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You have to understand that Murtha is executing "the mother of all smokescreens" to keep his butt out of a scandal.

Here is what has been reported by the L.A. Times and Investor's Business Daily...

"As ranking Democrat on the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, Murtha "walks on water," explained Keith Ashdown of Taxpayers for Common Sense, in an interview with Washington's The Hill newspaper. "If you want anything done on the committee, you go to Murtha." He's delivered so much pork to his congressional district, an airport and a major highway are named after Murtha. Ashdown and his nonpartisan watchdog group criticized Murtha for using the $417 billion fiscal 2005 Pentagon spending bill to give business to his lobbyist brother. The Los Angeles Times in June reported that Murtha funneled nearly $21 million to 10 or more corporate clients of KSA Consulting, where Robert "Kit" Murtha is a senior partner. Carmen Scialabba, a Murtha congressional aide for 27 years, is also a high-ranking official at KSA. In one case, a small Arkansas manufacturer of military vehicles who was a KSA client was awarded $1.7 million - triple its total sales for 2004. One defense contractor based in Murtha's home state of Pennsylvania even told the Times he hired KSA on the recommendation of a top Murtha aide. The newspaper Roll Call reported that there might be a House ethics committee investigation of Murtha's apparent improprieties. But is that possible now that Murtha has become the media's "hawk with a conscience?" Come to think of it, could Murtha have been thinking about a possible ethics investigation when he decided to throw himself into the public limelight last week? National Security: Contrary to popular opinion, Rep. John Murtha, the decorated ex-Marine who called for an immediate withdrawal from Iraq, is no hawk. He may also soon be probed for misusing defense appropriations"

Bottom line seems to be that Murtha is trying to avoid an influence scandal by being an attack dog on Iraq so that any attack on his integrity (influence scandal investigation) will look like a partisan attack on his credibility.

Pass this post around to your fellow servicemen so that we can finally expose this soon-to-be disgraced Marine for what he truly is.