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May 5, 2009
Benedict Arlen Raises Money Through Fraud
Congratulations to Arlen Specter for finding a home where he belongs in the party of Jack Murtha and Rod Blagojevich. How he ever passed himself off as a Republican becomes more mysterious by the day. Now we learn that the website he promoted while accusing the GOP of killing Jack Kemp by not throwing enough money at cancer is a scam; the money goes not for research but for the only cause dear to the shriveled turd that serves SPECTRE for a heart: keeping himself in power. The Forth Worth Star Telegram reports on his SpecterForTheCure.com:
While it appears at first glance to be a fundraising site for a reform movement to help Sen. Arlen Specter fund programs that will seek cures for major diseases, it's actually a fundraising arm for Specter's re-election.
A Specter spokeswoman told The Watchdog: "Specterforthecure.com is explicit throughout — including the name itself — that the site raises money for a candidate."
But as David Freddoso observes:
It does not say anywhere explicitly in the text that your donation goes to re-elect Arlen Specter and not to medical research, but Specter's spokesman tells me that is the case. You have to go all the way to the bottom of the page to find clues — the donation requirements on the site match FEC requirements in terms of the legal amounts listed and the required information the site collects on donors. It states at the very bottom that the site is "Paid for by Citizens for Arlen Specter."
Unless you are already familiar with political donations, you might find this confusing.
More likely, you will find it deliberately deceptive.
Here's how Sphincter hyped his tricky site on Deface the Nation:
And one of the items that I'm working on, Bob, is funding for medical research. I've been the spear carrier to increase medical research. And I've even established a Web site, Specterforthecure.com, to try to get people to put more pressure on Congress to join me in getting more funding.
Clearly this mollusk is trying to dupe people into thinking money they give him to buy power with will be used to cure cancer. The term for this is fraud. If there's any justice to be found in the District of Criminals, Specter will be running his precious reelection campaign from behind bars.
Hat tip: Michelle Malkin, on a tip from Kevin R.
Posted by Van Helsing at May 5, 2009 11:50 AM
Comments
Arlen has clearly Jumped The Shark with this stunt. Time for this dried up bag of bones to be retired. With luck that will happen in November.
Posted by: Anonymous at May 5, 2009 12:23 PM
Anyone that gives this butt monkey money deserves to be ripped off. Poetic Justice and all...
Posted by: chuck in st paul at May 5, 2009 12:24 PM
SQUAWK SQUAWK SEND HIM TO THE SPICEMINES OF KESSEL,SEND HIM TO THE PENAL PLANET OF ELBA II SEND HIM TO THE DEVILS ASTEROID JUST GET HIM OFF THE EARTH SQUAWK,SQUARK SKREEEE
Posted by: Spurwing Plover at May 5, 2009 12:42 PM
good riddance! with republicans like him who needs unhinged liberals?
hey rino's!
theres more room on the other side of the aisle, dont let the dorr hit ya...
Posted by: J W Wright at May 5, 2009 12:49 PM
The fires of hell are not hot enough for him. Yet.
Posted by: man of few words at May 5, 2009 2:23 PM
Liberals just have no lower limit.
Posted by: Fiberal at May 5, 2009 2:41 PM
*sniff, sniff*
I smell formaldehyde...has Arlen been drinking again?
Oops, my bad...he's been talking again!
Close your mouth Arlen, I'm getting woozy.
Posted by: Sylvia at May 5, 2009 3:06 PM
Our loss is their, well, loss. Too bad he didn't trip while carrying that spear and have an "in-spear-ational" experience.
Posted by: Anonymouse at May 5, 2009 3:35 PM
It seems like he would have quit making news by now, I can't help but wonder what Chairman Zero is using this to cover. He truly belongs in the Democrat Party. If all the fine Republicans of this calibre would defect in this fashion I may rejoin the party I left thirty years ago.
Posted by: Rass at May 5, 2009 3:39 PM
If his organs weren't so old, he would be an organ donor even though he walks because he sure is brain dead.
Posted by: SnowSnake at May 5, 2009 5:46 PM
What has happened to your great nation, U.S.A.?
So many treasonous leaders; is there enough tar and are there enough feathers?
Heck, who am I as an Australian to talk; we have the Chi-com toady Kevin Rudd as Prime Minister.
Treason seems to be endemic throughout the leadership of Western civilization.
Posted by: Mike_W at May 6, 2009 1:52 AM
Is James Trafficant still in jail? Why? Look at the bastages still running around free.
Posted by: Corona at May 6, 2009 6:29 AM
At least Spectre "came out". There was never any doubt he was a slimy little douche bag. Now it's official.
Posted by: Anonymous at May 6, 2009 7:04 AM
Clearly this man (?) fits right in with the Democrats, I can't imagine why he was ever a Republican unless he was a spy...Benedict Arlen.
Posted by: TED at May 6, 2009 7:07 AM
It whould be such a HOOT if he lost as a Democrat also! 8-)
Posted by: TED at May 6, 2009 7:10 AM
@ Ted...
HE WILL! LOL!
Posted by: Hooter at May 6, 2009 7:59 AM
Oh, I get it. The donation helps re-elect Specter, who in turn spends taxpayers' money on his pet projects, which may or may not include cancer research.
Posted by: Alan at May 6, 2009 8:18 AM
LOL!!!
Specter gets what he richly deserves. The Dems smack him down:
And we thought that Al Franken would get the least amount of respect as a Senator. After cutting a deal with Harry Reid to keep his seniority after a party switch, Arlen Specter got a rude shock last night when Reid’s caucus rejected that deal and refused to give Specter any consideration on committee assignments. In fact, not only did he lose out on chair assignments, he will take the most junior positions on the committees:
http://hotair.com/archives/2009/05/06/senate-dems-to-specter-hello-rookie/
Posted by: Kevin R at May 6, 2009 9:19 AM
Arlen finished counting, and realized he only got 29 pieces of silver. Love it.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at May 6, 2009 10:27 AM
Trusting Harry Reid (or Nancy in the House for that matter) would be a lot like hiring cannibals for babysitters. "See you in two weeks, kids. You stay with these nice folks and we'll be back before you know it."
Posted by: SnowSnake at May 6, 2009 11:52 AM
