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Murtha's wife urged to run for seat in Congress
Herald Standard ^ | 2-14-10 | Herald Standard Staff

Posted on 02/14/2010 12:30:06 PM PST by cajuncow

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - The wife of the late congressman John Murtha is being urged to run for the House seat that he held for nearly four decades, a newspaper reported Friday.

"While people have been mindful that this is a difficult time for the family, many have called to suggest Joyce as the perfect person to hold her husband's seat," Murtha spokesman Matthew Mazonkey told the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: 2010midterms; demprimary; johnmurtha; murtha; murthawatch; pa2010; wife
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I never could understand how being married to the dead politician qualified you for the job.
1 posted on 02/14/2010 12:30:06 PM PST by cajuncow
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And now the wife? Amazing; and desperately so.


2 posted on 02/14/2010 12:31:29 PM PST by cricket (Proud to be in the 'Party of NO')
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It’s the people’s seat! Widows of dead corruptocrats need not apply


3 posted on 02/14/2010 12:31:51 PM PST by silverleaf (My Proposed Federal Budget is $29.99)
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I never could understand how being married to the dead politician qualified you for the job.

You're talking about a part of the country which continually re-elected the same crook to Congress since 1974.

4 posted on 02/14/2010 12:32:00 PM PST by pnh102 (Regarding liberalism, always attribute to malice what you think can be explained by stupidity. - Me)
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...because the Democrats know that the ‘sympathy factor’ will enable them to hang on to the seat...


5 posted on 02/14/2010 12:32:06 PM PST by who knows what evil? (G-d saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.org.)
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Is he even buried yet?


6 posted on 02/14/2010 12:32:08 PM PST by silverleaf (My Proposed Federal Budget is $29.99)
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To: cajuncow

Entitlement mentality.


7 posted on 02/14/2010 12:32:24 PM PST by JudyinCanada
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and they re-elected him even after he called them dumb racist rednecks ....


8 posted on 02/14/2010 12:32:59 PM PST by silverleaf (My Proposed Federal Budget is $29.99)
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Shows you how little some people think of “the job”.


9 posted on 02/14/2010 12:33:08 PM PST by Sacajaweau (What)
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I believe in being respectful of the family of the deceased, but...if she is going to jump into the ring (why she would be qualified is anyone’s guess) then she better be prepared to answer.


10 posted on 02/14/2010 12:33:27 PM PST by rlmorel (We are traveling "The Road to Serfdom".)
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You don’t know why his wife is qualified? Well, it is HIS seat, silly. It is Murtha’s seat, just like it was Kennedy’s seat. Liberals elect their royalty to life terms. Makes for great Tyrants.

So who better to put in MURTHA’s seat than Murtha’s wife?


11 posted on 02/14/2010 12:33:39 PM PST by Freedom_Is_Not_Free (Depression Countdown: 48... 47... 46...)
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“”””You don’t know why his wife is qualified? Well, it is HIS seat, silly. It is Murtha’s seat, just like it was Kennedy’s seat. Liberals elect their royalty to life terms. Makes for great Tyrants.

So who better to put in MURTHA’s seat than Murtha’s wife?””””””

She’s more qualified than anyone to hold his seat. She knows where the cash is stashed.


12 posted on 02/14/2010 12:35:11 PM PST by shelterguy
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Its called the Widow Sympathy Vote. And the Democrats may be able to keep the seat with it.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find only things evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelogus

13 posted on 02/14/2010 12:35:42 PM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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Filthy Rats... let the poor woman have some grief time rather than using her for their power grab schemes. Utter gutter SCUMs...


14 posted on 02/14/2010 12:36:32 PM PST by tflabo (Restore the Republic)
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It’s about emotion. Works good on the left.


15 posted on 02/14/2010 12:37:07 PM PST by Conspiracy Guy (I voted Republican, no Conservative was on the ballot.)
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Missouri elected a dead Carnahan. The powers that be installed his wife in that senate seat.


16 posted on 02/14/2010 12:40:41 PM PST by Carley (Are you better off now than one year ago? HELL NO!!!!!)
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“You don’t know why his wife is qualified? Well, it is HIS seat, silly. It is Murtha’s seat, just like it was Kennedy’s seat. Liberals elect their royalty to life terms. Makes for great Tyrants.”

I’m having nightmares about someone’s wife running for POTUS once he’s finished with the job.


17 posted on 02/14/2010 12:42:30 PM PST by cajuncow
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“It’s not the Murtha seat. It’s not the Democrat seat. It’s the people’s seat.”


18 posted on 02/14/2010 12:42:41 PM PST by reg45
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The wife of the late congressman John Murtha is being urged to run for the House seat that he held for nearly four decades, a newspaper reported Friday.

Well, Murtha wasn't qualified when HE ran so why not his wife to replace him, eh?

After all, who cares about country issues when one is a democrat or a RINO.

19 posted on 02/14/2010 12:42:51 PM PST by EGPWS (Trust in God, question everyone else)
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Have to ask the Carnahans I guess. Makes no sense to me either.


20 posted on 02/14/2010 12:45:05 PM PST by rod1
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