Did I just hear Arlen Spectre jump ship?

[Subdivisions]

I don't pay alot of attention to Spectre, but I have the TV on CSPAN-2 and I wasn't really listening but something he said caught my ear. It sounded like he said that the NIE assessment of the situation in Iraq was of great concern to him and he takes it very seriously and that after the elections there is sure to be a harder look at what is happening in Iraq and that there would be more candid observations of the situation.

Is this just a campaign meme he produced on the spot or is he saying that he truly is concerned about the NIE assessment and is truly going to take a closer look?

Edited to include: BTW, there were a couple of other things he said that caught my ear considering the words were coming out of a pukes mouth, but I digress to others' more attentive than I have been during his presser.

[babylonsister]

1. Don't believe a thing he says; if you do, he'll likely change his

position. For years I tried to believe him, but it was hopeless. Talk about a flip-flopper!

[wtmusic]

13. Not even flip-flopping

it's his little appeasement technique of vocally standing up for progressive values, and then quietly voting against them. Works pretty well, actually.

[stopbush]

He does his "check-n-balance" dance before he caves to *.

It's his JOB in the R scheme of things.

[LSparkle]

18. He's worse than Tweety ... flip-flip, flip-flop ...

[rockymountaindem]

2. Every time he says he's going to oppose Bush, he ends up caving in

I wouldn't hold my breath.

[Mandate My Ass]

3. Nobody expreses outrage quite like specter

but his actions always end up backing up the very things he swore he would put a stop to.

[Bonhomme Richard]

4. After the election BS. Just give us one more chance.

Promise we will get answers.
Bullshit+

[BuyingThyme]

10. Exactly.

[patricia92243]

5. If he does jump ship, it is only temporarily. He will jump right back in

as he has proven in the past.

[kenny blankenship]

12. Exactly. He'll take "a closer look" and then decide that Bush is right

in spite of all the evidence. Arlen takes a zigzaggy line very often, sort of like a magic bullet.

[seabeyond]

6. he always says he is and never does n/t

[BlooInBloo]

7. Sheesh. Why do people continue to believe him? Time after time.

[NRaleighLiberal]

8. ...Only if it is in Rove's smokescreen script!

[liberalmuse]

9. Don't be fooled. Spectre is Bush's #1 pawn.

Spectre is just a specter. In the end, he'll more than give Bush exactly what he wants.

[SDDEM06]

11. He's jumped ship so many times you'd think he'd be waterlogged

Luckily KKKarl and George are always there with a life preserver and manage to get him back on-board.

[Donnachaidh]

14. oh yeah -- "after the" place your event here Spector BS

the usual horse-hockey from the horse's ass from Missouri.

[april]

15. did anyone see the protesters?

[BuyingThyme]

17. Where?

[gkhouston]

16. note that the closer look has to happen AFTER the elections.

Spectre is pretending not to be a shill.

[nealmhughes]

19. Yes, he is long on outrage, but short on votes...

[acmavm]

20. He likes to be thought of as a comtemplative, serious,

intelligent, worthy statesman.

He's an ass.

[americanstranger]

21. Operative phrase: 'AFTER The Elections'

It's shorthand for 'I'm not going to touch this before the elections, and afterwards people will probably forget and we won't remind them.'

They're scared to death of this getting any coverage before November.

- as