"Not too many people know that servicemen and women cannot sue the government, and frankly I'm surprised that This Staff Sergeant is able to sue Murtha at all."
He's not suing the govt. He's suing an individual for repeated defamatory remarks made outside the halls of Congress.
It's one thing to disagree with the President and Secretary of Defense on how the war is being handled, that's politics. It's quite another to make disparaging and prejudicial remarks directly against our troops based on "heresay".
That's the line that Murtha crossed and while it's not the way of folks around here to say much aloud, the vast majority of his constituents have ties to the military and Murtha's remarks about the "troops" don't "sit well" with them.
All the "pork" in the world (and it's a funny thing about that "pork" that hasn't gone unnoticed around here ;) isn't going to cancel out statements that are perceived as "personal insults". (aka so where was Murtha when our troops came home? ;)
And more so, in this case, Murtha made the mistake of singling out identifiable individuals. This isn't a general political statement, it is a specific accusation/slur against parties who have been harmed by the the slander.
The fact is he didn't fling personal insults.....he accused them of "killing in cold blood" which would be the death sentence for them. This thing has gone far beyond school yard insults. I am encouraged to hear that the good people of PA are willing to throw away their pork roast to get rid of this guy.
