Spector to Reid about Coleman gaffe: "I forgot which team I was on."

[ClarkUSA]

:rofl:

Woof Blitzer just gave a promo for his upcoming interview segment with Senator Reid. Stay tuned and enjoy.

[MADem]

1. SpecTER, SpecTER. "Tor" is the guy who shoots women and created the Wall of Sound. nt

[ClarkUSA]

3. lol!

Thanks, I changed it.

[ashling]

4. Spectre?

As in "you will be visited by three spectres. The spectres are ghost of Judiciary nominations Past, Present and Future"

:evilgrin:

[calimary]

30. Shit, that's one spelling mistake I find myself making all the time, dammit.

SpecTER. :banghead: :silly: :dunce:

[MADem]

31. SpecTOR is the one with the wigs who's in jail.

Best way to remember is to think that as he went to jail, music producer Phil SpecTOR had to TAKE OFF RUG (TOR).

[calimary]

37. LOL!

Great! I just have to pay more attention and not let the whirlwinds around me distract me so much. I used to be better at it when I was still working in noisy newsrooms. No excuse, really.

BTW - I love that little cat thingie going on at the bottom there!

[MADem]

38. That's my old buddy.

Well, not my buddy, but my old buddy looked just like that mouser! I swiped it myself, so help yourself if you like it!

[mitchum]

33. But they both insist that bullets are capable of doing some crazyass things

[MADem]

36. Only one had his finger on the trigger, though! nt

[Cha]

2. I thought he was making

a joke but I guess that's not the correct version, either?

Hard to keep up with that new "Dem"!

[NV Whino]

7. Specter isn't even smart enough to cover his gaff

by passing it off as a joke. Oy vey.

[Cha]

16. Oy vey, indeed! Maybe specter

forgot whose team he was playin' on with his latest votes?:P

[ClarkUSA]

8. Woof is asking Reid about it now.

Woof reads the quote and asks Reid for comment. Reid pauses for awhile, smiles, and then speaks.

Reid: Arlen has said that isn't the way he said that... but he said to me, "I forgot which team I was on."

[Cha]

14. omg! Reid's

not covering specter's butt.

[ClarkUSA]

17. Reid's letting Specter twist in the wind. Reid looked pissed under the smooth exterior.

Specter is doing himself no favors by continuing to whine about how Reid done him wrong.

[Cha]

21. Who knew a week ago Specter's

dirty laundry would be aired in public!? You just never know.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

5. What happened?

[ClarkUSA]

15. Specter admitted sheepishly to a senior moment.

[ClarkUSA]

6. On right now: "He should relax and understand he's a Democrat."

[Fresh_Start]

19. What was his excuse for saying he wasn't a loyal Democrat?

was that another senior moment?
If so, its time to retire

[ClarkUSA]

26. Woof didn't ask Reid about that. I wish he had. Reid didn't look happy, believe me.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

9. Sure seems like it

I initially thought that there might be some big master strategy ("chess") being pursued by Obama, Reid, et. al regarding Specter but after the last few days, I'm not so sure. It's almost as though Specter really thinks he's still in the Republican Party. His votes and stances seem more designed to appeal to Pennsylvania GOP primary voters that he would've needed to have won from Toomey in next year's primary- had he stayed where he was. If he continues acting the way he has these past few days, then I can't imagine Obama, Reid, or anybody else sticking their necks out for him next year and protecting him from a primary challenger. I just have a hard time believing that Specter would really be so crazy and/or stupid to make such a dramatic switchover to the Democratic Party only to act so un-Democratic. Something just doesn't add up unless he's either senile or suicidal. I suppose this could all be some grand charade but I'm not sure exactly what the overarching strategy would be. :shrug:

[ClarkUSA]

12. My first reaction was he's going senile. Then I thought the whole context sounded like a joke.

Now I'm back to thinking he's going senile. Of course, he was a Republican for three decades and bad habits may be hard to break
but he'd better learn fast or get his aide to slip him reminders before to voting.

Did you know that he's been put on political probation until after the 2010 elections? http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=8392949&mesg_id=8393188

[hugo_from_TN]

13. He switched to avoid a certain loss in the republican primary

Period. He has no intention on changing any of his positions.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

23. He's going to face certain loss in the Democratic primary

if he keeps behaving like THIS (I would hope, anyway)

[Ian David]

10. Arlen once had the same problem when he was tricked into visiting The Blue Oyster Bar.

[butterfly77]

11. Will he forget what team he is on..

when it comes to voting. Maybe he's senile..

[Fresh_Start]

18. LOL, I guess that says a lot about his integrity

he votes for the team position and not his electorate.

[vaberella]

20. Once again proving this wasn't a joke. n/t

[ClarkUSA]

22. Hardball is covering it now. Matthews thinks it's "wierd" that Specter is using this excuse.

Lawrence O'Donnell is raking Specter over the coals, says Specter better vote in a way that pleases Democrats
or he'll stay at the back of the line until he dies. Politico editor Jim Vanderhei says Specter better watch his
step from now on.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

25. I love Larry O'Donnell. He's one of the few Dems with balls!! n/t

[ClarkUSA]

27. Yeah, O'Donnell is always balls to the wall.

He later said he didn't think Specter would ever recover his seniority even after the 2010 elections are over,
that even his re-election is not assured now. He said if there is a primary challenger, Specter better expect
that MTP moment where he said, "I never said I was a loyal Democrat" to be in a campaign ad. Ouch!

:rofl:

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

32. Yeah! Whoever runs against Specter will most assuredly put that in an ad

Along with his other flip-flops: saying he would be loyal, then lying about it; supporting Coleman; participating in the obstruction of Dawn Johnson.

[ClarkUSA]

34. Have you seen this? "Specter eyes support for Employee Free Choice bill"

Link: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x5606570

Oh yeah, Specter got Reid's message loud and clear... :rofl:

[nomaco-10]

24. He probably did forget, he has come across as...

senile as hell in every interview I've seen of him lately. Senility combined with the extra added burden of trying to juggle a bunch of disingenuous bullshit must be a hard thing to try to pull off, and he has failed miseribly.

Question is, will the good people of Pennsylvania let him get away with it in 2010.

[ClarkUSA]

29. We'll see.

If Spector doesn't start voting predictably Democratic from now until 2010, he's toast. And he knows it by now.

[Politicalboi]

28. He's a liar

He meant what he said and it didn't matter that he now has a D after his name. And anyone who thinks at this stage of the game Coleman won is an idiot. He meant what he said. Remember he's not a loyal Democrat.

[TheKentuckian]

35. Ohh Arlen

with every word you become more our servant or closer to extinction.

The "slips" please me more than anything. He has to knuckle under and do our bidding to a great extent or retire.
Rahm will be leaving a severed horse head in his bed any night now.