Posted on 11/11/2006 1:25:31 PM PST by lowbridge
A triumphant Rep. John Murtha describes what will happen if hes elected Majority Leader, to a sympathetic interviewer at NPR: Murtha to Run for Majority Leader in New Congress. (Hat tip: John.)
Regarding Iraq:
Winning is not a strategy, victory is not a strategy.
What the Dems will do:
Were gonna say, heres a plan that we have, and Speaker Pelosi has signed on to the plan I have, stability in the Middle East, stability in Iraq comes from redeployment of our troops, and thats gonna be what well work for.
On the Presidency:
Listen, this is not a dictatorship. The President can say all he wants to. The President has, has no power. The President is a, a perception of power. And hes lost that power in this election.
New Left Stalinist, America-is-bad Oversight and an American wartime administration (redux):
It means harass, harry, hound, badger, pester, plague, bait, annoy, bother, irk, plague, hector, nag, pester, keep after, torment, distress, browbeat, bully, bait, heckle, needle, ride, tease, rib; also, to trouble persistently or incessantly; systematic persecution by besieging with repeated annoyances, threats, demands, or misfortunes; unrelenting pursuit to gain a desired end; to nag or tease persistently; to inflict a succession of petty annoyances; the infliction of tribulations, such as worry or vexation, likened to an epidemic disease; to torment by or as if by taunting, insulting, or ridiculing. (Thank you, American Heritage)
In a word, Watergate.
For the U.S. military the word is BOHICA.
For our Iraqi friends the word could very well be Bloodbath II.
90 day spending extensions (via Executive Order) while the dims budget sits in Veto... no way 2/3 vote to overide... tactic ala 'toon!
LLS
Because Murtha can't seem to grasp simple truths?
Sunshine Patriot
Thomas Paine, 1778:
"These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph."
That's right. Winning and victory are goals, not strategy.
"heres a plan that we have, and Speaker Pelosi has signed on to the plan I have,...redeployment of our troops"
That means bring the troops back home. What will that accomplish. It will romove the only effective opposition present in Iraq and the region to the jihadis recapturing control of Iraq. Jihadis recapturing control of Iraq is what the goof murtha is after. He calls that condition "stability". Yeah, that's a plan. Give the jihadis a stable environmnet to opperate in. They can then procede to kill off the peaceful folks, burn down the oil industry and cut global warming significantly.
I'd rather turn murtha into an aerosol cloud in the stratosphere to cut global warming. That's my plan.
On Fox's The Beltway Boys Mort Kondrake (probably misspelled) predicted that Pelosi will ask Murtha to step aside and that Steny Hoyer will be the next House majority leader.
It's cold comfort, but I'm praying Murtha doesn't get the leader post. Denying him the prize he's been seeking since he slandered the Marine would be sweet. Mort K. usually has his finger firmly on the pulse so there's hope.
Last time I checked, the Presidency still constituted an equal branch of government capable of checking Congress.
I have decided to agree with Murtha.
We need to redeploy our troops from Iraq.
LETS GO TO SOMOLIA; IRAQ; SYRIA...
Thanks for the report on this, Red. It would be some consolation that he doesn't get a leadership position. I believe Pelosi realizes he losing his marbles and wouldn't be able to do a competent job.
Ping
Kind of odd considering that the position is an appointment. Seemed to me that Murtha is sending out his flying monkeys, hoping to drum up support to pressure Pelosi.
I guess my son will be coming home early and my hubby's second tour in 07 isn't fonna happen.
I can't wait for the Communist Trifecta of Rangel, Conyers and Hastings to hold sway over Capitol Hill. It will usher in the shortest-held majority in history.
Well said!
Amazing that such an inept moron could be re-elected,
"De Plan, De plan!".
My tagline says it all!
Time for Bush to start using a four letter word....
VETO
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