and 3) me and lots of others.

KJM

Enjoy it now. You won’t be laughing after the general election in 2010.

1) the people on the Left that are too consumed by past hate of Specter that they can see through Sestak and how costly this primary will be for the Dems overall Senate total

2) the Toomey supporters that KNOW Sestak hurts the Dems and helps the GOP.

31 years.

Now Joe is saying: “I’m proud that I was an Independent during my 35 years in the Navy”

So…..,

Which is it? 31 or 35?

Joe, “might” be trying to pad the number from 31 to 35 by using his years in the Academy (but 35 is a new number for Sestak, because ALL the press releases and bios I’ve read use the 31 number, just like his website).

But wait, Joe registered as Independent in August 1971 and retired in 2005. That’s only 34 years.

So, it’s IMPOSSIBLE for Joe to have been an Independent voter for 35 years “in the Navy” when he was registered as an Independent for only 34 years.

Sestak can’t even keep his OWN story straight, let alone go after Specter with any credibility.

NOW HERE’S THE GOOD PART:
Specter’s statement makes NO mention about for whom Sestak voted. But, yesterday, I made some speculations about Joe’s likely Republican votes for President. I guess the Sestak campaign reads this blog and what I write (okay, that’s more than a “guess”).

Anyway, Sestak must have been sufficiently concerned to JUMP-THE-GUN and try to get ahead the question by announcing his choices. However, this is where Sestak screwed up (as I expected when I taunted them with my analysis):

First: he left out Nixon, Ford, and Reagan, and Bush Sr. elections.
Is Sestak going to claim he voted for McGovern, Carter, Mondale, and Dukakis? (or admit he voted Republican?)
Also, he mentioned voting for Bill Clinton, yet only refers to the 1996 election with Dole, and leaves out Bush Sr.

Second: he is making assumptions about Specter’s votes. ” while Arlen Specter was voting for George Bush and Bob Dole and John McCain.”
Umm… how can he say, in a declarative sentence, for whom Specter voted? (Sestak’s not big on facts.)

It was revealed during the 2008 campaign that the McCains admitted at some party years ago that they didn’t vote for Bush Jr. (even though McCain campaigned for him). It is entirely possible that Specter did not vote for some of the people Sestak claims he did.

Third: the ballot box is secret and sacred.
Specter is NOT required to announce his votes. However, Sestak has NOW opened himself up by not only announcing his votes, but by his obvious omissions.
With Sestak’s unusually sparse voting record, he did manage to vote in almost all the Presidential elections. 1972 (Nixon/McGovern) 1976 (Carter/Ford) 1980 (Carter/Reagan) (skipped 1984)
1988 (Bush/Dukakis) 1992(Bush/Clinton)
But, since Sestak opened his own can of worms, by declaring his votes, as attempted proof of his own bona fides, he’s got little excuse not to go “full Monty” with the rest.
Sestak voting for Nixon and Reagan and Bush Sr. seems very likely considering their strong military stances.

Of course, we have only Sestak’s “word” that he voted for Clinton, Gore, Kerry and Obama. Sestak’s “word” plus bus fare is worth bus fare.

This is funny:
“It’s sad that after 30 years in Washington, all Arlen Specter has to run on is a negative campaign.”
Sestak should really send the Webster’s Dictionary people his picture to put next to the word “hypocrite”.

(The Specter campaign can use that one too!)

http://kdka.com/video/?id=58575@kdka.dayport.com

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