Dear Senator Specter: We Don't Want You Anyway!

I am glad you have followed your conscience—however corrupted it might be—and joined the Democrat Party—however corrupted it might be.

You have sold out Conservative principles for a long time now, Senator. In your heart of hearts were you ever a Conservative? You argue that you vote to represent your constituents, hence you are a populist and a coward—not a leader. So what do you stand for? It appears that you stand for very little but political expediency. In all fairness, you have been right on some issues, even as of late; but when the game has been on the line—so many times when our backs have been against the wall—you have let us down. You have turned your back on us. You have sold us out.

Today you mentioned the "big tent" of Reagan Conservatism that you were in when you got elected in 1980. You claim that the Republicans have moved too far right to accommodate a “moderate” like yourself. If you were truthful you would say how you rode the wave of Reagan's landslide right into office and how you now you seek to use Obama's political capital to further your career. Reagan's principles are obviously very different from your philosophy, Senator. You fooled a lot of people, but as of late your true colors have started to show.

I must correct you on this point, Senator--President Reagan's tent was big because he reached out to many who believed in the fundamentals of Conservatism. Prior to him, the Republicans did not make near the effort he did to reach out to and welcome such people into the party. Reagan spent the better part of two decades changing the core values of the Republican Party and reaching out to those who had similar values. Ronald Reagan was a leader.

The aforementioned tent also had a big fence around it—kind of like the big fence that your Congress and the President were supposed to build on our southern border. Liberals were not welcomed in for a long time, but the fence around the Republican Party has been breached by many of the likes of you. The “Conservative ICE” was coming for you and you got scared...Admit It! We Conservatives were planning on unseating you in a primary next year anyway. Now we all know how scared you are, but no matter, we will defeat you in the general election just as well.

Enjoy your last 18 months in office.