Shut the Hell up you traitor scum!!!
Posted on 11/18/2005 1:33:56 PM PST by proud_yank
Dear Loser,
This is our moment of truth. You and I have to make it absolutely clear that we won't stand for Republican "Swift Boat" style attacks on Jack Murtha.
Yesterday, an extraordinary congressman, former Marine Drill Sergeant and decorated Vietnam veteran, spoke out on the war in Iraq. He didn't come to that moment lightly. He spoke his mind and spoke his heart out of love for his country and support for our troops. No sooner had the words left his lips than the vicious assault on his character and patriotism began.
Today, in a statement on the Senate floor, in interviews with the national media, and in this message to you, I am seeking out every opportunity to defend a brave American hero that the Republican attack machine has set their sights on.
I urge you to do the same. Whether you agree or disagree with Jack Murtha is irrelevant. These despicable attacks on Jack Murtha's patriotism and courage must be met with an enormous public outcry. Call your local talk radio show, write a letter to the editor, phone your members of Congress - join me in acting now to reject these "Swift Boat" style attacks on Jack Murtha.
It disgusts me that a bunch of guys who have never put on the uniform of their country have aimed their venom at a marine who served America heroically in Vietnam and has been serving heroically in Congress ever since. No matter what J.D. Hayworth says, there is no sterner stuff than the backbone and courage that defines Jack Murtha's character and conscience.
Dennis Hastert -- the Speaker of the House who never served -- accused Jack Murtha of being a coward. Well let me tell you, Jack Murtha wasn't a coward when he put himself in harm's way for his country in Vietnam and earned two purple hearts -- he was a patriot then, and he is a patriot today. Jack Murtha's courage in combat earned him a Bronze Star, and his voice should be heard, not silenced by those who still today cut and run from the truth.
Instead of letting his cronies run their mouths, the President for once should stop his allies from doing to Jack Murtha what he set them loose to do to John McCain in South Carolina and Max Cleland in Georgia.
The President should finally find the courage to debate the real issue instead of destroying anyone who speaks truth to power as they see it. It's time for Americans to stand up, fight back, and make it clear it's unacceptable to do this to any leader of any party anywhere in our country.
I urge you to join today in a massive public outcry that rejects the attempt to demonize and destroy anyone who dares to disagree with George W. Bush's aimless "stay for as long as it takes" policy on Iraq.
Please act now. Call and email your elected officials. Flood talk radio with calls rejecting these vicious smear tactics. Send a letter to the editor. Express your outrage about the tired old Rovian "Swift Boat" style attacks on Jack Murtha.
Sincerely,
John Kerry
Too too funny though...
Well Effin, you got your chance now in the senate to show where you stand on Iraq!
I would be absolutely poleaxed if Dennis Hastert called Murtha a coward.
I don't question Mr. Murtha's past patriotism, but his character, well, his character is on display for all to see: he's got nowhere to hide.
Shut the Hell up you traitor scum!!!
Here we go - again! - with the old,tedious,worn-out crap about Vietnam! As though that confers some special insight and vision that trancends sheer political stupidity. John McCain is a truly heroic veteran and he SUPPORTS the war in Iraq. The truth is, it doesn't matter a damn if a pol was in Vietnam except for those who - like Kerry - want to refight yesterday's battles. And we see what good that did him! As the National Review said some months ago, "Dear God, will that war NEVER leave us?"
Dear John,
What do you think of your buddy, fellow veteran, and would-be running mate John McCain calling for 10,000 MORE troops be sent to Iraq?
Can you place any more cliche's and talking points into one email? Dang!
Bush must send 10,000 additional troops to Iraq right now! Then withdraw 30,000 troops before Christmas. If he can't see the wisdom in this advice, he's as stupid as everyone says.
{I hope I don't need a sacrcism tag for this.}
Well .. Murtha said - after only 6 months into the war - THIS WAR IN UN-WINNABLE.
I don't see as how this newest statement is anything unusual or strange for this guy.
Do I remember the rats BEGGING for a vote to go to war? They didn't want to be left out? Klinton was actually disappointed that 9/11 didn't occur on his watch?
You forgot to mention 'constipation of the brain'.
kerry sure doesn't feel that way about Swift Boat Vets does he?
Kerry is trying to make himself look better by comparing himself to Murtha. Murtha must be just thrilled to have Kerry saying that the attacks on him are like the swift boat attacks on Kerry. Murtha said some utterly ridiculous things recently, but I bet he's just as ashamed of Kerry as the Swifties were. With friends like self-serving Kerry, who needs enemies?
That war won't leave us because, for all of us who are older than forty and aren't idiot amnesiacs, the old saying "those who don't learn from history are doomed to repeat it" still has meaning.
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