Ode to Arlen Specter

Though I may not be physically present in the city of Philadelphia and the wonderful state of Pennsylvania, I am an avid news watcher for the state and city. I keep up with everything going on just as though I was still there. I miss my home.

Today the news broke that Arlen Specter, total clown senator, switched parties. I am reminded of the last time this joker ran for office. He is what Rush Limbaugh calls, “a RINO…Republican In Name Only.” The only ramification for the switch is the filibuster proof senate. Other than that, the boy is doing nothing he didn’t do before. He’s been laughable as a Republican.

The polls are showing that Pat Toomey (who almost took the position from him in the last primary) was destroying Specter in the polls. His only way of surviving was to switch parties. His act is old. It also makes me happy I voted for Toomey last time.

What this does tell us is the continued slow spread of liberalism and post-Christianity coming down from its home in New England. The last few elections have shown PA slowly becoming more and more liberal. They are becoming more like NY, MA and NJ. The moral decline of Philadelphia and Pittsburgh carry the rest of the state.

Another thought is more proof for the reason why pastors and church-planters must strategically target the heart of the beast- New England. If the church wants to shut off the fountain, they need to go where this is breeding. No longer can we run from Boston, NYC and Connecticut. If we refuse because “it’s too hard” then we are only holding back the liberal tsunami that is going to overtake the Northern USA. The church can run to rural areas and the Bible belt and it only postpones the inevitable. Get with the program pastors and church planters.

The church has been holding on to our political power for years. It’s become painfully obvious that we are slowly losing power as religious right. Politics can’t change an immoral people. The gospel can and must. We can do our best with politics, but our hope is not in DC but JC. Politics control the outward behavior of men, but it does not transform the heart.