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MSNBC: Murtha Is 'Personal Attack' Victim, As Murtha Insults Rove's 'Fat Backside'
MSNBC/Newsbusters ^ | 6/17/06 | Brad Wilmouth

Posted on 06/17/2006 10:39:21 AM PDT by Coop

On MSNBC's Countdown show on Friday, substitute host Brian Unger featured a softball interview with Democratic Congressman John Murtha during which Unger queued up Murtha to attack the Bush administration's Iraq policy and Republican critics. The Countdown host bolstered Murtha's credibility by referring to his war record and labelling him a "traditional hawk" while he discredited White House advisor Karl Rove by negatively labelling him as a "partisan attacker trying to squash discussion about Iraq," and proclaimed "the Swift-Boating of the 2006 election has begun."

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Murtha: "Well, it's just, it's a slogan. That's all. Here's a guy [Rove] sitting on his fat backside in an air-conditioned office talking about the troops. He doesn't have a clue what's going on in Iraq."


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; US: Pennsylvania; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 12th; coward; defeatmurtha; district; excongressman; iraq; irey; jellydoughnutjohn; murtha; murthawatch; pennsylvania; somethingstinks; traitor
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To: Coop

Relax, nobody saw it but you. LOL


41 posted on 06/17/2006 11:47:43 AM PDT by tirednvirginia
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To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub

Still waiting for Code Pink to be prosecuted.


42 posted on 06/17/2006 11:48:37 AM PDT by popdonnelly
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To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub
The more I read Murtha's quotes & comments the more I see a megalomaniac who is gonna hold on to that 15 minutes as long as he can. He seems to have the attitude"how dare you question my military experience! I was a Marine!"
43 posted on 06/17/2006 11:48:49 AM PDT by 4yearlurker (Government for the Government by the people)
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To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub

Thanks for the ping!


44 posted on 06/17/2006 11:51:22 AM PDT by Alamo-Girl
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To: Coop
“Here’s a guy [Rove] sitting on his fat backside in an air-conditioned office talking about the troops. He doesn't have a clue what's going on in Iraq.”

So, when does he ask clueless Rat lardasses to stop flapping their gums?

45 posted on 06/17/2006 12:01:44 PM PDT by dighton
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To: Coop

Hmmmmmm . . . .

Does Murtha REALLY want to enter a contest between

his FAT MOUTH

vs

Rove's Fat rear?

And is he expecting the Log Cabin Republicans to weigh in on the contest?

NOT ALL inquiring minds really want to know.


46 posted on 06/17/2006 12:05:21 PM PDT by Quix (PRAY AND WORK WHILE THERE'S DAY! Many very dark nights are looming. Thankfully, God is still God!)
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To: Always A Marine
John Murtha served with honor and distinction in battle.

Do we really know this for a fact? The "in battle" part? Series question.

47 posted on 06/17/2006 12:07:39 PM PDT by daybreakcoming (If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. A. Lincoln)
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To: Coop
"the Swift-Boating of the 2006 election has begun."

We can but hope.

48 posted on 06/17/2006 12:10:47 PM PDT by ChildOfThe60s (If you can remember the 60s...you weren't really there.)
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To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub

Pus*y Pink. Fits this jerk quite well.


49 posted on 06/17/2006 12:16:27 PM PDT by mortal19440
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To: Always A Marine
Did Murtha Deserve Purple Hearts?
50 posted on 06/17/2006 12:17:21 PM PDT by daybreakcoming (If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. A. Lincoln)
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To: All
Does anyone know if Murtha was a Marine DI? He was giving a speech at a local college the other day and he mentioned to the crowd that he was getting nasty Emails but it did not bother him because he was a Marine DI and has heard it all before. Just wondering..............
51 posted on 06/17/2006 12:21:58 PM PDT by 4yearlurker (Government for the Government by the people)
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To: daybreakcoming
Do we really know this for a fact? The "in battle" part?

Yes, we do. Murtha received a Bronze Star (with Combat "V") and two Purple Heart medals. It would be foolish and irresponsible to denegrate his military service. Besides, nothing he did decades ago excuses his behavior today.

It is proper to criticize John Murtha for giving aid and comfort to our current enemies. Like Benedict Arnold, Murtha once served honorably in combat. But now John Murtha has turned against his country, and like Benedict Arnold, he is a Traitor.

52 posted on 06/17/2006 12:22:40 PM PDT by Always A Marine
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To: daybreakcoming
It is a very dangerous game to question someone's documented combat record. You had better be right, with first-hand witnesses to fraud (and in Kerry's case), or else the disgrace will be upon you for slander or libel. The Marine Corps affixed a "V" to his Bronze Star, which means it was earned in battle.

My point is that Murtha's record is irrelevant. Nobody ever questioned Benedict Arnold's bravery or honorable service in battle against the French. All that mattered later was his Treason in selling out to the British during the War for Independence. Nothing that Murtha -- or I -- did decades ago can excuse our actions today. John Murtha was once a Marine. Now John Murtha is a Traitor.

53 posted on 06/17/2006 12:31:41 PM PDT by Always A Marine
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To: popdonnelly

Most of us are already boycotting the Mainscream Media. I know I have been since just after the 2000 election. The socialist left has taken it over and is acting as another branch of the DemRat Party. We need to find a way to expose this situation to everyone that isn't a rabid leftie. (they already know and approve)


54 posted on 06/17/2006 12:43:55 PM PDT by XenaLee
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To: Coop

55 posted on 06/17/2006 12:45:43 PM PDT by MrCruncher
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To: Republican Wildcat

He's not only not thin, he's got a huge double chin and yellow teeth. He's almost as repulsive physically as Teddy 'Hic' Kennedy' But then, if you'll notice...most DemRats look like they've been whipped with an ugly stick. It must be their inner 'beauty' shining through! (sarcasm intended)


56 posted on 06/17/2006 12:49:14 PM PDT by XenaLee
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To: Always A Marine; All

Did anyone happen to see Murtha on the House floor the other day, shooting his mouth off? I can't remember verbatim what he said but he was pretty much saying that Clinton did the honorable thing in getting out of Somalia after the Mogadishu incident. I caught it on CSPAN. Unbelievable!!! He's REVOLTING!


57 posted on 06/17/2006 12:57:49 PM PDT by the-gooroo (Real men don't pull out.)
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To: MrCruncher

Great picture, MrCruncher! Any chance you have a shot of Murtha getting the House version of Senator Turban's award?


58 posted on 06/17/2006 1:06:31 PM PDT by Always A Marine
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To: 4yearlurker

the more I see of him the more I suspect the early onset of a dementia....


59 posted on 06/17/2006 1:25:52 PM PDT by bitt ("Land of the Free, because of the Brave...")
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To: Coop

>>>Here's a guy [Rove] sitting on his fat backside in an air-conditioned office talking about the troops.

That comment has a light in the loafers flavor.


60 posted on 06/17/2006 1:27:08 PM PDT by Calpernia (Breederville.com)
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