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2008-11-03 Home Front: Politix

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Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2008-11-03 13:47|| || Front Page|| [11128 views ] Top

#1 Wouldn't it be fun if congress critters could only take campaign contributions from their own districts? Like, only from the people they're supposed to represent and not special interests from all over the country? Would it not then be easier to get rid of some of the mad cows like Murtha who so desperately need to be turned out to pasture? Not gonna happen though, is it?

Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2008-11-03 14:12|| 2008-11-03 14:12|| Front Page Top

#2 "Hoyer, you traitor!"

"Takes one to know one, Johnny boy!"

Posted by Mike 2008-11-03 16:03|| 2008-11-03 16:03|| Front Page Top

#3 Marine vet at Russell rally: Murtha a 'fat little bastard'

By Alex Roarty, PolitickerPA.com Reporter

NEW STANTON -- Republican congressional candidate Bill Russell's rally on Sunday featured several Iraq war veterans vehemently criticizing U.S. Rep. John Murtha (D-Johnstown), who they say betrayed them when he said troops in Iraq killed innocent civilians in Haditha "in cold blood."

Those remarks sparked Russell to run against Murtha and have been a theme of his campaign ever since.

During the rally, Shawn Bryan, a former sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps., said Murtha visited his unit in Iraq in 2005. At the time, Murtha told the troops "what a great job we did," Bryan said, only to see him tell his district back home he no longer supported the effort.

Bryan said he didn't put his life on the line for his country "just so some fat little bastard can come back and run his mouth."

Posted by tu3031 2008-11-03 16:14|| 2008-11-03 16:14|| Front Page Top

#4 "Bryan said he didn't put his life on the line for his country 'just so some fat little bastard can come back and run his mouth.'"

And the problem is....?

Ooo, Ooo - I know! It's not nice to call fat people fat.

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2008-11-03 16:25|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/] 2008-11-03 16:25|| Front Page Top

#5 Wouldn't it be fun if congress critters could only take campaign contributions from their own districts? Like, only from the people they're supposed to represent and not special interests from all over the country? Would it not then be easier to get rid of some of the mad cows like Murtha who so desperately need to be turned out to pasture? Not gonna happen though, is it?

Well yes, but in this case if Colonel Russell hadn't received donations from Marines and vets (like me)from all over the country he wouldn't have had a chance to get this "fat bastard" out of office.

Posted by bman 2008-11-03 16:34|| 2008-11-03 16:34|| Front Page Top

#6 Hoyer has his own problems this year running against Collins Bailey.

Posted by Carbon Monoxide">Carbon Monoxide 2008-11-03 16:45|| 2008-11-03 16:45|| Front Page Top

#7 It's like the Mafia, John. rest assured, I'm sure Hoyer will send an entire flower car to your funeral.

Posted by tu3031 2008-11-03 17:09|| 2008-11-03 17:09|| Front Page Top

#8 Now lets not go and call Mr. Murtha (pictured below) names.

Posted by Varmint Ulailing3444 2008-11-03 18:27|| 2008-11-03 18:27|| Front Page Top

#9 Glad you did, bman. But what about all the lobbyists who keep this sack of excrement in office throughout all of his previous terms? It's very, very difficult to defeat an incumbent and that's part of the reason.

Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2008-11-03 18:58|| 2008-11-03 18:58|| Front Page Top

#10 My Dem incumbent here in PA-7 (SE Pa) Cng. J. Sestak (ret Navy) has raised $3.6M this campaign, but has only spent about $1M, (he's sitting on $2.6M). I'm voting for (R)Craig Williams (ret USMC-GulfWar), Duke grad/JAG/Mstrs Columbia/DOJ Prosecutor/Joint Terrorism Task Force..

Posted by Tom- Pa 2008-11-03 19:00|| 2008-11-03 19:00|| Front Page Top

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