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Murtha flunks true or false testthree statements in past week easily proven false Q. Is the following Murtha statement True or False?"...we are unable recruit the necessary volunteers  to maintain troop levels in our armed forces."-- John Murtha,  Aug. 23, 2006A. It is false. The Marines did not fall short in recruiting, as Murtha's opponent Diana Irey reports in a statement:"According to Defense Department statistics released 13 days before he [Murtha] made his statement (available online at: DoD Announces Recruiting and Retention Numbers for July), the Marines have met and in fact surpassed their recruiting and retention goals: for...

LETTERS, FAXES AND E-MAILS TO THE EDITOR (Star-Telegram) Veterans against Murtha Jim Wright and other Democrats have been bemoaning a potential "Swift-boating" of Democratic Rep. John Murtha of Pennsylvania. (See Sunday commentary "Another casualty of war.") Beautiful poetry aside, let's set the record straight. In 2004, the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth provided a tremendous service by exposing the disgraceful Vietnam War conduct of John Kerry, the Democratic presidential nominee. I happily donated to their cause and would proudly join them again in defense of our nation's military. But that stellar organization isn't involved with the planned Oct. 1 rally...

OSC Show on the Road!- Beautiful Day in Johnstown – August 22nd found 12th District OSC Director Nikki Sheppick and her Second-in-Command, District Assistant Laura Hough (pronounced "Huff," for those who are wondering), traveling to Johnstown for one of their traveling Operation Street Corner display events.  The day was beautiful, and Johnstown has a very nice Central Park with large beautiful shade trees.  We were in the nicest of environments. Two of our Johnstown colleagues, Harry & Tony, volunteered to accompany us during our 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM event.  Incidentally, the Johnstown City Manager was most cooperative in giving us permission...

Readers' Forum letter:No medals needed to criticize lawmaker  [NOTE: this letter appeared in the Aug. 23, 2006 print edition of the Johnstown Tribune-Democrat's Readers' Forum. The newspaper did not include it on their website. BootMurtha.com has obtained permission from its author to publish it in full.]  In his Aug. 16 Readers' Forum letter, "Congressman earned veterans' respect," James Shrift suggests that no veteran should criticize U.S. Rep. John Murtha. Shrift asks, "Do they honestly believe they can compare their service record to (Murtha's)?" The short answer is, yes. The long answer is twofold: Murtha, like Sen. John Kerry, refuses...

[Poetry and flowery garbage edited out]...My point in reminding us of these lingering wounds of war that refuse to be healed is to ask that we take reasoned care to protect ourselves from the ultimate affliction of war -- that we should let it make us so insensitive to verbal venom that Americans begin, self-destructively, to hate and mistrust one another. That happened to us, tragically, in the bitterly prolonged Vietnam conflict. Americans mistrusted, protested, hated and insulted other Americans for simply disagreeing with them. [Coop note: Who did that, Jimmy?] Today, our self-appointed jihadist enemies could do the United...

Boot Murtha Daily Update: Thanks, Sean Hannity!VFTT's National Oct. 1st Boot Murtha Rally got a big 'boot up' yesterday by Sean Hannity during his afternoon radio broadcast. Hannity hosts one of the top conservative radio talk shows in America, and co-host of Fox News Channel's "Hannity and Colmes." During Hannity's broadcast our Boot Murtha Rally (set for Oct. 1st in Johnstown, PA) got several mentions along with our website's URL.

Why are we against John Murtha? The following was penned by Iowa Presidential Watch PAC Chairman Roger Wm. Hughes in reply to a question about why Vets for the Truth (a committee under Iowa Presidential Watch PAC) has taken on Rep. John Murtha. I normally do not answer critics, because it is not beneficial. However, you seem to be genuine. So, against my better judgment I will reply as to why this effort is going forward against Rep. John Murtha (D-PA). Congressman John Murtha, like Senators John Kerry and Tom Harkin, is a fraud. He has made himself out...

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 LA Times article:"Swift Boat" Veterans Set Sights on Rep. Murtha Is Vets For The Truth the same group as the Swift Boat Veterans? No. But that didn't stop an article in Sunday's Los Angeles Times from trumpeting the erroneous headline: "'Swift Boat' Veterans Set Sights on Rep. Murtha." [EXCERPTS:]Two years after a cadre of veterans helped sink the presidential campaign of Sen. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.), they have found a new target in the old steel country of southwestern Pennsylvania: Democratic Rep. John P. Murtha.In a fight that organizers say will feature rallies, TV ads and an aggressive Internet...

  Come to the National VFTT Boot Murtha Rally Sunday, Oct. 1st in Johnstown, PA AIRPORTS       MOTELS     CAMPING     BED & BREAKFASTS     DINING     DOWNTOWN MAP     DEMOGRAPHICS CHARTERS/CAR POOLS      PATRIOT BIKERS   Rally Location:Cambria County War Memorial Arena[LINK] 326 Napoleon Street, Johnstown, PAin downtown Johnstown, PA(John Murtha's hometown)Starting Time: 2 p.m.     Contact our Rally Coordinators if you can help! rallyinfo@bootmurtha.comor write us at: VFTT BootMurtha Rally, P.O. Box 844, Johnstown, PA 15907 Become a 'Troop-Travel' Coordinator! CLICK HERE Help coordinate charter buses and car pools to the VFTT Boot Murtha RallyWe are looking for bus...

Bailey's Briefing of the Dayby CAPT Larry BaileyPresident, Vets For The TruthAugust 9, 2006 Ladies and Gentlemen,Your fearless leader has just returned from six days in southwestern Pennsylvania, and I have to tell you that I am mightily encouraged by what I saw and experienced.  To say that there’s an undercurrent of anti-Murtha sentiment in his district is to grossly understate the case—there’s a veritable RIPTIDE of disgust at what the man has become and what he has done, and we’re going to ride that tide until he is well and truly redeployed! I arrived in Pittsburgh on Aug....

Vets For The Truth on MSNBC's Tonight with Tucker CarlsonTODAY at 4:00 & 6:00pm ET Today at 4:00 & 6:00pm (ET) Tucker Carlson of MSNBC's "Tonight with Tucker Carlson" will be seeking to decimate, discredit and destroy Vets For The Truth. VFTT's Craig Minnick, an Iraq War Veteran and Lieutenant Colonel in the Army Reserve and a resident of Murtha's hometown of Johnstown, PA, will seek to show that Murtha's actions are extremely harmful – not only to those serving on the ground in Iraq, but to our nation in general. Iraq War veteran Minnick has made numerous attempts...

Murtha Fails to Stop Local Veterans & VFTT Press Conference BootMurtha release, Aug. 3, 2006 Johnstown, PA... Speaking to a large contingency of press today, retired Navy SEAL CAPT Larry Bailey said, "Murtha thinks that's a rally. Come back October 1st, and I'll show you a rally" Bailey, a decorated Vietnam war veteran and President of Vets For The Truth, made his comment at a press conference in Johnstown, PA, while Rep. John Murtha tried to hold his own rally nearby. Local veterans and Bailey were met by FoxNews, the Boston Globe, the Philadelphia Inquirer, three local TV stations...

The “Swift Boat” veterans who grabbed national headlines in 2004 when they attacked John Kerry in his failed presidential bid now are turning their sights to Johnstown. Their target is U.S. Rep. John Murtha... Armed as a new group – Veterans for the Truth – they’re bringing their campaign to “Redeploy John Murtha From Congress” to his backyard. They plan to hold a national rally in Johnstown in October “to show their outrage at John Murtha over what he is saying about our troops,” ... Details of the rally will be outlined at a news conference at 11 a.m. Thursday...