Well now that he is pushing up the daisies we can all say what we all really feel. Murtha was corrupt, slanderous, arrogant and a liar -and those were probably his better qualities. He called his own constituents bigots – and they still voted him back in proving that every whore has her price.
by Michelle Malkin
We are not supposed to speak ill of the dead. But those whom the deceased viciously smeared and humiliated deserve to be defended. Entrenched Rep. John Murtha passed away on Feb. 8 after a botched gallbladder surgery. He has been hailed as a “military advocate” (Associated Press) and “one of the greatest patriots ever to serve in Congress” (former Rep. Harold Ford Jr.).
These obsequious obituaries leave out inconvenient truths: John “Jack” Murtha was an unrepentant smear merchant and corruptocrat to the bitter end.
In May 2006, during an MSNBC appearance that Marines and their families will never forget or forgive, Murtha accused US troops of wantonly killing some two dozen civilians, including children, in the terrorist stronghold of Haditha, Iraq. Bellowed Murtha: “Our troops overreacted because of the pressure on them, and they killed innocent civilians in cold blood.”
He publicly indicted the Marines before military investigations had been completed. His remarks opened military-bashing floodgates around the world.
In the wake of Murtha’s reckless blabbing, MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann accused the Haditha Marines of “willful targeted brutality.” The Nation magazine claimed that “members of the 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment perpetrated a massacre.” The New York Times dubbed Haditha the “defining atrocity” of the Iraq war. International papers piled on with Vietnam-era “My Lai” allusions. Murtha cold-bloodedly sat back and enjoyed the ride while the Marines were left twisting in the wind.
By 2008, seven of the Marines charged in the incident had been exonerated or had charges against them dropped.One still awaits a long, dragged-out trial this year.
Murtha, the so-called “military advocate,” went to his deathbed refusing to apologize or retract the attacks on the Haditha Marines (several of whom unsuccessfully sued him for libel to restore their honor). Decent people would call this intransigent treachery.
—————————— [...] In 1980, Murtha was an unindicted co-conspirator in a massive bribery probe — in which undercover FBI agents videotaped Murtha entertaining a $50,000 bribe from agents posing as emissaries for Arab sheiks trying to enter our country illegally. From transcripts of those conversations published by the late newspaper columnist Jack Anderson, Murtha’s true colors shined:
“I want to deal with you guys awhile be fore I make any transactions at all, period. . . . After we’ve done some business, well, then I might change my mind. . . .”
“I’m going to tell you this. If anybody can do it — I’m not B.S.-ing you fellows — I can get it done my way,” he boasted. “There’s no question about it.”
Murtha worried not about his integrity or how his constituents might be harmed, but about getting ratted out
Read the rest: The ugly truth about Jack Murtha
Tags: John Murtha, Michelle Malkin
Chickenshit never apologized to the marines he slandered.
Piss on Murtha
There is something rotten in MA. At least it is buried now.
I meant PA!
Well, MA too . . . .
The Haditha bit is why I call Murtha a traitor. You can’t tell me that his bullshit didn’t substantively help the Jihadis, both in terms of recruitment and morale, as well as hurting our own morale both military and civillian. The most charitable you can take it is that he did this with wanton disregard for the consequences. The SOB should have died in jail for his crimes.
As much as I disliked Murtha, another villan in this story is Tim McGirk of Time magazine, and the editors who put the story on the magazines front page. Rats, all of them.
@ MrPaulRevere:
The Media are the Enemy. No lie, but they don’t have the same kind of impact, or responsibility, that the ranking Democrat on the Defense Appropriations Committee has.
@ MrPaulRevere:
100% correct, and he didn’t give a tinkers damn.
I really think was senile – he just was not rational in his last years.
We really need term limits.
@ MrPaulRevere:
Credit to Iron Fist for the quote.
@ Iron Fist:
A fair point. McGirk had the megaphone, and Murtha had the credibility, if you will.
His hatred for George Bush made him use these poor brave Marines as pawns in his political war against Bush. This man cared so little for our troops and their families that he lied about them. He trashed them in public, and then when it bacame obvious they were innocent, he refused any form of apology.
and I say piss on this man’s grave!
Even just after he died, it was hard not to say anything ill about John Murtha. What he did to the Haditha Marines was despicable, and his record as the king of earmarks says volumes.
I was one of his constituents. I never voted for him and the people of Johnstown and surrounding areas (Indiana, Latrobe, etc.) should be ashamed of themselves for returning this putz to Congress time, and time, and time, again.
@ JohnH:
Just illustrates the power of incumbency.
95% of incumbents are re-elected to Congress.
AWESOME news that after next January there won’t be any members of the Kennedy clan in the US House/Senate!
lobo91 wrote:
I don’t think that will be the case in 2010
@ Nevergiveup:
http://blowoutcongress.com/
/for tfk
~:)
yah wrote:
Best thing he could have done was to have retired about 15 years ago and spent his last years with his kids & grandkids. I’d say the same thing about Ted Kenne(hic) Kenne (hic) Kenne(hic) Kennedy.
@ Nevergiveup:
You keyboard to God’s ears. I can’t wait for November!
@ Nevergiveup:
I don’t either, but that’s the historical average for those who run for re-election.
Hey, your favorite weather girl is on…
Funny how Arabs played in his life. First Abscam then Haditha.He has a lot to answer for,was it worth it.
@ Nevergiveup:
“I don’t think that will be the case in 2010″
That’s because people are in enough pain right now that they have finally decided that they need to do something about it – kinda like going to the dentist when you get a really bad toothache when you haven’t been in years and you scream at the dentist “JUST PULL THE DAMN THING OUT.”
mfhorn wrote:
Yes and the NY Post (I used to be a NYer until 2002) is lamenting that Gov. Paterson did not appoint Caroline Kennedy to Hillary’s seat thereby “Killing Camelot” -as if that is a bad thing.
@ mfhorn:
Too funny! HAHAHA!
Jack Murtha was one of the few EX-marines that this country has. His behavior in Abscam disgraced the corps and he further disgraced himself with the Haditha comments.
Please, PA, make up for this disgrace and elect a conservative, or at least defeat any Democrat critters running for his seat.
AZfederalist wrote:
The last two people who ran against him (one was a former military man, the other was a woman) seemed really good. Hopefully one will take his palce.
@ Speranza:
AH no more Camelot!
My heart bleeds!
Not!
@ Rodan:
Camelot was really not that great a place – the kings wife in love with a knight, really nasty witches, wars, betrayal ……….
@ yah:
Yup!
Rodan wrote:
Camelot was invented by Jackie Kenendy with the help of Theodore White (White later regretted using that term). The JFK administration was originally called “The New Frontier”.
Geez where is everybody?
If Patches Kennedy was all you had left, then I say Camelot was already dead!
vagabond trader wrote:
He certainly does.
@ Speranza:
Theres a great show on CTPTV about the blizzard of 1978.4 feet of snow here,16 foot drifts, very few 4 wheel drive vehicles.Yikes! They’re doing their pledge drive right now.
@ vagabond trader:
Hit the tip jar!
@ Doppelganger:
We do, its called taxes!
As a Christian, I hope he was saved and made to to Heaven.
But, if not, then I hope his soul is the victim of real brutality for all eternity– he has to spend the last second of Flight 11 before @ yah:
It was only a model.
@ calcajun:
Disregard that–I have no idea what happened there.
With the 2010 Census forms coming, we need to give as little info not related to the number of people in a house as possible.
IF there’s a question regarding ‘race’, I’m debating between answering ‘Human’, ‘American’ and ‘Native American’ (since I was born here).
file this under things that make you go awww… and then make you smile.
Gaza sources: Sole power plant to halt over Israel fuel blockade
bout time
mfhorn wrote:
I’m a Native New Yorker. And Native American. The word means where you were born. Now …. it’s usually used to mean Aboriginal American …something I find mildly irksome. But I can take it ~g~
That said, I will use Native American on the census.
@ calcajun:
If Not, see comment #34.
@ calcajun:
It’s only a model
Alabama Murders Prof. Shot Brother In Braintree
THE BRAINTREE SHOOTING
Amy Bishop was 20 at the time of the shooting. Her brother Seth was 18.
Officer Ronald Solimini recalled the incident Saturday.
Here is his description, according to Frazier:
“He said he remembers that Ms. Bishop fired a round from a pump action shotgun into the wall of her bedroom. She had a fight with her brother and shot him, which caused his death.
She fired a third round from the shotgun into the ceiling as she exited the home. She fled down the street with the shotgun in her hand.
At one point she allegedly pointed the shotgun at a motor vehicle in an attempt to get the driver to stop. Officer Solimini found her behind a business on Washington Street.
Officer Timothy Murphy was able to take control of the suspect at gunpoint and seized the shotgun. Ms. Bishop was subsequently handcuffed and transported to the police station under arrest.”
Before Bishop could be booked, the police chief back then, John Polio, told officers to release her to her mother, Frazier said.
‘THE REPORT’S GONE’
The shooting was logged as an accident, but detailed records of the incident have disappeared, he said.
“The report’s gone, removed from the files,” Frazier said, adding that all he had was the police log from that day.
Read: Dec. 6, 1986 Police Log (.pdf)
He planned to meet with the district attorney over the possibility of launching a criminal investigation into the report’s disappearance.
Bishop was never charged.
“The release of Ms. Bishop did not sit well with the police officers and I can assure you that this would not happen in this day and age,” Frazier said.
FORMER CHIEF’S REPONSE
Polio said at the time it was an accidental shooting.
Reached at his home Saturday, he told WBZ he remembers the incident, but he did not recall ordering Bishop’s release and denied any allegation of a cover-up.
Watch: John Polio’s Response
“Nobody was trying to cover anything up. Nobody was trying to take care of anybody. We had a job to do, we did it,” Polio said.
As for calling for Bishop’s release?
“I really don’t recall that at all,” he said.
“In fact, if I had to put my money on it, I didn’t.”
Polio said he turned the information over to the Norfolk District Attorney in December 1986, who was current U.S. Rep. William Delahunt.
WBZ has a call out to Delahunt’s office for comment.
The Norfolk District Attorney’s Office released its 1987 report of the incident Saturday night.
Read: DA’s report page 1 (.pdf)
DA’s report page 2 (.pdf)
DA’s report page 3 (.pdf)
DA’s report page 4 (.pdf)
DA’s report page 5 (.pdf)
DA’s report page 6 (.pdf)
The official cause of death was listed as “the accidental discharge of a firearm.”
Bishop’s mother was on the Braintree Personnel Board at the time of the shooting.
Read: Who is Dr. Amy Bishop?
————
Very interesting links in the article:
Comments from Chief Paul Frazier Regarding Amy Bishop
Snip
“The suspect in the Huntsville shooting, Amy Bishop had been involved in a shooting incident in Braintree, Massachusetts in December of 1986. I located the Day Log from December of 1986 and found that the incident had occurred on December 6th. After finding the report number I looked in our archived files for the report. I was unable to locate the report.”
“Officer Ronald Solimini informed me that he wrote the report and said that I wouldn’t find it as it has been missing from the files for over 20 years. He said that former Police Chief Edward Flynn had looked for the report and that it was missing. He believes this was in 1988.”
Officer Solimini recalled the incident as follows: He said he remembers that Ms. Bishop fired a round from a pump action shotgun into the wall of her bedroom. She had a fight with her brother and shot him, which caused his death. She fired a third round from the shotgun into the ceiling as she exited the home. She fled down the street with the shotgun in her hand. At one point she allegedly pointed the shotgun at a motor vehicle in an attempt to get the driver to stop. Officer Solimini found her behind a business on Washington Street. Officer Timothy Murphy was able to take control of the suspect at gunpoint and seized the shotgun. Ms. Bishop was subsequently handcuffed and transported to the police station under arrest.”
“Officer Solimini informed me that before the booking process was completed Ms. Bishop was released from custody without being charged.”
“I (Chief Frazier) spoke with the retired Deputy Chief who was then a Lieutenant and was responsible for booking Ms. Bishop. He said he had started the process when he received a phone call he believes was from then Police Chief John Polio or possibly from a captain on Chief Polio’s behalf. He was instructed to stop the booking process. At some point Ms. Bishop was turned over to her mother and they left the building via a rear exit.”
Braintree Police Lieutenant Karen MacAleese was a high school classmate and confirmed from photographs that the suspect is the same Amy Bishop who lived in Braintree.
“I was not on duty at the time of the incident, but I recall how frustrated the members of the department were over the release of Ms. Bishop. It was a difficult time for the department as there had been three (3) shooting incidents within a short timeframe. The release of Ms. Bishop did not sit well with the police officers and I can assure you that this would not happen in this day and age.”
“It is troubling that this incident has come to light. I can assure you that the members of the Braintree Police Department maintain the highest of integrity. Since it was discovered this morning that the report is missing, I have been in contact with Mayor Joseph Sullivan. Mayor Sullivan and I have spoken with District Attorney William Keating and we will be meeting with him next week to discuss this situation. The Mayor supports a full review of this matter and agrees that we want to know where the records are.”
@ calcajun:
Not being a Christian, but being a former Marine, I hope his afterlife is full of pain and humiliation. Reincarnating as an Arab Muslimah, say.
Murtha is a pig. He even looked like a pig at the end. He sold out the marines in such a terrible way for political gain. He wanted to crap on Pres. Bush and benefit from the way he thought the wind was blowing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXPw5Ragb4U&feature=related
Chris Matthews did an outrageous eulogy for Murtha on Hardball.
He drooled & slobbered all over Murtha as a “Patriot.”
He just left out the slandering of the Haditha Marines, his corruption & disrespect for his own constituents.
Matthews is an ass.’
He said the Marines were weak and cracked under the pressure. He said they were cold blooded murderers.
He knew nothing abt. what had happened.
He is a disgrace.
RIX wrote:
Matthews thinks West Point is an enemy camp. Piss on him too!
After our invasion of Afghanistan & Iraq Matthews saw how wildly popular the U.S troops were.
He actually tried to make his Peace Corps service compareable to Combat in Viet Nam. I am not exageratting even a little.
I’ll say it again ( because It feels good )
Piss on Chris matthews : American Traitor!
@ RIX:
Another one who has to be the bride and bridesmaid. What is with these sissified lefturd men? They should just abandon themselves to their inner femme and leave manly duty to real men.
hey!what ever happened to the weblog awards?
@ Doppelganger:
I wouldn’t piss on him if he were on fire. To test this, we could buy me a case of beer and set Mathews on fire…
Iron Fist wrote:
I’m in, as long as you share the beer.
WARNING: Puke alert. Lurch representing Hussein at Islamic conference in wherever the he11 it is.
http://www.weaselzippers.net/.a/6a00e008c6b4e588340128779c4057970c-pi
@ Iron Fist:
Oh, and I’ll even bring lighter fluid, in case the fire starts to go out.
@ RIX:
Absolutely!They all had their precious deferrments or high tailed it to Canada so must now justify their cowardice as time spent in worthwhile “humanitarian” activities.
wow.
when did mike huckabee get so fat?
he’s interviewing that pervert ted haggard
@ rain of lead:
Got canceled due to lack of funds for the required servers. I was really disappointed myself.
UPDATE: From Ratemyprofessors.com: “This class was great. Bishop makes the class interesting by talking about her research and her friends research. That speaker she had for class was hard to understand but smart. She expects alot and you need to come to every class and study. She is hot but she tries to hide it.And she is a socalist but she only talks about it after class.”
At that time veterans were not exactly respected on college campuses.
You really sought out other vets.
It seems Delahunt was accused of being soft on crime during a run for Congress back in 1996. This new issue could prove even more troubling for Delahunt, assuming he intends to run for re-election this year.
In a testy final debate last night where both candidates displayed their growing distaste for each other, Democratic Norfolk County District Attorney William D. Delahunt described as “despicable” efforts by Republican Edward B. Teague to link him with a man who killed while out on a prison furlough in 1979. “You took advantage of a grieving man,” Delahunt said, referring to a letter by Joseph Gilmore of Canton that Teague has publicized. In it, Gilmore writes that Delahunt failed to follow through with a promise to notify the family that his daughter’s killer was out…
RIX wrote:
“Hey look at me, look at me. . . . I’m a hero too.”
How pathetic. This really shows how these scum are acutely aware of and envious of real heroism.
They just don’t have the balls to man up. But they wish they did.
For years now it has seemed to me that liberals live in fantasy.
That’s why they talk about “Your truth & my truth”
That way they are never really lying. Thre is only THE truth though.
Good evening everyone.
Time for some night work. No wonder I have sleep issues.
vagabond trader wrote:
The muzz in the back is looking at Lurch like he’s something that came out of the business end of an Israeli-owned dog.
I shall repeat my epitaph for John Murtha: Death cannot corrupt him.
And Teddy Kennedy remains sober.
Wow, I was just checking out the olympics and saw a commercial that tried to present a positive angle from G.E. abt. how wonderful it would be for everyone’s medical records to be stored and available immediately to any care giver. Why are they doing that?
I thought the olympics was abt. sports.
I’m not usually one to copy/paste (like youknowwho) but I thought this pretty funny:
HOW TO PLAY AND SING THE BLUES
1. Most Blues begin with: “Woke up this morning…”
2. “I got a good woman” is a bad way to begin the Blues unless you stick
something nasty in the next line like “I got a good woman with the
meanest face in town.”
3. The Blues is simple. After you get the first line right, repeat it.
Then find something that rhymes, sort of: “Got a good woman with the meanest
face in town. Yes, I got a good woman with the meanest face in town. Got
teeth like Margaret Thatcher, and she weigh 500 pound.”
4. The Blues is not about choice. You stuck in a ditch, you stuck in a
ditch. There ain’t no way out.
5. Blues cars: Chevys, Fords, Cadillacs and broken-down trucks. Blues
don’t travel in Volvos, BMWs, or SUVs. Most Blues transportation is a
Greyhound bus or a southbound train. Jet aircraft and state-sponsored motor
pools ain’t even in the running. Walkin’ plays a major part in the blues
lifestyle. So does fixin’ to die.
6. Teenagers can’t sing the Blues. They ain’t fixin’ to die yet. Adults
sing the Blues. In Blues, “adulthood” means being old enough to get the
electric chair if you shoot a man in Memphis.
7. Blues can take place in New York City but not in Hawaii or anyplace
in Canada. Hard times in Minneapolis or Seattle is probably just clinical
depression. Chicago, St. Louis, and Kansas City are still great places
to have the Blues. You cannot have the blues anyplace that don’t get rain.
8. A man with male pattern baldness ain’t the Blues. A woman with male
pattern baldness is. Breaking your leg ’cause you were skiing is not the
blues. Breaking your leg ’cause a alligator be chomping on it is.
9. You can’t have no Blues in a office or a shopping mall. The lighting
is wrong. Go out to the parking lot or sit by the dumpster.
10. Good places for the Blues:
a. highway
b. jailhouse
c. empty bed
d. bottom of a whiskey glass
Bad places for the Blues:
a. Nordstrom’s
b. gallery openings
c. Ivy League colleges
d. golf courses
11. No one will believe it’s the Blues if you wear a suit, ‘less you
happen to be an old ethnic person, and you slept in it.
12. Do you have the right to sing the Blues?
Yes, if:
a. you older than dirt
b. you blind
c. you shot a man in Memphis
d. you can’t be satisfied
No, if:
a. you have all your teeth
b. you were once blind but now can see
c. the man in Memphis lived
d. you have a 401K or trust fund
13. Blues is not a matter of color. It’s a matter of bad luck. Tiger Woods
cannot sing the blues. Sonny Liston could. Ugly white people also got a
leg up on the blues.
14. If you ask for water and your darlin’ give you gasoline, it’s the Blues.
Other acceptable Blues beverages are:
a. cheap wine
b. whiskey or bourbon
c. muddy water
d. nasty black coffee
The following are NOT Blues beverages:
a. Perrier
b. Chardonnay
c. Snapple
d. Slim Fast
15. If death occurs in a cheap motel or a shotgun shack, it’s a Blues
death. Stabbed in the back by a jealous lover is another Blues way to die.
So
are the electric chair, substance abuse and dying lonely on a broken-down
cot. You can’t have a Blues death if you die during a tennis match or while
getting liposuction.
16. Some Blues names for women:
a. Sadie
b. Big Mama
c. Bessie
d. Fat River Dumpling
17. Some Blues names for men:
a. Joe
b. Willie
c. Little Willie
d. Big Willie
18. Persons with names like Amber, Jennifer, Tiffany, Debbie, and
Heather can’t sing the Blues no matter how many men they shoot in Memphis.
19. Make your own Blues name Starter Kit:
a. name of physical infirmity (Blind, Cripple, Lame, etc.)
b. first name (see above) plus name of fruit (Lemon, Lime, etc..)
c. last name of President (Jefferson, Johnson, Fillmore, etc.)
Examples: Blind Lime Jefferson, Jackleg Lemon Johnson.
20. No matter how tragic your life, if you own a computer you cannot sing
the blues.
KGB wrote:
LOL
Brilliant
@ Overlook:
Up next: MRS. MURTHA!!
Dem. logic – she’s qualified because she was married to a politician, and just the name sounds good to morons that get insulted by the man but still voted for him.
Ya know guys tomorrow is Valintines Day & you would like a special
song for your special gal. I hear ya, perhaps there is nothing that says I love you more than this number by Mr. Burt Reynolds.
Though your hair is all in tangles
And your makeup is a mess
Most of what you’re drinking
Is spilling down your dress
And to keep from falling off
Your barstool’s ’bout
All that you can do
I’ll make my proposition
‘Cause I’m just as drunk as you
[CHORUS]
Let’s do something cheap and superficial
Let’s do something that we might regret
Let’s do something shabby and insensitive
This might be the only chance we get
You got lipstick showing on your teeth
And a run down your hose
Where you got that cheap perfume
God only knows
Now I’ll be glad to have you home
Long before daylight
The sun is your worst enemy
Thank God it’s dark tonight
[Repeat CHORUS]
This might be the only chance we get
Bumr50 wrote:
Shame on the voters if they elect her
@ Bumr50:
Why not? Actors are qualified to speak on issues because of a role they played in a movie.
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Sissy Spacek & Jessica Lang once testified before Congress about the plight of the American farmer. You guessed it, they were in a movie about the plight of the American farmer.
@ Doppelganger:
With name recognition AND a D after her name? Are you kidding?
I will do all I can, but I don’t live in her district and will be honestly surprised if she runs and doesn’t win.
Sad but true. Hopefully we can nationalize the election a bit, and that it occurs soon so as not to get lumped in with all of the Nov. campaigns.
William Russell is a great man.
It looks like the special election will occur on primary day, May 18.
@ RIX:
Arec Bardwin of the Film Actors’ Guild was unavailable for comment.
@ Bumr50:
You. Have. Got. To. Be. Shittin’. Me.
i was born in murtha’s district.
all of my relatives still live there…my parents were smart enough to le3ave it in 70.
i know alot of people thatr still live there, i have one message:
keep voting democrat! those wills wil open up again one day!~
@ KGB:
Right. Looks like he likes him about as much as we do.
@ grambo:
I love it.
@ Guggi:
Somebody was sleeping with somebody.
[...] Blogmocracy has the ugly truth about John Murtha [...]
I don’t know if anyone has posted this: THE JOHN MURTHA AIRPORT
Hmm, it always worked before…..
google this
Pan American Bank ,,Chicago.
they are putting out info to mortgage brokers and high end Realtors
refinance of loans $450,000.00 to $750,000.00 at 3.4%
750 FICO’s and up
70% loan to value
cash out refi
mim loan $417,000
Check out the board of directors and figure who helped them get the money for this loan program
Hell the Pres. has a back ground on the web site,,”community org.”
one of the directors is from the Fireman’s union, one a inner city
Preacher,
Obama out reach with your tax money to the rich and famous.
Kennedy then Murtha. How about an Olbermann next? Is that too much to ask?
Rasmussen says 25% still strongly approve of Obama. Figure that out. Yeah, go baby, destroy the economy, go gangsta on the country.