Posted on 11/15/2006 9:38:50 PM PST by goldstategop
RUSH: Can you believe this circus? All of this stuff about Murtha, all of it is being brought out after the election. None of this, of course, none of this scandal is worthy enough to keep him out of the House. But, boy, when you talk about putting him in the leadership, the liberal Drive-By Media and this CREW group and a number of others are going to town on Jack Murtha here today. Ladies and gentlemen, I've been thinking about this, and I actually think that we want Murtha in there. We want the Democrats to be who they are.
I know I said yesterday that Murtha was being "swiftboated." He's complaining now he's being swiftboated, but I'm gonna recall that, because to be swiftboated is to have the truth told about you. The Democrats think that being swiftboated is to be lied about. It's more like he's being Borked by his own party. But that's not even accurate, because but to be Borked is to be lied about. You could say he's being Foleyed, because the same group that got this started, the CREW group was in there, Melanie Sloan and the gang. I can't come up with a term for what's happening to him, but I'm telling you, they're trying to kill the guy, and just after the election. They don't want him in the leadership. We do.
John "Swiftboated" Murtha
We want him there, folks, we want him in the Democrat leadership because we want the Democrats to be who they are -- especially after all this, we want Murtha elected. I therefore today endorse the candidacy of Jack Murtha to be the number two Democrat in the House of Representatives. It is only right. This man, after all, is a Vietnam vet. This man was a Marine! We aren't allowed to look any further than that. He was a hero. We have not walked in his shoes. Those who have not served in the military and those who have not been in the Marine Corps; those who have not walked in his shoes have no right, ladies and gentlemen, to try to pummel him. They don't know what he's had to bear in his life. They don't know what crosses and hardships that he has had to undergo.
This is his time and now his own party is trying to savage him, not because they're worried about him, but because they're worried about themselves. Well, they're saying he was almost a crook, but, see, the difference is, it was okay to be a crook before the election but it's not okay to be a crook after the election when you want to be in the Senate Democrat leadership. This man, Jack Murtha, held out as some kind of icon on all of the Sunday shows without a whiff of comment about any of these scandals, the Abscam scandal, the earmarks, the funny money back and forth with his family and lobbyists and so forth. That's because Murtha was useful to them during the campaign.
By the way, the Democrats owe this man. He was the one that first stuck his thick neck out there and demanded that we retreat and get out of Iraq. He was the architect of the cut-and-run policy that the American people have now endorsed with the election to power of Democrats in the House and Senate, and this is the way they show their gratitude? This man was a Vietnam vet. We're not allowed to look any further; we're not allowed to ask any more questions. I mean, we all know that if Jack Murtha had been a conservative, none of that would have mattered. It would have been the ethically challenged Murtha prior to the election. These guys have had this tape of him with the FBI and Abscam, and they didn't play it on their Nightly News segments last night. This is amazing to me.
This is a guy who wants the number two job in the House of Representatives. He's being supported by the speaker-to-be Nancy Pelosi. Speaking of her, notice this, ladies and gentlemen. Pelosi is being criticized for starting the fight about Murtha but not for backing an unethical hack who came within an eyelash of being indicted. He was an unindicted coconspirator. He's probably now the second most famous unindicted coconspirator in the history of American political scandal. Who would be the first, Mr. Snerdley? Who is the most well known and popular -- well, not popular, but famous. No, it would be Richard Nixon. Richard Nixon.
So Jack Murtha is in august company here. He's the second highest ranking unindicted coconspirator. Now, Pelosi is being criticized for taking a position. She's supposed to stay out of this race. She's not being criticized for backing an unethical hack. Now, if Murtha's ethical lapses are so deep and numerous, as they obviously are, then why was he fit to be reelected? By the way, did you hear that Tom DeLay met with the TIME Magazine editors? He's on the Person of the Year committee. Do you know who he recommended? Pelosi. Tom DeLay recommended Pelosi to be woman of the year, TIME Magazine.
This is no doubt not going to please Hillary. Number two, DeLay could be trying to focus attention on Pelosi as much as possible. Number three, it could be he thinks that she deserves it because she pulled off this stunning victory. But nevertheless folks I have to take a break here but I want to go on the record, I officially endorse the candidacy of John Murtha to be the number two Democrat in the House. He is the man responsible for the Democrats winning the House, they can say Pelosi got it, but it was Murtha that had the guts to go out there and demand cut-and-run, demand that we get out. Now Levin has picked it up, everybody is trying to live off the light shining on Murtha.
Rush And Our Boy Jack
Everybody is trying to feed off him, and now they're trying to get rid of the guy who is their true star, Jack Murtha, more than any Democrat, told us who they are. It's a close contest, but he's in -- and for that reason, he needs to stay in a position of prominence. Again, we here, I've surveyed the group, their votes don't matter, I just want it to be unanimous for the sake of it, we all endorse Jack Murtha as the number two Democrat in the House of Representatives, and we also make a move today to urge the Democrats to speed up their Iraq withdrawal timetable. Four to six weeks is much, much too long. If you're going to quit, you quit! You do it and get it over with. No reason to subject our troops to further danger and unsafety when we've made the decision to cut-and-run. Get 'em home before Christmas so that everybody can have happy holidays.
BREAK TRANSCRIPT
RUSH: By the way, here's Murtha. We've got a little bit longer sound bite from that Abscam tape, that FBI tape. It's not much, a couple more lines that are even more incriminating. This is January 7th, 1980, Jack Murtha and an FBI agent.
UNDERCOVER FBI AGENT: I went out and I got the fifty thousand, okay? From what you're telling me, okay? You're telling me that that's not what you -- you know, that that's not --
MURTHA: I'm not interested. I'm sorry.
John "The Sheikh Down" Murtha
UNDERCOVER FBI AGENT: Okay.
MURTHA: At this point.
UNDERCOVER FBI AGENT: Okay.
MURTHA: You know, if we do business for a while. Maybe I'll be interested. Maybe I won't.
RUSH: (Laughing.) "At this point... We do business for a while. Maybe I'll be interested. Maybe I won't." This is the man running for the number two position among Democrats in the House of Representatives, officially endorsed here. He's a hero. He was instrumental in our new Iraq policy of cutting-and-running and quitting, which I think ought to happen next month now, not four to six weeks, not four to six months, not a year. If you make the decision to quit, you quit. By the way, something else I want to also suggest, ladies and gentlemen. I want to agree with the incoming chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee. We need a draft.
We need to establish one. He's tried to set that up on a number of occasions during the course of the past four years on the theory that the sons and daughters of the rich and powerful are not in Iraq. So I agree with him. We need a draft for the express purpose of making sure the people who don't want to serve and who don't care about the military are forced to do so. When I look at these Democrat positions, ladies and gentlemen, I think they deserve amplification. I think we all need to study these and think about them. After all, the Democrats, led by Hillary Clinton, wanted ex-cons to be able to vote, did they not, in these upcoming elections?
Murtha provides them with a future ex-con who can look out for their interests. Murtha fills so many bills here. He and Congressman William Jefferson (Democrat-Louisiana) can start a new caucus in the Democratic Party, the pre-indicted caucus. We already have the blue dog caucus. Have you heard? The Blue Dog Coalition. Get this. This is funny. The Blue Dog Coalition of Democrats holds a news conference, they held one at 11 o'clock today (nobody noticed it) to introduce the nine (laughing) the nine new blue dog-elect Democrats as they announce their leadership and outline their philosophy for the 110th Congress in Washington. Nine members of Congress, the Blue Dog Democrats announce their philosophy, their leadership.
You know how this is going to work? I told you how this is going to work, ladies and gentlemen. These guys got elected as conservatives in conservative districts, and their election served to empower a far-left-wing leadership in the House of Representatives. So they're going to get up there and they had their orientation Monday, they're feeling their oats, they're going to make a difference up there. They're going to get called into the speaker's office; they're going to be told what for, and here is an example of it. This is from the Baltimore Sun.
"One target of Pelosi's campaign is Rep.-elect Kirsten Gillibrand of New York, a Hoyer supporter, who was summoned to Pelosi's office to explain why she wasn't backing Murtha, Hearst Newspapers reported last night. At the session, Pelosi asked Gillibrand for her committee preferences." So this is one of these Blue Dogs who gets elected, comes in and all of a sudden not doing what Pelosi wants, is not supporting Murtha. She gets a note: "The speaker-elect wants to see you." You go traipsing in to Pelosi's office.
"Why are you not supporting my man Murtha? Why is it that you're supporting Hoyer? By the way, what committee assignments would you like?" Message: You're going to be sweeping the floors here and cleaning the latrines if you don't change your mind here and vote for Murtha on this. The nine Blue Dogs out there, big meeting today. God love 'em. They may, if they've got any guts, they may end up helping out, sort of like they'll be DINOs, Democrats In Name Only, or DEMOS, Democrats In Name Only, or what have you. Anyway, Murtha, William Jefferson, congressman, (Democrat-Louisiana) are to start the pre-indicted caucus.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus
ROFL!! Murtha is just a lil' bitch. With all of this dirt being being unloaded on him, by the dems of all people, Irey is going to pwn him in a couple of years. She said on Hannity today she would like to run against him again.
Murtha's a wonderful choice, being such a great American and all. (gag, cough)
Let's air all the dirty laundry, Dems.
One look at Murtha's contorted scowling faces tell me all I need to know about him. There's a dearth of wisdom and voids of valor painted on that mug. He is quite the old fool in his latter years...surpassed only by the greater fools and the fooled voters of PA-12.
Pelosi endorses Murtha for the #2 slot and the media immediately goes after him. What does that say about Pelosi's strength as the presumed Speaker of the House?
It seems to me that someone is sending her a pretty clear message about her real place in the pecking order
Hey,....he brings home the bacon....that's good .....right?
Your post is great "Porky brings home the bacon"
Mahalo
The vote is tomorrow?
Thanks! I don't like talk radio, and don't tune in, but Rush is spot on here.
Rush does love his popcorn!
Perhaps Nancy Pellagra knew Steny Hoyer had the #2 job sewed up. Perhaps all the House dem causus knew it. It was no skin off Pellegraface's nose to give her unindicted co-conspirator Moida a post election thank you by endorsing him.
It is still advantageous to regard this as a defeat for Pegrossi.
yitbos
It seems this whole #2 news story is a set up.
Murtha the Traitor is defeated by a conscientious dem caucus. The MSM and its cohorts claim, "See, we are non partisan. We condemn even the appearance of unethical conduct." All after the fact. All according to plan.
yitbos
Murtha spends his weekends in his backyard trying to figure out how to erect a flagpole atop the pile of dog poop he's amassed over the years. In a head-wind.
How much did she lose by? I never saw any election results on their race, if you know the numbers I would appreciate seeing them. Thanks.
Wait till January when he actually takes the position before shooting him down. The SOB has it coming and once he is justifiably bounced, he drags the rest of the Rats down with him.
Shoot him down now, and it will be a distant memory by the New Year. Shoot him down once he's in a leadership role, and it's big news.
61-39
Irey's not going to own Murtha. My parents, who live in his district, have been voting the "Anybody but Murtha" ticket for as long as I can remember. Everyone in his district knows his history, but most of them don't care.
i wonder will michael moore live up to his 'promise' to conservatives about corrupt democrats...they are not even in a week and boom...they are off...
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