As this week marks the end of President Barack Obama's first 100 days in office, every news outlet in existence is trying to find the best way to determine the success or failure of those 100 days. Some are basing their decision on the amount of legislation he has been able to get through congress, some are basing it on opinion polls and others are just looking for people who agree with their already predetermined views.
As far as I'm concerned debate is no longer needed after the following news broke --
Arlen Specter Switches PartiesRush Limbaugh and his ilk can try to spin it all they want by saying that Specter has always been a R.I.N.O. (Republican In Name Only) and losing him to the dems is no big loss - but it is. As Senator Specter points out in his statement:
"Last year, more than 200,000 Republicans in Pennsylvania changed their registration to become Democrats."
Simply put, he's switching parties because his constituents have. To remain a Republican would mean an almost certain defeat in 2010. This is immensely smart politicking on the Senator's behalf. He sees the tide turning. The times they are a-changin'. It is no longer 1980. In the past 8 years the Republican party has drifted too far to the right. As a result views that were once considered right-leaning are now left of the Limbaugh, Hannity, O'Reilly wind tunnel.
The Republican party is like Dennis Hopper & Peter Fonda in Easy Rider - they blew it. They had the world by the short and curlies and lost it all out of sheer greed...and I for one could not be happier. Their loss is our gain.
To conclude
EAT IT SUCKERS!
Now I need to go finish reading Das Kapital before attending a gay wedding in that notorious bastion of socialist values known as Iowa so that I can help the terrorists win.
Sincerely,
Comrade Duffy
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1 comment:
Well put. I see what you mean.
I think he's switching parties to be one of the "popular kids." Simple as that.
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