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Arlen Spector Switch To Dems A Wake Up Call To GOP
Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Spector resigned from the Republican Party to join the Democrats.
This is how we imagine it might have taken place:
GOP National Committee Receptionist: “Hello it’s a great time to be a Republican. The party of Lincoln. My name is Cheryl. I can help you.”
Senator Arlen Spector, former Republican, now Democrat from Pennsylvania: “Uh-hello. This is Arlen Spector. Is Michael Steel available? I must speak to him.”
GOP National Committee Receptionist: “No, Senator. Mike’s not able to take a phone call right now. He’s out parking Rush’s car. I can help you.”
Senator Spector:“Just take a message for me. Tell Chairman Steel I’m switching parties. I’m announcing as soon as possible. Tell him it’s too bad he has to hear about it from a phone message. I’ve tried to arrange an appointment with him, to tell him in person of my intention to leave the GOP. But he’s always busy doing some minimum wage task for some wealthy Republican like Lady Lynn de Rothschild.”
That’s the way we imagine things are happening over on the dark side of town in D.C That’s the way we think it happened behind the scenes of this historic event.
There are, no doubt, some who believe Spector’s recent cancer battle may have affected his decision to change parties. We suspect it may be the wrong thinking backward moving strategies of the party of Lincoln that brought on his change of political heart. Spector has bumped heads with the party leadership on several issues in the long ago past and the very recent past. Spector’s actions should come as no surprise to the GOP leadership
Arlen Spector has always been for many of us an admired public servant. He is a bright, skillful and clever politician. From his early days as a registered Democrat who ran on a Republican ticket to win the election over his form boss; to his terms as District Attorney in Philadelphia to his chairmanship of such senate committees as the Select Committee on Intelligence, Committee on Veterans Affairs, and the Senate Judiciary Committee ,Arlen Spector has consistently proven himself to be dedicated to the task of representing his constituency. As a result he enjoys great popularity among them. In 2006 Time Magazine selected Spector as one of the ten best senators in the country.
We like the guy. We’re happy to see he’s fully engaged in the game.
We said this move by Spector is a wake up call for the Grand Old Party. It’s another wake up call signalling the party is over. New game. New rules. Get into the game or you will be extinct.
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