Keep digging, ya bastads... Repugs Run Anti-Specter Robocalls In PA

[jefferson_dem]

GOP Runs Anti-Specter Robocalls In PA
Messages Tout Bush's Endorsement In 2004 And Specter's Opposition To A Pro-Union Bill
HARRISBURG, Pa., April 29, 2009

(CBS/AP) A national Republican group unleashed a statewide telephone blitz Wednesday against newly Democratic Sen. Arlen Specter - reminding thousands of Pennsylvania Democrats that President George W. Bush endorsed him in 2004 and that Specter angered labor unions just weeks ago by opposing a bill to make it easier for workers to form unions.

Spokeswoman Amber Wilkerson said the National Republican Senatorial Committee aims to reach 100,000 Democratic voters through Thursday.

Specter, 79, stunned political observers Tuesday when he announced he was ending a four-decade relationship with the GOP and became a Democrat. One of only a handful of moderate Republicans in the Senate, Specter bluntly acknowledged that he was unlikely to win the nomination for a sixth term from a party that has grown increasingly conservative.

The taped message from a man who introduces himself as "Jack" includes audio clips of Bush endorsing Specter in his last election campaign and of Specter criticizing the "card check" legislation that organized labor supports.

In endorsing Specter for a fifth term in 2004, Bush called him "the right man for the United States Senate."

"I can count on this man - see, that's important. He's a firm ally when it matters most," Bush said.

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http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/04/29/politics/main4979157.shtml?source=RSSattr=Politics_4979157

[demokatgurrl]

1. Wow they're fast

I heard some asshole from the Club for Growth on NPR today, suggesting this would be a way that "someone" might target liberal Dems in PA.

[opihimoimoi]

2. Band aids response from the Poor GOP....they don get it...

[ShadowLiberal]

3. Gee does this mean that even the GOP hates Bush now if they're using hatred of him to attack Specter

As a PAer I find this hilarious rather than a real threat to Specter, you must have a short memory here, or be new to the state, if you weren't aware of Bush endorsing Specter in 2004, I mean he touted that support in a number of primary ads back then.