Posted on 10/30/2008 10:12:12 PM PDT by WilliamReading
WASHINGTON – Richard Mellon Scaife, formerly No. 1 on Bill Clinton's enemies list as the so-called "marionette" of the "vast right-wing conspiracy," has chosen to endorse Pennsylvania Democrat Congressman John Murtha, who infamously declared U.S. Marines in Haditha, Iraq, were cold-blooded killers and just in recent days called his constituents "racist."
Scaife, who personally funded many of the investigations of the Clinton administration that led to the president's impeachment, used his Pittsburgh Tribune-Review newspaper to express support for Murtha.
"Mr. Murtha, seeking his 18th House term, has become a lot of people's favorite whipping boy. Just this month, he was eviscerated for – GASP! – confirming there are racists and rednecks in our midst. And his sharp words following the Haditha killings in Iraq might not have been the most artful but they certainly did force a change in basic tactics, as did his call for U.S. forces to leave Iraq. The military still has no better champion. It's no contest. Re-elect Jack Murtha," the editorial in the newspaper said.
Murtha is facing a challenge in the state's 12th Congressional District from Republican Bill Russell.
The choice of Murtha was not entirely unexpected, given the recent endorsements of the newspaper. Just months ago, Scaife, who also is a principle owner of NewsMax.com, declared how impressed he was with Hillary Clinton.
"Her meeting and her remarks during it changed my mind about her," Scaife wrote.
There is little question that when then-first lady Hillary Clinton famously lashed out at foes as a "vast, right-wing conspiracy," Scaife was one of the people on her mind. It was Scaife, an heir to fortunes made in banking, oil and aluminum, who subsidized the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review and underwrote countless conservative and Republican causes – including "the Arkansas Project," specifically designed to expose Clinton scandals.
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Interesting you should mention that. I've got Animal Farm setting right here next to the computer because I was thinking of quoting from it.
Scaife is old and I wonder if no a bit senile. He can hardly hear.
What a traitor not only to America; but himself. That is sad.
You know, I'm sure he meant it as an insult, but to me, that's exactly what I want in a Marine. I want my Marines to be stone-cold killers, the baddest men and women on the block. When the President says "Send in the Marines" I want the enemy crapping in their drawers thinking "{diety}-no, anyone but them!" Go US Marines! We don't want/need a watered-down fighting force.
is scaife a local hero or something,because this sounds like a case of who the fug is he. Joe Jones endorses Murtha....whooopie.
Speaking as a life long PA resident, I have to say...
WHO???
And also, WHO CARES?
Scaife is a billionaire who financed the American Spectator’s investigations into Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky etc.
He owns the Pittsburgh Tribune Review and Newsmax Magazine.
He used to be the George Soros of the Right.
Maybe Richard Mellon Scaife is an alcoholic or has dementia. I read that his personal life is in turmoil. His political turn-around doesn’t make sense.
The Trib jumped the shark a few years ago. it went from conservatism to libertarianism. Now it seems to just want to blast the Republican party not only when they deserve it, which is often, but all the time. Witness the Murtha endorsement. They’ve also blasted some solid conservative local politicians this week.
I get it for the Sudoku puzzle.
I prefer marines to be killers. Marines without killing is the Coast Guard.
Hopefully the people of Southwest PA whether in Murtha’s district or not will, especially the veterans who subscribe to the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, will realize that Schaife is and has been endorsing a corrupt politician for years and cancel their subscriptions.
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