“‘I don’t need to be lectured by you. You are no more a protector of the Constitution than am I,’ Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) shouted after Sen. Russell Feingold (D-Wis.) declared his opposition to the amendment, his affinity for the Constitution and his intention to leave the meeting.” Senators Feingold and Specter go toe-to-toe over the anti-gay-marriage amendment, which passed a private meeting of the Senate Judiciary Comittee on a 10-8 partisan vote yesterday. My goodness, Specter is a joke these days, isn’t he? He says he’s “totally opposed” to the amendment for the cameras and his moderate Pennsylvania constituency, but, as per the norm, he capitulated to his GOP masters — who want this chum in the water for the fundies ASAP — at the first available opportunity. Senator, you’ve already proven time and time again in this Congress that you’re nowhere near the Constitutional protector as Sen. Feingold. But if you were, you’d recognize immediately that this vile and ridiculous piece of pandering to right-wing bigotry is the biggest embarrassment to our founding document since the Three-Fifths Compromise, and you would act accordingly.
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Specter is a complete phony. Deep down, he’s a moderate, but he’s grabbing his ankles for the bigots on the extreme right of the Republican party. Feingold is the man for standing up to him. Now who are the 9 other bigots who voted for this anti-gay amendment???
Yeah, Specter is pretty sad these days. Treading water — not wanting to give in completely to the lunatic rightwing fringe, but throwing them detestable bones all the same.
Feingold is obviously creating a political identity: the only Democrat with cojones.
Feingold, 08!