Posted on 10/29/2008 12:23:28 PM PDT by RedRover
Gov. Ed Rendell came to the defense of Rep. John Murtha on Wednesday by saying the veteran congressman was fatigued from campaigning when he called his western Pennsylvania district "racist"...
"Did Jack make a mistake? Sure he did, but it's what you do that counts," Rendell said at their joint appearance Wednesday at a rally at a union hall in Uniontown....
Murtha is facing a stiffer-than-anticipated re-election race against Republican William Russell, a retired Army lieutenant colonel....
The National Republican Congressional Committee is planning a television commercial based on the "racist" remark and on Murtha's past remarks about U.S. Marines killing innocent civilians in Iraq in "cold blood."
(Excerpt) Read more at timesleader.com ...
We all know what Rendell was thinking here:
Forgive Murtha. It was a mistake that he SAID IT.
Not that “he doesn’t think that” just “he made the mistake of letting it slip”.
Idiot.
It clearly was a mistake for him to reveal his idiotic opinions of the voters in public. Now, let’s see if he’s right and he gets re-elected or if he’s wrong and has to get a real job.
Fast Eddie was telling the truth for a change. Murtha was fatigued and, therefore, had let his guard down and spoke his mind. When I’m tired I don’t say things contrary to my beliefs. If I were putting on a act I might forget what I was supposed to be saying and accidentally speak the truth
“but it’s what you do that counts”
As long as we keep bringing home the bacon to these racist rednecks they need to keep voting for us!!!! Is what he means
Go ahead, punk! MAKE ME VOTE!............./Dirty Harry......
“...he didn’t mean to say ‘racist’, he meant ‘NICEST’, er, uh, ‘great in a CRISES’ umm, ‘they’re the SPICYIST’ uhhh...
I think the opening to last weekend’s Saturday Night Live had Murtha down. It was really funny. Check it out on the NBC website (or Hulu). They had him starting out trying to explain he didn’t mean racist, maybe redneck, or just ignorant and stupid. He kept coming back in and finished with “I just want to say one more thing. You ever see the movie Deliverance?”
Those simple minded persons will still vote him in. Brain dead.
It looks like many of the people in the district are starting to realize it and Rendell isn't going to save him.
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...like any liberal excuse, they are all "mistakes" bank robbing,affairs,lying under oath,killing a campaign worker, can't remember,hiding FBI files for a year,stealing documents from the national archives,destroying documents from the national archives,..on and on and on and on, all just mistakes
It was a mistake. He meant to say they were all Klansmen.
I am sure he was also very tired when he said our troops were killing in cold blood, etc.???
He need a lot of rest by being unseated for good by Russle
I’m glad he cleared that up. So when democrats say Republicans say something that they think is racist, Republicans can say it was a mistake because of the stress of compaigning?
yeah, waaa waaa. I think they need to get rid of Rendell too.
“Did Jack make a mistake? Sure he did. He never would have said it if he had known he was being recorded.”
All members of Congress who have served more than ten years need to be put out to pasture to let in new blood....
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