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Video: Arlen Specter – The Republican Party Contributed to Jack Kemp’s Death
Democrat Pennsylvania U.S. Senator Arlen Specter on Face theNation yesterday speaking about medical research, the Republican Party and Jack KempThis type of rhetoric is why Arlen Specter whether a Republican or Democrat will NOT and should NOT be re-elected to the Senat in 2010. He has simply lost his mind.
Sen. Arlen Specter, Pennsylvania Democrat, said part of the reason he left the Republican Party last week was disillusionment with its healthcare priorities, and suggested that had the Republicans taken a more moderate track, Jack Kemp may have won his battle with cancer.
Mr. Specter, responding to a question from CBS’s Bob Schieffer over whether he had let down Pennsylvanians who wanted a Republican to represent them, said he felt his priorities were more in line with those of the Democrats.
“Well, I was sorry to disappoint many people. Frankly, I was disappointed that the Republican Party didn’t want me as their candidate,” Mr. Specter said on CBS’s “Face the Nation.” “But as a matter of principle, I’m becoming much more comfortable with the Democrats’ approach. And one of the items that I’m working on, Bob, is funding for medical research.”
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“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. And that research has saved or prolonged many lives, including mine.”
How can anyone, particularly a person weilding tremendous political power, get away with saying something like this. The statement is simply absurd.
It is way past the time that the voters of Pennsylvania retire Specter from the Senate.
Update:
Here are some figures from Heritage that suggest Senator Specter is just a little mistaken about health care spending.
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.
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Bill Simon to Run for California Lieutenant Governor? Part Two
Los Angeles City Council Member Bill Rosendahl, Mrs. Cindy Simon and Bill Simon
Flap mentioned in January that he heard from a California Republican activist that former California Republican Gubernatorial nominee Bill Simon was planning to run for Lt. Governor in 2010.Now, the word is out in the MSM that Simon is considering the race.
Speaking of the lieutenant governor’s race, one-time GOP nominee for governor Bill Simon is also said to be considering the race.
Simon lost in 2002 as then-Gov. Gray Davis won reelection, but the wealthy businessman may be eyeing a political comeback. Talk of his return to politics has heated up since he told the Wall Street Journal back in December that he might run for statewide office again.
His would-be primary opponent, Sen. Jeff Denham, R-Atwater, holds a check-collecting event in Salinas with country-music singer Sara Evans today.
Donors are asked for $1,000 per ticket or $6,500 to co-sponsor the fundraiser for Denham’s 2010 bid for lieutenant governor.
Bill Simon will have a leg up in this race against Jeff Denham.
Why?
- Simon can self-fund the millions needed for a statewide media campaign
- Simon has name recognition from his 2002 race for Governor which he barely lost to Democrat Gray Davis who was later recalled from office and replaced by Arnold Schwarzenegger.
- Simon is a successful businessman and attorney who when paired with either Meg Whitman or Steve Poizner would make an excellent Governor/Lt. Governor ticket for the California GOP.
Stay tuned……
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