No chance, indeed. Obviously, Sestak for Senate is a fiasco. Abrupt exits from critical campaign staff members (such as his Political Director and Communications Director), minimum wage payments to remaining staff, absymal poll data, unfounded accusations against the Democratic President of the United States, endorsements from sexual deviants who grope male gentials – Sestak for Senate has been a colossal failure. But there is a consolation: the unremarkable tenure of the 7th District demagogue is coming to an ignominious end. His constituents and the denizens of PA will at last be rid of him – and his inflated ego.

It can’t happen soon enough.

What’s hilarious is that if Specter had remained a Republican and Sestak was running against him, Rendell would be talking him up as the greatest thing since the cheesesteak. I love to see these party cronies act so hypocritical. No one, other than Ashley Dupree, cares what Rendell thinks.

Specter must have some internal polling that shows just how weak he is in this primary if he’s calling in Rendell already.

This race has not even started yet. Once we get to mid-April, your lawn won’t be the only thing with hyperactive grassroots.

The message after the May primary: don’t EVER excpect to win a contested Democratic primary from the top down.

What I noticed were the three stooges fawning all over Ed like preteens with the Jonas Brothers.

Ed’s right for once.

In the Spring of ’09 I felt as if the DNC, the Guv, and the State Party leadership foisted Specter on the rank and file of the State Party. I don’t like Specter, and I don’t like Sestak so I won’t be casting a ballot for either in May. I’ll vote for the Democratic nominee come November but I’ll do it with a sour taste in my mouth. Neither man is a true Democrat in my book.

Rendell – consummate democratic party hack.

Sestak – democratic Horse’s rear.

Specter- opportunistic, unprincipled politician

HateSestak- Head-case.

Dave Diano- over-opinionated loudmouth.

Bruce Bailey – betting the farm on bad advice.

Goodbye ObamaCare….

Barry H leaving with Rush when they pass Health form

Bailey: Perhaps Eric Massa can make some public appearances on behalf of Representative Sestak and attract the morally depraved sexual deviant fondle the organs vote. By the way, if Sestak “served” with Massa in the Navy as has been claimed, why didn’t Sestak put an end to Massa’s unconscionable behavior? Everyone else appears to have been aware of Massa’s degenerate conduct. Was Sestak aware of it? If so, did he attempt to bring it to a halt? Burning questions – questions Representative Sestak has yet to address.

To paraphrase my great-aunt, Democrats (read, liberals) are very generous with other-people’s-money.

Oh Barry you republicans read conservatives spend a lot more say there is nothing wrong with adding a debt in office.

And then when once your guys are out you find out debt and spending and taxes.

Conservatives are what you call yourselves.
It’s funny in 8 years we never had a balanced budget.

Rendell is absolutely right. Sestak’s campaign has no traction. His siblings run the campaign, his staffers have left, he lacks name recognition, he’s down in the polls, and he’s been out fundraised.

Also attacking the President and being endorsed by Massa hasn’t helped any. Sestak served with Massa – did he know what was going on? Somebody should ask him.

Barry, I may not agree with your politics but I thoroughly enjoy your humor.

Jim-
Actually, you are wrong about how Rendell would behave in a Sestak-Specter general election. Rendell would have made some half-hearted praise for Sestak, not lifted a finger to help, and then voted for Specter (again).
Ashley Dupree was Spitzer.

Bruce-
Rendell stating his opinion when ask by reporters isn’t the same as Specter “calling in Rendell”.

Having 50 signs on your lawn isn’t going to tilt the election, but it might kill your grass.

TB-
I guess that’s one vote for VodVarka!

Barry-
Thanks for the shout-out and complement!
Barry H – counts chickens before they hatch.

BTW, Neocons are very generous sending other people (and their kids) to war.

Whoever wins this senate race, all of Pa. is the loser. None of the three candidates deserve, or is worthy of the job. Isn’t there an independent or other party candidate that can come in and save the day? I know, in Pa. that’s simply wishful thinking.
We need to CHANGE THE CULTURE in Pa. and get rid of the two party system. WE ALL LOSE!!!

Hi Ed, I said it first, Spector cleans up!
But Toomey beats him in the fall.

Brett-
You are half right (the first half).

The best thing for Sestak is lack of name recognition.

The worst thing for Specter is to have Obama and Rendell keep talking him up.

Think Jesse Ventura and a number of local races we have seen across the state and in the country where the mood is “anyone but…” the incumbent.

Sestak is my Congressman in the 7th. There is no way I would vote for Sestak. We have a real Democrat running for his seat and it will be so good to say goodbye to the little Hitler that just smelled to high heaven. Lentz will be a clean, fresh break from this man that runs on his ego.!
Who is supporting him, no one of any importance other than a handful of people. He talks a good story but that is all it is

Dave Diano:

Everyone who served in this war VOLUNTEERED.

They all signed up for military service, and they can’t say they didn’t also agree – explicitely – to go to war if that was asked of them.

What happened to American pride and patriotism?

I know the answer to this otherwise rhetorical question – American pride and patriotism were killed by the largly spoiled, self-indulgent, an morally inverted baby-boomers.

I’m ashamed to say it, but I’m talkin’about my ge-ge-ge-generation.

You have been tutored well by the Chicago Seven.

Bruce-
Not really true. Once stop-loss was instituted and soldiers were prevented from leaving once their “volunteered” term of service was ended, it ceased to be a volunteer effort.

You may recall that in 2006, Sestak (and the rest of the Dems) complained about this being a backdoor draft.

Bruce, are you saying that in 2006 YOU didn’t complain about Bush instituting a backdoor draft and you were at odds with Joe on this one?

It seems you are becoming one of the Sestak Seven (the seven supporters he still has left).

Oops…
I thought I saw Bruce, when it read Barry. Darn that Evelyn Wood speed reading looking at first letter of every word.

Sorry. Apologies to Bruce.

Anyway, the point about the backdoor draft still stands. The men who reenlisted are volunteers. The men prevented from leaving due to stop-loss were not volunteers.

David:

OK, I’m glad I’m not being accused of being a Sestak supporter. I don’t fully understand this guy’s deal, can’t the dems find anyone better to run against Benedict Arlen?

You are going to loose the argument about volunteers.

The prospect of going to war, serving in combat, and an involuntary extension of orders, are all part of the package when you join the military.

When you join the military, if “you’re in for a penny, you’re in for a pound”.

The GI Bill and job skills, and sharp uniforms are nice incentives, but ultimately people who sign up are volunteering to grab a weapon, stand a post, and head into harm’s way, until properly relieved.

These folks give up many of the rights, privileges and expectations of civilians. But they do so in the name of serving their country, which many people – myself included – feel is the highest privilege of citizenship.

Barry-
Unfortunately, we couldn’t find a better Dem to run against Specter. Fortunately, Specter is much better than Toomey and has the best chance to defeat him.

Taking advantage of the soldiers who fulfilled their “voluntary” obligation is a disservice and a disgrace, by forcing them to risk their lives in a undeclared war.
There was no formal Constitutional declaration of war by Congress.

Volunteer service is a contract. One side (the government) does not have the right to arbitrarily change the terms, especially at the risk/cost of the soldiers’ lives.

The refusal of the government to “properly relieve” them was wrong.

Not quite David.

If I hire you to remodel my kitchen that’s a contract. If you don’t do the job, I can sue you.

But a citizen enlisting in the military is a different animal altogether.

An enlistee can’t sue the govt if he is given a different MOS (specialty) or different duty station that what his recruiter had promised. It happens all the time.

Also, servicemembers cannot file medical malpractice claims against military healthcare providers.

Most of the causes of action that a military member might have against a private party are eliminated by sovereign immunity.

This immunity exists for a good reason, the military has a compelling interest in maintaining good order and discipline for the sake of our country’s security.

If it were just a “contract”, then a service-member could simply quit if he is unhappy.

Try doing that….you’ll wind up court-martialed and thrown in the stockade.

By the way, Koreo, Vietnam, Lebanon, Somalia, Bosnia, and Iraq I and Iraq II, and Afghanistan, none were declared.

All illegal I suppose?

David Diano – Ron Paul Libertarian.