| Former Sen. Arlen Specter dies; RIP | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Oct 14 2012, 12:48 PM (238 Views) | |
| Kerri P. | Oct 14 2012, 12:48 PM Post #1 |
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http://www.wral.com/longtime-gop-senate-moderate-arlen-specter-dies/11658423/ Longtime GOP Senate moderate Arlen Specter dies Posted: 13 minutes ago Updated: 12 minutes ago HARRISBURG, Pa. — Former U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter, the outspoken Pennsylvania centrist whose switch from Republican to Democrat ended a 30-year career in which he played a pivotal role in several Supreme Court nominations, died Sunday. He was 82. Specter, who announced in late August that he was battling cancer, died at his home in Philadelphia from complications of non-Hodgkin lymphoma, said his son Shanin. Over the years, Arlen Specter had fought two previous bouts with Hodgkin lymphoma, overcome a brain tumor and survived cardiac arrest following bypass surgery. Specter rose to prominence in the 1960s as an aggressive Philadelphia prosecutor and as an assistant counsel to the Warren Commission, developing the single-bullet theory that posited just one bullet struck both President Kennedy and Texas Gov. John Connally — an assumption critical to the argument that presidential assassin Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone. The theory remains controversial and was the focus of Oliver Stone's 1991 movie "JFK." snip.... |
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| chatham | Oct 14 2012, 04:19 PM Post #2 |
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He died a democrat. |
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| LTC8K6 | Oct 14 2012, 07:17 PM Post #3 |
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Assistant to The Devil Himself
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I'll just remain silent. |
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| genny6348 | Oct 14 2012, 07:48 PM Post #4 |
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Genny6348
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Anything I have to say is better left unsaid. Condolences to family is about as good as it gets.
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| retiredLEO | Oct 15 2012, 06:23 PM Post #5 |
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Your right in this case "Silence is Golden". |
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