If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck it must be the Honorable Representative from Pennsylvania.
Posted on 11/20/2005 10:03:23 AM PST by Kitten Festival
The prize for the most dramatic oratory in the United States Congress in the new millennium goes to fledgling Representative Jean Schmidt. In the midst of debate over whether the House of Representatives should vote on a resolution endorsing immediate U.S. withdrawal from Iraq she conveyed a message she had received from an active duty Marine colonel, to Representative Jack Murtha. Murtha, a decorated Marine veteran, inspired the debate earlier this week by calling for withdrawal from Iraq.
Representative Smith’s message quoting the colonel was simple: “Cowards cut and run, Marines never do.” [snip] When people engage in debate within the boundaries of legitimate disagreement they should be respectful. But we need to maintain those boundaries.
Jack Murtha’s call for immediate disengagement took him far outside the boundaries of legitimate disagreement. He has never been able to articulate any plausible basis for his position on Iraq. There is a simple reason for that. There isn’t one.
Reasonable people cannot differ about whether or not the United States should press forward with our war against the terror masters. For the time being Iraq is inevitably the principal front in that war. A congressman who tries to duck his share of the responsibility for prosecuting that war is displaying moral cowardice. Any American who recommends retreat is injuring his own country and calling his own patriotism into question.
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I believe he was blackmailed into doing/saying what he did.
He is without integrity. He has no principles.
From what I've heard he has a couple of purple hearts, but so does John Kerry who got his shaving so that doesn't necessarily mean much.
I like to instead just think he is an old drunk fool. A democrat.
Don't whitewash his treason. He is a grave insult to all honorable marines.
The demoSCUM (and many RINOs) want our country to focus more on words, than on action.
It is the reason why that the PC culture has overtaken most public discourse. If someone is a scumbag, lying, piece of crap, one shouldn't be forced call them "my colleague". Just because someone was elected to Congress, doesn't mean that they have the best interests of this country at heart (and, yes, that applies to both party members).
Bottom line: Respect is earned, not given.
And, unfortunately, respect can be pissed away in one act.
That is what has happened to Rep Murtha. Sure he served his country; that's good. He has served in Congress for years: good.
But... when you have thrown in with the likes of Nancy Piglosi and her anti-American rhetoric, you're knocked back down to zero. And rightly so.
It's real simple. Most of us learned it a long time ago: actions, not words.
The dems are hollow talkers. I prefer action. So, when they say that they want "this" or "that". Call 'em on it. They are all show, no go. Plain and simple.
-When people engage in debate within the boundaries of legitimate disagreement...-
Cutting and running in the middle of an engagement we're having success with doesn't qualify as "legitimate" to me. If our misrepresentatives are so ill-informed they don't know about the successes (vote - duh! constitution - duh! police training - duh!) they shouldn't waste our time by seat-warming in DC.
He may have been a brave patriot once, but now he's neither one. And before people start whining that he's served his country--let me say, so did Benedict Arnold. They don't get a pass just because they did right in the past. They need to keep doing right.
If Murtha was an active Marine in Iraq and called for surrender, then yes he would be a coward. But in the safety of his own home, there must be alternative reasons....he has become a lacky of the dems in the ruthless desire to return to power.
Just get out of the way Murtha, you are ruining your life and reputation....I take that back...its already ruined. Very sad.
I doubt Murtha is a coward
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You guys are dicussing the wrong issue?
The issue is John Murtha is a coward on the real issue.
The real issue is he is cowardly to discuss the war on terror.
No..he is not....he is a decorated military vet. This kind of attack will not serve us well with the military or the American people.
From the suggestions I have seen posted here recently, it may be that Murtha "supports the military" because he is one of the two or three biggest pork artists in the country, and the Defense Department always has a lot of money to spend and, I'm afraid, waste.
He has been involved with a number of corrupt deals, according to reports, and presumably is getting kickbacks or contributions in return.
Spending a lot of money on military purchasing doesn't necessarily mean you are doing the right thing. It depends very much on how you spend it.
Patriot turned Democrat says it all, doesn't it?
I haven't been able to see his exact votes but the freeper nitejohnboy posted some information to me on another tread that makes suspect that Murtha voted against the South Vietnamese in 1975.
I think it will eventually be recognized that the Dems and their media cohorts stifiling of the good news out of Iraq in favor of stirring up resentment against the President of the United States will be the most egregious example of treason and sedition in American history.
"Is Jack Murtha a Coward and a Traitor?"
When the going gets tough... you know the rest. When the going gets tough, Murtha quits!
Is he a coward? Don't know, probably not.
A traitor? He has taken a position that he knows will lead to the defeat of the US military. A position that will embolden the enemy. It gives aid and comfort to terrorists and enemies of the US. Isn't that what a traitor does? What would a traitor do differently than Murtha or any DemocRAT is doing?
He has always been a party hack. The only difference between now and thirty years ago when he first began eating from the public trough ... is thirty years.
If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck it must be the Honorable Representative from Pennsylvania.
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You don't think Murtha believes his message?
Agree or disagree with what Rep Murtha has said, I defend his right to say it. Isn't it what American service men and woman are fighting for?
Stupid questions such as the title of this thread don't deserve an answer.
You support the right of a US Congressman to deliberately and publicy undermine the morale of our Marines and to encourage the terrorists who kill them?
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