Are the rules still in force about Ann Coulter and Michelle Malkin?
Posted on 07/22/2008 10:20:54 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
A jaw-dropping political miracle may be on the horizon. No, I’m not talking about the second coming of the Obamessiah. I’m talking about the long-deserved comeuppance of troop-smearing, pork-feasting, scandal-tainted Democratic Rep. Jack Murtha of Pennsylvania.
The 18-term congressman’s challenger, staunch conservative Republican newcomer William Russell, raised nearly $670,000 in the second fundraising quarter. Earmark king Murtha scraped together a measly $119,000. Russell’s underdog campaign bested Murtha without the perks of incumbency, national name recognition, big PAC donations or mainstream media support.
Even more amazing: The 45-year-old Russell, a Desert Storm veteran, former Army lieutenant colonel and Army reservist who survived the Sept. 11 terrorist attack on the Pentagon, was not even publicly campaigning during the quarter. He is on active duty with the Army until after Aug. 1 and is barred from actively campaigning until then.
If all that didn’t make this enough of an inspiring David and Goliath story: In February, a Pennsylvania judge ruled that Russell had failed to collect enough signatures to make the primary ballot. But Russell refused to give up on his goal of permanently redeploying Murtha from his entrenched seat of power in Washington. The GOP neophyte persevered on a shoestring budget and won more than 4,000 write-in votes in the spring to earn a spot on the general election ballot. According to Russell’s campaign manager and veteran GOP activist Peg Luksik, the bulk of contributions from about 16,000 donors in the second quarter were less than $50.
Russell’s clear on where he stands. No doubt Barack Obama would label him bitter and clingy. “I am a Conservative,” he says in his defining campaign statement.
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Is there a website or mailing address for contributions? I’m not supporting the RNC or McCain (financially), but am supporting individual candidates like Allen West in Fla, Josh Mandel in Ohio, and, now, this great candidate. I’d appreciate a mailing address for his campaign.
Time to get out Murtha.
Oops. Please excuse the ring. I re-read the article and found his website. Please ignore my prior note.
And with the DNCCC flat broke Murtha better find some contributors soon. Maybe the old Abscam buddies?
I just tried to get on his website: “bandwidth exceeded.” This could be good news for him - lots of traffic.
They can’t flush that turd fast enough.
Bump for a reminder.....
How long before klepto-congressman Murtha accusses him of a war crime?
Are the rules still in force about Ann Coulter and Michelle Malkin?
I want to know if Diana Irey is also seriously doing a lot of decent PR for Lt. Col. Russell? She seriously can be of great help to his ongoing campaign.
Pingers to you — with the beautiful Michelle helping out maybe that pig will finally get tossed from the barn!
She was close to Murtha in the polls but did not translate into actual votes. Disappointing because she was talking to the public more than Murtha did, yet he still won. Are the voters in Murtha’s constituency that stupid?
um, in a word, yes?
I was going to ask on who’s dumber: Harry Reid’s constituents or Murtha’s but never mind.:)
I’m doing the same thing; I wrote a letter to the RNC telling them I would not be sending them any money but would search out Conseritive canididates around the country and send them the money.
I went to his website and got this message.
Bandwidth Limit Exceeded
http://www.williamrussellforcongress.com/
I donated to and worked for Diane Irey two years ago but the slugs in Johnstown voted for murtha {two or three times}.
There is so much graft and corruption in that area, it would take the FBI to sort it out.
murtha's relatives and cronies are on the pad and the gummint picks up the check.
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