Filed under: Patriots , AFC East , NFL Fans It's been well established that senator Arlen Specter had ulterior motives for pursuing the NFL and the whole (not really) sordid Spygate saga: money. Specifically, helping the senator's biggest contributor, Comcast, get their greedy little mitts on a piece of the NFL Sunday Ticket pie . Now that Matt Walsh has finally spilled the beans, Specter is calling for a Mitchell report-like investigation of the Patriots under the guise of doing the people's business. Problem is, nobody can find these "people" outside of Comcast headquarters. So while the rest of us are ready to get on with our lives, Specter continues his crusade against ... well, something . Which, apparently, is enough to move Massachusetts senator Ted Kennedy into action . "With the war in Iraq raging on, gasoline prices closing in on $4 a gallon, and Americans losing their homes at record rates to foreclosure, the United States Senate should be focusing on the real problems that Americans are struggling with," Kennedy said through a spokesman in response to a question posed by a Globe reporter. "I'm looking forward to another great Patriots season where they can let their play on the field speak for itself." Save that last sentence, Kennedy's views echo those of just about every other rational person who has commented on the alleged scandal in the last three months. This doesn't take away from the ...
Anytime
Filed under: Patriots , AFC East , NFL Fans It's been well established that senator Arlen Specter had ulterior motives for pursuing the NFL and the whole (not really) sordid Spygate saga: money. Specifically, helping the senator's biggest contributor, Comcast, get their greedy little mitts on a piece of the NFL Sunday Ticket pie . Now that Matt Walsh has finally spilled the beans, Specter is calling for a Mitchell report-like investigation of the Patriots under the guise of doing the people's business. Problem is, nobody can find these "people" outside of Comcast headquarters. So while the rest of us are ready to get on with our lives, Specter continues his crusade against ... well, something . Which, apparently, is enough to move Massachusetts senator Ted Kennedy into action . "With the war in Iraq raging on, gasoline prices closing in on $4 a gallon, and Americans losing their homes at record rates to foreclosure, the United States Senate should be focusing on the real problems that Americans are struggling with," Kennedy said through a spokesman in response to a question posed by a Globe reporter. "I'm looking forward to another great Patriots season where they can let their play on the field speak for itself." Save that last sentence, Kennedy's views echo those of just about every other rational person who has commented on the alleged scandal in the last three months. This doesn't take away from the ...