Specter on Joe Sestak: “He’s Not a Real Democrat”
Well, if Arlen Specter is this tone deaf, Sestak might have a better shot than imagined.
Keep in mind two things:
1. Joe Sestak’s job prior to joining congress was as an admiral.
2. This is Arlen Specter speaking.
“Congressman Sestak is a flagrant hypocrite in challenging my being a real Democrat when he did not register as a Democrat until 2006 just in time to run for Congress,” Specter said in the statement. “His lame excuse for avoiding party affiliation, because he was in the [military] service, is undercut by his documented disinterest in the political process.”
I’ll give Specter’s people some benefit of the doubt here and assume they’re running this one up the flagpole just to try it out. I have some advice for them:
Run it back down the flagpole. Fold it. Burn it in a peaceable manner. Bury the ashes.