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Related: About this forumArlen Specter: GOP Hurt 'Terribly' By Going After Women's Rights
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In an interview with The Huffington Post on Friday, Specter said he believes that "some Republicans" are waging a war on women -- a term that Democrats frequently invoke regarding the GOP's attempts to defund Planned Parenthood and restrict access to contraception.
"I think some Republicans are," he said. "I wouldn't categorize the whole party that way, but there enough of them that it gives credence to the charge."
When asked whether he thinks the GOP is hurting its prospects with women voters, he exclaimed, "Terribly! Terribly!"
"You can't win a presidency, a general election in Pennsylvania with that stand," he said. "The suburbs of places like Philadelphia decide the presidential election. Everybody knows where California and New York are going. Everybody knows where Texas and Mississippi and Louisiana are going. But Florida and Pennsylvania and a few other states determine it. That just won't sell. That's why [Rick] Santorum got drubbed in 2006 [during his Senate reelection race]."
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Full article here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/25/arlen-specter-gop-women-life-among-the-cannibals_n_1378308.html
In an interview with The Huffington Post on Friday, Specter said he believes that "some Republicans" are waging a war on women -- a term that Democrats frequently invoke regarding the GOP's attempts to defund Planned Parenthood and restrict access to contraception.
"I think some Republicans are," he said. "I wouldn't categorize the whole party that way, but there enough of them that it gives credence to the charge."
When asked whether he thinks the GOP is hurting its prospects with women voters, he exclaimed, "Terribly! Terribly!"
"You can't win a presidency, a general election in Pennsylvania with that stand," he said. "The suburbs of places like Philadelphia decide the presidential election. Everybody knows where California and New York are going. Everybody knows where Texas and Mississippi and Louisiana are going. But Florida and Pennsylvania and a few other states determine it. That just won't sell. That's why [Rick] Santorum got drubbed in 2006 [during his Senate reelection race]."
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Full article here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/25/arlen-specter-gop-women-life-among-the-cannibals_n_1378308.html
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Arlen Specter: GOP Hurt 'Terribly' By Going After Women's Rights (Original Post)
Tx4obama
Mar 2012
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Arlen Specter can go straight to hell, not passing Go and not collecting $100. nm
rhett o rick
Mar 2012
#1
I watched with fury as Spector went after Anita Hill. But I hope the ____ is right.
freshwest
Mar 2012
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rhett o rick
(55,981 posts)1. Arlen Specter can go straight to hell, not passing Go and not collecting $100. nm
Gman
(24,780 posts)2. damned RINO
freshwest
(53,661 posts)3. I watched with fury as Spector went after Anita Hill. But I hope the ____ is right.
Ikonoklast
(23,973 posts)4. Specter and Lieberman, each in a party of one, two sides of the same coin.
Will do or say anything in order to further their own personal political fortunes.
Fuck 'em both.
SunSeeker
(51,571 posts)5. Arlen Specter makes my skin crawl, but he is right about this.
And I was shocked to read in the article that "Specter, along with then-Democratic Sen. Joseph Biden (D-Del.), was an original cosponsor of VAWA." Could you imagine one of today's Republican's cosponsoring a measure like this? Yeah, the Republicans can't either.
Thanks for the post, Tx.
NICO9000
(970 posts)6. No kidding, Captain Obvious!
Arkana
(24,347 posts)7. Specter may be an ass but he's not wrong.