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Friday, May 9, 2008
No quit in Arlen

Sen. Arlen Specter is nothing if not dogged, but you knew that already.

Specter issued a statement in light of the latest developments in the Matt Walsh/Spygate case. Walsh turned over eight tapes to the NFL on Thursday that were recorded from 2000 to 2003 (Note: The Eagles lost the Super Bowl to the Patriots in February 2005.) 

Walsh is scheduled to meet with the NFL next Tuesday in New York and then is expected to travel to Washington to meet with Specter and his staff. Specter is seeking access to the tapes so he can prepare for the meeting with Walsh. The league wants to review them first before making the information available to Specter.

“I think it is very unfortunate that the NFL has already started its ‘nothing new’ spin before watching the tapes or finding out what Mr. Matt Walsh has to say," Specter said in a statement. "Let’s see where the evidence leads.”

The one new twist here seems to be, according to ESPN, that one of the tapes shows recorded offensive signals. Previously, the indications were that all the recording was of defensive signals.

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Posted by Stephen_Niksa 09:46 AM, 05/09/2008
I agree that the Patriots' actions ought to be heavily scrutinized on account of their established record of cheating and the sanctions to which both the team and the head coach individually have been subject, but I don't think that this is something in which a U.S. senator should become so deeply involved, especially on a purely individual basis, without any evident support from any of his colleagues in the senate or the house. Unless the Patriots' actions can be viewed as potentially running afoul of any provision of U.S. criminal or civil law on the basis of which the justice department would be warrented in becoming involved, I don't think this is senatorial business.
Posted by jimmymack 09:46 AM, 05/09/2008
I'm thrilled to see our senior senator wrapped up in tape issues and standing ovations for Ryan Howard. Since everything is going so well in our country, it's nice to know he is spending his time on important things. What a joke this guy has become.
Posted by beeline 12:10 PM, 05/09/2008
C'mon, lay off Arlen. I'm a life-long Democrat and I've voted for him in every election since I turned 18. Why? He consistently does his job very well, and is responsive to his constituents. Just because there are larger issues out there doesn't mean you should ignore the less important ones. Sports are a multi-billion dollar a year industry and warrant as much scrutiny as any other multi-billion dollar industry.
Posted by beeline 12:10 PM, 05/09/2008
C'mon, lay off Arlen. I'm a life-long Democrat and I've voted for him in every election since I turned 18. Why? He consistently does his job very well, and is responsive to his constituents. Just because there are larger issues out there doesn't mean you should ignore the less important ones. Sports are a multi-billion dollar a year industry and warrant as much scrutiny as any other multi-billion dollar industry.
Posted by songsrme2 01:09 PM, 05/09/2008
give us Moss and it's all even. No foul
Posted by Jeff R 03:59 PM, 05/09/2008
Bottom line is Comcast is one of Arlen's biggest contributors. Comcast is in a dispute with the NFL. Doesn't take a rocket scientist to connect the dots. Yet people will continue to vote for him, and those same people actually question why this country is where it is. They love to hold their hearings on all sorts of issues instead of focusing on making their campaign issues a reality. WAKE UP PEOPLE!!!!
Posted by ox 04:19 PM, 05/09/2008
why doesn't spectre do something useful for a change and be a senator? instead of tapes, perhaps he ought to do something that concerns the well being of the country..........Remember, this is the guy that brought you the one bullet theory in the kennedy assasination,
Posted by xstewart4 07:47 AM, 05/10/2008
Specter, is a low life human being. He's for abortion and the war in Iraq.
Posted by Bubba 11:03 PM, 05/10/2008
Why do Amerians continue to re-elect Congressman and Senators.They are the reasons we have problems with the way this country has gone downhill. I say if they don't fix the issues get ride of not one but all of them. Especially those who have sat in office like Spector for years and got nothing done.
Posted by Drew777 03:56 AM, 05/11/2008
Arlen, as Al Pacino said, don't waste my Mother F**kin Time!
Posted by storebrandmayonnaise 11:43 AM, 05/12/2008
Its nice to know the wars over, energy prices are in check, and the economy's back to humming along. That way Specter has so much time to devote to spygate.
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