Murtha appeals to MoveOn for help(Sends out emergency SOS letter)

politico.com ^ | Oct 29 2008

[Dog]

It's been an unusual alliance from the beginning and now Rep. John Murtha (D-Pa.), in trouble in his race to keep his seat, is appealing to his old friends at MoveOn to come to his rescue.

The relatively conservative Murtha became a hero to MoveOn members when he came out early against the war. His military background and previous support of the war made his opposition significant.

The letter asking for campaign cash doesn't mention what, exactly, got him into the trouble he's in, but refers instead to "swiftboating" and "the right-wing attack machine."

"This is a real emergency—with just 6 days left," he writes. "People like Rush Limbaugh, Bill O'Reilly and Sean Hannity are calling me a traitor and worse."

This letter went out to MoveOn members today...

[Dog]

Keep up the pressure..

[papasmurf]

Somebody, anybody, help me, please call 9 waa-waa!!!

[rom]

Did he mention that God-d***ned carpetbagger he screams about too?

[IllumiNaughtyByNature]

Running to MoveOn by a politician asking for help is like going to a paycheck cashing place for a payday loan. It will cost you significantly more that you can ever afford.

Good Riddance Traitor Murtha.

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

Murtha ping.....

[Army Air Corps]

Go for Murtha’s throat, folks.

[Parley Baer]

“The relatively conservative Murtha”

Maybe by MoveOn standards. He is a liberal in my book. He is starting to squeal pretty good so he must be in trouble. Bwahahahahaha.

[headstamp 2]

“The relatively conservative Murtha.....”

I’ll comment further when I can stop laughing.

[germanicus]

Murtha may have to sign an affidavit proving that he really is a traitor before getting any funds from Move-on. Of course, actions speak louder than words.

[Roccus]

"People like Rush Limbaugh, Bill O'Reilly and Sean Hannity are calling me a traitor and worse."

Rather cold-blooded of them, eh John? At least they didn't say you committed a crime you could be punished for.

[Army Air Corps]

How is the slimy putz doing?

[bert]

Ex military don’t have carpet bags, they have valpacks

[American Quilter]

"People like Rush Limbaugh, Bill O'Reilly and Sean Hannity are calling me a traitor and worse."

Hey, don't forget me, you disgrace. I'm calling you a traitor, too.

[P-Marlowe]

"People like Rush Limbaugh, Bill O'Reilly and Sean Hannity are calling me a traitor and worse."

For a liberal democrat, being called late for dinner is probably worse.

[ConservativeMind]

I gave money to his opponent, and I don’t live in Pennsylvania.

I encourage everyone to give to the conservative in all House races! Don’t bother to help the RINOs, as they will only vote liberal once in office.

[savedbygrace]

"People like Rush Limbaugh, Bill O'Reilly and Sean Hannity are calling me a traitor and worse."

Murtha thinks there's something worse than treason?

[jazusamo]

Murtha cries to MoveOn for help and says he's been called a traitor. At least no one called him a "cold blooded murderer."

Thanks for the ping, BTLD.

Murtha Watch Ping!

Code Pinkos

To be added to the Murtha Watch ping list please notify myself or RedRover.

[ETL]

MoveOn promo

Communist Party USA (Unity and Coalitions):
"MoveOn.org's nationwide network of more than 1,700,000 online activists is one of the most effective and responsive outlets for democratic participation available today."
http://cpusa.org/link/category/21/

[Born In America]

His defeat this November is definitely a start. There are many more to remove.

[RatsDawg]

“This is a real emergency—with just 6 days left,” he writes. “People like Rush Limbaugh, Bill O’Reilly and Sean Hannity are calling me a traitor and worse.”

Aww poor baby! Does little Jackie Murthie need his Mommy?

[hercuroc]

2 of Carlin's 7 words come to mind

[ladyvet]

[Anti-Bubba182]

Let’s see if being the Pork King in what is predicted to be a Democratic leaning election will be enough to save him.

[Naplm]

me too and I just gave again.. send him some funds

http://williamrussellforcongress.com/

[manc]

will do first thing tomorrow

how sweet would it be to vote him out even though i live in Fl

I’m sure soros will provide another few million

off topic but do the Dems have all the sugar daddies ?

[smoothsailing]

WEE-YUU, WHAT A STINKING WHINER

[jazusamo]

LOL!

Perfect graphic for this thread!

[RedRover]

He's gone completely off his rocker...

[for-q-clinton]

Wouldn’t that be coordination of effort and illegal under the McCain campaign finance fiasco?

[prairiebreeze]

I gave to Bill Russell’s campaign, and was happy to do it.

Anything to get Pig Murtha out of office.

[austinaero]

Only in his mind is there something worse than a traitor. I hope he is toast!

[1035rep]

Anything to get Pig Murtha out of office.

Amen!

[gwilhelm56]

**Only in his mind is there something worse than a traitor.**

I NEVER called him a Traitor!! I’ve only said he belongs as the 2nd Member of the BENEDICT ARNOLD ADMIRATION SOCIETY!!

[meyer]

"People like Rush Limbaugh, Bill O'Reilly and Sean Hannity are calling me a traitor and worse."

That's because you ARE a traitor, Murtha.

And an EX-Marine!

[amishman]

Destroy that traitorous bastard!!

[rlmorel]

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

“At least no one called him a “cold blooded murderer.”

I’ve called him ‘fatso’ on several occasions. Does that count??

;-)

[xzins]

"This is a real emergency—with just 6 days left," he writes. "People like Rush Limbaugh, Bill O'Reilly and Sean Hannity are calling me a traitor and worse."

Murtha IS a "traitor and worse!"

His treatment of the Haditha Marines AND his complicity in their continuing PERsecution via the military legal machine is among the more traitorous acts ever committed by any congressman in all US History.

[magellan]

What is amazing is, if he wants to keep his job, all he has to do is call a press conference and admit he made a grievous mistake in claiming the Haditha Marines “murdered in cold blood”. But his ego will not let him.

[bvw]

Great! Move On will continue their fabulous record of election success!

[freema]

The comments section is pretty good reading : )

[jazusamo]

Bump! Darn good reading. :)

[topher]

This is so sad... /sarcasm off

On second thoughts, more focus on Murtha might hurt Obama...

To all Democrats (and other supporters of Obama) -- abandon Obama now to try to save Murtha...

Now I wonder if the Democrats are stupid enough to focus on this... Especially if Obama loses by a nose (and some votes in PA because of Murtha...)

[TheThinker]

Glad to hear Murtha is grasping at straws. He’ll sell anything and anyone out to get reelected. I hope to see the slanderous traitor retired.

[smokingfrog]

He doesn’t need to be swift-boated. His rotten leaking ship is sinking on it’s own, while he shoots a few holes in the bottom himself to speed things up.

[newzjunkey]

Getting rid of Murtha would be a GREAT victory.

[newzjunkey]

That was a clip I had to see to believe. Murtha’s lost his mind. After 34 years, I think it’s time for Change in that district. ;)

[Straight Vermonter]

If Murtha gets ousted just think how happy our old buddy Coop will be.

[ncfool]

A RAT CALLING OUT TO A RAT!