[anita]

*****Rep. Sam Johnson (R-Tex.), who spent seven years as a prisoner of war in Vietnam, that 's longer than McCain or anyone else. Isn't it fair to have him with Murtha for balance, or atleast the appearance of fairness to viewers?

*****But, Peach already exposed Tim Russert acting as democrat-stooge, by twisting Powell's words by selective editing of MTP appearance.

*****Will Russert demand an answer from Murtha with this as he did with Tom Delay & other republicans?

Jack Murtha about Abscam Scandal & about his ethics problems?

Republican lawmakers say that ties between Rep. John Murtha (D-Pa.) and his brother's lobbying firm, KSA Consulting, may warrant investigation by the House ethics committee... According to a June 13 article in The Los Angeles Times, the fiscal 2005 defense appropriations bill included more than $20 million in funding for at least 10 companies for whom KSA lobbied. Carmen Scialabba, a longtime Murtha aide, works at KSA as well.

KSA directly lobbied Murtha's office on behalf of seven companies, and a Murtha aide told a defense contractor that it should retain KSA to represent it, according to the LA Times.

In early 2004, Murtha reportedly leaned on U.S. Navy officials to sign a contract to transfer the Hunters Point Shipyard to the city of San Francisco, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. A company called Lennar Inc. had right to the land, and Laurence Pelosi, nephew to House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), was an executive with the firm at that time.

Murtha also inserted earmarks in defense bills that steered millions of dollars in federal research funds toward companies owned by children of fellow Pennsylvania Rep. Paul Kanjorski (D). ..

At least 4 networks sense that Rumsfeld's views matter something today after last weeks incidents. Apparently, for Russert his democrat friend is much desirable than Sec.Def.

[Bahbah]

Just heard on Fox that Harold Ford, Jr. will not be making his announced appearance this morning. Hmmmm.

[Morgan in Denver]

Thanks, anita. Best expose Murtha right off the bat before anyone thinks he's a serious representative for the left.

[rodguy911]

Way to go anita digging out the truth so the msm can't spin their lies.
If it's the same company we have a huge home builder in Florida called Lennar.Who knows?

[MNJohnnie]

Forum The Constitution and Presidential War Powers Black Oak Books John Choon Yoo , University of California, Berkeley Jeffrey S. Brand , University of San Francisco

Yeah like this waste of broadcast time is going to be any where near coherent or accurate. CSPAN should hire Anita to do their programing. It would be a hugh improvement over this dreck

[Peach]

Great post about Murtha, anita.

I watched about 2 minutes of Murtha and couldn't take it.

Someone with a blog posted the information about Russert's misuse of Powell's words and I posted them here; it wasn't any research on my part.

Rumsfeld confirms he did not talk with Woodward about Valerie Plame. Also discusses Able Danger.

[demkicker]

Thanks, anita. I thought the same thing when reading that Russert doesn't have anyone on to balance Murtha. It's getting so that Tim Russert likes flaunting the fact that he's a dem shill and is through pretending that he is fair.

Russert is disgraceful.