RINOS: 3 Republican Cowards
Arlen Spector: A RINO NO MORE By INVESTOR'S BUSINESS DAILY A Self-Serving Switch Posted Tuesday, April 28, 2009 4:20 PM PT Politics: In finally abandoning the Republican Party, Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter showed his true colors not just ideologically, but personally. It's all about the liberal Specter, maximizing his own power. Olympia Snowe Susan Collins Full article INVESTOR'S BUSINESS DAILY Excerpts: The climax Tuesday of Arlen Specter's long, drawn-out betrayal of his party may seem like it came out of nowhere — especially since it was only last month that he said he'd seek re-election as a Republican. But why be shocked when a hardened Machiavellian does what comes naturally after doing the math? As a Democrat, Sen. Specter will now be Washington's king power broker, since he is poised to be the 60th vote for Democrats in the U.S. Senate, constituting a filibuster-proof majority at a time when the federal government is undergoing an unprecedented expansion in size and power. No one is falling for Specter's hand-wringing rationale that "since my election in 1980, as part of the Reagan Big Tent, the Republican Party has moved far to the right." He was just as uncomfortable with Reaganism back then as he is now, all along relishing his role as RINO — Republican In Name Only — whose vote was up for sale. The other two Republican cowards are Senator Olympia Snowe of Vermont and Senator Susan Collins of Maine. These two joined Specter in voting for the Scamulus Package. Senator George Voinovich of Ohio is on the border.
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