Murtha Throws A Tantrum
In its schadenfreudean hilarity it is, quite simply, sublime:
“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.
They even used that idiotic photo of him that I always use to illustrate their article.
So who’s the favorite, Steny Hoyer or Spanky? Hotline says the blue dogs are sticking with Hoyer because the Okinawa plan doesn’t play well with conservative-ish voters. Fox says Hoyer has some progressive votes too due in part to his more “progressive” views on abortion. Still other Dems are expected to opt for Hoyer because it’s hard to set a clean hands agenda with a figurehead as grimy as Murtha is:
It seems John "unindicted co-conspirator" Murtha doesn't like people bringing up that he was an unindicted co-conspirator in the Abscam investigation. Which is just too bad, isn't it? I've seen the video. He only dodged getting busted because he did not take the cash right then, but said he'd be willing to revisit the issue after the fake businessmen had done a little investing in his district. That he did not take the envelope then and there is all that saved him.
By Quilly Mammoth, Tuesday, 14 November , 2006 @ 4:33 pm
I can’t believe that ass used the term “swift-boating”. Or does he mean “substantially true allegations that still persist over decades”?
By mokus, Tuesday, 14 November , 2006 @ 5:30 pm
Murtha didn’t take the cash bribe because it wasn’t enough. You have to give the man some credit, he wasn’t going to sell out cheap. If anyone wants to buy John Murtha’s vote, they’re going to have to establish a long term commitment to graft and corruption, and come up with a much more attractive offer. After all, John Murtha is an important man, a US Congressman, not some low-level UN bureaucrat.