Arlen Specter: crazy old coot, or shameless opportunist jerk?
Specter: GOP priorities contributed to Kemp death
Sen. Arlen Specter, Pennsylvania Democrat, said part of the reason he left the Republican Party last week was disillusionment with its healthcare priorities, and suggested that had the Republicans taken a more moderate track, Jack Kemp may have won his battle with cancer.
How so?
Mr. Specter continued: “If we had pursued what President Nixon declared in 1970 as the war on cancer, we would have cured many strains. I think Jack Kemp would be alive today. And that research has saved or prolonged many lives, including mine.”
Going by that logic, then the Republicans saved your life, Arlen?
Vile.
Hat tip: Gay Patriot. Video via Jammie.
UPDATE
Welcome to Arlen, Dems:
Buyers’ remorse sets in.
Vile doesn’t begin to describe this despicable excuse for a politician. His two-faced responses to almost everything exposes him for the snake that he is.
No matter how much Republicans spend it will never be enough. We were spending 11 billion on the NIH in 1995. In a decade that went to 28 billion. Bush has spent more on AIDs than probably every other President combined. It really is quite something to accuse big government Republicans of not spending enough. At least Specter found himself a new party.
I’d love to know how many pols ask their supporters to donate to medical research instead of their campaign war chest.
I just watched the first part of a documentary on the SARS virus. The talked about the crucial role of our CDC in combatting the spread of the virus. When people like Specter criticize the US for not spending enough for research, they are just trying to play saviour of the sick. It’s all part of the Blame America (Especially Republicans) First syndrome. LGF just linked to an article about the medical quackery being pushed at HuffPo. Why doesn’t Specter go after the freaks on his side of the political spectrum who attack real medical science. HuffPo has given space to the theory that cancers are funguses that can be cured by injecting them with sodium bicarb. How much money is wasted by these flakes that could be spent on real science? Specter is disgusting.
Now if the US just had decent handgun laws then Pres Lincoln would still be alive. Those darn Republicans caused his death as well.