Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Arlen Specter - Beaten

It was painful to watch Arlen Specter give his concession speech after his loss to Rep. Joe Sestak.

He looked worse than tired. He looked beaten.

Robert Costa writes:

While his supporters didn't seem floored by the news, Specter did, as he walked into the ballroom minutes later, his wife Joan and son Shanin at his side. His face was worn and tired, his eyes wet, his steps slow. In his concession speech, he thanked his family, Senate staff, and campaign boosters. He congratulated Sestak and nodded his appreciation to Rendell and Obama for their support. It was classy and brief. But you could feel the hurt — for centrist Democrats and their ilk, this was the repudiation of a lion. For Pennsylvania, it's the end of a political era.

The times they are a-changin'.

Video.

4 comments:

Leslie said...

Perhaps he'll retire to Scotland!

Wasn't he prone to citing Scottish law?

Mary said...

Yes, he cited Scottish law, but I don't think he'd make Scotland his home.

The problem: He wouldn't look good in a kilt.

Anonymous said...

Congratulations PA! Outstanding work. The people of this nation are tired of these two-faced liar thugs & their elitist hypocritical legislation. PA stood up & said enough. Hopefully, other states will follow suit.
Dont worry about ol Nazi Specter - he has a very lucrative congressional pension he voted for himself. You'll pay for this pigs lifestyle a very long time.
Hopefully, more independent candidates get elected. The repub, demo 2 party dictatorship fiegns fighting for the cameras while they sleep together at night & strip our freedoms. Its sickening. Whats worse, is the main stream media propaganda & brainwashing that hides truth while it shovels loads of diversion down our throats. Why report on warmongers killing babies & elderly when you can force feed American Idol & Desperate Houssewives down the braindead populace throats.
The House & Senate need a wrecking ball of change. REAL CHANGE - not some rhetorical slogan of lies. In fact, the entire alphabet soup of Govt agencies need massive shrinking. CIA, FBI. NSA, DHS, ATF, IRS, FDA, EPA, FEMA, etc...etc...are all corrupt to the core.
Specter can cry with the millions of homeless, unemployed, overtaxed, destitute while he drives his Mercedes to the Golf course. He should be on trial for treason.
Thank you PA! Good work.

Mary said...

Whoa!

Specter a Nazi?

I don't think so.