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To: American Spirit who wrote (49315)	11/18/2005 1:04:32 AM
From: stockman_scott	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 361666

Re: Murtha's Bombshell by sherifffruitfly on Nov 17, 2005 -- 03:17:26 PM EST It seems to me that Murtha's comments have the result, intended or no, of putting the republicans into an awkward position come election-time next year. According to conventional wisdom, the republicans are expected to withdraw troops next year sometime, in order to get an electoral bump. Murtha's statement makes this plan problematical for two reasons: 1. Democrats can now take credit for the plan. 2. Democrats can and will ask next year: "Why the fuck did the republicans wait so long?" Moreover, if republicans withdraw troops ANY time, it will be against the backdrop of Murtha's comments, potentially resulting in headlines of the form: "republicans acknolwedge mistake; begin troop withdrawl". Obviously, that's not so good for republicans either. I have no idea if these or other political consequences were explicitly on Murtha's mind, or if, to the contrary, he's a genuinely populist-oriented kinda guy. But the possible consequences I point out don't require that they be located on the top of Murtha's mind. tpmcafe.com

To: American Spirit who wrote (49315)	11/18/2005 1:13:11 AM
From: Patricia Trinchero	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 361666

What the Dems need to do now is to stress how important it will be to elect them for COngress in 2006 so we can get to the bottom of these investigations. Electing the foxes to investigate themselves will lead nowhere. We must know if any public officials knowingly sent out troops into harms way based on purposely trumped up intelligence. All these men need to be ostracized permanently from public service! AN example needs to be made to the entire world or we, as Americans, will have failed as the democratic example for this globe's population. I can think of other things to do to them, but for starters they need to be retired from politics.