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MURTHA'S LOST HIS NERVE
Self | November 20, 2005 | Gargantua

Posted on 11/20/2005 4:01:41 AM PST by Gargantua

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To: usmcobra

"Yesterday as I was driving home in the pouring rain at 100mph in my 66 Ford Mustang pickup truck.."

Dude, if you had the balls to get a '66 Mustang up to 100 in the rain, the car with the deadest ass on record--and with even MORE weight off it due to the 'pick-up' cut, well..then..NONE of us is worthy.


21 posted on 11/20/2005 5:33:48 AM PST by TalBlack
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To: fieldmarshaldj

Excellent comment. Thanks for saying it.


22 posted on 11/20/2005 5:38:30 AM PST by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway~~John Wayne)
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To: fieldmarshaldj
This is not the first time a one time war hero needed to butt out and stay home one the farm. I can think of at least one other case(McCain). Another great reason for term limits IMHO.
23 posted on 11/20/2005 5:39:03 AM PST by rodguy911 (Support Able Danger and Lt.Col Shaffer,Condi Rice/VP in 08--)
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To: oneofmany

There have been several threads on his dubious business and political dealings.


24 posted on 11/20/2005 5:40:48 AM PST by rodguy911 (Support Able Danger and Lt.Col Shaffer,Condi Rice/VP in 08--)
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To: DB
"And with it, went Murtha's integrity... "

Yeah, especially when he voted against his own proposal. He allowed himself to be used as a political whore.

25 posted on 11/20/2005 5:41:39 AM PST by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway~~John Wayne)
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To: austinite

Got a picture of that? What is that, a ranchero backend welded to a mustang front clip?

It was one of those 66 Mustacheros.


26 posted on 11/20/2005 5:42:08 AM PST by DH
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To: usmcobra

is this real or photoshopped?


27 posted on 11/20/2005 5:48:19 AM PST by austinite
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To: Gargantua

There comes a time when an old man needs to just shut the hell up... before he makes a fool of himself. I pray I'll be able to recognize it... if not that's what family is for.


28 posted on 11/20/2005 5:50:59 AM PST by Bubba (AGGIE truck anti-theft device is... the way it works)
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To: austinite
Real, I made it.

Back to Murtha's nerves and his sevice as well, What a disservice he has done to our Marines, he has by his actions become their lone voice in the media.

From here on out The Media will rather quote him then any other Marine especially those in Iraq.

He's effectively silenced their opinions, that takes a lot of nerve.

29 posted on 11/20/2005 6:00:37 AM PST by usmcobra (30 years since I first celebrated The Marine Corps Birthday as a Marine)
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To: DB
Your take is great

I do think that there is an honest remnant of hand wringing despair on the other side over our sacrifices. It resides behind the political glee over the tough task the administration has to achieve over a period of months and months.

What is also honestly there is an attitude toward the three ethnic/religious groups that make up Iraq. That attitude is based upon the leftist assessment that those people can't possibly achieve a civilized state and create a functioning society. There is a bigotry that is betrayed by the hand wringing -- a lack of faith in our fellow man.

With the left being convinced that due to the nature of those people and the history of the Arabs and Kurds involved that failure is guaranteed, they ask, "why bother?" Convinced that they can't reach the enlightened level of the progressive mind without the Tito or the Stalin to regulate and guide them, they say, "why waste our soldiers?"

30 posted on 11/20/2005 6:02:16 AM PST by KC Burke (Men of intemperate minds can never be free....)
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To: Gargantua
The entire Murtha gambit hinged on his record of military service to give him "moral authority." But the fact is that there were several MC's with far more impressive military records than Murtha's who got up and discredited his view. They of course are never mentioned in the news reports.

The tip-off on Murtha was the disgusting display of blubbering and whining and fearful rage in his voice as he cashed in his self-respect on the House floor. He has indeed lost whatever nerve he may once have had, and is not worth further comment.

31 posted on 11/20/2005 6:09:15 AM PST by hinckley buzzard
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To: chief_bigfoot
Just repeal the 17th ammendment and take the politics out of the Senate. Problem solved. No longer will the linguini spines in the Senate have to play CYA to get re-elected. No longer will the lobbyists have sway over that branch of the gov't. Take it back to the way it was originally laid out, having the House of Reps of each state select the senators.

Now you're talking!!!

32 posted on 11/20/2005 6:10:49 AM PST by Jolly Green
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To: Gargantua

Divide and conquer , The only weapon the commies have found that works for them . The radical left and the aclu are driving the wedge , Murtha is just another one of the pawns , it has nothing to do with losing his nerve . His children and grandchildren would look good in berkas , just ask him .


34 posted on 11/20/2005 6:11:58 AM PST by lionheart 247365 (( I.S.L.A.M. stands for - Islams Spiritual Leaders Advocate Murder .. .. .. ))
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To: FerdieMurphy
I've been posting on just about every Murtha thread that we should stop blaming Alzheimer's or dementia for his behavior.

This wily old hack knows exactly what he's doing and why.

Intimating that forms of senility have made him take leave of his senses is making undeserved excuses for him.

Let him flounder in the criticisms thrown at him, but for the right reasons.......he's duplicitous, a liar and a traitor.

Leni

35 posted on 11/20/2005 6:12:19 AM PST by MinuteGal
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To: Fierce Allegiance

Single term limit and rotating the seat of government every year to a new state.


36 posted on 11/20/2005 7:00:15 AM PST by babydoll22 (If you stop growing as a person you live in your own private hell.)
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To: Gargantua; All

Take OUR debate terms to the Demorats:

We know that the Democrats want an "exit strategy", they must be asked:

Why they are opposed to Democracy in Iraq.

Why they are opposed to protecting an infant Democracy in Iraq.

Why they are so desperate to give the insurgents and the terrorists a timetable, when they know ANY timetable will only be used to the terrorists advantage.

Why, at every juncture when Democracy improves in Iraq and when the success of the terrorists seems more desperate, do the Demorats more desperately seek an "exit strategy".

Why, when the vast majority of the Iraq people oppose the insurgents, when the insurgents and the terrorists are at war against the majority of the people of Iraq, do the Demorats wrongly, knowingly in error refer to Iraq as a quagmire, when it is only a quagmire for the insurgents.

Why, do the Demorats have but one policy objective in Iraq, our exit, when the only possible means of ultimate victory for the insurgents and the terrorists is our exit, and the Demorats know it.

Why do the Demorats want an unstable Iraq.

Why do the Demorats want chaos in Iraq.

We are on the offensive here now, because the Demorats can only betray their Kerry-like appeasement and cowardice in the answers to these questions.


37 posted on 11/20/2005 7:02:13 AM PST by Wuli
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To: Gargantua
It is common knowledge that Jack Murtha decades ago served multiple tours of duty in ‘Nam.

Murtha's biography claims he was in Vietnam in '66-'67. Marines had 13 month tours of duty in Vietnam. I can find no reference to Murtha serving multiple tours. Where did this common knowledge come from?

38 posted on 11/20/2005 7:18:39 AM PST by A.A. Cunningham
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To: Gargantua
Gargantua:
My friend I am older than that POS and I do not run down our troups. I fought in WWII, and I will tell you that someone that says and does the things that Jack M. is doing is wrong. I am 81 years old and I do not sit around and think of things that I can do or say that harms our wonderful troups. I support our President, troups and yes even some in Congress. (I do select which ones though.)I have said many times on different threads that I think the young people fighting today are as good and as proud as those of us that fought in WWII. I support them with all of my being.

Good evening and the very best to you and yours.

Semper Fi
Tommie

39 posted on 11/20/2005 7:20:47 AM PST by Texican (This FORMER MARINE will never in his life time "Cut and Run")
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To: austinite
What is that, a ranchero backend welded to a mustang front clip?

It's a Mustang whose trunk lid blew off.

40 posted on 11/20/2005 7:22:12 AM PST by Right Wing Assault ("..this administration is planning a 'Right Wing Assault' on values and ideals.." - John Kerry)
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