Murtha: Generals All Agree With Me, Even When They Don't (Hardball 11/30/05)

Hardball w/ Hissy Matthspews (Transcript) ^ | 30 November 2005

[Stultis]

MURTHA: [...] I said to Ambassador Bremer when he was over there, I said you‘re being too optimistic about this thing.  Be truthful.  The American public wants to hear the truth, and it‘ll backfire when you keeping telling these dishonest stories you keep telling. [...] And he just ignored it.  [...] they‘re not telling the truth.  [...] They‘re not being honest.

MATTHEWS:  Is George Casey, the American commander in the Army, is George Casey telling the truth?  Is he one of the guys giving the president positive vibes when there‘s no reason for them, or is he telling people like yourself the truth?  Or both?

MURTHA:  Chris, you know, I deal with these guys all the time.  I know how they feel.  They—even if they don‘t say it, I know exactly how they feel.  And I know that he said, for instance, one of the problems in this insurgency is the American occupation.  And he‘s saying in so many words, we‘ve become the enemy.  That‘s what General Casey said.

Abizaid said basically the same thing.  One of our policies will be to start to withdraw.  I mean, they‘re all saying what I‘m saying, but they won‘t admit—the sooner we get them out, the better it will be for Iraq, the better it will be for the ...

MATTHEWS:  The president just—last point.  The president said today that if any general in the field over there needs more troops, he merely has to ask me.  Is that an honest statement?

MURTHA:  That‘s not an honest statement.  Let me tell you something.  I talked to one of the generals, he said he doesn‘t have enough troops to protect the Syrian border, and that‘s one of the missions that he‘s been given.  So, you know, I know how discouraged they‘ve been.

[Edit35]

How to explain ...

Someone should perform an MRI on Murtha's head. He might have some shrapnel lodged in there somewhere.

As much as I respect Marines, Murtha has spent his entire stock of goodwill... and I cant help think of him NOT as simply a man with a different point of view, but someone who is seeking to harm our national reputation.

[Ann Archy]

Republican prosecutors won't even go after a REAL traitor/criminal, Sandy Burglar!

[RJL]

MURTHA: Chris, you know, I deal with these guys all the time. I know how they feel. They—even if they don‘t say it, I know exactly how they feel. And I know that he said, for instance, one of the problems in this insurgency is the American occupation. And he‘s saying in so many words, we‘ve become the enemy. That‘s what General Casey said.

LOL... How stupid can Murtha be?

The cause of the insurgency is the $Trillions of dollars of oil in the ground.

Many a dictator would love to cut themselves a big slice of that pie, and they certainly don't mind sending in thousands of their follower to die for that chance.

[savedbygrace]

President Bush needs to get all three men in one room together and get after the truth. Yeah, I know Murtha would never agree to such a meeting. I'm just saying . . .

[wildcatf4f3]

yes, he is under ethics violations

[devolve]

[AmeriBrit]

According to Ollie North on the Sean Hannity Radio Show today, Murtha is being investigated for violations by the Ethics Committee. I was hoping Sean would pick up on it and get Ollie to say more, but Sean just let it go.

[goldstategop]

We're the enemy. Murtha is a gutless coward and a gutless traitor. And sure, our military agrees we're evil. The Democrats have moved to the Dark Side Of The Force.

(Denny Crane: "I Don't Want To Socialize With A Pinko Liberal Democrat Commie.Say What You Like About Republicans. We Stick To Our Convictions. Even When We Know We're Dead Wrong.")

[norton]

"Someone should perform an MRI on Murtha's head. He might have some shrapnel lodged in there somewhere."

You got the "S" right, misspelled the rest.

[Recovering_Democrat]

All wisdom does not reside in Murtha!
Contact him:

800-289-2642 from Western PA
(or) 814-535-2642
(or) 202-225-2065
FAX
814-539-6229 -- District
202-225-5709 -- Washington

This guy who didn't have THE GUTS to vote for withdrawal gets back on the TV screen with Schumer-like speed--and the LAMESTREAM PRESS won't even challenge him!! C'mon, America!! Don't let him think you're as sheepish as the idiots in the idiotbox!

[slowhand520]

The Democrats and the MSM successfully made it a point to preface anything about him with "Respected Decorated War Hero Hawk" making it seem almost blasphemous to challenge anything he says or does. I do not know why Republicans are so scared to address the fact that he might be insane.

[Dems_R_Losers]

Murtha is a modern-day George McLellan. He loves the military so much he never wants to use it, and every enemy force is so overwhelming that we can never have enough troops to defeat it. Thank God we have another Lincoln in the White House.

[ATOMIC_PUNK]

This guys got a bad God complex

[Forte Runningrock]

Murtha served behind a desk in Veitnam. He only heard there was a war.

[FlingWingFlyer]

I think Murtha is just a cranky old man who became obsessed with Pelosi knockers and that obsession caused him to agree with any Leftist shenanigan she could come up with. That's my humble opinion.

[tarheelswamprat]

Once you've made a conscious decision to make "the Big Lie" a cornerstone of your policy, you might as well be as bold and brazen about it as possible.

[festus]

Murtha/McCain '08 !!!

[gov_bean_ counter]

I talked to one of the generals, he said he doesn‘t have enough troops to protect the Syrian border, and that‘s one of the missions that he‘s been given.

I thought the Syrian border was turned over to the Iraqi Army today.

[DustyMoment]

Murtha: Generals All Agree With Me, I'm an Idiot!!

THERE!! NOW the headline is correct.

[gov_bean_ counter]

obsessed with Pelosi knockers

I guess it doesn't matter to him that they probably aren't real.

BELLA PELOSI, SCREECHER OF THE HOUSE.