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Defeating John Murtha: Part 1 Wednesday, April 04, 2007 1:20 PM Last summer and fall, I worked with many others in the campaign -- the crusade -- waged by Diana Lynn Irey to defeat Congrerssman John Murtha in Pennsylvania's 12th Congressional District. As anyone who's read my columns knows, I have great admiration for Diana and her campaign staff. Murtha is a corrupt politician, known as "The Prince of Pork," who's more concerned with ensuring he has a life-time job in Congress than with protecting American security. He's a symbol of everything that's wrong with American politics, and it's critical...

WHY IS JACK SCARED TO DEBATE? REASON NUMBER 14: HE DOESN'T WANT ANYONE TO KNOW THAT HE VOTED AGAINST STIFFER SENTENCES FOR ILLEGAL ALIENS CONVICTED OF VIOLENT CRIMES OR DRUG TRAFFICKING Monday, October 23, 2006 (MONONGAHELA, October 23) -- Washington County Commissioner and Pennsylvania 12th district Republican Congressional nominee Diana Irey -- responding to Jack Murtha's refusal to meet with her to debate the issues, despite newspaper editorials urging him to debate, a League of Women Voters offer to host and sponsor a debate, and local television stations' offer to air the debate -- today released this statement: "One week...

IREY TO MURTHA: MUST YOU DEMAND AN ISRAELI SURRENDER, TOO? Wednesday, August 09, 2006 (MONONGAHELA, August 9) -- Washington County Commissioner and Pennsylvania 12th district Republican Congressional nominee Diana Irey -- continuing her focus on Jack Murtha's stated desire for Israel to lay down its arms and stop defending itself against attacks from Marine-murdering Hezbollah terrorists in southern Lebanon -- today released the following statement: "One week ago, Jack Murtha said he wanted an immediate cease-fire between Israel and Hezbollah. He has said nothing since then to indicate he has rethought his position. "So I have a question for him...