Today, Sen. Arlen Specter (RINO-PA), announced that he is leaving the Republican Party when he seeks re-election in 2010. Actually, he left the Republican Party a long time ago, he finally has the decency to make it official. This RINO will not be missed by the core (read: conservatives) of the party, neither.
Read more on this topic by Jay Period at Ideally Conservative.
After years of wrong votes and
embarrassing his party, one of the biggest RINOs in Congress finally
gets something right; Arlen Specter will switch to the Democratic Party
for the 2010 election. In his own words, the Democrat Party is more in
line with his beliefs than the Republican. This would be because the
Republican Part is closer to a conservative party than the Democrats
will ever be.
Arlen has been a pro-choice, tax-and-spend Senator for quite some
time. He has voted anti-life on many occasions and voted for the
recent Stimulus debacle. He has, in fact, been the poster child for
the definition of a RINO.
The funny thing is that he claims he came into office as part of the
“diversity” that swept in with Reagan. That makes me wonder if he read
anything Reagan believed in. Considering Reagan ushered in a revival
of conservative principals, Arlen missed that one, too.
For years I was disappointed in Pennsylvania Republicans that they
couldn’t put an end to Specter’s reign of liberalism. At least now
he’ll help them out by getting out of the way. Of course, the funny
thing will be when Democrats won’t vote for him because they won’t
forgive him for his former allegiance.
So, along with many, many other true Conservatives, we say “thank you and good-bye” to Arlen.” Good riddance.