Arlen Specter: Asshat
Senator Specter is "incensed" about the NFL's Spygate (non) scandal: Apparently, soaring oil prices, war, economic uncertainty, a presidential election, and his own fight against recurring cancer just aren't enough to fill his plate. He has to defend the honor of the Pittsburgh Steelers.
The Pennsylvania Republican was unforgiving of his criticism of NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, saying that Goodell has made “ridiculous” assertions that wouldn’t fly “in kindergarten.” The Senator said Goodell was caught in an “apparent conflict of interest” because the NFL doesn’t want the public to lose confidence in the league’s integrity. “They are enormous role models for everybody,” Specter said. “If you can cheat in the NFL, you can cheat in college, you can cheat in high school, you can cheat on your grade-school math test. There’s no limit as to what you can do. I think they owe the public a lot more candor and a lot more credibility.”
If he really wants to involve himself in NFL business, maybe he could get a law passed banning Bill Belichick's ratty sweatshirts.
