Murtha's War Hero Status Called Into Question

I just realized I don't think I understood this the first time around, nor the second.

Could I have it a third BUMP : ) LOL!

60 Representatives have co-sponsored this bill?

I feel like an utter dolt, but What does the parenthesis behind their names signify?

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1561943/posts?page=222#222

Dear Freerepublic,

When I heard from my friends at Code Pink what you had done, why I almost spit out my strawberry similac. This is what I am talking about…about our boys…um….It’s just like Vietnam. We didn’t have body armor there either, cause it was hot. It was so hot that..I told Bush.. President Bush that we’ve got to get the boys home now and let the Iraq people do what they should…um…Well, anyways. Ah, oh yes, Code Pink. Code Pink. Um. Well, hell’s bells, I’ve been to Iraq. Was there for half a day, so that makes me an expert, and when you take four corners, it’s just like what we did in ‘Nam, I mean Iraq. There’s no room. If there’s no room then all the room is not there, it’s it’s, um, it’s where you took it. And. That. Is. Not. Right.
So let me just finish up here and say that there needs to be an investigation, who’s behind this? When did Rove know, and when did he know it?

Thank you,
Congressperson, Jack “Did you know I was in Vietnam” Murtha.

222 posted on 01/20/2006 7:08:35 PM PST by Leisler ("For English, please press two.")

Is this a wise place to go?

Absolutely yes. He's an elected representative who can dispel any doubt about his Purple Hearts by releasing his military records in their entirety.
Any doubt cast on Murtha's record emanates from his own shadow.

People, lets not forget that there are those in this country today who tout Murtha as an expert on war based on his Vietnam Veteran status and the awards he claims to have. They place him in an "untouchable" status due to his service record. If this record is not what he has made it to be, then someone should expose him for the "fat" fraud that he might just be. This would make his claims against President Bush and the administration less credible. But this should only be pursued if there is substantiated information that clearly denotes his "Purple Heart" claims are fabrications.

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