Troops Echo Frustration with War Critic [Murtha]

San Jose Mercury News ^ | 6/21/06 | Kimberly Hefling

[Coop]

You can't expect every article to list all the internals about polls that were already reported on a month ago!

Actually, yes I can. With the media's PATHETIC history, I don't apologize at all for what was obviously identified as a derogatory comment by me. And I don't appreciate someone accusing me of dishonestly.

Now, you're correct, the linked poll did show the internals by region.

[RandallFlagg]

Vets4irey.com now has 661 veterans (disgusted with Jack Murtha) supporting Commissioner Irey.

Make that 670 (Including me).

[Coop]

Good work!

[Gondring]

Or are you being dishonest? The poll you linked to is for PA voters. The article references southwest PA voters (in vic of Murtha's district).

Coop...I love ya, man, but read more carefully...the poll had the information by region, too. In fact, I posted it just above, and listed the counties they consider "Southwestern PA"... I'm not being dishonest; I'm making a very valid and important point, IMHO.

[Knitting A Conundrum]

[Gondring]

And I don't appreciate someone accusing me of dishonestly.

I didn't do so, and I'm sorry if/that you thought I was.

[Coop]

That's cool. I did miss the linked poll's regions and conceded so above. But I really have no regrets over my clearly marked comment. No, I'm not a fan of the media. :-)

[Gondring]

Hey, guess what... the new poll numbers are out, and how about that--they proved my point! :-) The "Remove all troops" number has dropped from 43% in May to 25% in June!

22. From what you have seen or heard about the situation in Iraq, what should the United States do? Should the U.S. --

A) increase the number of U.S. troops in Iraq,
B) keep the same number of U.S. troops in Iraq as there are now,
C) decrease the number of U.S. troops in Iraq, or
D) remove all its troops from Iraq?

                        Tot     Rep     Dem     Ind     Men     Wom



A) Increase troops      12%     16%      8%     13%     16%      8%
B) Keep same amount     24      40      13      21      27      21
C) Decrease troops      27      24      29      28      22      31
D) Remove all troops    31      13      45      33      29      33
DK/NA                    6       7       5       5       6       6



                        Alghny  Philly  NthEst  SthEst  NthWst  SthWst  Cntrl



A) Increase troops       8%     10%     16%     13%      7%     14%     12%
B) Keep same amount     26      15      17      22      30      23      31
C) Decrease troops      22      21      35      32      20      34      24
D) Remove all troops    38      53      30      26      30      25      24
DK/NA                    6       1       3       8      14       3       8

TREND: From what you have seen or heard about the situation in Iraq, what should the United States do? Should the U.S. -- A) increase the number of U.S. troops in Iraq, B) keep the same number of U.S. troops in Iraq as there are now, C) decrease the number of U.S. troops in Iraq, or D) remove all its troops from Iraq?

                        Jun 21  May 11  Apr 6
                        2006    2006    2006



A) Increase troops      12      15      12
B) Keep same amount     24      21      23
C) Decrease troops      27      24      31
D) Remove all troops    31      32      28
DK/NA                    6       8       6

[Coop]

That is great news, and it has data to back it up as opposed to a Coop comment. :-) I was just looking for that poll, because I'd seen it earlier regarding Santorum. Thanks for pulling it in here, because it does show statistically significant movement since Murtha's verbal vomit and Diana Irey taking him on.

[Coop]

And the "Keep numbers the same or increase" in Southwest PA jumped five points.

[Gondring]

That is great news, and it has data to back it up as opposed to a Coop comment. :-)

LOL! FR teamwork. :-) I wouldn't have gone looking for it if not for the initial post...and I hope I didn't distract from your points too much.

Thanks for pulling it in here, because it does show statistically significant movement since Murtha's verbal vomit and Diana Irey taking him on.

Exactly! I've been wondering how much damage Murtha had done himself... A newspaper editor(!) told me this past week:

"I thought that maybe he'd had a moment of conscience or had good information about what was going on over there, but then I saw him on television this week and realized he's just a dispicable man."

So keep blabbing your lies, you slimeball Murtha, if it keeps showing people your true character! :-)

[Gondring]

And the "Keep numbers the same or increase" in Southwest PA jumped five points.

Excellent point!

[Wolverine]

MURTHAbeheadedTwoSoldiers

[freema]

Murtha, a Marine who did two tours in Vietnam...

Tell us MORE.

Murtha remains popular in his district, in large part because of the federal dollars he has delivered. The homecoming ceremony this week was at an armory on a hillside dubbed "Fort Murtha" because of that largesse. Next to the armory is the John P. Murtha Airport, which is a few miles from the John P. Murtha Neuroscience and Pain Institute.

Money talks.

Please note these were not United States Marines

[A CA Guy]

Let me fix that...

OK, there we go!

[madison10]

He needs to go before he can cause more insane remarks.

No, no, he needs to stay in an show how insane he, and the Libs, are. They ALL think what he's saying anyway.

[Tribune7]

ping

[Tribune7]

Worth repeating

"I've known John Murtha since 1975 when I worked Congress for the Marine Corps as Legislative Liaison. He was a conceited, egotist then and he's an even bigger horse's ass now. You have permission to quote me." Lt. General Charles G. Cooper, USMC (Ret)

[Coop]

Yeah, that was one of my favorite quotes, too. :-)

[Tribune7]

:-)