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  Murtha Campaign pulls ads from Boot Murtha Rally emcees' radio station & affiliates "John! If you're listening out there by satellite, you'd better come home right away! Things are going to hell in a hand basket back in Johnstown!"– Jim Quinn, on-air, Sept 1, 2006 Jim Quinn of the syndicated "The War Room with Quinn & Rose" radio show reports the Murtha for Congress campaign has pulled all ads from their station and their five affiliate stations. [EXCERPTS:]"...the Murtha for Congress campaign has decided not only not to buy any commercial time on this radio show, but to...

Murtha Hotel Wars in Johnstown, PA! Message from Vets for the Truth Boot Murtha: Congressman John Murtha is gearing up on all fronts. Not only has he got Max Cleland coming back to Johnstown to stage an Anti-War Rally the day before our Boot Murtha Rally (announced by Cleland on the HBO "Bill Maher Show" last Friday night)... But he's also laying siege to the hotel and motel rooms in Johnstown. Vets for the Truth's Boot Murtha Rally is set for Sunday, Oct. 1st at 2 p.m. Max Cleland's Anti-War Rally on behalf of Congressman Murtha has been set...

August 26, 2006... Operation Street Corner Action Report! Boots on the Ground for the soldiers in the fieldOSC goes to the Great Patriot PA Biker Event!– A hot day outside of Monaca, PA –Aug. 26, 2006, Monaca, PA... Vets for the Truth / Boot Murtha took its traveling OSC displays to the Rolling Thunder (PA Chapter 4) Great Patriot Biker Event. The event was held just outside Monaca on a great strip of land right along Route 18 at the Midway Bar & Grill. We were able to meet multitudes of great people and American patriots and discussed issues one-on-one with our...

WELCOME BACK, MAX!Max Cleland is coming back to Johnstown!! Former Sen. Max Cleland of Georgia is throwing a rally in Johnstown, PA for Rep. John Murtha -- the day before Vets for the Truth's Boot Murtha Rally.The news is highlighted in the following release from Murtha's re-election committee: [EXCERPT:]JOHNSTOWN, Pa., Aug. 25 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The Murtha for Congress Committee said that former U.S. Sen. Max Cleland (D-Ga.) announced last night he's leading a large-scale effort among his veteran brothers to support U.S. Rep. John P. Murtha (D-Pa.), who is coming under attack from "radical right-wing forces in the...

Murtha stonewalls another Johnstown critic Finding himself criticized by yet another Johnstown, PA resident -- Mrs. Harry Beam -- Rep. John Murtha once again stonewalls a hometown critic in his letter of response to Mrs. Beam's Aug. 23rd Readers' Forum letter. Here is an excerpt from Mrs. Beam's Aug. 23rd letter:Murtha, like Sen. John Kerry, refuses to release his military records. My husband, retired Lt. Col. Harry Beam, is more than willing to release his record and compare it to Murtha's.If such a comparison would be made, my husband's Silver Star, Bronze Stars, Purple Heart, Vietnamese Cross for Gallantry,...

Murtha flunks true or false testthree statements in past week easily proven false Q. Is the following Murtha statement True or False?"...we are unable recruit the necessary volunteers  to maintain troop levels in our armed forces."-- John Murtha,  Aug. 23, 2006A. It is false. The Marines did not fall short in recruiting, as Murtha's opponent Diana Irey reports in a statement:"According to Defense Department statistics released 13 days before he [Murtha] made his statement (available online at: DoD Announces Recruiting and Retention Numbers for July), the Marines have met and in fact surpassed their recruiting and retention goals: for...

OSC Show on the Road!- Beautiful Day in Johnstown – August 22nd found 12th District OSC Director Nikki Sheppick and her Second-in-Command, District Assistant Laura Hough (pronounced "Huff," for those who are wondering), traveling to Johnstown for one of their traveling Operation Street Corner display events.  The day was beautiful, and Johnstown has a very nice Central Park with large beautiful shade trees.  We were in the nicest of environments. Two of our Johnstown colleagues, Harry & Tony, volunteered to accompany us during our 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM event.  Incidentally, the Johnstown City Manager was most cooperative in giving us permission...

Readers' Forum letter:No medals needed to criticize lawmaker  [NOTE: this letter appeared in the Aug. 23, 2006 print edition of the Johnstown Tribune-Democrat's Readers' Forum. The newspaper did not include it on their website. BootMurtha.com has obtained permission from its author to publish it in full.]  In his Aug. 16 Readers' Forum letter, "Congressman earned veterans' respect," James Shrift suggests that no veteran should criticize U.S. Rep. John Murtha. Shrift asks, "Do they honestly believe they can compare their service record to (Murtha's)?" The short answer is, yes. The long answer is twofold: Murtha, like Sen. John Kerry, refuses...

John Murtha: Military Destroyer Marine recruiter details Murtha's damage In America, we rightfully make public examples of the worst behavior in our society. This is true even of our sacred institutions. The recent article by the Associated Press reporting over a hundred women seeking to serve our country were treated in a sexually inappropriate way is just one such disheartening incident. The Armed Forces are spending $1.5 billion on 8,000 recruiters this year. However, there is other disheartening news coming from a specific recruiter that is telling about Rep. John Murtha (D-PA). Boot Murtha has received anecdotal evidence that...

Boot Murtha Daily Update: Thanks, Sean Hannity!VFTT's National Oct. 1st Boot Murtha Rally got a big 'boot up' yesterday by Sean Hannity during his afternoon radio broadcast. Hannity hosts one of the top conservative radio talk shows in America, and co-host of Fox News Channel's "Hannity and Colmes." During Hannity's broadcast our Boot Murtha Rally (set for Oct. 1st in Johnstown, PA) got several mentions along with our website's URL.

Murtha, can you hear me now? Rep. John Murtha is a fraud. He claims to be a 'friend' of the military, yet time after time he has refused to listen to America's Iraq War veterans – the very ones he claims to speak for:"The soldiers can't speak for themselves. We sent them to war and, by God, we're the ones that have to speak out." -- Rep. John Murtha, ABC News, Nov. 21, 2005Iraq War veteran Craig Minnick can speak for himself -- but Murtha refuses to listen to him – even though Minnick is a resident of Murtha's...

Why are we against John Murtha? The following was penned by Iowa Presidential Watch PAC Chairman Roger Wm. Hughes in reply to a question about why Vets for the Truth (a committee under Iowa Presidential Watch PAC) has taken on Rep. John Murtha. I normally do not answer critics, because it is not beneficial. However, you seem to be genuine. So, against my better judgment I will reply as to why this effort is going forward against Rep. John Murtha (D-PA). Congressman John Murtha, like Senators John Kerry and Tom Harkin, is a fraud. He has made himself out...

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 LA Times article:"Swift Boat" Veterans Set Sights on Rep. Murtha Is Vets For The Truth the same group as the Swift Boat Veterans? No. But that didn't stop an article in Sunday's Los Angeles Times from trumpeting the erroneous headline: "'Swift Boat' Veterans Set Sights on Rep. Murtha." [EXCERPTS:]Two years after a cadre of veterans helped sink the presidential campaign of Sen. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.), they have found a new target in the old steel country of southwestern Pennsylvania: Democratic Rep. John P. Murtha.In a fight that organizers say will feature rallies, TV ads and an aggressive Internet...

  Come to the National VFTT Boot Murtha Rally Sunday, Oct. 1st in Johnstown, PA AIRPORTS       MOTELS     CAMPING     BED & BREAKFASTS     DINING     DOWNTOWN MAP     DEMOGRAPHICS CHARTERS/CAR POOLS      PATRIOT BIKERS   Rally Location:Cambria County War Memorial Arena[LINK] 326 Napoleon Street, Johnstown, PAin downtown Johnstown, PA(John Murtha's hometown)Starting Time: 2 p.m.     Contact our Rally Coordinators if you can help! rallyinfo@bootmurtha.comor write us at: VFTT BootMurtha Rally, P.O. Box 844, Johnstown, PA 15907 Become a 'Troop-Travel' Coordinator! CLICK HERE Help coordinate charter buses and car pools to the VFTT Boot Murtha RallyWe are looking for bus...

Bailey's Briefing of the Dayby CAPT Larry BaileyPresident, Vets For The TruthAugust 9, 2006 Ladies and Gentlemen,Your fearless leader has just returned from six days in southwestern Pennsylvania, and I have to tell you that I am mightily encouraged by what I saw and experienced.  To say that there’s an undercurrent of anti-Murtha sentiment in his district is to grossly understate the case—there’s a veritable RIPTIDE of disgust at what the man has become and what he has done, and we’re going to ride that tide until he is well and truly redeployed! I arrived in Pittsburgh on Aug....

MOVEON.ORG seeks to pre-empt BOOTMURTHA! from MoveOn.org e-mail: "John Murtha is being smeared but we saw this coming and we have a new TV ad campaign to put Republican candidates on defense early—making a win possible. We can make August a month they'll never forget. Can you chip in $50 or more today?"... "We've prepared a hard-hitting new TV ad about Iraq to move this fight into the congressional districts of vulnerable Republicans. But to flood the airways in these places we need to raise $500,000 this week. Can you chip in $50 or more today?"  That's part of...

Vets For The Truth on MSNBC's Tonight with Tucker CarlsonTODAY at 4:00 & 6:00pm ET Today at 4:00 & 6:00pm (ET) Tucker Carlson of MSNBC's "Tonight with Tucker Carlson" will be seeking to decimate, discredit and destroy Vets For The Truth. VFTT's Craig Minnick, an Iraq War Veteran and Lieutenant Colonel in the Army Reserve and a resident of Murtha's hometown of Johnstown, PA, will seek to show that Murtha's actions are extremely harmful – not only to those serving on the ground in Iraq, but to our nation in general. Iraq War veteran Minnick has made numerous attempts...

Murtha Fails to Stop Local Veterans & VFTT Press Conference BootMurtha release, Aug. 3, 2006 Johnstown, PA... Speaking to a large contingency of press today, retired Navy SEAL CAPT Larry Bailey said, "Murtha thinks that's a rally. Come back October 1st, and I'll show you a rally" Bailey, a decorated Vietnam war veteran and President of Vets For The Truth, made his comment at a press conference in Johnstown, PA, while Rep. John Murtha tried to hold his own rally nearby. Local veterans and Bailey were met by FoxNews, the Boston Globe, the Philadelphia Inquirer, three local TV stations...

Below you will find links to articles about the LIVE STRONG bracelet, which isn't really on most adults' radar screens but should be. You see, the Live Strong bracelet, my teenage daughter informs me, is ALL the craze among the youth of America and is supposed to benefit cancer survivors. And guess what? John Kerry wears one prominently, displayed very yellowly on his immaculately coiffed wrist!!! While it's escaped many of us, it should probably be pointed out how COOL he is to younger voters -- or how cool he's trying to be. While it's admirable to support Lance Armstrong's...