Fleeing the battle

Salon ^ | 6/2/06 | Joe Conason/Photo by AP/Chris Greenberg

[Coop]

With all the invective it has spewed at the antiwar Jack Murtha, why isn't the GOP helping Diana Irey, his opponent in November?

Pennsylvania congressional candidate Diana Irey meets with reporters at the National Press Club in Washington, May 24, 2006. (Event thread here)

Last winter, Karl Rove promised his fellow Republicans that their party would win the congressional midterm election on the issues of war and national security. Perhaps he will still be proved right. But six months later, the White House political strategist and his party have backed away from confronting the most outspoken and credible Democratic critic of the Iraq war.

Despite all the invective fired at Rep. John Murtha, he is cruising toward reelection in his blue-collar southwestern Pennsylvania district without a serious challenge. (The socially conservative, pro-labor Democrat hasn't even bothered to put up a functioning campaign Web site yet.)

[Coop]

While I would agree with you on a gut-level reaction to Murtha, Irey played it exactly right. Calling on him to apologize seems a reasonable and respectful reaction to those who are one-time Murtha supporters who were shocked by his statements. They are wavering, and when Murtha doesn't apologize (and you know he won't) he will look even worse to those people than he does now.

Well said.

[Coop]

Actually, code pink NEVER had permits on file with DC Metro.

That's news to me! Ol' Alison was running around saying she let the permit expire.

I don't care what Buford says, you are okay Concretebob!

[concretebob]

Well, what do you expect from the lying liberal left.
They lied to us the whole time.
I remember the first night I showed up.
You and I crossed and stood on the Northwest corner and that whiny be-atch almost had a cow because we were standing on HER corner before 9 PM.
That really p****d me off.

[freema]

Once, or twice, or thrice (or more: ) upon a time...

I ran into a whole unit of rogue Marines.

Never, ever, ever, was I happier.

[freema]

Aw, now you made me go and think about what I really feel about Murtha.





Forgo the sword.

I'll personally bite each button off,
and spit them, one at a time, in his face.
Then I'LL remove the jacket and burn it.

[usmcobra]

red hot razor wire

[ClaireSolt]

Well, isn't that what you expect moderates to do? Split the difference. As long as you are talking about playing, you are not talking about principles, you are talking tactics.

[freema]

Don't talk dirty to me in public, cobra!






ROTFLMAO!

[Valin]

Good points.

[petercooper]

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