Posted on 11/14/2006 1:11:19 PM PST by scottdeus12
WASHINGTON The race to be the No. 2 House Democratic leader turned nasty Tuesday, with challenger Rep. John Murtha accusing opponents of "swift-boat style attacks" that hark back to his days being investigated in the FBI's 1980 Abscam sting.
Murtha won endorsement Monday from Nancy Pelosi, who is widely expected to be the House speaker. But Murtha is opposed by some liberals who say they are not happy with the Pennsylvania lawmaker's pro-gun and anti-abortion record. Others say Pelosi took a wrong turn in backing Murtha over her current deputy Rep. Steny Hoyer because Murtha's record is marred by ethics questions of the type Pelosi pledged to clean up in Congress.
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Yes, my dream first choice too, but it's not going to happen. Webb may be half-crazy at times, but he's not stupid, and he knows his life (and probably those of his family) wouldn't be worth a plug nickel if he did that.
Brutal reality. There is no honor in the arena of the power crazed. Murtha served his purpose and Nancy discarded him faster than they abandoned Kerry.
Murtha was turned down twice for general, I read. He's nothing more nor less than a disgruntled employee.
And who can disagree with the judgement of the USMC in that case?
Like I said in one of my post a few days ago. The last remnants of sanity in Washington D.C. will now be gone when the Democrats take over in January.
I think Murtha was enlisted and thus never up for general.
That's her story. Is there independent verification? Cynical minds want to know.
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) questioned soon-to-be House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's, D-Calif., commitment to eradicating corruption with her endorsement of one of the most unethical members in Congress, Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa., to be majority meader of the House of Representatives.
Murtha was listed in CREW's report, "Beyond DeLay: The 20 Most Corrupt Members of Congress (and five to watch)." As reported in the study and by the news media, Murtha has been involved in a number of pay-to-play schemes involving former staffers and his brother, Robert "Kit" Murtha.
Eight incumbents in CREW's report lost their races because of ethics issues.
"Future House Speaker Pelosi's endorsement of Rep. Murtha, one of the most unethical members of Congress, shows that she may have prioritized ethics reform merely to win votes with no real commitment to changing the culture of corruption," Melanie Sloan, executive director of CREW said Monday. "How can Americans believe that the Democrats will return integrity to the House when future Speaker Pelosi has endorsed an ethically-challenged member for a leadership position? Rep. Murtha is the wrong choice for this job."
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2006/11/13/193751.shtml?s=al&promo_code=291E-1
Pretty bad for "the Muth" when CREW goes ya..would be like a man without a country..as CREW is funded by the Open Society-Soros. That's the real story here. CREW makes a turn-a-round?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1714850/posts
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Let em kill themselves. Murtha will look like an idiot in interviews and is very likely to make huge blunders.
What's scary here is that Pelosi's true colors are coming out and the newby moderates hopefully have the guts to be their own people. Hopefully she'll lose a few battles and come back to reality that the far left didn't win the elections, moderates did.
You know...that old coot just might go postal on them, if he ever gets enough smarts about him to figure out Nancy played him like a player piano!
I'm sorry, but I find this funny as $hit! LOL
He's such an asshat.
Great Pic..I love Photoshop!
Murtha and Kerry now know what it feels like to be used human condoms.Sorry,if I offended anyone.
Just wait until I find a photo of a pistol at the right angle....."Don't mess with the Murth-ster!!!"
"used human "
Offended by you calling them human. ;)
Being Swift-boated is to have the real truth expose you for the lying scumbag you truly are!
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