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WE LIKE YOU! WE REALLY, REALLY LIKE YOU! [Coulter]
Yahoo News ^ | November 30, 2005 | Ann Coulter

Posted on 11/30/2005 3:51:28 PM PST by Plutarch

When Democratic Rep. John Murtha called for the withdrawal of American troops in the middle of the war, Republicans immediately leapt to action by calling Murtha a war hero, a patriot and a great American.

I haven't heard Republicans issue this many encomiums to one man since Ronald Reagan died. By now, Murtha has been transformed into the greatest warrior since Alexander the Great and is probably dating Jennifer Aniston.

In response to Murtha's demand for the "immediate withdrawal of American troops" -- as The New York Times put it -- President Bush called Murtha a "fine man, a good man" who served with "honor and distinction," who "is a strong supporter of the United States military." He said he knew Murtha's "decision to call for an immediate withdrawal of our troops ... was done in a careful and thoughtful way."

Vice President Dick Cheney called Murtha "a good man, a Marine, a patriot."

Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said Murtha is "a fine man, I know him personally ... and it's perfectly proper to have a debate over these things, and have a public debate."

National Security Adviser Steve Hadley called in his praise for Murtha from South Korea, saying Murtha was "a veteran, a veteran congressman and a great leader in the Congress."

During the House debate on Murtha's insane proposal to withdraw troops in the middle of the war, Rep. Henry Hyde (news, bio, voting record), R-Ill., said Murtha deserved an "A-plus as a truly great American," and Rep. Curt Weldon (news, bio, voting record), R-Pa., said "none of us should think of questioning his motives or desires for American troops."

On the House floor, both Republicans and Democrats repeatedly gave Murtha rousing standing ovations. There was so much praise for Murtha that one of his Democratic colleagues asked him if he still had to attend Murtha's funeral.

What is this? Special Olympics for the Democrats? Can't Republicans disagree with a Democrat who demands that the U.S. surrender in the middle of a war without erecting monuments to him first? What would happen if a Democrat were to propose restoring Saddam Hussein to power? Is that Medal of Freedom territory?

I don't know what Republicans imagine they're getting out of all this love they keep throwing at Democrats. I've never heard a single liberal preface attacks on Oliver North with a recitation of North's magnificent service as a Marine. And unlike Murtha, who refuses to release his medical records showing he was entitled to his two Purple Hearts, we know what North did. (These Democrat military veterans are hardly shrinking violets when it comes to citing their medals, but they get awfully squeamish when pressed for details.)

We also know what Rep. Randy Cunningham , R-Calif., did to earn his medals. One of only two American Navy aces that the Vietnam War produced, Cunningham shot down five MiGs, three in one day, including a North Vietnamese pilot with 13 American kills. Cunningham never did something as insane as proposing that we withdraw troops in the middle of a war, but this week he did admit to taking bribes.

And yet, no Democrat breathed a word of Cunningham's unquestioned heroism before rushing to denounce him as "the latest example of the culture of corruption" -- in the words of Rep. Nancy Pelosi .

Sen. Teddy Kennedy didn't issue a 20-minute soliloquy on what a wonderful man Judge Robert Bork was as a human being before attacking his judicial philosophy. Kennedy just laid into Bork like he was George Lincoln Rockwell.

Speaking of which, George Lincoln Rockwell, former head of the American Nazi Party, served in the military during World War II. Are we obligated to praise his war service before disputing his views?

CNN's Bill Schneider summarized the Republican love-fest for Murtha by saying that House Republicans "started calling him some very ugly names -- cowardly, shameful, he wanted to cut and run, he wanted to surrender to the terrorists, emboldening the enemy." Are we all looking at the same "intelligence"?

The only Republican congressman who did not offer to have sex with John Murtha on the House floor was Jean Schmidt, R-Ohio. While debating Murtha's own proposal to withdraw American troops from Iraq in the middle of a war waged to depose a monstrous dictator who posed a threat to American national security, Schmidt made the indisputably true remark that Marines don't cut and run. (She was right! Murtha voted against his own proposal.)

Schmidt's precise words were: "I received a call from Col. Danny Bubp. He also asked me to send Congressman Murtha a message, that cowards cut and run, Marines never do." Bubp later said -- pointlessly -- that he was not calling Murtha a coward. Neither was Jean Schmidt. (These guys are very brave facing down the VC, but cower before the MSM.)

Now Schmidt is Emmanuel Goldstein, subjected to the liberals' Orwellian two-minutes hate, and not one Republican will defend her. If Republicans were one-tenth as rough with the congressman who wants to withdraw troops in the middle of a war as they are on a congresswoman who calls it cowardly to withdraw troops in the middle of a war, we might have a functioning Republican Party.


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: 109th; coulter; exmarine; murtha
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1 posted on 11/30/2005 3:51:29 PM PST by Plutarch
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To: Plutarch

Bump!


2 posted on 11/30/2005 3:52:26 PM PST by Enterprise (The modern Democrat Party - a toxic stew of mental illness, cultism, and organized crime.)
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To: Enterprise
It must be done....


3 posted on 11/30/2005 3:54:35 PM PST by Peepster (If guns kill people, than spoons make Michael Moore fat!!)
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To: Plutarch; hellinahandcart; Lil'freeper; Ann Coulter
On the House floor, both Republicans and Democrats repeatedly gave Murtha rousing standing ovations. There was so much praise for Murtha that one of his Democratic colleagues asked him if he still had to attend Murtha's funeral.

They blew so much sunshine up his @$$ that he could light the entire Eastern Seaboard all by himself!

4 posted on 11/30/2005 3:57:27 PM PST by sauropod ("The love that dare not speak its' name has now become the love that won't shut the hell up.")
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To: Plutarch
Outstanding! Thanks for posting.

You won't find a better summation anywhere than her last sentence: If Republicans were one-tenth as rough with the congressman who wants to withdraw troops in the middle of a war as they are on a congresswoman who calls it cowardly to withdraw troops in the middle of a war, we might have a functioning Republican Party.

God how I wish this party would grow a spine.

5 posted on 11/30/2005 3:57:44 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: Plutarch
The only Republican congressman who did not offer to have sex with John Murtha on the House floor was Jean Schmidt, R-Ohio.

She is the only one with 'balls'... the rest should hang their head in shame...

6 posted on 11/30/2005 3:58:16 PM PST by CommandoFrank (Peer into the depths of hell and there you will find the face of Islam...)
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To: Plutarch
Excellent. I'd dispute the point that the war is half over. The war is over when Sodom's army fell (28 days, I believe). What we're doing over there now is part of what will probably prove to be a very long WOT. They aren't soldiers we're fighting. They're terrorists.

This is a point we need to drive home to keep the left in this country from perpetuating the lie that this is a quagmire, we have no plan, etc., etc. ad nauseum.
7 posted on 11/30/2005 3:59:10 PM PST by Ghost of Philip Marlowe (Liberals are blind. They are the dupes of Leftists who know exactly what they're doing.)
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To: Plutarch

The media has made it to where any criticism of the insane poilicy of surrender is "questioning someone's patriotism".


8 posted on 11/30/2005 4:00:09 PM PST by WinOne4TheGipper (One generation's satire becomes the next one's reality.)
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To: CommandoFrank

I second that. None of my checks go to the RNC but I'll send her one for her reelection bid.


9 posted on 11/30/2005 4:01:41 PM PST by caisson71
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To: sauropod

God bless Ann.


10 posted on 11/30/2005 4:01:59 PM PST by EternalVigilance
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To: Plutarch
It's the weak, overly and inappropriately respectful weinieness that made me turn in my Republican membership card. I still vote for them, and I guess that's the main thing, but I can't look at them and say to myself "yep, those are my people. I'm a Republican!" I used to in the days of Ronald Reagan, may he rest in peace with my eternal gratitude for his service in saving our nation.
11 posted on 11/30/2005 4:03:48 PM PST by GBA (I believe Congressman Weldon! MSM do your job.)
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To: Plutarch
If Republicans were one-tenth as rough with the congressman who wants to withdraw troops in the middle of a war as they are on a congresswoman who calls it cowardly to withdraw troops in the middle of a war, we might have a functioning Republican Party.

Bump!

12 posted on 11/30/2005 4:04:35 PM PST by nicmarlo
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To: ProtectOurFreedom
God how I wish this party would grow a spine.

There's other valuable pieces of anatomy needed before there's a chance of the repubs trying to stand up for thier own...
13 posted on 11/30/2005 4:04:36 PM PST by Dr.Zoidberg (Childrens classics updated for modern islam. "If You're Happy and You Know It, Go Kaboom!")
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To: Plutarch

It appears that what Murtha was and did as a Marine was because of the company he kept. Taken away from good and honorable men, he's a mushhead, a lacky of Pelosi and a lapdog for the Dims. Nobody questions his patriotism while he was in uniform but we certainly question his sanity since he started hanging with this bunch of cowards.


14 posted on 11/30/2005 4:09:04 PM PST by caisson71
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To: Ghost of Philip Marlowe

I wish you could find a way to spread your simple truths. That is the perfect place to eradicate terrorists and keep them engaged and out of our airports.


15 posted on 11/30/2005 4:12:13 PM PST by billhilly (If you're lurking here from DU (Democrats unglued), I trust this post will make you sick.)
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To: Plutarch
George Lincoln Rockwell, former head of the American Nazi Party

Hmph. I thought that was Robert Byrd.

16 posted on 11/30/2005 4:14:52 PM PST by theDentist (The Dems have put all their eggs in one basket-case: Howard "Belltower" Dean.)
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To: Plutarch
"I've never heard a single liberal preface attacks on Oliver North with a recitation of North's magnificent service as a Marine."

Sing it sister. Ya gotta love Ann.
17 posted on 11/30/2005 4:17:27 PM PST by Texas_Jarhead
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To: Plutarch
The only Republican congressman who did not offer to have sex with John Murtha on the House floor was Jean Schmidt....

The best line I have read in a long time.

18 posted on 11/30/2005 4:18:29 PM PST by SeeRushToldU_So (Go UGA beat LSU!)
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To: Plutarch

Too many Republicans have the deepseated feeling that Democrats are the true ruling class and that Republicns are only temporary usurpers who accidently got the top position. The Democrats must be constantly praised, apologized to and placated while they are in a temporary reversal.


19 posted on 11/30/2005 4:20:29 PM PST by ThanhPhero (di hanh huong den La Vang)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom
Ann Coulter........ the Murtha love fest certainly was not a first:

And then, of course, there's Senator Edward Kennedy. And the folks at the Crawford Coffee Shop -- (laughter) -- would be somewhat shocked when I told them I actually like the fellow. (Laughter and applause.) He is a fabulous United States senator.-- President George Bush, Jan. 8, 2002

You are right, ProtectOurFreedom, most of us here wish the GOP "will grow a spine". The RATs fight with knives, bar stools, chains, and handguns. The GOP "fights" with one hand tied behind their back and with their head implanted up their butts.

This is a bitter pill to swallow, but let's be real--Bush and the GOP are very French-like.

20 posted on 11/30/2005 4:23:10 PM PST by Dont_Tread_On_Me_888 (Bush's #1 priority Africa. #2 priority appease Fox and Mexico . . . USA priority #64.)
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