Posted on 05/13/2009 11:44:15 PM PDT by topher
Murtha Rival Says Congressman's Top Aide Threatened to Have Him Court-Martialed
Bill Russell, an Iraq war veteran who served with the Army, says Rep. John Murtha's chief of staff threatened to have him court-martialed when he ran against the Democratic congressman in 2008.
By Judson Berger
FOXNews.com
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Talk about hardball politics.
Rep. John Murtha's opponent in the 2008 election claims the Pennsylvania congressman's chief of staff has threatened to have him recalled to active duty and court-martialed for campaigning while in the military, which is in violation of military code.
Bill Russell, an Iraq war veteran who served with the Army, told FOXNews.com that Murtha's chief of staff, John Hugya, made the threat on two occasions -- first to his former commanding officer and then to his face in March.
"It's a terrible, terrible threat to make," said Russell, a Republican who lost to the Democratic powerhouse in November but plans to challenge him again in 2010. Asked if Murtha is trying to bully him out of a rematch, Russell said: "It was a direct intent to intimidate."
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I hope he has it on tape.....
Murtha’s political days are numbered. His arrogance is slowly but surely becoming his undoing.
guess that figures
I hope he has it on tape.....
From the article:
While Hugya did not explicitly threaten to bring Russell up on charges during the March conversation, he apparently did in a conversation in January with Ret. Col. Gregory Ritch, who served as Russell's commanding officer.
It is verified by Bill Russell's former commanding officer...
Col. Lindsey Graham (Sen. S.C.) should look into this as a U.S. Senator.
Murtha
61%
Irey
39%
John Murtha
155,268 57.9%
RUSSELL, WILLIAM (REP)
113,120 42.2%
Murtha’s support is slowly but surely eroding. This next election he will be even more venerable. There will not be a Presidential race and Bill Russell already has $403,000 raised already. He is going to be better prepared than any other candidate to run against Murtha in 2010.
Murtha is running into trouble with the media (Fox News). There was another article about Murtha and two other members of Congress getting kickbacks from PMA for military contracts...
Time to pony up some dough for Russell...
Democrats stop GOP effort to start ethics inquiry (The 8th such stoppage by the Dems since March)
From the AP article, here is the paragraph about the kickbacks to Murtha and two other Congressmen:
At the same time, the three lawmakers received huge amounts of political donations from PMA lobbyists and their clients. Murtha has collected $2.37 million from PMA's lobbyists and the companies it has represented since 1989, according to the Center for Responsive Politics, which tracks political money. Visclosky has collected $1.36 million; Moran, $997,348.
The Johnstown Jackarse stikes again!
Murtha district is completely dependant upon the pork he stuffs in the budget. The guy called everyone in his district bigots and still won.
I don’t think people have any idea how much money Murtha brings into Johnstown. I would not doubt if Murtha doesn’t bring in about $100K of tax dollars for every family in that town. The town would dissolve overnight if Murtha stopped feeding it. It is a depressed little town with nothing but government contractors in it.
LLS
Funny how that works out. Whether it's Mutha's Johnstown or Byrd's W. Virginia, the more Federal pork project money poured in, the poorer the region becomes.
Man, let's hope not. 'Vulnerable' would be better.
Seems Murtha is quite comfortable in using his connections to threaten court martials. Hmmmmmm.
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