Just when I was beginning to wonder if the big-dogs in the Republican establishment have completely bought into the "GOP-majority-at-all-costs" mentality, along comes a principled Republican willing to stand up for what and who is right and Right. The other day a coworker of mine received a fundraising letter from the Toomey for U.S. Senate Campaign signed by Steve Forbes. (In case anyone is unaware, conservative Rep. Pat Toomey (R.-Penn.) is taking on liberal GOP Sen. Arlen Specter in this year's Republican primary. It will be an exceedingly tough fight for Toomey as he takes on the entrenched incumbent, who has the support of the political establishment.) Allow me to share several short excerpts from that letter that may be encouraging to many conservatives listening for a truly conservative voice from the Republican Party: "Pat Toomey is a conservative GOP Congressman running in Pennsylvania against the very liberal GOP Senator Arlen Specter."
". . . we ALL have had to live with a weak-kneed, GOP-controlled Senate unable or unwilling to get tough with Tome Daschle, Ted Kennedy, Hillary Clinton and the obstructionist liberal Democrats. "And frankly, . . . the time has come for conservatives nationwide to take a stand."
". . . the time has come to let liberal Republicans know they can no longer expect conservatives to hold their noses and vote for them for the 'good of the Party.' ". . . there's no better place to start than by ousting Arlen Specter. . . ."
Listing Specter's attributes, Forbes notes that Specter is:
"Mr. Specter is not just a liberal. He is a dangerous liberal whose betrayals over the years have seriously harmed both our nation and our cause."
Forbes provides a few of Specters "betrayals":
