Posted on 07/15/2009 10:24:49 AM PDT by Shellybenoit
Congressman John Murtha reminds me of Big Julie in play Guys and Dolls, who boasts: “I got a poifect record: thoity-three arrests, no convictions.”
Months ago, the FBI raided the offices of the PMA group. What they found suggested that Murtha and his buddies at the PMA Group operated their own little Earmark Factory.
But that was just the tip of the iceberg, another one of John Murtha's most favorite contractors was charged for taking $200,000 in kickbacks, the FBI is Investigating Multi-Billion-Dollar Murtha favored Defense Contractor With Tax-Exempt Status, Murtha has even gotten family into the earmark business, and on and on. The fact is the Congressman from Pennsylvania has been closely aligned with many illegal operations.
Today there is another revelation, the Air Force is investigating a failed research effort that included many "no show" contracts with companies that "just so happened" to have connections with John Murtha:
(Excerpt) Read more at yidwithlid.blogspot.com ...
clearly powerful Democrats have decided that Murtha is an embarrassing liability and the time has come to throw him under the bus. Otherwise this would not be happening.
Yes: I agree. For some reason they seem to be throwing Murtha to the wolves. Perhaps to protect Nancy Pelosi or some other crook.
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Additional Link:
http://hotair.com/archives/2009/07/15/another-fbi-probe-involves-murtha/
“Another FBI probe involves Murtha”
POSTED AT 10:56 AM ON JULY 15, 2009 BY ED MORRISSEY
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