Comments on: What Loyalty Is Worth http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/11/12/what-loyalty-is-worth/ Summum nec metuas diem, nec optes - Marcus Valerius Martialis Thu, 19 Apr 2012 09:00:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: crosspatch http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/11/12/what-loyalty-is-worth/comment-page-1/#comment-41561 crosspatch Mon, 13 Nov 2006 07:02:31 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/11/12/what-loyalty-is-worth/#comment-41561 Personally, I believe putting Jack Murtha as majority leader pretty much dooms the Dems in 08. Murtha is not at all popular with moderates and the Dems are going to need all the moderates they are going to get. So I would say overall, this is good news for the Republicans. Democrats shooting themselves in the foot is always a good thing. Personally, I believe putting Jack Murtha as majority leader pretty much dooms the Dems in 08. Murtha is not at all popular with moderates and the Dems are going to need all the moderates they are going to get. So I would say overall, this is good news for the Republicans. Democrats shooting themselves in the foot is always a good thing.

]]> By: Arlo http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/11/12/what-loyalty-is-worth/comment-page-1/#comment-41385 Arlo Mon, 13 Nov 2006 04:34:13 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/11/12/what-loyalty-is-worth/#comment-41385 Its a secret ballot so Hoyer has no idea who will vote for him. Pelosi intends to run the House. She wants someone loyal to her for Majority Leader. Hoyer ran against her for Minority Leader while Murtha was on her team. Its kind of a no brainer that she'd want Murtha but very bold of her to make it public. If they had a case against Murtha in Abscam, they'd have indicted him. Its a secret ballot so Hoyer has no idea who will vote for him. Pelosi intends to run the House. She wants someone loyal to her for Majority Leader. Hoyer ran against her for Minority Leader while Murtha was on her team. Its kind of a no brainer that she’d want Murtha but very bold of her to make it public.

If they had a case against Murtha in Abscam, they’d have indicted him.

]]> By: mokus http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/11/12/what-loyalty-is-worth/comment-page-1/#comment-41220 mokus Mon, 13 Nov 2006 03:35:55 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/11/12/what-loyalty-is-worth/#comment-41220 Let the Games Begin: In response to Nancy Pilosi's letter to Jack Murtha, Steny Hoyer has released a statement which included the following: "I am grateful for the support I have from my colleagues, and have the majority of the caucus supporting me. I look forward to working with Speaker Pelosi as Majority Leader." Let the Games Begin:

In response to Nancy Pilosi’s letter to Jack Murtha, Steny Hoyer has released a statement which included the following:

“I am grateful for the support I have from my colleagues, and have the majority of the caucus supporting me. I look forward to working with Speaker Pelosi as Majority Leader.”

]]> By: mokus http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/11/12/what-loyalty-is-worth/comment-page-1/#comment-41078 mokus Mon, 13 Nov 2006 02:14:15 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/11/12/what-loyalty-is-worth/#comment-41078 That's tough luck for Steny Hoyer, but what else would he expect from the pack of two-faced opportunists he hangs with? Besides, in a way, it's good news for the GOP. Not that the US Congress is honored by Jack Murtha's presence, but that the GOP benefits by the comparison. Jack Murtha was an unindited co-conspirator in the ABSCAM scandal. With him as majority leader in the House, he's the poster boy for institutionalized corruption. Speaker Pilosi will have hung that label around the donkey's neck for the next two years. That’s tough luck for Steny Hoyer, but what else would he expect from the pack of two-faced opportunists he hangs with? Besides, in a way, it’s good news for the GOP. Not that the US Congress is honored by Jack Murtha’s presence, but that the GOP benefits by the comparison.

Jack Murtha was an unindited co-conspirator in the ABSCAM scandal. With him as majority leader in the House, he’s the poster boy for institutionalized corruption. Speaker Pilosi will have hung that label around the donkey’s neck for the next two years.

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