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Rep. Murtha blasts GOP for name-calling (The poor baby)
Houston Chronicle ^
| 10-14-06
| Staff
Posted on 10/14/2006 9:30:29 PM PDT by smoothsailing
Oct. 14, 2006, 10:55PM
Rep. Murtha blasts GOP for name-calling
© 2006 The Associated Press
WASHINGTON - Rep. John Murtha, a decorated Marine veteran who favors withdrawing U.S. troops from Iraq, wrote an essay for Sunday's Washington Post blasting Republicans for referring to him and other Iraq war opponents as "Defeatocrats."
In his opinion piece, first published on the Post's Web site Saturday night, Murtha, D-Pa., said Vice President Dick Cheney, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld and others in the White House have called Iraq war opponents appeasers and pessimists and labeled Democrats the "cut and run" party.
"It's all baseless name-calling, and it's all wrong," Murtha wrote. "Unless, of course, being a Defeatocrat means taking a good hard look at the administration's Iraq policy and determining that it's a failure.
"In that case, count me in. Because Democrats recognize that we're headed for a far greater disaster in Iraq if we don't change course _ and soon. This is not defeatism. This is realism."
Murtha, a military hawk and close confidant of top military officials, surprised Washington last year when he called for pulling all troops out of Iraq within months.
At a GOP fundraiser in Milwaukee last month, Cheney accused Murtha of advocating a policy of retreat in the war against terrorism.
In the Post essay, Murtha wrote: "Democrats are fighting a war on two fronts: One is combating the spin and intimidation that defines this administration. The other is fighting to change course, to do things better, to substitute smart, disciplined strategy for dogma and denial in Iraq.
"That's not defeatism. That's our duty," Murtha wrote.
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http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/politics/4260012.html
TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: cutandrun; cutandrunparty; defeatocrats; murtha
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To: Just A Nobody
41
posted on
10/14/2006 10:36:33 PM PDT
by
smoothsailing
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To: decal; smoothsailing
We all remember how well it worked for Edmund Muskie... Who?????
Isn't there a trophy for some muskie?
42
posted on
10/14/2006 10:36:46 PM PDT
by
Just A Nobody
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To: Just A Nobody
Am I logged in? ;-)
43
posted on
10/14/2006 10:37:55 PM PDT
by
smoothsailing
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To: Just A Nobody
"A former governor of Maine, Muskie was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1958 and served until 1980. In the presidential election of 1968 he was the vice-presidential candidate for the Democrats, and in 1972 he ran for president against the Republican incumbent, Richard Nixon. He withdrew from the 1972 race early on, after it was perceived that he had wept while defending his wife. He served as Secretary of State under President Jimmy Carter, from 1980-81."
http://www.who2.com/edmundmuskie.html
44
posted on
10/14/2006 10:39:10 PM PDT
by
decal
(Building a wall on the border is like treating lung cancer with cough syrup.)
To: smoothsailing
"That's not defeatism. That's our duty," Murtha wrote.It appears Murtha picked up that line from The Dork.
"Reporting for duty."
45
posted on
10/14/2006 10:39:42 PM PDT
by
Cobra64
(Why is the War on Terror being managed by the DEFENSE Department?)
To: ilovew
She speaks!
And does a fine job of it!
;*)
46
posted on
10/14/2006 10:42:22 PM PDT
by
Just A Nobody
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To: smoothsailing
LOL! Anxious to see that ..... all decorated nice and pretty! ;*)
47
posted on
10/14/2006 10:45:47 PM PDT
by
Just A Nobody
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To: smoothsailing
Yes, I think so. Can't be sure, however.
48
posted on
10/14/2006 10:46:40 PM PDT
by
Just A Nobody
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To: Just A Nobody
Stop the lies Murtha! What a maroon this guy is. He can't stop the lies, Justa. He's been spouting them for 32 years and can't remember them. He probably can't remember what lie he told two days ago and he is definitely a maroon. :-)
49
posted on
10/14/2006 10:47:14 PM PDT
by
jazusamo
(DIANA IREY for Congress, PA 12th District: Retire murtha.)
To: Just A Nobody
She speaks,and does a fine job of it!
WE AGREE!!!
50
posted on
10/14/2006 10:47:47 PM PDT
by
smoothsailing
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To: decal
Thanks for the info decal!
Guess I should have used the /s tag. ;*)
51
posted on
10/14/2006 10:48:03 PM PDT
by
Just A Nobody
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To: Chena
Ditto That!!
The only person that thinks Murtha is a war hawk is Murtha himself. He's a coward and a traitor. He's not fit to shine our soldiers shoes.
I hope Irey runs his fat cowardly butt out of town.
52
posted on
10/14/2006 10:48:30 PM PDT
by
1035rep
To: smoothsailing
Hey, you were playing possum. You didn't say you were going to log back on. :-)
53
posted on
10/14/2006 10:49:25 PM PDT
by
jazusamo
(DIANA IREY for Congress, PA 12th District: Retire murtha.)
To: smoothsailing
Rep. John Jackass Murtha has only one decoration and it's a yellow streak that runs down the middle of his fat back.Sometimes it can be seen running down his leg but it depends on the situation.He's another fraud like Kerry.
54
posted on
10/14/2006 10:49:54 PM PDT
by
peeps36
(Rebuild Iraq's Army And Send It Over To Kick Iran In The Teeth)
To: smoothsailing; headstamp; Txsleuth
So, is Murtha providing the official DNC response, the official Al Qaeda response, or both? Because, correct me if I am wrong, but they seem to be saying much of the same things these days!
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posted on
10/14/2006 10:55:09 PM PDT
by
takeemout
(God Bless Jesse Helms!)
To: jazusamo
can't remember them. He probably can't remember what lie he told two days ago and he is definitely a maroon. :-) Speaking of not remembering...I had the opportunity to speak to a retired prison employee. He did the psych invaluations, IIRC. He said johnny boy appears to have a type of brain malfunction. It was some big fancy word he used for it, but swears al-Murthawi has it!
I'm too full to discuss macaroons right now. What?
It is a coconut cookie. That's not what you meant?
Oh.....Ne-ver miii-nnnd.
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posted on
10/14/2006 10:55:15 PM PDT
by
Just A Nobody
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To: smoothsailing
Love those 3 fine patriots! ;*)
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posted on
10/14/2006 10:55:55 PM PDT
by
Just A Nobody
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To: jazusamo
I couldn't help myself, been out huntin' all day, when I bagged this one, I came back home!
58
posted on
10/14/2006 10:56:02 PM PDT
by
smoothsailing
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To: peeps36
59
posted on
10/14/2006 10:57:11 PM PDT
by
Just A Nobody
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To: takeemout
the official DNC response, the official Al Qaeda response, They ARE one and the same. Pathetic isn't it?
60
posted on
10/14/2006 10:59:14 PM PDT
by
Just A Nobody
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