PA Senate: Specter, Toomey campaigning here (Lancaster County)

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By AMY LEEKING
Oct 27, 2003, 14:27 EST
Lancaster New Era

Within hours of each other, U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter and his challenger, conservative Allentown Republican U.S. Rep. Pat Toomey, were expected to bring their campaigns to Lancaster County this afternoon.

Toomey, arriving first, planned to speak near Manheim and receive the official support of several state legislators and members of a local builders and contractors association.

About an hour later, Specter -- a veteran moderate senator from Philadelphia -- intended to talk about sexual abstinence for teenagers at an Urban League of Lancaster event.

The two Republicans, who are vying for their party's nomination in next spring's primary, were not expected to meet here today.

more...http://www.lancasteronline.com/articles/4226.shtm

[chookie]

1. Ideas for Campaign Slogans

For Spector: "Not As Nuts as Toomey!"
For Toomey: "Even Crazier Than Spector!"

(When it's time for Charlie Chrystle to run: "Because Spector is Fucking NUTS!!!")

[zbdent]

2. Or how about excerpts from the Congressional Record for Specter

"My distinguished colleague, Senator Richard Shelby of Alabama, and I met with President Saddam Hussein in Baghdad on Saturday, January 13. President Hussein is an imposing figure who exudes strength and confidence, which would be expected from a leader whose nation has recently emerged with the upperhand from a bloody 8-year war."

and . . .

"On my return to Baghdad in January, I found a more open and friendlier response."

[goobergunch]

3. Do you know where I could get a copy of the 1980s Congressional Records?

The online edition only goes back to 1989....

[Padraig18]

4. Also for Specter:

"I invented the 'magic bullet' theory."