Video: Specter jumps onstage, interrupts Sestak
posted at 4:10 pm on February 1, 2010 by Karl
You stay classy, Senator. Arlen Specter was at it again during a candidate forum over the weekend. This time, the target was his primary rival, Rep. Joe Sestak, who were supposed to be doing separate Q&As:
TPM, which immediately went for the Kanye-esque “Imma Let You Finish…” headline, reports that Specter did not break any rules for the joint appearance. But this episode follows his recent condescending remarks to Rep. Michelle Bachman, for which he was forced to apologize. Arlen Specter is a man seriously in danger of having his report card marked, “Does not play well with others.”
Then again, you might be cranky too, if you were being outpolled and outraised by likely GOP nominee Pat Toomey. But the most recent polls — from Rasmussen and Franklin & Marshall — show Specter besting Sestak in the primary by roughly 20 points.
Is Specter just miffed that he has to go through the motions with Sestak, or are his internal polls telling a different story?
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Alden Pyle on February 1, 2010 at 5:44 PM
And that’s stating it politely…
WhoU4 on February 1, 2010 at 5:45 PM
“I’ll treat you like a crusty, senile old man who talks like his mouth is full of marbles – so act like one!”
RightWinged on February 1, 2010 at 5:47 PM
Old Arlen is about one scotch away from a Rip Torn moment.
exceller on February 1, 2010 at 5:47 PM
Is this a case of guest blogger fail? Over an hour with no new post???
How about one on Sarah Palin endorsing Rand Paul in Kentucky???
That outta drum up the hits!
Abby Adams on February 1, 2010 at 5:49 PM
Mr. Toomey has an exciting youtube channel all his own with his videos and he tells you his thinkings.
Him and the guy challenging Meghan’s daddy are the best people in the world.
happyfeet on February 1, 2010 at 5:59 PM
WTF…the only time anybody ever wanted to watch PCN and they won’t let you. Guess they need the highway near their headquarters repaved.
LevStrauss on February 1, 2010 at 6:03 PM
Maybe Arlen needs a dose of Aricept.
Michelle Bachmann +1,000,000,000,000,000
Philly on February 1, 2010 at 6:04 PM
When you’re 79 years old and and you get a “Needs Improvement” on your report card, the Board of Directors of your exclusive school are likely to coonsider giving your seat in class to someone else.
eeyore on February 1, 2010 at 6:10 PM
RETIRE Arlen.
GarandFan on February 1, 2010 at 6:17 PM
I wouldn’t touch Arlen Specter’s internals with Martha Coakley’s dick!
das411 on February 1, 2010 at 6:19 PM
Get off my lawn!
SouthernGent on February 1, 2010 at 6:22 PM
Abby Adams on February 1, 2010 at 5:49 PM
As I said on the first page, receiving a donation from a PAC is hardly the same as a personal endorsement. It’s good for the candidate, sure, but the blurb I saw only mentioned a donation.
Has SP come out and actually endorsed him?
catmman on February 1, 2010 at 6:32 PM
Disregard my previous, she has.
catmman on February 1, 2010 at 6:33 PM
“Fork meet Arlen, Arlen meet Fork.”
Fork stick him. Is he done?
Fork replies……”Yep”
PappyD61 on February 1, 2010 at 6:34 PM
Arlen is about one week away from a rubber room and a straight jacket…
IntheNet on February 1, 2010 at 6:36 PM
Is there a woman in PA that is going to vote for this jerk? Has he been going to meetings in Max Baucus’ office with Leahy? They along with SFNan seem to have a slight problem with alcohol. Taking up where Ted left off.
Kissmygrits on February 1, 2010 at 6:37 PM
Oh… Let’s think of how much Senatorial Deadwood has been or likely will be taken to the trash heap by the end of the year…
Joe Biden / Ted Kaufman
Arlen Specter
Chris Dodd
Ted Kennedy
Harry Reid
Barry Soetoro / Roland Burris
Ken Salazar / Michael Bennet
Byron Dorgan
Blanche Lincoln
Mel Martinez/ George LeMieux (Rino hunt going good)
Now if we could find a way to retire Chuck-U Schumer and Barbara Boxer….
phreshone on February 1, 2010 at 6:43 PM
Tapioca or pudding for dessert Arlen?
yoda on February 1, 2010 at 6:59 PM
After listening to a Rand Paul video (on foreign policy), I come away with the following impressions from what he said: Military-Industrial complex, blah, blah, Haliburton bad, blah, blah, “There is a question” that Intelligence was falsified to go into Iraq and I wouldn’t have voted to go into Iraq, blah, blah, oh, and did you know we were Husseins biggest supporters for twenty years, blah, blah,I would have voted to go into Afghanistan, though we waited too long and should have had a ‘Declaration of War’ and used Special Forces first, and the ever popular we created more terrorists than we killed for going into Iraq.
So after watching, admittedly just this one video, he sounds a lot like his old man, though he doesn’t come off as a crank like his dad.
I don’t want to convict the guy, “sins of the Father” and all that, but I have to wonder if the apple falls far from the tree and do we need another “family name” in Congress?
catmman on February 1, 2010 at 7:00 PM
Hey Phil, Act like a lady.
MJBrutus on February 1, 2010 at 7:05 PM
Hey Arlen, Act like a lady.
MJBrutus on February 1, 2010 at 7:05 PM
I don’t know enough about Rand except his father is a nut job. I will have to reserve my opinion until I know more about him.
mizflame98 on February 1, 2010 at 7:09 PM
Arlen is about ready for Gerber’s as his main course..
phreshone on February 1, 2010 at 7:10 PM
Arlen, we’ll treat you like a man if you act like a man. Wait…forget that, you’re history.
Christian Conservative on February 1, 2010 at 7:12 PM
Old Arlen is about one scotch away from a Rip Torn moment.
exceller on February 1, 2010 at 5:47 PM
Oh man that is too funny…thank you sir/madam
rdb16 on February 1, 2010 at 7:23 PM
Does Arlen like fish sticks ?
borntoraisehogs on February 1, 2010 at 7:32 PM
Beats a Kennedy moment. Hell pick a Kennedy any Kennedy.
CWforFreedom on February 1, 2010 at 7:32 PM
Arlen Spector = Public Spectacle Bwahahahahahahaha!!!!!!
sonnyspats1 on February 1, 2010 at 7:37 PM
I suspect it won’t be too long now before someone finds him wandering half naked in the streets, unaware of where he is or why.
Time to go, Arlen. Time to go.
madmonkphotog on February 1, 2010 at 7:37 PM
Rude arrogant bastard is what Spector is.
royzer on February 1, 2010 at 7:40 PM
During the 2000 Presidential Debates, Al Gore was out there making that infamous run at GWB (who just nodded at him and went on killing him in the debate). It came out later that part of that was because Gore wanted to get the visual that showed he was taller than his challenger. Really.
I suspect this is the same tactic. Specter needs to prove that he’s a renegade (rules?, we don’ need no stinkin’ rules). Not so much for the benefit of Democrats but from the so-called moderate Pennsylvanian who is wary of entrusting office into an old, cancer-ridden politician who changes political affiliations for no other reason than he wouldn’t even be a contender for the GOP nomination.
highhopes on February 1, 2010 at 7:44 PM
Or opening the window of his Senate Office and screaming “hey you kids, keep off my lawn” to the people walking on the National Mall.
highhopes on February 1, 2010 at 7:46 PM
CurtZHP on February 1, 2010 at 4:36 PM
+1 lmfao
docflash on February 1, 2010 at 8:06 PM
Arlen is about 2 months away from a Wilber Mills meltdown. Sad, yet like a car wreck, impossible not to stare at.
joe btfsplk on February 1, 2010 at 8:08 PM
I also see suppositories and bedpans in Arlen’s future. Couldn’t happen to a better guy.( :
yoda on February 1, 2010 at 8:15 PM
I also see suppositories and bedpans in Arlen’s future. Couldn’t happen to a better guy.( :
yoda on February 1, 2010 at 8:15 PM
yoda: Code red on the third floor,stat,orderlys Spectre is
lose again,registering patients as Democrats again,
bring the jacket:)hehe.
canopfor on February 1, 2010 at 8:21 PM
We so want Specter in the general election. Can’t wait, buying lots of popcorn now.
Mojave Mark on February 1, 2010 at 8:31 PM
We can only hope Nurse Ratchet will be taking good care of ol’ Arlen.
yoda on February 1, 2010 at 8:31 PM
Arlen is utterly undeserving of the sympathy usually given to seniors that is being displayed in this forum. He is an avaricious, self-serving scoundrel who merits ignominy and an unkind death. He is the most perfect example of a scumbag politico who never once considered his constituency. Not that I would, but I could probably cheerfully beat h ….
Holly Maddux might agree.
Doorgunner on February 1, 2010 at 8:31 PM
Here is another source for the vid:
http://beltwayblips.dailyradar.com/video/pcn-pa-progressive-summit-2010-specter-sestak-moment/
painfulTruthDisciple on February 1, 2010 at 8:43 PM
That was a good one Karl!!
yoda on February 1, 2010 at 9:18 PM
We can only hope Nurse Ratchet will be taking good care of ol’ Arlen.
yoda on February 1, 2010 at 8:31 PM
yoda: Yup,haha:)
canopfor on February 1, 2010 at 9:57 PM
Old people with dementia do this – it’s called wandering or “sundowning”. Folic acid does a good job of minimizing these symptoms.
Sen. Specter – hint, hint, nudge, nudge – start taking your folic acid..
fred5678 on February 1, 2010 at 10:25 PM
I can’t stand Specter but I have to admit, this looked completely innocent to me. Little senile and sad maybe, but not Kanye-esque. He didn’t snatch the mic or anything.
JeffinOrlando on February 1, 2010 at 10:32 PM
Update the DEAD LINK or the comments will tell the story FOR you..
nationspatriotcom on February 1, 2010 at 10:51 PM
Dangnabbit
SilverStar830 on February 2, 2010 at 2:15 AM
I couldnt access the video which has been removed
For sure Specter did not lose it, because you have to have it, to lose it
Give credit to anyone willing to face the unpleasant reality of running against Specter.
I fear if Specter lost, he could become a stalker or at least wind up serving on a bi partisan commission to resolve the debt
Imagine being trapped in an elevator with Specter during a brownout. On stage, his opponent had a running chance of survival
entagor on February 2, 2010 at 3:44 AM
aw… I kida feel sorry for the guy. It wasn’t a Kanye moment. It was more like he wondered on stage to ask someone if they could help him get home. He came off like a lost old man.
Arlen, like way too many others in congress, need an intervention. I mean this in the nicest possible way, but you are too old sir. It time for you to leave.
Often when people get old and their mind starts to go a bit their first reaction is to get mean. I think this is what we are witnessing with Specter and it isn’t pretty. He just doesn’t have the energy to fight for his political life and that’s the situation he now finds himself in. His pride is keeping him around… and it’s also turning him into a crazy, bitter old man.
Ampersand on February 2, 2010 at 6:05 AM
Specter is a case of someone who hasn’t figured out that he’s really not up to the job. He obviously is losing his own political center. It’s sort of sad to watch.
AnninCA on February 2, 2010 at 7:40 AM
Joe Sestak is a goos guy who served the country well. Arlen is a tool who is bitter lol and regrets jumping ship nwo that the bloom is off the socialist lol
ginaswo on February 2, 2010 at 8:15 AM
Arlen’s Senate career is just about over. But he’s not going to exit gracefully. Bet you the US Marshalls have to carry him out of his Senate office.
james23 on February 2, 2010 at 9:33 AM
You may be right that he is a “goos guy,” but Joe “Rear Admiral” Sestak is a hard left nutcase. Yes for Cap n’ Trade, Yes for Maobamacare, co-sponsor of card check, 100% rating from NARAL, F rating from the NRA. He holds the dubious distinction of being canned from his post at the Office of the Chief of Navy Ops due to a “poor command climate.”
Sestak is not the replacement for Specter. Pat Toomey, a solid conservative, is the next Senator from PA.
james23 on February 2, 2010 at 9:42 AM
What do the people of Pennsylvania need to know to understand that Specter is unfit for public office? I am enbarrassed that people of this caliber can even get elected. If this guy is the voice of the people of Pennsylvania, there is no hope for them.
volsense on February 2, 2010 at 10:15 AM
This sounds like Arlen “the Darlin’” is suffering from early stages of senility or Alzheimer’s or both.
Herb on February 2, 2010 at 10:18 AM
Some Democrat chick on Hannity last week asked Sean if the GOP would take Arlen back. LOL! This was after the Bachmann “she looks like a lady” incident. The DNC has to be desirous of placing a for sale sign around his neck about now. LMAO! If he is still beating Sestak by the end of this week, …weird. Sestak is out there on his policies and ideology, but Arlen’s trolley has gone off the track.
Toomey versus S.P.E.C.T.E.R. will provide comic relief for years if he beats Sestak in the primary. Should Toomey be planning for heavy security, or hire some dudes carrying white coats with lots of buckles on them for Arlen?
freeus on February 2, 2010 at 10:56 AM
Specter is no lady!
maverick muse on February 2, 2010 at 11:38 AM
Are you kiddin’ me? Specter sucked up to the Unicorn killer, Ira Einhorn.
either orr on February 2, 2010 at 11:44 AM
As nearly as I can tell, the people of PA are ready to abandon him. He is polling terribly.
And for a little historical context, PA conservatives will tell you that Specter got forced down their throats last time (2004) by Bush, Rove and the national GOP. Conservatives were lined up, then as now, behind Pat Toomey, but Bush endorsed Specter, and that endorsement, together with support for Specter from Rick Santorum, was enough for Specter to take a narrow win in the primary. Specter promptly rewarded Bush by running in the general on the “Kerry/Specter” ticket (I kid you not, Specter’s people put up those signs all over the Philly region) and, the day after both he and Bush won re-election, publicly warning Bush not to send any conservatives for approval by his Judiciary Committee.
To paraphrase you, what did the GOP bigshots need to know in 2004 to understand that Specter was unfit for public office?
james23 on February 2, 2010 at 12:17 PM
Video no longer available. Bah.
RandyHaddock on February 2, 2010 at 1:42 PM
Specter jumping on stage? Specter jumping parties didn’t work out too well for him -and he thinks this stuff will.
Don L on February 2, 2010 at 2:45 PM
What’s truly funny about this is that Obama and Rahm Emmanuel can’t call Specter into the office and browbeat him into retiring like they did with Dodd.
olesparkie on February 2, 2010 at 2:51 PM
what a wooooos
jerrytbg on February 2, 2010 at 7:01 PM
Kanye East!
LOL Karl. Hot Air caption of the year so far.
FireBlogger on February 2, 2010 at 9:59 PM
I think this idiot must be related to Jerry Lee Lewis. He sure looks and acts like the jackass.
TrickyDick on February 3, 2010 at 8:31 AM
I cannot believe PA. will vote in back in. He’s nutty than fruitcake and leaves the same bad taste in your mouth. Go home, take the retirement, go away. I hope PA. rides the “new blood’ train.
archer52 on February 3, 2010 at 9:41 AM
They’re Coming To Take Me Away….ho ho!!!!
highninside on February 3, 2010 at 10:43 PM
Sen. Specter demonstrates that Dem will do anything to face time and votes to make them feel they are more important than they are.
Remember he is a switch hitter also. Was a (R) and switched to (D) because there were more votes there for him.
I also believe that his name says it all. He represents the specter of defeat. Demoncrates are fighting for their very life (because if a Demoncrate cannot hold a political office they might as well be dead, because the cannot do anything else).
MSGTAS on February 4, 2010 at 10:28 AM
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