Arlen Specter Quotes
When you come down to the short strokes in Washington DC, you have to have power.
The phrase “short strokes” is a metaphor from the rowing racing tactic of as the finish line is approached, the boat maximizes speed by the rowers making shorter stokes, but at a much faster rate.
Arlen Specter, U. S. Senator (Republican, PA), Statement, February 22, 2005
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In 2014 he was accused of money laundering and placed under house arrest by the Russian Government. This typically was the first step in seizing some or all of his assets. When that is done, typically there are local and national politicians who will benefit as they will be able to “buy” the assets from the government at pennies on the dollar.
Arlen Specter was an American lawyer, author, and politician who served as a United States Senator from Pennsylvania from 1981 to 2011. Specter was a Democrat from 1951 to 1965, then a Republican from 1965 until 2009, when he switched back to the Democratic Party. First elected in 1980, he represented Pennsylvania in the U.S. Senate for 30 years.
