Posted on 08/11/2006 2:14:52 PM PDT by smoothsailing
IREY: JUST WHY DID JACK MURTHA VOTE AGAINST THE PATRIOT ACT, ANYWAY?
Friday, August 11, 2006
(MONONGAHELA, August 11) -- Washington County Commissioner and Pennsylvania 12th district Republican Congressional nominee Diana Irey -- responding to the arrest in the UK of 24 alleged terrorists, and the arrest in Pakistan of another seven, including at least one who is reported to be a member of al Qaeda -- today released the following statement:
"As I said yesterday, the arrests in the United Kingdom -- and last week's and yesterday's arrests in Pakistan -- represent a significant victory in the ongoing war on terror. They couldn't have happened without the combined work of the British, American, and Pakistani intelligence and law enforcement services.
"These arrests demonstrate that enhanced intelligence collection and analysis, and enhanced international cooperation, are essential tools in the global war on terror. Giving our intelligence and law enforcement agencies greater tools, such as those contained in the provisions of the Patriot Act, the terrorist surveillance program, and sophisticated financial tracking are indispensable in our ongoing efforts to defeat those who seek our destruction.
"Further, these arrests demonstrate that the best defense is a good offense -- that, rather than wait until planes are blown out of the sky, we must continue to support efforts to strike pre-emptively.
"And, perhaps just as important, these arrests demonstrate that, now more than ever, Washington needs leaders who remain committed to winning the war on terror, no matter the political considerations. Terrorists don't take polls to decide how, when and where they're going to strike -- and neither should our nation's leaders.
"Curiously, for some reason, Jack Murtha has yet to make a public comment on the foiling of this terrorist plot.
"Could that be because he's trying to figure out how to defend his vote against extending the provisions of the Patriot Act?
"Jack Murtha was one of a number of Democrats who voted against extending the life of the Patriot Act. On December 14, 2005, he cast a vote that would have stripped U.S. intelligence and law enforcement agencies of the expanded powers they'd been using to prevent terrorist attacks against us for the last several years -- the kind of powers that have led to the disruption of more than 150 terrorist threats and cells around the world, and which have been used to aid in investigations which led to more than 400 individuals being charged right here in America, and led to more than 200 individuals being convicted or pleading guilty in terrorism-related cases.
"Those expanded powers to conduct intelligence operations against terrorists were merely the same kind of provisions previously used by intelligence and law enforcement agencies against drug traffickers and organized crime. Why Jack Murtha would vote against extending those provisions to combat international terrorism is beyond me -- especially given that when the Patriot Act was first considered, in 2002, he voted to give our intelligence and law enforcement agencies those very same powers.
"Once again, it appears that Jack Murtha's determination to advance his own personal political interests -- that is, his desire to become Majority Leader -- has led him to vote on behalf of his favored constituents in the liberal House Democratic Caucus, rather than on behalf of the people who actually send him to Congress, right here in southwest Pennsylvania.
"But the people of southwest Pennsylvania deserve a Member of Congress of their very own. And that's why I'll never confuse southwest Pennsylvania with San Francisco, and why I'll always vote to represent my constituents right here in Pennsylvania."
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Paid for by Diana Irey for Congress www.irey.com
I am, as I type this, making signs to use at a Murtha freep tomorrow.
Any ideas on signage would be appreciated.
No one thought Ivey was anything more than a token candidate. So I doubt if there is enough surplus campaign money for Ivey to pay for a poll. Who could have predicted the things that have happened to make the Democrats and Murtha look this bad? Certainly not the Democrats.
The only kind of polls that are useful to a campaign are tracking polls and they are very expensive. But the issues in this race are clearly defined. I suspect that when allocating precious resources the Ivey campaign believes advertising is more important than polls. Especially this early in the campaign.
If you want to see published polls you will likely have to get the media interested in doing polls.
How bout the one that got Jean Schmidt (R-OH) unfairly shouted down in December..."COWARDS CUT AND RUN: MARINES NEVER DO!"
I would love to see IREY beat this guy, have us buck traditional patterns and pick up seats in both houses in both our midterms...just to see the Left's collective head explode.
“Semper I” is an old Marine Corps term applied to those selfish careerists who place their own success ahead of their men and the well-being of the Corps.
Congressman John Murtha is a living example of that disgraceful term.
I love both of them.
Guess I'll have to buy some more posterboard paper on my way out tomorrow.
I have one that reads:
Murtha's words
Encourage Terrorists
Endanger Our Troops
John Murtha: EX-Marine
cause he's not a Patriot?
We are going to FReep him tomorrow in Nashville.....
Ping to # 21! Help needed for signs in a Murtha Freep!
ping
You got it!
Murtha v. America ping...
My first thought...
Follow the money!
It's been quite clear for a long time that Jack Murtha works for the other guys.
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