He’s Their Problem Now
Was it so long ago that Arlen Specter was our problem? Now with his “act like a lady” comments he is proving to be as big an embarrassment for the Democrats as he was for us. One can only imagine the Democratic leadership is pulling their hair out over that chauvinistic tirade. Yet still today former local state rep and now Democrat state party leader T.J. Rooney is asking Arlen’s primary opponent (a real lifelong Democrat) to drop out of the senate race in order that Specter “may concentrate on the general election.” That would seem to demonstrate a real lack of sensitivity to the cause of equal rights on their part. But of course how foolish of me to forget that it is only Republicans who are guilty of such sin.
I do have the feeling however that Pennsylvania’s women will not take kindly to the senator’s brutish behavior and will hold him to account on election day. That will be a good day for the Keystone State and the nation.
Scott Armstrong
January 23rd, 2010 at 9:50 AM
Fascinating. If there was ever one thing I appreciated about Fast Eddie Rendell, it was his practice of staying out of Primaries and letting the voters decide who should represent his party in the General Elections.
Sounds like old “TJ” is trying to emulate the movers and shapers in the GOP who like to take Primary Elections out of the hands of the people so as to assert their personal agenda while saving the money theyd have to spend at their $2000 a plate fundraisers. Guess that’s the mentality one gets when he drives on a highway with his Daddy’s name on it…the “elite ruling class”.
TJ Rooney looks a lot like the now proven failures in the “ruling elite” circles of the GOP who used to love rubbing Arlen’s elbows and kissing his ring. Maybe they ought to switch to Democrat too. With TJ and Snarlin Arlen, they’d feel quite “at home”.
January 23rd, 2010 at 11:29 AM
Donald,
I don’t want to get my hopes up but I think the Republicans are getting the message on this. It is however up to us make sure they do and to insure they don’t stray back to their old bad habits.
Scott Armstrong