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To: combjelly who wrote (292741)	6/29/2006 4:41:49 PM
From: longnshort	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576012

Wikipedia????? give me a break no one takes them seriously. People can add to the entries. it's full of lies

To: combjelly who wrote (292741)	6/29/2006 4:56:00 PM
From: longnshort	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1576012

sounds like Murtha is strong arming that paper. Murtha ia a corrupt criminal congressman, abscam and such. I wouldn't put it passed him to threaten the family of the editors

To: combjelly who wrote (292741)	6/29/2006 5:06:22 PM
From: longnshort	Respond to of 1576012

Murtha's Anti-war Stance Might Hurt Him at Home --Rep. John Murtha (D.-Pa.) appears to be suffering "Daschle-itis," a figurative disease which makes entrenched incumbents become national celebrities and, in the process, risk alienating the voters that put them in office. Since seizing his party's anti-war mantle, Murtha has become a great draw for Democratic fundraisers, helping his party boost its prospects for a congressional takeover. Naturally, this helps his party-leadership bid as well. But at the same time, his outspokenness made him a huge target for the Internet right. His district went for John Kerry with only 51% in 2004. What originally seemed like a long-shot bid by Diana Irey(R) to unseat Murtha has taken on new credibility as she raises money from the Internet and as Murtha makes more and more outrageous statements. Murtha's opposition to the war has never been the real issue. He was misquoted stating that the U.S. is the greatest danger to world peace, but the misquote went unchallenged for days, and it was quite believable that he would say such a thing. It looked like another potentially dangerous venture into the great left. Even more offensive were his statements condemning Marines who allegedly participated in a massacre in Iraq, which gave no regard to the presumption of innocence or the existence of evidence (the Marines involved maintain their innocence). In fact, by stating that he had high-level confirmation that a massacre occurred, Murtha may have set a trap for himself. As the court martial begins, he is likely to be subpoenaed in the pre-trial hearings to testify to allegations of inappropriate command influence on the trial. He risks having his high-level sources of information exposed, or exposed as flimsy -- or even non-existent. Irey, who looks quite young, is a bit green, but her handlers see her as great raw material. She has scored a series of unopposed television appearances on Fox News that have helped her raise money, and her message could resonate in what has always been a conservative Democratic district.

To: combjelly who wrote (292741)	7/9/2006 8:16:52 PM
From: longnshort	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576012

Knaves: Rep. John Murtha, who tried to back away from anti-American comments he made last month. On June 24, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reported that Mr. Murtha told a townhall meeting in Miami that the "American presence in Iraq is more dangerous to world peace than nuclear threats from North Korea or Iran." Newspapers across the country, including this one, as well as columnists, bloggers and pundits criticized Mr. Murtha based on the Sun-Sentinel's article. Mr. Murtha, however, said he was misquoted and succeeded in soliciting a retraction from the Sun-Sentinel's editors. But despite the Sun-Sentinel's backtracking, the initial characterization of Mr. Murtha's comments was correct, as a video of the town hall meeting makes clear. Here's what Mr. Murtha actually said: "Every one of our allies think that the United States being in Iraq is more dangerous to world stability and world peace, every one of our allies; Great Britain, every single country... They think it's more, uh, we're more dangerous to world peace than North Korea or Iran. That says something." Mr. Murtha contends that since he was only citing polling data, it was incorrect for the Sun-Sentinel to attribute the belief that America is more dangerous than North Korea or Iran to him. Of course this begs the question of why Mr. Murtha, had he disagreed with "every one of our allies," cited their opinions in the first place. Watching the video, it is clear which side Mr. Murtha is taking (e.g., the side of America's critics), making the Sun-Sentinel's original reporting of the meeting an honest summation of his comments taken in context. Mr. Murtha should have the courage to stand behind his words. He doesn't, which is why he's this week's Knave.