Party switcher Sen. Arlen Specter (D-Pennsylvania) is now
attempting to
exploit the death of former Rep. Jack Kemp (R-New York)
from cancer by using falsehoods in order to chastise fiscal
conservatives.
He told "Face the Nation" on Sunday that, "If we had pursued
what President Nixon declared in 1970 as the war on cancer we
would have cured many strains. I think Jack Kemp would be alive
today."
Of course, it's one thing to seize on a news event to make a
point, but as Michelle Malkin (see above link) points out,
Specter's facts about cancer research funding are wrong:
During Republican control of Congress, federal spending on
health research and regulation increased 46% after inflation,
from $49 billion a year to $72 billion a year, or about 7%
increase each year. That's almost the same rate of increase as
Defense spending got in the same period (48%), when we actually
had a real war on our hands, and not a political contrivance
for excusing federal spending.
And Specter wonders why he can't get within 20 points of Pat
Toomey in a primary race?
