Conservative leader targets Specter

 

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The head of a leading conservative group said Sunday that Sen. Arlen Specter "is a big-time problem" and that his quest to serve as chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee "must be derailed."

 

The comments from James Dobson, founder of the nonprofit Christian organization Focus on the Family, came four days after the moderate Republican from Pennsylvania told reporters that any Supreme Court nominee intent on overturning Roe v. Wade probably would not win Senate approval.

 

"When you talk about judges who would change the right of a woman to choose, who'd overturn Roe versus Wade, I think that is unlikely," Specter said Wednesday, in the wake of President Bush's re-election. "And I have said that bluntly during the course of the campaign, that Roe versus Wade was inviolate."

 

That comment sparked an avalanche of criticism from Christian conservatives who supported Bush's campaign. But Specter said Sunday that his remark was misconstrued and argued the uproar was fueled by people opposed to his "independence."

 

Specter is in line for the Judiciary Committee chairmanship. The chairman has broad powers to advance or hold up a president's judicial nominees.

 

"Senator Specter is a big-time problem for us," Dobson said on ABC's "This Week." He said Specter had made "one of the most foolish and ill-considered comments that a politician has made in a long time."

 

Dobson added, "There are many, many members of that committee that are more qualified and less of a problem than Senator Specter."

 

Less of a problem.

 

Ah, the Moral Authority for the country, James Dobson and his anti-gay Focus on the Family group.... wow. Working hard every day to tell you what's moral, what's right, and what god wants you to do. I'm so glad this guy gets the ear of the administration!

Not just Dobson, lots of other people are gunning for Specter to keep away from the Judiciary committee chairmanship.

 

I have a personal dislike for Specter - I find him pretty sleazy. I've got more respect for (gasp!) Teddy and Chuckie Schumer.

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You're the worst libertarian ever. Seriously.

I can think of two reasons why they're targeting Spector:

 

1. He's probably the most moderate Republican this side of the Maine chiks

2. He's Jewish (hey, someone's gotta say it, especially when a Christian zealot is trying to rally an attack)

I really didn't mean that as props for Teddy and Chuckie...

 

However, Chuckie has grown into the job of senator and has matured a lot since he was a rep. Teddy, has grown a lot too..mostly in girth though :lol

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What I meant is that you're a GOP zealot, yet you claim to be a "libertarian". To each his own, I guess.