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Leading lawmaker dismisses US scholars' upbeat report on Iraq [Murtha said on CNN......]
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Posted on 07/31/2007 10:54:41 AM PDT by Sub-Driver

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To: Sub-Driver
This is the monster the media created, creating an atmosphere of nothing good, everything bad coming from Iraq, that when the true good news hits the stands dumb asses like Murtha can’t believe it even if they wanted to.
41 posted on 07/31/2007 12:16:02 PM PDT by tobyhill (The media lies so much the truth is the exception)
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To: Sub-Driver

“Is the tide turning in Washington?”

“I’m not yet persuaded that it is, but this piece by Dan Balz and Chris Cillizza in the Washington Post provides some grounds for optimism. They report that House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-S.C.) says a strongly positive statement progress in Iraq by General Petraeus likely would split Democrats in the House and impede his party’s efforts to press for a timetable to end the war.”

“According to Clyburn, Petraeus carries significant weight among the 47 members of the Blue Dog caucus in the House (i.e., the less than liberal Democrats). Sadly, it’s not clear that Petraeus carries as much weight with moderate and liberal Republicans.”

“As significant as what Clyburn said is the way he said it. According to Clyburn, a strongly positive report by Petraeus would be “a real big problem for us.” Clyburn’s candor may be commendable, but it’s unfortunate that the Dems regard strongly positive news from Iraq as a problem.”

http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2007/07/018082.php

I`m not persuaded the tide has turned yet, either. But since the donk party is so heavily vested in our defeat, I can see why they would consider any positive news as a problem, and will dismiss out of hand anything positive Petraeus has to say.


42 posted on 07/31/2007 12:25:37 PM PDT by chessplayer
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To: chessplayer

” But since the donk party is so heavily vested in our defeat, I can see why they would consider any positive news as a problem, and will dismiss out of hand anything positive Petraeus has to say.”

This is OUTRAGEOUS!


43 posted on 07/31/2007 12:28:00 PM PDT by enough_idiocy (Get the troops out of the Iraqi civil war and send them to the Sudan civil war. Biden '08 /sarcasm)
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To: tanuki
"This poor man. Why can’t he just retire to that comfy chair before the fire."

I'd rather he retire to that comfy chair in the fire!

44 posted on 07/31/2007 12:28:36 PM PDT by Redleg Duke ("All gave some, and some gave all!")
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To: Don Corleone

The same goes with Jim Webb....in his face off with Lindsay Graham, he admitted that he had not been to Iraq...while Graham has been there 7 times. Both Murtha and Webb don’t want to talk to soldiers there because they are afraid of what they will hear. Better to stay put and put their hands over their eyes and ears...while they continue to shout out the same treason over and over again.


45 posted on 07/31/2007 1:07:57 PM PDT by t2buckeye
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To: enough_idiocy
Congressional heavyweight on military matters<...Murtha> Versus Military heavyweight in the field conducting a successful campaign – Petraeus

Petraeus takes it!

Let Murtha be his party’s heavyweight in congress. If by heavyweight you mean numbers on a scale…

Murtha takes it over Petraeus w.r.t. the weight scale!
This positive report was published in the NY TIMES and reproduced today around the world.
Amazing, now that really surprised me when I saw it again this morning in one of our national newspapers.

When will Americans start ignoring Murtha’s and the rest of these surrender monkeys’ diatribes that are not based on any facts?

Of course, I can imagine that the Creative News Network (CNN) really questioned what Murtha’s source of information.

Hey John, in whose cookie jar can we now find your “grubby hands”?

46 posted on 07/31/2007 1:13:25 PM PDT by Jocko from Canada
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To: Sub-Driver
If I was a Democrat and heard John Murtha described as, “A top Democratic lawmaker,” I’d be severely embarrassed.
47 posted on 07/31/2007 1:47:30 PM PDT by upchuck (The Hildabeaste fears Fred.)
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To: Jocko from Canada

“When will Americans start ignoring Murtha’s and the rest of these surrender monkeys’ diatribes that are not based on any facts?”

Maybe now, seems the polls are improving - down for Dems, up for the surge.


48 posted on 07/31/2007 1:51:29 PM PDT by enough_idiocy (Get the troops out of the Iraqi civil war and send them to the Sudan civil war. Biden '08 /sarcasm)
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To: Jocko from Canada

“When will Americans start ignoring Murtha’s and the rest of these surrender monkeys’ diatribes that are not based on any facts?”

Maybe now, seems the polls are improving - down for Dems, up for the surge.

Frankly, I think those on the right are desparate for good news/polls and the left for bad news/polls. I’d rather be hoping for the best than for bad news for America, so I guess I’ll never be a dem/lib.


49 posted on 07/31/2007 1:52:32 PM PDT by enough_idiocy (Get the troops out of the Iraqi civil war and send them to the Sudan civil war. Biden '08 /sarcasm)
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To: Sub-Driver

Murtha lied while US troops died.


50 posted on 07/31/2007 1:56:43 PM PDT by The Great RJ ("Mir we bleiwen wat mir sin" or "We want to remain what we are." ..Luxembourg motto)
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To: jazusamo; RedRover; Just A Nobody; freema; Sub-Driver
Here's some CNN video of this from some moonbat website. The comments under the video tell us all we need to know about murtha-lovers. It's as if they were all written by 8 year-old nosepickers.

Murtha dismisses

51 posted on 07/31/2007 2:11:42 PM PDT by smoothsailing (Liberal ideas can be hilarious in peacetime, in wartime they're life-threatening)
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To: smoothsailing

LOL!!

Typical murtha video with the same canned rhetoric. He’s memorized one sheet of paper and uses it for every interview regarding the war. The guy is a very sad sister.


52 posted on 07/31/2007 2:26:19 PM PDT by jazusamo (DefendOurMarines.com)
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To: Sub-Driver

Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go
through Congress.

53 posted on 07/31/2007 3:01:09 PM PDT by Darth Republican (Soon we must all face the choice between what is right and what is easy.)
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To: Sub-Driver
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Who am I... and WHY AM I HERE???


For that matter, where the hell's here... and what's up with this basket???

54 posted on 07/31/2007 6:27:17 PM PDT by Chode (American Hedonist)
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To: Sub-Driver

"I don't know what they saw. But I know this: that it's not getting better", Murtha said.

What an asshole.

And, in a related development, Murtha was one of nine Congressmen who voted AGAINST increasing ethical standards in the Congress, especially regarding "earmarks".

Thus, in addition to being an asshole, he is also corrupt.

55 posted on 07/31/2007 6:33:17 PM PDT by Mad_Tom_Rackham (Elections have consequences.)
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To: Mad_Tom_Rackham; 1stbn27; 2111USMC; 2nd Bn, 11th Mar; 68 grunt; A.A. Cunningham; ASOC; ...

ping


56 posted on 07/31/2007 6:48:59 PM PDT by freema (BLANKET PARTY FOR JOHN MURTHA)
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To: Old Retired Army Guy
This guy is a disgrace to the uniform he once wore. He ought to get his fat ass over to Iraq and talk to the troops that he is not supporting

Sad to say that wishing him to Iraq is just wishing more work on the fluff and buff's. He would only be waiting on as he swills coffee in the green zone never listening to anything that could cause him a problem such as progress on the ground. The man has sold his honor for political gain. We can only hope that history remembers him for what he is doing.

57 posted on 07/31/2007 8:27:36 PM PDT by armymarinemom (My sons freed Iraqi and Afghan Honor Roll students.)
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To: armymarinemom
We can only hope that history remembers him for what he is doing.

History will be written, but by who?

I figure if we don't get him now, we'll never get him.

58 posted on 07/31/2007 8:57:18 PM PDT by smoothsailing (Liberal ideas can be hilarious in peacetime, in wartime they're life-threatening)
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To: smoothsailing

Well I do believe that is why I used the words “we can hope”.


59 posted on 07/31/2007 9:07:55 PM PDT by armymarinemom (My sons freed Iraqi and Afghan Honor Roll students.)
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To: armymarinemom
We're on the same team, and we want the same outcome.

Wishing, and hoping, and praying (Sounds like a song) are swell. Doing is better. :-)

60 posted on 07/31/2007 9:46:43 PM PDT by smoothsailing (Liberal ideas can be hilarious in peacetime, in wartime they're life-threatening)
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