From CNN, 11/8/04:
http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/11/07/specter.judiciary/index.html
Conservative leader targets Specter
WASHINGTON (CNN) --
The head of a leading conservative group said Sunday that Sen. Arlen
Specter "is a big-time problem" and that his quest to serve as
chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee "must be derailed."
The comments from James Dobson, founder of the nonprofit Christian
organization Focus on the Family, came four days after the moderate
Republican from Pennsylvania told reporters that any Supreme Court
nominee intent on overturning Roe v. Wade probably would not win
Senate approval.
"When you talk about judges who would change the right of a woman to
choose, who'd overturn Roe versus Wade, I think that is unlikely,"
Specter said Wednesday, in the wake of President Bush's re-election.
"And I have said that bluntly during the course of the campaign, that
Roe versus Wade was inviolate."
That comment sparked an avalanche of criticism from Christian
conservatives who supported Bush's campaign.
But Specter said Sunday that his remark was misconstrued and argued
the uproar was fueled by people opposed to his "independence."
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Tell 'em to shove it, senator.
Harry
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