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Max Cleland to 'rescue' John Murtha from the big bad Vets For The Truth tomorrow am in PA
BootMurtha.com ^ | 8/2/2006 | IPWGOP

Posted on 08/02/2006 7:47:40 AM PDT by IPWGOP


Welcome, Max!
VFTT/BootMurtha welcomes Max Cleland
to Johnstown this Thursday am

As previous announced, Vets For The Truth / Boot Murtha will hold a press conference Thursday morning in front of Congressman John Murtha's office in Johnstown, PA. We are pleased to see former Sen. Max Cleland and other cut-n-runners will be joining the event, per the Washington Observer-Reporter [LINK]:

But before that press conference, former U.S. Sen. Max Cleland, who lost three limbs in Vietnam, will appear with Murtha, and two pro-Murtha veterans groups will take to the sidewalk in the same place to speak in support of Murtha, spokesman Brad Clemenson said.

Max Cleland was a favorite of John Kerry during his failed 2004 presidential bid.

NOTE: the article states that Murtha will also appear with Cleland. There is some confusion, as later in the same article it states Murtha will NOT appear with McCleland:

Representatives of The Patriot Project and VetPAC also will speak at that event on behalf of Murtha, even though he will not be there. Murtha is scheduled to be in Lackawanna County, campaigning for Democratic congressional candidate Chris Carney.

McCleland's own abandoning of his common-sense, conservative Georgia constituents' values cost him re-election in his home state back in 2002. As did former Minority Leader Tom Daschle's discarding of his South Dakota constituents' beliefs and views (re-election defeat, 2002).

McCleland was defeated due to his voting record, which showed a clear departure from back-home folks' values. Below is a good synopsis, written by Rich Lowry/NRO [LINK]:

Cleland had voted 11 times against a homeland-security bill... setting himself up for the charge that he was voting with liberals and the public-employees unions against...

... If you can't criticize the Senate votes of a senator in a Senate race, what can you criticize?

...Cleland's undoing was that he couldn't negotiate the dilemma facing many Southern Democrats — how to vote liberal in Washington while appearing conservative at home. The Democrat was on record supporting countless tax increases, and voted with his party's leadership against protecting the Boy Scouts from a campaign to keep them out of public schools and against banning partial-birth abortion. In many of these votes, he parted ways with his more conservative and popular colleague Miller, thus creating a major political vulnerability. He lost fair and square.

Sen. Tom Daschle's defeat came about due to his abuse of the filibuster, invoked by Daschle to block voting on federal judicial appointees. That opened him up to scrutiny, which revealed Daschle had turned away from his original anti-abortion stance. Result: anti-abortion South Dakota voted not to return Tom Daschle to the U.S. Senate.

Like Max Cleland and Tom Daschle, Rep. John Murtha has veered away from the beliefs and values of his constituents, motivated by announced goal to become Majority Leader. He has by word and action aligned himself with the Cindy Sheehan, Howard Dean, Nancy Pelosi ultra-liberal left wing of the Democrat Party.

And he's hoping the voters back home won't notice.

Murtha's most recent departures from his constituents' values:

·       Campaigning in Pennsylvania with ultra liberal, pro-abortion, anti-military DNC Chairman Howard Dean

·       Aligning with 'San Francisco' Nancy Pelosi to campaign on behalf of 41 other Democrat candidates.

So, thanks, Max McCleland, for coming to Johnstown, PA, this Thursday morning. You will certainly help Vets For The Truth/Boot Murtha's efforts to bring focus on Congressman John Murtha's record there in PA District 12.

Welcome, Max!

 

BootMurtha.com



TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: cleland; congress; election2006; electioncongress; max; murtha
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1 posted on 08/02/2006 7:47:42 AM PDT by IPWGOP
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To: IPWGOP

Oh please, oh please, let Ann Coulter be all over this one with her next column.


2 posted on 08/02/2006 7:48:35 AM PDT by redstates4ever
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To: Coop; smoothsailing; Just A Nobody

Murtha and MAX CLELAND ping


3 posted on 08/02/2006 7:49:59 AM PDT by IPWGOP (I'm Linda Eddy, and I approved this message... 'tooning the truth!)
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To: IPWGOP

Max has done virtually nothing, as far as results are concerned, in helping anti-war Democrats win important elections.

However, it is a good sign that Murtha is turning to Cleland. Perhaps "Traitor John" is getting nervous over Ms. Irey's surging campaign?


4 posted on 08/02/2006 7:50:17 AM PDT by RexBeach ("There is no substitute for victory." - Douglas MacArthur)
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To: IPWGOP

I hear alot of Islamics cheering all over the world!!! -- Murtha continues to align himself with the frothing, radical, anti-American left. He really has his eye on that big Congressional position under the assumption this country is stupid enough to vote a majority of socialist traitors...


5 posted on 08/02/2006 7:51:05 AM PDT by EagleUSA
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To: IPWGOP

I can't wait to hear the next words of wisdom from "Butterfingers".


6 posted on 08/02/2006 7:54:29 AM PDT by SJSAMPLE
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To: All
Murtha's, well, changed...

With great wording credit given to Firey Irey (Murtha's most worthy opponent, Diana Irey) and her fabuous speech earlier this week. She is inspriing!

7 posted on 08/02/2006 7:54:54 AM PDT by IPWGOP (I'm Linda Eddy, and I approved this message... 'tooning the truth!)
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To: IPWGOP
former U.S. Sen. Max Cleland who lost three limbs in Vietnam playing with hand grenades....not in combat.
8 posted on 08/02/2006 8:00:42 AM PDT by ncountylee (Dead terrorists smell like victory)
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To: IPWGOP

For later


9 posted on 08/02/2006 8:02:38 AM PDT by DarthVader (Conservatives aren't always right , but Liberals are almost always wrong.)
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To: SJSAMPLE
Well, you know Mad Max will make his ridiculous, unsubstantiated accusations, but frankly he doesn't have a leg to stand on.
10 posted on 08/02/2006 8:04:22 AM PDT by gov_bean_ counter (There are only a few absolute truths in life, everything else is just an opinion.)
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To: IPWGOP

Slogan for Murtha:

"Semper proditor"

I think that's "Always a traitor" -- unless I'm mistaken.


11 posted on 08/02/2006 8:08:20 AM PDT by Judith Anne (Thank you St. Jude for favors granted.)
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To: IPWGOP

IMHO Cleland doesn't have a leg to stand on.


12 posted on 08/02/2006 8:09:18 AM PDT by P8riot ("You can get more with a kind word and a gun than you can with a kind word alone." - Al Capone)
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To: All
I see there is a link malfunction to the Washington Observer-Reporter original news article.

Here is a working link to this article:

Washington Post-Observer article RE Max Cleland and rescuing Murtha

13 posted on 08/02/2006 8:10:29 AM PDT by IPWGOP (I'm Linda Eddy, and I approved this message... 'tooning the truth!)
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To: gov_bean_ counter

OUCH!!! You called him a samovar.


14 posted on 08/02/2006 8:11:42 AM PDT by libstripper
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To: redstates4ever
Oh please, oh please, let Ann Coulter be all over this one with her next column.

please, please, plesase Ann.

15 posted on 08/02/2006 8:11:56 AM PDT by GOPJ (Al Gore - the original "Millions Could Die" kind of guy....)
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To: SJSAMPLE

Oops!


16 posted on 08/02/2006 8:13:22 AM PDT by johnny7 (“And what's Fonzie like? Come on Yolanda... what's Fonzie like?!”)
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To: IPWGOP
Murtha to his backers: "OK, fellow liberals, let's trot out someone who conservatives DARE not speak against because he is a wounded veteran with moral superiority."

Ann Coulter pegged this liberal ploy in her book, Godless.

Cleland is also someone who forgot that when the pin is pulled, Mr. Grenade is not our friend.

17 posted on 08/02/2006 8:14:06 AM PDT by N. Theknow ((Kennedys - Can't drive, can't fly, can't ski, can't skipper a boat - But they know what's best.))
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To: ncountylee
former U.S. Sen. Max Cleland who lost three limbs in Vietnam playing with hand grenades....not in combat.

And there was a post here a while back stating Murtha's medals were phony
18 posted on 08/02/2006 8:15:01 AM PDT by uncbob
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To: IPWGOP


Murtha's sweating under the collar here. Does this mean that left wing lunatics on the fringe really don't express the views of the mainstream?


19 posted on 08/02/2006 8:15:57 AM PDT by Tzimisce (How Would Mohammed Vote? Hillary for President! www.dndorks.com)
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To: ncountylee

former U.S. Sen. Max Cleland who lost three limbs in Vietnam playing with hand grenades....not in combat.

A Darwin Award winner who actually lived!


20 posted on 08/02/2006 8:17:10 AM PDT by Polyxene (For where God built a church, there the Devil would also build a chapel - Martin Luther)
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