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Home Front: Politix

Murtha appeals to MoveOn for help

2008-10-30

It's been an unusual alliance from the beginning and now Rep. John Murtha (D-Pa.), in trouble in his race to keep his seat, is appealing to his old friends at MoveOn to come to his rescue.

The relatively conservative Murtha became a hero to MoveOn members when he came out early against the war. His military background and previous support of the war made his opposition significant.

The letter asking for campaign cash doesn't mention what, exactly, got him into the trouble he's in, but refers instead to "swiftboating" and "the right-wing attack machine."

"This is a real emergency--with just 6 days left," he writes. "People like Rush Limbaugh, Bill O'Reilly and Sean Hannity are ~~correctly~~ calling me a traitor and worse." This letter went out to MoveOn members today.

Posted by:Fred

#11 Try calling on the Marines.

Posted by: ed 2008-10-30 12:23

#10 Why you ungrateful redneck racist bastards! I'd appreciate your vote on November 4th. Thanks in advance...

Posted by: Rep. John Murtha 2008-10-30 10:28

#9 Oh, MoveOn will really represent the people of Pennsylvania. Murtha, do everyone a favor and resign. You are a disgrace to your office.

Posted by: JohnQC 2008-10-30 10:23

#8 Woah. Even Newsweek sez he's in trouble...

One piece of potentially bad news for Democrats: word around the state is that Rep. John Murtha, a veteran member of the U.S. House delegation and ally of Speaker Nancy Pelosi, could lose his seat west of here in Johnstown.

I know that district---I covered Bobby Casey at a campaign picnic there a couple of years ago---and know why Murtha is in trouble. It is not because he came out against the war in Iraq in a forthright way; it is because he seemed to be trashing the Marines when he did it. He was wrong on at least some of his facts, as it turned out, and was probably wrong in the way he went about airing them.

Murtha seemed to be shooting off his mouth, and they tend not to like that kind of thing in the hills and valleys of the Appalachian Mountains.

Posted by: tu3031 2008-10-30 10:14

#7 Well, he pretended to be conservative back when his district was more conservative. He made a killing on defense contract corruption for himself and his cronies. Then they went and redistricted him, and suddenly he's the representative of a bunch of deep-blue Mon Valley brownfield unionist hardasses. Now he's looking for leftist-liberal union cred, because that's what gets you elected in areas like Johnstown and the Mon Valley.

Posted by: Mitch H. 2008-10-30 08:44

#6 The relatively conservative Murtha...

That's Newspeak to say he hasn't spent more than a toe tap time with card carrying, or associated with, known marxists or neo-marxists.

Posted by: Procopius2k 2008-10-30 08:41

#5 Seeya jackass.

Posted by: NCMike 2008-10-30 08:17

#4 How'd that plan for calling your constituents racist rednecks work out, John?

Posted by: Beavis 2008-10-30 08:16

#3 That'll help John. You've been in DC way too long.

Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2008-10-30 07:09

#2 So what are you willing to pay for it that you haven't already, Jack?

Posted by: gorb 2008-10-30 02:44

#1 You are a traitor, and worse. Asshat. There is a special place in Hell for people like you.

Posted by: Iblis 2008-10-30 00:22

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