Our Friend Arlen

So what's Senator Specter up to lately?

Well, John McCain is busy and all, what with running for President, so Senator Specter has stepped in ably to be Senator Kennedy's best friend.

So they're probably not about to sign a lease together, but U.S. Sens. Arlen Specter and Ted Kennedy are getting along swimmingly these days, notes William Fisher, a former reporter who spent more than 30 years managing economic development programs for the US State Department and the US Agency for International Development.

"So it's both rare and refreshing when two titans from opposing political parties actually come together to do something important," says Fisher on The Huffington Post.

(emphasis added above -ed)

Mary Jo Kopechne could not be reached for comment. (tm)

Oh! ... and he wants to investigate the NFL.

For cocking up the "evidence" of the Patriots stealing the Jets' defensive signals.

Yes, really.

"That requires an explanation," Specter said. "The NFL has a very preferred status in our country with their antitrust exemption. The American people are entitled to be sure about the integrity of the game. It's analogous to the CIA destruction of tapes. Or any time you have records destroyed."

This obligates ExtremeMortman to write...

OK, we gotta throw the yellow flag on that one. 15 yard penalty. Unsportsmanlike conduct of an analogy. Specter compares the Patriots spying compared to the CIA destruction of tapes? What’s next for the great conspiracy mind: a single bullet killed John F. Kennedy? Thank goodness the Zapruder film wasn’t shot by a professional athelete.

111th Congress Election GOP2008 Primary Posted by AlexC at February 1, 2008 5:11 PM