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.
This article is:
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/politics/4260012.html
See post 41 for but ONE example. ;*)
It also makes the United States Citizens who vote for him in this district log-rolling, let-him-tax-while-they-grab parasites who will screw the military pooch in a New York 9/11 minute and blindly insure dollars are poured in his hole to guarantee this fat-a$$ed loser his comfortable lifestyle in Washington, D.C.
Murtha must be hoping that the "Get-Along Gang" of RINOs will come to his defense against that big meanie, Dick Cheney. But Murtha is too nutty even for the likes of McCain and Goober Graham.
Exactly!! The word Marine should never be mentioned in the same sentence with Murtha because he is an EX-Marine.
Lol I guess I was bound to say something clever eventually ;)
"That's not defeatism. That's treason."
There. Fixed it.
booo freaking hooo
Huh? Democrats are only in favor of defending the US when a fellow RAT is in office. End of story. It has nothing to do with believing in defending our nation or we, the citizens.
I wonder who helped Murtha "write" his op-ed. He's usually too busy shooting off his mouth to put pen to paper.
Here's wishing Diana Irey the best as the campaign heads into its final stages.
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