Specter says power is his 'entitlement'
U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter (Democrat, then RINO, now Democrat again — Pennsylvania) was on
Meet the Press this morning. Perhaps the most telling exchange was when David Gregory asked him what he got in terms of a pay-off from the Democrats.
GREGORY: I want to move on to the question of what it took for the democrats to get you. What were you offered? What inducements were you given to switch parties? SEN. SPECTER: None. GREGORY: None? You won't keep your seniority? SEN. SPECTER: I will. GREGORY: That's not an inducement? SEN. SPECTER: No. It's an entitlement.
This pretty much sums everything up. Sen. Specter believes he is
entitled to keep his power in Washington. That is his motivation. First he candidly admitted that he switched parties just so he could win — not because it would help achieve a set of policy goals. And now he's done it again. For Specter, it's not about protecting the Constitution or even serving the people of Pennsylvania; it's out protecting his own power. Perhaps Pat Toomey will have a chance to say something like this to Specter in a future debate.
WILLIAM WALLACE: There's a difference between us. You think the people of this country exist to provide you with position. I think your position exists to provide those people with freedom. And I go to make sure that they have it.
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