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Arlen Specter, the Pennsylvania Senator who apparently has little else to do but meddle in football matters, is
now calling on NFL commissioner Roger Goodell to meet with him as soon as possible. The illustrious Senator
wishes to discuss the Patriots alleged Spygate tapes and the destruction of them by the NFL. Specter seems to
have a deep interest in this and even told ESPN:
"It could go to hearings. This is a matter to be considered by the [Senate Judiciary] Committee. I don't want to
make any broad assertions or elevate it beyond what I have a factual basis for doing. We're going to follow the
facts and if warranted, there could be hearings."
With the country at war, a recession looming, and an economic stimulus package on the table, it’s good to see
that one elected official has his priorities in place. Or does he?
Specter, for those unaware, was once a member of the Warren Commission, the group formed by Lyndon
Johnson to investigate the Kennedy assassination in 1963. For those who have not studied the assassination’s
history, the goal of the Commission was never to find the real killer(s), but to close the case promptly, at Johnson’s
urging, so the country could move forward. LBJ even threatened Earl Warren with the specter (ironic) of a war
where “40 million people will die,” insinuating that we would go to war with the USSR if a plot was found, even
though Johnson at the time knew if there was a plot, it was only domestic. Without going any further on this topic,
Specter and another lawyer, Francis Adams, were assigned to write the Commission chapter on the bullet directions
during the shooting.
Adams resigned and Specter wrote the chapter himself, conveniently coming up with the theory that one bullet
passed through both JFK and John Connolly, thereby allowing, in their minds, 3 shots to cause the wounds and
allowing only one shooter, Oswald, to have committed the crime. Ironically, another set of tapes, those from an
open radio on a police bike, later proved to most that there were more than 3 shots fired in the plaza, disproving
this theory. Specter did not go after these tapes with the same aggression as the football tapes he now seeks.
This Magic Bullet theory has since been disproved at every level and was even mocked by Jerry Seinfeld when
Kramer wrongly believed Keith Hernandez spit on he and Newman after a Mets game. It was later proven that
Roger McDowell fired the loogie from the gravelly road.
Now Arlen Specter is championing this situation where he believes the truth has been averted and he feels it is
vital to get to the bottom of it. Apparently the fabric of America will be shaken if it is proven that New England taped
a practice or two. Whether or not this went on, the games are over and it would be best for the NFL to play the
game on the field and not in the Senate. Debate about the legitimacy of the Patriots wins, records, Super Bowls,
etc, will give ESPN something to air in all the coming downtime, giving them plenty of wasted airspace for “what if?”
talks that will never end until this is put to rest. And since there’s nothing else pressing on the national scene, the
good Senator has little to do but delve into this situation and get to the bottom of it.
Whining, complaining, and accusing someone of cheating. Is that why Specter is doing this: he doesn’t believe the
Patriots deserved any of their accolades and titles? Ironically, he must doing his job as a Pennsylvania Senator.
Who better is there to represent the crybaby Phillies and Eagles fans who always come up just short on the field,
and off it in the way they treat their own players and their opponents. Maybe at the end of this the Eagles will get
the championship they lost to the Patriots a few years ago. Is that the hope here? If so, Specter is doing his job,
screaming “cheaters” from the rooftops to best represent the jaded Eagles fan base that elected him.
now calling on NFL commissioner Roger Goodell to meet with him as soon as possible. The illustrious Senator
wishes to discuss the Patriots alleged Spygate tapes and the destruction of them by the NFL. Specter seems to
have a deep interest in this and even told ESPN:
"It could go to hearings. This is a matter to be considered by the [Senate Judiciary] Committee. I don't want to
make any broad assertions or elevate it beyond what I have a factual basis for doing. We're going to follow the
facts and if warranted, there could be hearings."
With the country at war, a recession looming, and an economic stimulus package on the table, it’s good to see
that one elected official has his priorities in place. Or does he?
Specter, for those unaware, was once a member of the Warren Commission, the group formed by Lyndon
Johnson to investigate the Kennedy assassination in 1963. For those who have not studied the assassination’s
history, the goal of the Commission was never to find the real killer(s), but to close the case promptly, at Johnson’s
urging, so the country could move forward. LBJ even threatened Earl Warren with the specter (ironic) of a war
where “40 million people will die,” insinuating that we would go to war with the USSR if a plot was found, even
though Johnson at the time knew if there was a plot, it was only domestic. Without going any further on this topic,
Specter and another lawyer, Francis Adams, were assigned to write the Commission chapter on the bullet directions
during the shooting.
Adams resigned and Specter wrote the chapter himself, conveniently coming up with the theory that one bullet
passed through both JFK and John Connolly, thereby allowing, in their minds, 3 shots to cause the wounds and
allowing only one shooter, Oswald, to have committed the crime. Ironically, another set of tapes, those from an
open radio on a police bike, later proved to most that there were more than 3 shots fired in the plaza, disproving
this theory. Specter did not go after these tapes with the same aggression as the football tapes he now seeks.
This Magic Bullet theory has since been disproved at every level and was even mocked by Jerry Seinfeld when
Kramer wrongly believed Keith Hernandez spit on he and Newman after a Mets game. It was later proven that
Roger McDowell fired the loogie from the gravelly road.
Now Arlen Specter is championing this situation where he believes the truth has been averted and he feels it is
vital to get to the bottom of it. Apparently the fabric of America will be shaken if it is proven that New England taped
a practice or two. Whether or not this went on, the games are over and it would be best for the NFL to play the
game on the field and not in the Senate. Debate about the legitimacy of the Patriots wins, records, Super Bowls,
etc, will give ESPN something to air in all the coming downtime, giving them plenty of wasted airspace for “what if?”
talks that will never end until this is put to rest. And since there’s nothing else pressing on the national scene, the
good Senator has little to do but delve into this situation and get to the bottom of it.
Whining, complaining, and accusing someone of cheating. Is that why Specter is doing this: he doesn’t believe the
Patriots deserved any of their accolades and titles? Ironically, he must doing his job as a Pennsylvania Senator.
Who better is there to represent the crybaby Phillies and Eagles fans who always come up just short on the field,
and off it in the way they treat their own players and their opponents. Maybe at the end of this the Eagles will get
the championship they lost to the Patriots a few years ago. Is that the hope here? If so, Specter is doing his job,
screaming “cheaters” from the rooftops to best represent the jaded Eagles fan base that elected him.
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