Murtha to pro-Hoyer Dems: Stop swift-boating me! Update: Could the GOP make Hoyer Speaker? Contributed by Bill Faith
WASHINGTON — The race to be the No. 2 House Democratic leader turned nasty Tuesday, with challenger Rep. John Murtha accusing opponents of "swift-boat style attacks" that hark back to his days being investigated in the FBI's 1980 Abscam sting. ...
... "I am disconcerted that some are making headlines by resorting to unfounded allegations that occurred 26 years ago. I thought we were above this type of swift-boating attack. This is not how we restore integrity and civility to the United States Congress," Murtha said of the ample press coverage of his link to Abscam and more recent negotiations he made as ranking Democrat on the Defense Appropriations Committee.
Squirm you slimy bastard, squirm. There may not have been a trial but the world knows you're a hell of a lot guiltier than those Marines you're ready to hang.
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(2006-11-14) — House Speaker-elect Nancy Pelosi today defended her decision to back , D-PA, as the next House Majority Leader, citing his extensive ethics experience as crucial to her efforts to “clean up the House.”
“Jack Murtha inside and out,” said Rep. Pelosi, D-CA. “If we’re going to purge misconduct from our midst, we need someone intimately familiar with it.” ...
Contributed by Bill Faith on November 14, 2006 at 02:47 PM in , |
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The Murtha/Pelosi/Hoyer mating dance is hilarious. Her balls are bigger than either.