Murtha Slams Rove for 'Fat Backside'

NewsMax ^ | 6/18/06 | NewsMax

[wagglebee]

Commenting on Karl Rove's remarks in a speech in New Hampshire where he charged that Democrats are "wrong, profoundly wrong" in wanting to cut and run in Iraq, an increasingly rabid anti-war Congressman John Murtha resorted to a personal attack on Rove on Sunday.

"He's in New Hampshire, he's making a political speech. He's sitting in his air-conditioned office on his big fat backside saying, 'Stay the course,'" said Murtha, D-Pa., in an appearance on NBC's "Meet the Press."

Obviously rattled by criticism from Rove, Murtha said: "I disagree completely with what he's saying. We need to change direction. We can't win a war like this. This guy's sitting back ... getting paid by the public taxpayer and he's saying to us that we're winning this war ... we've got to change direction. You can't sit there in the air-conditioned office and tell the troops fighting in Iraq that we have to stay the course.

Despite recent gains in Iraq, Murtha insisted the U.S. is losing the war in Iraq. When told by "Meet the Press" host Tim Russert that Rove had told the New Hampshire audience that "if Murtha had his way, American troops would have been gone by the end of April" and American forces wouldn't have killed Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, Murtha downplayed the importance of killing the top terrorist in Iraq, saying dismissively: "They built Zarqawi up, they have a thousand foreign fighters" -- that the intelligence "came from the outside" and that all the U.S. did was bomb his hideout and kill him.

Turning to his own plan for cutting and running, Murtha became increasing irrational, suggesting that U.S. troops there be redeployed outside of Iraq yet close enough to be ready to go back in if the situation required it. When pressed by Russert to say where the troops could be deployed if neighboring countries refuse to accept their presence, as Rove had has said, he suggested they could be set to Okinawa, Japan, which is 5,000 miles from Baghdad.

"We don't have to be right there, Murtha said. "We can go to Okinawa. We could redeploy there instantly."

[hsalaw]

Love your tagline!

[reagan_fanatic]

[Fred Hayek]

It's called projection

[sgtbono2002]

I think the whole democrat party has a mental illness, brought on by losing to George Bush------twice.

[armymarinemom]

Thanks.

[Cobra64]

Question to you military guys here on FR: Do you guys, as active military or retirees, ever contact this man?

[Republican Wildcat]

As opposed to "non-public" taxpayers. What is he talking about?

[RCNOVA]

Murtha needs to read up on the 1972 elections. McGovern, vowing to pull out of Vietnam immediately upon taking office was soundly defeated. Most American's, regardless of their views on Iraq, understand an immediate pullout is the worst of all possible outcomes.

[bad company]

Is it just me or does murthas face resemble the talking butts in pink floyd the wall? (tear down the wall)

[Robert A Cook PE]

You're not supposed to ask that question.

After all, the ever-wise, super-smart MSM press who keep quoting Murtha don't ask that question.

[Robert A Cook PE]

Actually, IMHO, the really ugly part of Hillary's anatomy is her fat ankles. If you have ever seen them you know what I mean. Wonder what attracted Bill anyway? Sure wasn't her ankles.

Bill liked her ankles.


As far apart as possible, and as far from his date(s) as possible.

[beethovenfan]

Big fat murtha-furka.

[Gabz]

As opposed to "non-public" taxpayers. What is he talking about?

Exactly my point.

Good greif, these people are insane...........

[Boazo]

Holy Smokes!!!! Now that is fat!

[Almondjoy]

As opposed to a big fat congressperson sitting on their large backside saying we must cut and run.

Great alternative there Murtha.

[Boazo]

[P-Marlowe]

Murtha is not only a traitor to his country but he does not know what he is even talking about when it comes to "redeploying" our troops to Okinawa, which btw is some 5,000 miles away from Baghdad.

It is much worse than 5000 miles. It is only 5000 miles if you fly over China and Russia. Since our troops would not have that luxury, they would have to fly around southeast asia. Probably closer to 10,000 miles.

Okinawa.

What a buffon.

[Enchante]

"We don't have to be right there, Murtha said. "We can go to Okinawa. We could redeploy there instantly."

So this is the great 'expert' the Demagogues put forth to lead the way on military and national security issues. In addition to the FACT that cut-and-run Murtha would have had us completely out of Iraq before we could have nailed Zarqawi and really begun to roll up his network, he is blissfully unaware that his Okinawa proposal is ABSURD...... we have been under much local pressure to greatly REDUCE our presence in Okinawa, a process which is well underway in agreement with the government of Japan, and Murtha thinks we can suddenly turn on a dime and pour tens of thousands of new troops in there??? Considering that the Demagogues like to boast of their supposed sensitivities to diplomatic and political issues with allies, this is particularly idiotic......

[maine-iac7]

MURTHA-TWICE-THE-SIZE is having a very public nervous breakdown

[Republican Wildcat]

he is blissfully unaware that his Okinawa proposal is ABSURD...... we have been under much local pressure to greatly REDUCE our presence in Okinawa, a process which is well underway in agreement with the government of Japan

Oh, that's right! I was trying to think why Okinawa sounded strange. This makes his foolish statement even worse. I doubt it could handle an additional 100,000+ troops "immediately" even if we weren't reducing our troop levels? This guy is nuts.