February 08, 2010

Is Arlen Specter Losing His Marbles?

I saw this a few days ago, but held off posting it, since the claims made by this guy are a bit dicey, and he is a lefty more upset that a declining Specter spells a Toomey victory. And the thought of kicking a man who is apparently in decline kinda bothered me.

But, I slept on it, and said, "Fuck It! Let's air it!" I mean, how many shady to downright phony allegations of health/mental condition/sexual proclivities/etc. have the lefties used over the years in an effort to defeat a candidate, sway a vote, or impact a policy paper? In that case, why can't we use unscripted video clips against them as well, especially when a big time lefty utters something this interesting?

Look… Does anyone think Specter makes the mistake he made with Bachmann 5 or 10 years ago? 5 or 10 years ago, does he awkwardly climb up on the stage while his primary opponent is being interviewed at an event ? At least Kanye West was drunk!

Dementia isn’t something you wake up with one morning. It’s not something that comes upon you suddenly… It’s a progressive affliction.

The problem for Specter and Pennsylvanian’s {sic-ed}trying to decide who to support in the primary is that the decision is one they’ll be saddled with for six years (assuming Specter can beat Toomey). If Specter is showing signs of dementia today, they are pretty mild. He’s still capable of campaigning, legislating and, in general, doing what he needs to do to be relevant today. The problem is he can do all that with 95% of the capacity he had 5 years ago. But next year where will he be? 92%? 90%? 80%?

So, enjoy this guy, Democrats. He's your problem now.

Posted by: eddiebear at 01:32 PM | Comments (5) | Add Comment
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1 I don't know if it's dementia but he has been gravely ill for some time.  I think he's doing better now but he very nearly died a few years back.  Maybe he's losing it, maybe it's meds, maybe something else.  

Posted by: alexthechick at February 08, 2010 01:55 PM (8WZWv)

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"Dementia isn’t something you wake up with one morning. It’s not something that comes upon you suddenly… It’s a Progressive affliction."

Fixed it for you.

Posted by: Blackiswhite, Imperial Consigliere at February 08, 2010 03:20 PM (Bfrnj)

3 They used the wrong size melon-baller the last time he had brain surgery?!

Posted by: MCPO Airdale at February 08, 2010 05:13 PM (k5nPY)

4

Interesting.

He becomes a Dem, and dementia sets in?

I had always just assumed it was the other way around.

Posted by: dmoss at February 08, 2010 06:38 PM (mZxF/)

5 While the dementia hypothesis is interesting, I interpreted Specter's interruption of Sestak as an ultimate alpha-male piss-on-your-leg move, to which Sestak completely acquiesced.  (If you watch the video, Sestak is actually apologizing at the end... for something, though I'm not sure for what.)

Posted by: JoeCollins at February 08, 2010 10:08 PM (jtJig)

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