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Club for Growth on Specter

By Philip Klein on 4.28.09 @ 2:19PM

From Club for Growth President Chris Chocola:

“Senator Specter has confirmed what we already knew – he’s a liberal devoted to more spending, more bailouts, and less economic freedom. Thanks to him, Democrats will now be able to steamroll their big government agenda through the Senate.

“This also shows how unprincipled he is. Just a few weeks ago, he stated quite clearly that he was remaining a Republican because he thought he had ‘a more important role to play there.’ And he said ‘the United States very desperately needs a two-party system.’

"This cynical play for political survival calls into question whether Pennsylvania taxpayers can believe anything Arlen Specter says. If his only principle is personal ambition, can he really be trusted with the serious issues that face our country?"

“The Club for Growth PAC enthusiastically endorsed Pat Toomey for Senate in Pennsylvania when Specter was pretending to be a Republican. Club members will be even more committed to Toomey’s candidacy now that Specter has revealed his true identity.”

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Marc Jeric| 4.28.09 @ 2:57PM

Specter has always been a tool of Philadelphia union goons, especially from the huge Naval Shipyards (12,000 workers). When Carter stopped building Navy ships Specter endorsed the new "work-saving rules" for tha largest shipyard in the country. Welders would be given courses in design, and designers would be taught welding, etc. Specter endorsed that boondoggle - he was always a tool of union thugs.

Gene| 4.29.09 @ 12:02AM

Now he fits in the bottom of the scumbag with boy clinton...

jQ pub| 4.29.09 @ 9:24PM

Specter is a man of integrity - a true conservative who should have been given the respect he deserved instead of being maligned. You are narrow and divisive that you have divided our own party. You threw out an elder statesman and alienated the people who know that his negotiating powers, ability to have civil discourse and strategize -- his ability to make gains -- were powerful. You have lost that power, and you have lost your party. Without men like Arlen Spector, you are just a Neocon party, which is no party at all. It's a funeral.