[PeskyOne]

This must be what Oliver North was referring to last week on Hannity & Colmes. He said he had heard Murtha was creating all this hoopla so he could blame Republicans for trying to retaliate and smear him when this investigation became public. Murtha is a dishonest man! He claimed last week that his mail proved that a majority of the American people agreed with his position on the war. He has no way of knowing that, because only his constituents can email him, and you can't snail mail a letter to his office unless directed to. Your only hope, if you aren't a constituent, is to be lucky enough to get a phone call through to his office. The line is usually busy, and his mailbox is always full. He has no interest in what the American people have to say....he's afraid to hear from us.

[george76]

Contrary to popular opinion, Rep. John Murtha, the ex-Marine who called for an immediate withdrawal from Iraq, is no hawk.

He may also soon be probed for misusing defense appropriations.

"If you want anything done on the committee, you go to Murtha."

He's delivered so much pork to his congressional district, an airport and a major highway are named after Murtha.

Ashdown and his nonpartisan watchdog group criticized Murtha for using the $417 billion fiscal 2005 Pentagon spending bill to give business to his lobbyist brother.

The Los Angeles Times in June reported that Murtha funneled nearly $21 million to 10 or more corporate clients of KSA Consulting, where Robert "Kit" Murtha is a senior partner.

Carmen Scialabba, a Murtha congressional aide for 27 years, is also a high-ranking official at KSA.

The newspaper Roll Call reported that there might be a House ethics committee investigation of Murtha's apparent improprieties.

But is that possible now that Murtha has become the media's "hawk with a conscience?"

Come to think of it, could Murtha have been thinking about a possible ethics investigation when he decided to throw himself into the public limelight last week?

http://www.investors.com/editorial/IBDArticles.asp?artsec=20&artnum=1&issue=20051121