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| Murtha Wins Re-Election |
| 2008-11-05 |
| The government you deserve. And these people truly do deserve this guy... In spite of calling his constituents "rednecks" and saying that his district was in a racist part of the state, seventeen-term Pennsylvania Congressman John Murtha was re-elected with over 58 percent of the vote to beat out retired Republican Army lieutenant colonel William Russell. "I first want to say how proud I am to represent this hard-working patriotic area, how much I appreciate the support I got. We turned this thing around in ten days, and the folks worked so hard. I appreciate President Clinton coming in, I appreciate Hillary Clinton's Robo-calls, and of course Joyce's long-term work with the Girl Scouts and so forth. All of it paid off," Murtha said on Tuesday night. Trouble began for Murtha when the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported that he said: "There is no question that western Pennsylvania is a racist area." While he apologized, he also told Pittsburgh's WTAE-TV that "this whole area, years ago, was really redneck." Murtha was criticized for his remarks and former President Bill Clinton was dispatched to lend his support for the beleaguered congressman in the final days of the race. But a victorious Murtha said Tuesday night that he looked forward to a Democratic president. "First thing the President has to do is restore the credibility of the United States of America, and I think Obama's a guy that can do it," Murtha said. "I really look forward to serving with him." |
| Posted by:tu3031 |
| #23 "Is there a more despicable person than Murtha?" Ted Kennedy's pretty close - I don't think fat jack actually ever killed anyone. Slick Willie has the abuse of 6 women or so on his hands. Pretty much a toss up in my book. I'd like to whip all three of their old asses. |
| Posted by: Broadhead6 2008-11-05 21:34 |
| #22 Is there a more despicable person than Murtha? |
| Posted by: HammerHead 2008-11-05 19:42 |
| #21 The silver lining is that the suits by the Marines continue. They will get a lot more publicity with him in office than they would have with him out. Should be a PR disaster for the donks as well as a humiliation for him. I hope. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2008-11-05 19:31 |
| #20 Odds are against him If it's true only the good die young, Murtha will live forever. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2008-11-05 17:16 |
| #19 tu3013, can i live with you since weed is decriminalized there now? We're gonna need alot of it the next 4 years |
| Posted by: chris 2008-11-05 17:10 |
| #18 He wasn't semper fidelis, so he no longer counts as a Marine. |
| Posted by: Darrell 2008-11-05 16:21 |
| #17 Murtha's 72 and fat. Odds are against him, 40% chance he doesn't see another election - hopefully. I've never felt this way about anyone who once was a Marine. To me, he's an Ex-Marine. I'd kick his old fat ass and not feel bad. |
| Posted by: Broadhead6 2008-11-05 15:59 |
| #16 "In Pennsylvania, we are all Forrest Gump." |
| Posted by: USN, Ret. 2008-11-05 14:53 |
| #15 I expected Murtha's all re-election all along. Come on, people. His congressional district had a track record to maintain. Even ignorant racist rednecks have standards they live by. The standards are just different from ours. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2008-11-05 14:29 |
| #14 Well, henceforth the people of that part of that State will be known as "racist rednecks". No matter what else they ever do or accomplish, they are now labeled. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2008-11-05 13:42 |
| #13 I didn't figure Murtha would get re-elected. He never seemed to respect his constituency or the rest of the country. Go figure. This falls into the category of "There are some things I'll just never understand." As said above, I could never figure out why Kennedy and Frank keep getting re-elected. People vote for all kinds of reasons--some votes well thought out and reasoned and other votes emotional and whimsical. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2008-11-05 13:42 |
| #12 Hey, we did decriminalize weed. And saved the greyhounds. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2008-11-05 13:19 |
| #11 The only state with stupider citizens is Mass. They turned down the opportunity to discontinue state income taxes. Morons. |
| Posted by: Hellfish 2008-11-05 12:46 |
| #10 That's one shitbag our country could do without. Good job Pennsylvania! I'm sure he'll screw you good for re-electing him. |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2008-11-05 12:37 |
| #9 Because nothing says restoring credibility like re-electing this ass. Jeez. PA, what happened? Might as well melt down that bell to make and hand out symbolic keys to the vault. Path of least resistence indeed. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2008-11-05 12:20 |
| #8 Imagine how well he would have done if he had called them all drooling, inbred morons. I bet he would have gotten 75%. Unbelievable. |
| Posted by: Cornsilk Blondie 2008-11-05 12:11 |
| #7 Words Fail. |
| Posted by: RWV 2008-11-05 11:34 |
| #6 Does anyone know how Allen West did in Florida? How about Leyland in New York? These candidates were sponsored by vets for freedom. O.K. here is my Kansas report. Republican Roberts wins Senate seat with 62%. Republican Moran wins House seat with 70% Same with Republican Tiahart. Republican Jensen in a big upset beats incumbent Bouda for house seat. |
| Posted by: bman 2008-11-05 11:09 |
| #5 Maybe by RedNeck he meant this area is really, really, stupid. Like Derick Zoolander stupid. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2008-11-05 10:51 |
| #4 I think Darth summarized my feelings very well. I will add that I can't believe that people in that part of Pennsylvania would elect a fat bastard arrogant Anti-American leftist like Murtha. Can I add that this probably upsets me nearly as much as watching BO's acceptance speech? I don't know which one made me puke the most. |
| Posted by: James Carville 2008-11-05 10:51 |
| #3 I still can't believe how fucking stupid people are. It's not stupid, it's the greed of pork. The Audacity of Selfishness. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2008-11-05 10:36 |
| #2 "First thing the President has to do is restore the credibility of the United States of America" Congressman John Murtha If I were a Pennsylvanian I'd be mighty proud. Thank God I'm NOT! |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2008-11-05 10:14 |
| #1 I still can't believe how fucking stupid people are. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2008-11-05 10:04 |