FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Bill Pascoe June 13, 2006 (724) 258-2300
IREY TO MURTHA: HOLSTER THAT ITCHY TRIGGER FINGER
MONONGAHELA, PA – Washington County Commissioner and Pennsylvania 12th district Republican Congressional nominee Diana Irey – reacting to news that U.S. Rep. Jack Murtha has suspended his four-day-old campaign for House Majority Leader – today released the following statement:
“Jack Murtha’s decision to suspend his campaign for House Majority Leader – curiously, announced by Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, rather than by Mr. Murtha himself – is just one more example that he is out of touch and in need of retirement from active duty in the Congress.
“Just as he demonstrated that he’s got an itchy trigger finger with his reckless pre-judging of U.S. Marines at Haditha – acting as prosecutor, judge, and jury and convicting them of ‘killing innocent civilians in cold blood’ before any charges had been filed, before any court martial had been convened, before a single Marine had been convicted – this latest episode, in which he announced a campaign for House Majority Leader (an office the Democratic Party doesn’t currently hold) on Friday afternoon, and then, 96 hours later, abandons the effort, leads one to wonder what in the world is going through his head.
“Of course, maybe it wasn’t what was going through Mr. Murtha’s head, but what was going through Mrs. Pelosi’s head – to wit: In a year when she had planned to make corruption a key campaign theme, it’s possible she just decided that having a man whose thumbnail bio includes the words ‘Abscam unindicted co-conspirator’ running for a leadership position probably wasn’t such a good idea.
“Perhaps it’s not the Marines who are ‘overstressed,’ to use Mr. Murtha’s word. Jack Murtha has lost his way, and obviously needs a good vacation. It’s time to retire him from active duty in the Congress.”
USMC AND IREY DOUBLE PING
Drunk, DRUNK WITH POWER!!!!!
Murtha was extremely eager to accuse US Marines of executing little girls. He either believes it, and is an idiot, or he is merely positioning himself to scoop up those deranged voting bloc votes.
Either way, he is not fit for public office. Pennsylvanians should be embarrassed enough to return him to private life.
LOL...That was a short lived run for a leadership position. Pelosi seemed to have cut him off at the knees.
Come November, Diana Irey will do the same and send into permanent retirement.
DIANA IREY FOR CONGRESS
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Murtha kicked off a firestorm of criticism of the Haditha marines by the main stream media. Thanks to Murtha these marines have endured days of unsubstantiated allegations as if they were facts. The more I read about it the more I think that the alleged Haditha massacre never happened. But for the questionable reporting in Time Magazine by a questionable reporter (more apt to be a leftist operative) and Murtha's big mouth (engage brain before opening mouth please), these marines may never get a fair trial or hearing. This is inexcuseable! Murtha should resign in shame before he is thrown out of office by the people of southwestern Pennsylvania.
Nation to Murtha: STFU.