Hypocrisy Alert! - Q: What's the Difference Between Arlen Specter in 1994 and Arlen Specter in 2009?
Contact: Nachama Soloveichik or Tim Kelly - 484.809.7994
Q: What’s the Difference Between Arlen Specter in 1994 and Arlen Specter in 2009?
A: Political calculation.
Allentown, PA – Voters all across Pennsylvania are asking themselves a simple question: What’s the difference between Arlen Specter in 1994 and Arlen Specter in 2009?
In 1994, Senator Specter was an ardent opponent of President Clinton’s government-run health care bureaucracy, famously making a chart to illustrate the maze of red tape patients would endure under the program. Senator Specter even credited his chart with dooming President Clinton’s initiative.
Fast forward fifteen years and Senator Specter is one of the most ardent proponents of a government-run bureaucracy that will subject patients to the same kind of red tape and limited choices. In fact, Senator Specter is even pushing for a single-payer health care system that would further reduce patients’ choices and subject them to government mandates and regulations.
“It is clear that Senator Specter’s erstwhile opposition to government-run health care has become yet another victim of his ongoing political opportunism,” said Toomey Communications Director Nachama Soloveichik. “It is no surprise that Pennsylvanians are growing increasingly weary of Senator Specter’s complete lack of principles.
