Arlen Specter's Sellout (Hentoff/VV)

[struggle4progress]

Senate Judiciary Committee chair intent on rescuing Bush from felony charges

by Nat Hentoff
September 1st, 2006 3:48 PM

.. Meanwhile, there is a surprising lack of curiosity in most of the press about the federal judge who placed these felony charges directly on George W. Bush. Who is she? Did you know, for instance, that she arrived in Mississippi on the day civil rights workers James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner disappeared—and that she went to the Neshoba County Courthouse to find out from the dread sheriff Lawrence Rainey Jr. what happened to them. (The sheriff, later allegedly implicated in their murders was—not surprisingly in Mississippi at the time—acquitted.)

http://villagevoice.com/news/0636,hentoff,74349,6.html

Article has a few good quotes but plays softball ..

[Hardrada]

1. Arlen Sphincter would be a better name for him.

[Reckon]

2. Great read, thanks!....

I knew Specter was just a front man to make it look like someone was doing some oversight.

He had our back!(cough).. Now, could someone remove the knife, please?

[bemildred]

3. Specter has always been a sellout.

He was central in trashing Anita Hill and getting Thomas on the USSC, and thus in getting Shrub Selected in 2000.

[MasonJar]

4. I remember him at the Anita Hill testimony; he was vicious.

[bobbie]

5. He was also the architect of the magic/single bullet propaganda

From the infamous Warren Commission. And was very active in intimidating real witnesses like Jean Hill out of telling the truth to the commission.

He's the big bad.

On edit: In other words he was part of the JFK murder cover-up.

[rodeodance]

6. Keith Olbermann said that Specter always caves in the end.