110th Congress (2007-2008) 3%
110th, 2nd Session (2008) 0%
110th, 1st Session (2007) 5%
109th Congress (2005-2006) 3%
108th Congress (2003-2004) 7%
107th Congress (2001-2002) 5%

Cantor
Vote Ratings
110th Congress (2007-2008) 6%
110th, 2nd Session (2008) 8%
110th, 1st Session (2007) 5%
109th Congress (2005-2006) 7%
108th Congress (2003-2004) 0%
107th Congress (2001-2002) 0%

If God created trees, shouldn't liberals be the ones calling CONSERVE-ative Christians tree huggers?

Is Christian a disqualifying characteristic for being an old school conservative or something?

Anyway, a person who promotes the preservation of the environment would be a conservationist not a conservative.

Conservative is more a characterization of fiscal restraint and responsibility.

In that regard, I am "old-school" because I do not believe in the deficit spending that was all too common under republicans like Reagan and Bush.

Cantor, Paul, and Pence share that value of balanced budgets and the GOP under Clinton's administration did demonstrate old school conservative economics by balancing the budget.

 

[Bfgrn]

Nixon! Who might have been one of the best presidents if that little watergate scandal didn't happen! He was also the best President for the environment also!

Well, George Bush sure makes all presidents look good...

Nixon deserves credit for the EPA and proposing a healthcare plan, But his ultimate downfall was rooted in his paranoia, his hatred for Ivy League grads (especially Harvard) and his character flaws...

I despise Nixon for what he did to the drug law classifications as a way to punish war protesters...


"Nixon was the most dishonest individual I have ever met in my life. He lied to his wife, his family, his friends, his colleagues in the Congress, lifetime members of his own political party, the American people and the world."
Barry Goldwater

The war on drugs was started with the Harrison Act. Nixon didn't escalate the WOD, rather it wasn't under Reagan that the war really heated up!

Nixon also opened the door to China!
The man balance the budget!
American Experience | The Presidents | Richard M. Nixon | PBS

Sent a man to the moon!

The War on Drugs is a prohibition campaign undertaken by the United States government with the assistance of participating countries, intended to reduce the illegal drug trade – to curb supply and diminish demand for specific psychoactive substances deemed immoral, harmful, dangerous, or undesirable. This initiative includes a set of laws and policies that are intended to discourage the production, distribution, and consumption of targeted substances. The term was first used by President Richard Nixon in 1969, and his choice of words was probably based on the War on Poverty, announced by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964.

The Controlled Substances Act (CSA) was enacted into law by the Congress of the United States as Title II of the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970.

In 1969, President Richard Nixon announced that the Attorney General, John N. Mitchell, was preparing a comprehensive new measure to more effectively meet the narcotic and dangerous drug problems at the federal level by combining all existing federal laws into a single new statute.
wiki

Once-Secret "Nixon Tapes" Show Why the U.S. Outlawed Pot

Lumping marijuana, homosexuality, Jews and Commies into one grand conspiracy, a paranoid Richard Nixon launched America's "war on pot" 30 years ago. Here are the tapes to prove it.

Thirty years ago the United States came to a critical juncture in the drug war. A Nixon-appointed presidential commission had recommended that marijuana use not be a criminal offense under state or federal law. But Nixon himself, based on his zealous personal preferences, overruled the commission's research and doomed marijuana to its current illegal status.
http://www.alternet.org/drugreporter/12666/once-secret_%22nixon_tapes%22_show_why_the_u.s._outlawed_pot/

Schedule I drugs -- Marijuana is classified under federal law as a Schedule I controlled substance, defined as a drug with a high potential for abuse, no accepted medical use in the U.S., and unsafe for use even under medical supervision. Other Schedule I drugs include heroin, LSD and PCP.

Schedule II drugs -- still considered to have high abuse potential but with accepted medical uses and considered safe for use under medical supervision -- include cocaine, morphine and methamphetamine.

That's right, federal law currently classifies marijuana as more dangerous than methamphetamine .


America would have never made it to the Moon in Nixon's tenure if it wasn't for John Kennedy

 

[Harry Dresden]

Today's Republicans are only interested in sucking the dick of corporations. They have helped create corporate socialism ... also known as a corporatocracy...

And you think Democrats are any different?

yea they are.....at the same time they are sucking dick,they wanna have someone fucking them in the ass....

 

[Chris]

Today's Republicans are only interested in sucking the dick of corporations. They have helped create corporate socialism ... also known as a corporatocracy...

And you think Democrats are any different?

yea they are.....at the same time they are sucking dick,they wanna have someone fucking them in the ass....

Why are conservatives so obsessed with gay sex?

Some latent tendencies perhaps?

 

[Meister]

And you think Democrats are any different?

yea they are.....at the same time they are sucking dick,they wanna have someone fucking them in the ass....

Why are conservatives so obsessed with gay sex?

Some latent tendencies perhaps?

Yeah, I hear you there, I don't understand that at all. Hey Chris, will you pick up the bar of soap for me?

 

[Harry Dresden]

yea they are.....at the same time they are sucking dick,they wanna have someone fucking them in the ass....

Why are conservatives so obsessed with gay sex?

Some latent tendencies perhaps?

Yeah, I hear you there, I don't understand that at all. Hey Chris, will you pick up the bar of soap for me?

here i got it.....OH!....hey Chrissy....

 

[Red Dawn]

Let's just all agree to agree, that the GOP needs to get even more rightwing, and needs to purge moderates.

For once, I am in agreement with Boss Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, and most of the rightwing posters here.

 

[Old Rocks]

Nixon! Who might have been one of the best presidents if that little watergate scandal didn't happen! He was also the best President for the environment also!

Well, George Bush sure makes all presidents look good...

Nixon deserves credit for the EPA and proposing a healthcare plan, But his ultimate downfall was rooted in his paranoia, his hatred for Ivy League grads (especially Harvard) and his character flaws...

I despise Nixon for what he did to the drug law classifications as a way to punish war protesters...


"Nixon was the most dishonest individual I have ever met in my life. He lied to his wife, his family, his friends, his colleagues in the Congress, lifetime members of his own political party, the American people and the world."
Barry Goldwater

The war on drugs was started with the Harrison Act. Nixon didn't escalate the WOD, rather it wasn't under Reagan that the war really heated up!

Nixon also opened the door to China!
The man balance the budget!
American Experience | The Presidents | Richard M. Nixon | PBS

Sent a man to the moon!

No, Nixon had little to do with sending a man to the moon. That was the work of President Kennedy. Nixon killed the last two flights and scrapped the rest of the program.

 

[driveby]

Well, George Bush sure makes all presidents look good...

Nixon deserves credit for the EPA and proposing a healthcare plan, But his ultimate downfall was rooted in his paranoia, his hatred for Ivy League grads (especially Harvard) and his character flaws...

I despise Nixon for what he did to the drug law classifications as a way to punish war protesters...


"Nixon was the most dishonest individual I have ever met in my life. He lied to his wife, his family, his friends, his colleagues in the Congress, lifetime members of his own political party, the American people and the world."
Barry Goldwater

The war on drugs was started with the Harrison Act. Nixon didn't escalate the WOD, rather it wasn't under Reagan that the war really heated up!

Nixon also opened the door to China!
The man balance the budget!
American Experience | The Presidents | Richard M. Nixon | PBS

Sent a man to the moon!

No, Nixon had little to do with sending a man to the moon. That was the work of President Kennedy. Nixon killed the last two flights and scrapped the rest of the program.

Stick to one lie at a time, you haven't convinced us on global warming yet .........

 

[DiveCon]

Well, George Bush sure makes all presidents look good...

Nixon deserves credit for the EPA and proposing a healthcare plan, But his ultimate downfall was rooted in his paranoia, his hatred for Ivy League grads (especially Harvard) and his character flaws...

I despise Nixon for what he did to the drug law classifications as a way to punish war protesters...


"Nixon was the most dishonest individual I have ever met in my life. He lied to his wife, his family, his friends, his colleagues in the Congress, lifetime members of his own political party, the American people and the world."
Barry Goldwater

The war on drugs was started with the Harrison Act. Nixon didn't escalate the WOD, rather it wasn't under Reagan that the war really heated up!

Nixon also opened the door to China!
The man balance the budget!
American Experience | The Presidents | Richard M. Nixon | PBS

Sent a man to the moon!

No, Nixon had little to do with sending a man to the moon. That was the work of President Kennedy. Nixon killed the last two flights and scrapped the rest of the program.

you have a very twisted sense of history

 

[Annie]

Specter was never a 'conservative,' and should not have switched to GOP in '80 election. But he did, to win. Now he switched back to 'try and win.' Probably not going to be easy, to say the least:

First there was this:

TheHill.com - Top Dems rebel on Specter

Top Dems rebel on Specter
By Alexander Bolton
Posted: 04/29/09 09:16 PM [ET]
Senior Senate Democrats are objecting to the deal Majority Leader Harry Reid made with Sen. Arlen Specter, saying they will vote against letting the former Republican shoot to the top of powerful committees after he switches parties.

Several Democrats are furious with Sen. Reid (D-Nev.) for agreeing to let Specter (Pa.) keep his seniority, accrued over more than 28 years as a GOP senator. That agreement would allow Specter to leap past senior Democrats on powerful panels — including the Appropriations and Judiciary committees.

“I won’t be happy if I don’t get to chair something because of Arlen Specter,” said Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.), who sits on the Appropriations Committee with Specter and is fifth in seniority among Democrats, behind Chairman Daniel Inouye (Hawaii) and Sens. Robert Byrd (W.Va.), Patrick Leahy (Vt.) and Tom Harkin (Iowa). “I’m happy with the Democratic order, but I don’t want to be displaced because of Arlen Specter,” she said....

Then this:

www.washingtonexaminer.com >> Politics >> - Senator Specter, meet your new friends

Senator Specter, meet your new friends

By: Byron York
Chief Political Correspondent
04/30/09 9:00 PM


(Photo by Ron Sachs-Pool/Getty Images)
What does the future hold for Republican-turned-Democrat Arlen Specter? A lot of uncertainty, soured relationships, and possible disaster. And that's just with his new-found friends in the Democratic Party.

There's no doubt Senate Democrats wanted Specter's help with the president's agenda this year. His vote in the Democratic column could mean significantly better chances for the Obama administration's proposals on health care, energy, and education. So Specter's support will be valuable to his new party in the short run.

The long run is another matter. Go behind the news conferences and photo-ops, and Specter's fellow Democrats aren't exactly welcoming him with open arms and warm feelings -- or even respect. Specter's defection, one well-connected party strategist told me, "seems to me like the cowardly act of a cornered man."...

Now this:

TheHill.com - Reid: Specter’s seniority will depend on Dem 'pals'

Reid: Specter’s seniority will depend on Dem 'pals'
By Alexander Bolton
Posted: 05/01/09 12:15 PM [ET]
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) predicted Friday that a deal can be worked out to prevent Sen. Arlen Specter from bumping a Senate Democrat from the chairmanship of a powerful committee or subcommittee next year.

Specter, the Pennsylvania lawmaker who abandoned the Republican Party this week to become a Democrat, has set his sights on chairing the Appropriations Committee someday. He could also take over the Judiciary Committee if current chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) takes the Appropriations gavel.


Specter says that Reid has promised to let him keep the seniority he accrued as a Republican since first winning election to the Senate in 1980. This would make Specter senior to all but a few Democrats when the Senate is scheduled to next organize committee assignments. (Panel positions for the 112th Congress will be decided after the 2010 election.)

But several senior Democrats have pushed back strongly against Reid’s deal with Specter, which was negotiated in secret.

Under pressure, Reid now says it will be up to the Democratic caucus to determine whether to recognize Specter’s 28 1/2 years of seniority.

Furthermore, Reid now does not think Specter will displace any senior Democrat atop a coveted committee or subcommittee.....

Pretty funny when one politician lies to another.