The pet poster boy for the oh-mi-god-there’s-a-war-on-stop-it-Pelosi-Reid cabal, John Murtha (ex-Marine and all around harrumphing curmudgeon of a Pennsylvania Democrat), hasn’t been seen in print or opinion lately – an oddity considering the Dems had to fold their stop-the-war platform.
Why, you might ask?
Because it turns out ol’ Murtha’s really is a bit of a whack job, as per the following from my pals at US Patriot. (Please at least read the last line of this “I-swear-it’s-not-a-joke.”)
“Meanwhile, Rep. Mike Rogers (R-MI) filed a resolution this week for the House to reprimand Demo loudmouth John Murtha (D-PA) for threatening to kill any earmarks Rogers introduced in any defense-appropriations bill. Murtha’s threat came after Rogers unsuccessfully tried to remove an earmark that Murtha added to the Intelligence Authorization Act of 2008 (H.R. 2082) to authorize $23 million for the National Drug Intelligence Center based in Murtha’s district. Rogers acted in line with President Bush’s desire to close the office, which has been given poor reviews by several federal review boards.
“Murtha told Rogers after the vote, “I hope you don’t have any earmarks in the defense appropriations bill because they are gone, and you will not get any earmarks now and forever.” This tirade, complete with finger-pointing, came on the heels of a similar threat Murtha made to Rep. Todd Tiahrt (R-KS), after Tiahrt voted to close a program in Murtha’s district. Murtha’s next project is to pass the 2008 intelligence bill—complete with a mandate that the intelligence community report on global warming."
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