Many claim that Specter is a moderate. Many explain that his moderate leanings are indeed behind his breaking from the right-wing pack. Many rejoice at the prospect of the Democrats’ likely filibuster-proof majority. However, at bottom, this is all nothing more than the usual kool-aid for this nation’s hapless spectators. Moderates such as Specter have done untold harm to the well-being of this country. Moderate is quite often a euphemism for lack of courage to do the right thing. I will never forget (or forgive) Arlen Specter’s active role in the confirmation of one of the sleaziest members of the Supreme Court, Clarence Thomas. In the vast number of cases, these political goons care the least about such things as the rule of law, the Constitution, the right thing to do, or the impact of cooperating with the dishonorable for political expediency. The results of that flawed appointment are now well known. The criminal appointment of Bushco through judicial fiat, with the infamous 5-4 vote in 2000 (this included the Scalia-Thomas duo)- well, in the long run, this has bankrupted this nation, killed hundreds of thousands of innocent human beings, destroyed the earth’s environment, shredded the Constitution, and destroyed millions of lives around the world. With the sleazy grandstanding of moderates like Specter, honestly, who needs extremists?
Therefore, the Specter defection is no cause for celebration in my books. Specter, like Lieberman in 2006, is likely fighting for political survival, and willing to do what it takes to hold on to power. People should highly mistrust the lies spouted by politicians. The so-called numbers game is just that- a cruel, crooked game. The Pelosis and the Clintons, the Emanuels and the Holders- they all answer to the corporate Masters on Wall Street. During the criminal Bushco years, I have had the surreal manifestation in my heart as to why history-changing events such as the French Revolution happened. America’s long-standing role as a ruthless international bully, riding roughshod over the world has long cried out for some manner of healthy, civilizing change. That change, however, is entirely elusive, even as its necessity is greater than anything that 1776 represents to humanity.
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