Arlen Specter at Netroots Nation: "I Don't Know Glenn Beck & I Don't Care To Know Him"

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Arlen Specter at Netroots Nation: "I Don't Know Glenn Beck & I Don't Care To Know Him"

Edited on Fri Aug-14-09 04:19 PM by Hissyspit

Getting queried on his record, his approach to bipartisanship and his ties to the Republican Party, former Republican now Democratic Sen. Arlen Specter, senior senator from Pennsylvania, answered "Chuck Grassley is in the New York Times this morning and he's wrong" and he promised to tell him so. On a mention of Glenn Beck as the source of lies and myths about health care reform: "Well, Glenn Beck is not close to me. I don't know Glenn Beck & I don't care to know him."

The moderator, Susie Madrak of Suburban Guerilla, told Sen. Specter that he was "brave to come out here" to speak with progressives. "This is EASY compared to yesterday," said Specter, referring to his contentious town hall meeting on Thursday. Here's her blog post.

Defending his past conservative voting record, Specter said he was often voting on the balance of of a bill and not specific details. "I wanted Gove v. Bush (Supreme Court proceedings) televised... Scalia's reference to 'irreparable harm' was the most ridiculous thing imaginable." Responding to Madrak's point that Specter has a "unique perspective" on bipartisanship, the senator said that the Republicans "made a decision not to work with Democrats before January 20. There was already this DeMint mentality - 'this is (Obama's) Waterloo'" to have things fail. "I didn't know we were fighting a foreign enemy."

Specter is seen just as he hangs up after leaving a message for Sen. Chuck Grassley. He then tweeted about it:

Specter's sit-down forum was followed by one with Congressman Joe Sestak, who is a primary challenge to Specter, with the same moderators. I will report on his talk later tonight.

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1. LOL - I'm with the Senator on this one! nt

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Fri Aug-14-09 04:37 PM
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4. LOL - n/t

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Fri Aug-14-09 05:54 PM
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5. Thanks, Hissyspit!

Good on Specter!

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Sat Aug-15-09 06:05 AM
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6. pretty ballsy

I never expected that.

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