[OkeyDokeyOkie]

Rep. Jean Schmidt deserves praise, not condemnation. My only problem with Rep. Schmidt is that she allowed herself to be intimidated by the the verbal attacks of Democrats and the near physical attack by Rep. Harold Ford, who had to be restrained by other representatives. Rep. Schmidt did not call Rep. Murtha a coward, she simply quoted a Marine constituent who asked her to remind Rep. Murtha that cowards cut and run, Marines never do, a fact that the retired Marine, Rep. Murtha, had obviously forgotten.

[denydenydeny]

The long knives are out for her.

Tonight's Saturday Night Live--a show that has become the entertainment division of moveon.org--spent five excruciatingly unfunny minutes attacking Schmidt.

[Fiddlstix]

BTTT

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

murtha : Pay attention

You have been hanging around to long with cut and run hanoi kerry

The Brothers and Sisters on The Wall know what you have done.

And before you complain about me, I was there also.

DISMISSED!

[Old Seadog]

Jean Schmidt

[thoughtomator]

The best way to respond to a NY Times character assassination is to send a check for her re-election campaign. Anyone have an address for that?

[martin_fierro]

And Harold Ford is a punk-a$$ b*tch.

[Rome2000]

Murtha is a senile old coot.

The Democrats have been aiding the enemy since the Civil War.

Screw them and send them straight to hell.

[skinkinthegrass]

THAT'S RIGHT, TELL 'EM "HOW YA FEEL"...show all the republicans how to handle the Rats...HIT 'EM WITH THE TRUTH!

[JRios1968]

Rep. Schmidt did not call Rep. Murtha a coward...

But, as the saying goes, "if it sounds like a duck, and looks like a duck..."

And let's not forget the "brave" Rep Harold "Smack my b***h up" Ford, who decided to show her who's the man...

[isthisnickcool]

Supposedly she broke one of the silly little "rules" of the House. It was funny how the Democrats had a hissy fit then they went on to make worse comments about the president.

The bottom line is that everyone knows what she said. And, the Democrats got slapped down by being forced to vote "for" something they did not want to.

[river rat]

"....and the near physical attack by Rep. Harold Ford, who had to be restrained by other representatives."

That would have been a welcomed "career" ender for the jerk from Tennessee.

I'd also bet that "Mean Jean" would have kicked his ass......soundly.

I just LOVE seeing Democrat heads exploding in anger....

Semper Fi

[Soul Seeker]

While the speech created a ruckus in Washington, it is not clear that it will hurt Ms. Schmidt back home, in a district that is one of the strongest Republican bastions in the country.

And

The 100-proof speech on the House floor may shore up Ms. Schmidt's standing inside her party's right flank. "I was listening to talk radio today, and people were calling in and praising her," said Chris Finney, a Cincinnati Republican allied with Ms. Schmidt's local rivals. "They like that jingoistic thinking."

LOL! Poor NYT's. J.S. has just written her ticket to re-election next year and it frosts them they can't do anything about it but print tired 'nicknames' they've given her. Well, hey, calling Delay the "Hammer" has done wonders for his reputation. :-)

Everyone needs to give this woman a call, write a letter, send a fax or E-mail her. She done good. I would also singularly isolate J.D. hayworth for the idea, and Johnson for his closing comments as well as everyone of your Reps that spoke or voted in affirmative both times. If you have a Dem, thank them for supporting the troops, the WOT of which Iraq is part, and our President. LOL

[thoughtomator]

Schmidt for Congress Committee

P.O. Box 867

Milford, OH 45150

[lizma]

If ever in the history of this nation the term "FU", or something more PC, should have been uttered on the floor. she should have uttered it and not back down. If you think about it what could they really do to her?

These are people that think rape is no big deal! So much for moral high ground. The repubs should run with this. Whether they do or not is another story. Not holding m breath.

[Texas_Jarhead]

"So when Representative Jean Schmidt, an Ohio Republican, created a furor on her 75th day in Congress by lobbing the word "coward" toward a Democratic war hero, those who know her best were anything but surprised."

Flat out distortion and misrepresentation by the NYT? How could that be possible.

[Spiff]

Rep. Jean Schmidt deserves praise, not condemnation. My only problem with Rep. Schmidt is that she allowed herself to be intimidated by the the verbal attacks of Democrats and the near physical attack by Rep. Harold Ford, who had to be restrained by other representatives. Rep. Schmidt did not call Rep. Murtha a coward, she simply quoted a Marine constituent who asked her to remind Rep. Murtha that cowards cut and run, Marines never do, a fact that the retired Marine, Rep. Murtha, had obviously forgotten.

I like what she said, but she later withdrew her comments.

[hinckley buzzard]

Rep. Jean Schmidt deserves praise, not condemnation

Indeed, By simply quoting a letter from a real-time military man, she tore the mask off the violent criminal psychopaths who make up the democrat party in Congress. This woman has more courage than Jack Murtha and the next hundred 'rats in a row put together.

[nutmeg]

ping! (KUDOS, "Mean Jean")

Please FReepmail me if you want on or off my ‘miscellaneous’ ping list.

[FlingWingFlyer]

It isn't very often that the DemocRATS have someone they can refer to as a "Democratic war hero" so I can see why they would be offended when you call their cut and runner a coward. LOL!

Most DemocRATS are girlymen like Ford.

[rvoitier]

I understand the near altercation was between Ford and Tancredo, not Schmidt.

As it went, Ford assumed Tancredo was discussing the Murtha situation with a dem when he overheard the conversation and stuck his nose where he had no proper business. The conversation was on another topic.