Arlen Specter's Political Career Sputters to an End

I am not certain at the moment whether there is an anti-incumbent or anti-Democrat wave coming over the electorate or if it means the Tea Party is on the rise, so I am going to hold off on big picture commentary for a while. But I cannot let yesterday’s primary results pass without comment on Arlen Specter.

In some ways, I have to give him credit. He was well into his 70’s when he was beig treated for a brain tumor and barely missed a beat. I am 47 years his junior and just got laid out by hernia surgery often done on an out patient basis, so I have to give him some credit for being physically tough.

Politically…that is another matter. I never cared much for the RINO. He stabbed too many people in the back over the years devoting himself exclusively to staying in power. One cannot continually hook one’s wagon to whoever is currently winning and expect to ride all the way to victory every time. One has to show some loyalty, even in a profession as infested with careerist sociopath as politics.

Specter tried to cling to his career by switching parties to avoid a certain defeat I the Republican primary and wound up being defeated in the Democratic primary he is eighty years old. He could have just retired as a Republican and probably had some respect as an elder statesman. But no, he had to be a selfish backstabber. Now he has paid the price for it.

Here is some advice for specter from Alanis Morissette: