posted November 04, 2004 11:00 AM            

Instead of sweeping the administration free of Clinton appointees, Bush kept some on. In each and every case, they stabbed Bush in the back and leaked lie filled stories to the press.

In the case of Arlen Specter, the President personally endorsed him in his PA Senate race.

In spite of a true and viable conservative running against Specter in the primaries, Bush endorsed Specter, a Senator who is as liberal as many in the left wing of the Democrat party.

Now, Specter threatens to hold up the President's nominees for the federal courts.

I hope the President has, by now, picked up the phone and recommended to the Republican leadership in the Senate that Specter not be appointed to chair the Senate Judiciary Committee.

If Bush wanted a Democrat to hold the PA Senate Seat, there was a perfectly good Democrat running against Specter.

Thursday, Nov. 4, 2004
'Republican' Sen. Specter Threatens Bush on Supreme Court

Unlike most incumbents who coasted to re-election Tuesday, unpopular liberal Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., barely scraped by. Nonetheless he's already threatening President Bush, as he has in the past.

Specter, the "likely new chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee," according to the Associated Press (are the Republicans really that stupid?), told Bush not to nominate any conservatives for the Supreme Court, especially anyone who isn't pro-abortion.

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"I would expect the president to be mindful of the considerations which I am mentioning," Specter said.

As we noted last week, the rambunctious RINO finagled an endorsement from the pro-Democrat Pittsburgh Post-Gazette by vowing to obstruct any judicial nominees who aren't pro-abortion.

Nice way to pay back the president's support in the primary election, when Specter faced a strong challenge from an actual Republican, Pat Toomey.

Recall that in April, fighting for his political life, Specter said, "I think it's very important to focus on what President Bush wants." But as soon as he had dispatched Toomey, Specter threatened to obstruct the president.