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Thursday, April 30, 2009
What about Specter's donations to Republicans?

Sen. Arlen Specter's decision to become (D.,Pa.) earlier this week unleashed a bunch of practical considerations. For one, his Senate desk had to be unbolted from the floor on the Republican side of the chamber and moved to the (naturally) left side where the Democrats sit.

And then there was the matter of all those who contributed to Specter's 2010 reelection campaign on the basis of his being a Republican. Right away, the senator promised to return donations from anyone who asks for it. Among the few who did were three former GOP colleagues: Sens. Bob Corker and Lamar Alexander of Tennessee, and John Cornyn of Texas.

But the Center for Public Integrity asks here whether the three will return the combined $25,000 they have received from Specter's Big Tent PAC, which has given extensively to Republicans of all stripes.

(For the record, Specter's campaign reports that so far 30 people have requested refunds totalling about $25,000.]

 

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Posted by Thomas Fitzgerald @ 6:33 PM  Permalink | 3 comments
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Posted 05:23 AM, 05/01/2009
FJG JR
I think the money should be used for another brain scan. We have the right to know, what part of his was removed. Because obviously, it may be that part, that makes selfish decisions. And we don't need that in D.C.
Posted 02:42 PM, 05/01/2009
pj katauskas
It's rumored that Specter's pollster told him that the only way he could win was if he were a cross-dresser, to which Specter immediately replied, "Where's the nearest Victoria's Secret?" Nothing but political self-interest at work here.
Posted 04:19 PM, 05/01/2009
pj katauskas
The foregoing is courtesy of ML of VA.
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