Arlen Specter: Romney has Changed Positions More Often Than a Pornographic Movie Queen

Former Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter, the moderate Republican who jumped ship in 2009 because he thought he could win as a Democrat, then lost in the primary as a Democrat and retired, made a crack at Mitt Romney on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” that stunned the other panelists.

Co-host Mika Brzezinski waxed philosophical with him on what he thought was going to happen with the Republican party in the future.

Specter responded by going after Mitt Romney saying,

“Well, the Republican party has moved so far to the right, you can’t recognize Mitt Romney. What Mitt Romney will appear in October?”

then he took a page out of the Bill Maher joke book saying,

“Mitt Romney has changed positions more often than a pornographic movie queen.”

The panelists on the show were obviously taken aback and managed to squeak out a few awkward chuckles. Then co-host Joe Scarborough defended the joke as something a comedian would say, and showed footage of Specter doing a stand up routine (the Senator dabbles a little bit in Stand Up).

Throughout the entire segment Specter went on the offensive against the political system and the further polarizing of the parties. He also ranted for a little bit about his disdain for the primaries. Specter was defeated in a 2010 Democratic primary for U.S. Senate by Joe Sestak, who lost to Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) in the general election.

Specter is touring the country to promote his new memoir “Life Among The Cannibals,” detailing his career in the Senate.