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Question Stumps Democratic Hopeful (PA-8 moron Patrick Murphy clobbered in debate)
Morning Call ^ | October 13, 2006 | Brian Calloway

Posted on 10/13/2006 11:15:27 AM PDT by Dems_R_Losers

The question was so striking it caused a rowdier exchange than queries about North Korea, Social Security and illegal immigration at Thursday night's debate between U.S. Rep. Mike Fitzpatrick and Democratic challenger Patrick Murphy.

The two men, locked in an ultra-competitive contest to represent the state's 8th Congressional District, were each given the chance to ask the other a single thing at the debate's end.

Fitzpatrick threw the crowd into a tizzy when it was his turn:

"How many school districts are there in Bucks County?

(Excerpt) Read more at mcall.com ...


TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: demsrlosers; fitzpatrick; murphy; pa
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This is my home district and Patrick Murphy is an idiot. He did not live in Bucks County until he announced for Congress and knows nothing about it. He is 32 years old and acts like he is about 17. Kudos for Fitzpatrick for nailing him. Mike Fitzpatrick is not very conservative on a lot of issues, but he is a hard working guy and this is a big seat for Republicans to keep. He has been cleaning Murphy's clocks in debates and has some of the best ads I've ever seen.
1 posted on 10/13/2006 11:15:29 AM PDT by Dems_R_Losers
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To: Dems_R_Losers

I'm in your district too. I agree with your assessment of Fitzpatrick. I'm getting a ton of mail from them both. Yes, Fitzpatrick has some good ads and yes, he will get my vote. But, no, sadly, he's not another Santorum. But he's a far cry better than Greenwood.


2 posted on 10/13/2006 11:20:16 AM PDT by twigs
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To: Dems_R_Losers

"I don't understand the problem. I can't begin to measure the magnitude of the problem. But I am prepared to throw a lot of your money at the problem. A whole lot."


3 posted on 10/13/2006 11:23:18 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (The broken wall, the burning roof and tower. And Agamemnon dead.)
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To: twigs

Did you see the NRCC ad yet? I saw it last night. It has no words in it at all, just film of a TV on a kitchen counter playing back the segment from "Hardball" where Chris Matthews reams Murphy and says he should not be running for Congress. It is GREAT. My husband is a liberal Democrat and he is voting for Fitzpatrick because of his strong record on the environment. We've met him twice and think he is a real rising star. Murphy strikes me as a high school kid running for class president. He is a total tool of the DNC.


4 posted on 10/13/2006 11:26:58 AM PDT by Dems_R_Losers (VOTE as if your life depends on it -- because it does!!!)
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Murphy, a 32-year-old Iraq war veteran

It is true - he was there as a JAG - but he sells it...

5 posted on 10/13/2006 11:27:03 AM PDT by 2banana
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To: twigs
I'm in District 8 too. Murphy just seems to be some young punk who doesn't know what he's doing, and hoping that he'll ride on the MSM's pounding of the GOP. Fortunately, he seems to be doing not so good.
6 posted on 10/13/2006 11:28:21 AM PDT by Shadow44
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To: Dems_R_Losers

"Trivial pursuit"?

I think not. If you are going to bring up a subject, you should have at least rudimentary background information. And it looked like Patrick Murphy brought up the business about funding for "No Child Left Behind". If you don't know where the money is going, how could anyone say whether the sum is too much or too little? Foolish question, I know, because in the eyes of a liberal Dem'crat, no amount is enough, if it is coming out of the public treasury.


7 posted on 10/13/2006 11:28:55 AM PDT by alloysteel ("Congress is not only a legislative body, but a term for sexual intercourse." Bert Prelutsky)
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My cousin knows Mike from the St. Joe's alumni group.

I met Mike a year ago at an Amtrak privatization forum at the Rayburn Building in DC and took a liking to him. But I was impressed by his staff, the sharpest bunch of 20-somethings I've ever run across, particularly Greg Calhoun, his chief of staff. Greg knew the issues cold, and I could rely on him for facts.

At a reception in the House Banking Committee Room -- where former chair Jim Leach's portrait is loaded with Masonic symbols on the margin -- I told Mike's staff about the 8th District battle of 1966, when none of them were alive.

The Democrats had gotten author James Michener to run against long time incumbent Republican Willard Curtin. The current wisdom of the day said that Michener would win due to his name recognition. It didn't quite work out that way. Michener's clock ran perfectly after that election.

My guess is that Mike has this one under control.

8 posted on 10/13/2006 11:30:34 AM PDT by Publius (A = A)
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I DID see that! It was funny. Someone was very clever using that, particularly with Chris appearing in that ad with his brother running for Lt. Governor. And guess what? My husband is a democrat too. But marriage is having an effect. He's voting for more Republicans these days. I was working in the kitchen a few months ago when he answered the phone and talked to a pollster. He said he was a democrat, but answered all the questions like a conservative Republican (except that he supported Rendell, break my heart). I nearly rolled on the floor laughing.


9 posted on 10/13/2006 11:37:20 AM PDT by twigs
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bump


10 posted on 10/13/2006 11:39:22 AM PDT by CPT Clay (Drill ANWR, Personal Accounts NOW.)
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This reminded me of an incident 20 years ago. As reported by the Richmond Times-Dispatch:
Congressmen Mike Barnes and Barbara Mikulski rank among President Reagan's most vocal opponents. They consistently vote against the administration's foreign policy. They hold press conferences to explain why they know so much more about the big wide world. And they are running for the Democratic Senate nomination from Maryland.

The kleig lights have not been kind. During a recent joint interview with other Maryland candidates, they flunked elementary tests about foreign policy. Neither could name the Israeli prime minister or his designated successor.

Although Barnes serves on the House Foreign Affairs Committee and fancies himself a diplomat (he probably spends more time in Managua than Daniel Ortega does), he didn't know whether the U.S. has sold Stinger missiles to Saudi Arabia. Of course Barnes supports sanctions against South Africa -- but he couldn't name the leader of the African National Congress. Miss Mikulski said Jonas Savimbi heads the ANC. Savimbi leads Angola's anti-Communist rebels. Nor did Miss Mikulski identify correctly the terrorist incident that led to the U.S. raids in Libya. It was the bombing of a Berlin disco, in which a U.S. serviceman was killed by Gadhafi's agents. Miss Mikulski did, however, offer the session's most telling remark. After failing to answer a question, she snapped into the microphone, "Can we turn this thing off?"

Babs, of course, was elected to the Senate and has been there ever since.

11 posted on 10/13/2006 11:42:07 AM PDT by Mike Bates (Irish Alzheimer's victim: I only remember the grudges.)
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To: twigs

"He said he was a democrat, but answered all the questions like a conservative Republican (except that he supported Rendell, break my heart). I nearly rolled on the floor laughing."

Keep up the good work!. He'll come over to the Dark Side eventually. :)


12 posted on 10/13/2006 11:48:08 AM PDT by Colorado Mike (Lord, help me be the Conservative my enemies think I am.)
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To: Dems_R_Losers

Do you have a web link for the ad?


13 posted on 10/13/2006 11:50:11 AM PDT by headstamp (Nothing lasts forever, Unless it does.)
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To: Colorado Mike

He's actually reasonable which is why I consented to a mixed marriage in the first place. And he's a teacher. He works with kids, well college students, and understands what utter nonsence PCism is. When we first got married, he told me how ridiculous trickle-down economics was. Now he describes it all the time as the only reasonable way to look at the issue, but doesn't call it that. I just chuckle.


14 posted on 10/13/2006 11:55:07 AM PDT by twigs
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To: headstamp

I've been looking for a Web link and can't find one. It is a NRCC ad and they don't post their ads on their website. It's really good, though. There's a crapload of ads running on Philly TV now and this one really stood out to me. My husband and I were ROFL when we saw it.


15 posted on 10/13/2006 12:07:10 PM PDT by Dems_R_Losers (VOTE as if your life depends on it -- because it does!!!)
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To: twigs

You are lucky. I think Fitzpatrick is the first Republican my husband will vote for in 22 years that we've been married. We always cancel each other on Election Day.


16 posted on 10/13/2006 12:09:45 PM PDT by Dems_R_Losers (VOTE as if your life depends on it -- because it does!!!)
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To: Dems_R_Losers

That's really a stupid question.


17 posted on 10/13/2006 12:16:38 PM PDT by edsheppa
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To: Dems_R_Losers

Your husband sounds more liberal than mine. But the transformation always starts with that first vote. And he must be somewhat reasonable--he's married to conservative Republicans. This makes your online name interesting!


18 posted on 10/13/2006 12:52:10 PM PDT by twigs
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Don't get blind sided...

Please note that MANY of the Democrat Congress Critters and Senate Critters are dumber that a box of rocks....

That is EXACTLY what appeals to THEIR base..
There base likes to have representatives that really represent them on a I.Q. level....or skin color.

The fact that those dumb shits elect dumb shits to public office -- sealing the doom of the Republic, hasn't yet dawned on them...

Semper Fi
19 posted on 10/13/2006 1:03:56 PM PDT by river rat (You may turn the other cheek, but I prefer to look into my enemy's vacant dead eyes.)
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It should be noted that Fitzpatrick won in 2004 by 12% over a Michael Moore-on moonbat. The same year, Kerry took his district by 3%.


20 posted on 10/13/2006 1:05:26 PM PDT by Fresh Wind (Democrats are guilty of whatever they scream the loudest about.)
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