June 26, 2006
A shameful man
John Murtha was in town over the weekend doing his usual schtick: calling for troop withdrawals, bashing Bush, calling his fellow Marines murderers. From yesterday's Sun-Sentinel:
American presence in Iraq is more dangerous to world peace than nuclear threats from North Korea or Iran, U.S. Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa., said to a crowd of more than 200 in North Miami Saturday afternoon.
But in The Aizona Star I learned something interesting about this scumbag that may explain why he is so hell-bent on doing what he's doing. Read the article here, but pay close attention to the comments. Does anybody remember Abscam? The scandal, twenty-five years ago, where many Democratic conressmen were viedotaped taking bribes from a phony Arab sheik? Here's a commenter on Tip O'Neill's former protege:
Murtha is mentioned in mose articles as a former decorated Marine and in some instances as a hero. As a resident of Western Pennsylvania and at one time represented by Murtha, I am thankful that is no longer the case. For someone who professes to be a decorated former Marine and a "hero", I wonder why he has never released the citations that accompanied his decorations. Try and find the info, it is not available. If the democrats think this kind blabber that Murtha speaks will get them elected in November, they are wrong. The American people are smarter than that and can see right through his retoric. Why doesn't the press ask him about or mention the fact he was an un-indicted co-conspirator in the ABSCAM debacle in the 1980's? That subject is off limits since it would make one of the current darling's of the Democratic party look bad.
Here's another commenter:
[...]Murtha does not have a right to engage in treason. And the [...] corruption of our government is shown in that we do not arrest him. In a more civil day, say around 1943, he would literally have been tarred and feathered. There is "the law" and then there is "justice". Unless, of course, one thinks the ACLU benefits America. Thank you for the link to contribute to his opponent. Hopefully, he will have a cardiac from the guilt before the election. Murtha is a man destined for hell. He escaped due to cronyism in ABSCAM and he has traded his worldly benefits for his eternal soul, and it's at the expense of real Marines. He's closer to Judgement Day than away from it. But hving traveled down the road he is on, he hasn't the brains to understand that he should be repenting now, and not adding coal to his own personal fire.[...]
Maybe some more research is in order to bring to light this traitor's past and present dealings with those who would destroy this country.
Posted by George Moneo at June 26, 2006 08:19 AM
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It should be noted that when offered, he refused to take the bribe in the ABSCAM undercover operation. A grand jury refused to indict him and he was cleared by House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (the Ethics Committee). The man's a nut, but he isn't a crook.
Posted by: jsb ![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.babalublog.com/nav-commenters.gif)
at June 26, 2006 11:48 AM
Yeah, sure. And a million angels dance on the head of a pin...
Posted by: George L. Moneo at June 26, 2006 11:51 AM
"MIAMI — American presence in Iraq is more dangerous to world peace than nuclear threats from North Korea or Iran, Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa., said to an audience of more than 200 in North Miami Saturday afternoon."
Were I in Sun-Sentinel's shoes, I'd sit quiet as a mouse, hoping this will all blow over without much more fuss. Elizabeth Baier quotes Murtha several times in her Breaking World News (Brit Hume of Fox News as well as the Wall Street Joural have taken Baier's ball and run with it) claims of what Murtha said in Miami. When direct quotes are used, it's often the case the reporter has recorded the event, in order to make certain their quotes are accurate. What initially drew my attention was her lack of quotes for what she claims Murtha said in her first paragraph.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/broward/sfl-ctownhall25jun25,0,7119684.story
Shortly after reading the Sun Sentinel story, I googlenews'ed "Murtha Miami Iran Nuclear"
Among the dozens of hits quoting Ms. Baier indexed within a few hours of the Sun Sentinel's earth shaking expose' of Murtha's talk, I found another article published by the Miami Herald.
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/local/states/florida/counties/broward_county/14896189.htm
You will notice, this writer totally missed Murtha's "shot heard around the world" (technorati now has 400+ hits for what Ms. Baier claims Murtha said.)
On the unlikely chance Ms. Baier did *not* quote Murtha from a recording she made at the event ... I've written the Florida International University Public Relations folks asking them to preserve their audio/video recording of this event they sponsored for Murtha to speak at.
I've sent inquiries to the entire editorial boards of the Sun Sentinel, Wall Street Journal, Arizona Sun Star and Miami Herald, as well as Knight Ridder, asking them to pursue any recording of this event, in pursuit of the real news story, Elizabeth Baier.
It shouldn't take more than a day, or three, for Ms Baier to experience personally, that the world of journalism is flat. Whether you like or despise John Murtha is no longer the story. The real story is ... just how far has mainstream media sunk? Is Jerry Springer Journalism the new standard for reporters?
Here's what should strike every blogger as truly shocking... If Murtha never said anything like this ... If America's Conservative Talking Heads plastering this "Murtha fiction" all over the internet, including Fox News and the Wall Street Journal, then who's to blame for this story achieving such prominence that our enemies will have no trouble finding it, and get the comfort these stories provide them?
Hold your breath and hope that this aid to our enemies really has nothing to do with John Murtha, at all. Until this gets cleared up by audio/video recordings of what took place in Miami, it's America's media "dittoheads", including bloggers that are the ones comforting our enemies.
Let's hope Fox News, Wall Street Journal, and of course, conservative bloggers ain't the real culprits giving comfort to our enemies.
Keep in mind there are only two stories written by reporters who were actually in Miami last Saturday, where Murtha spoke. One used Mutha's outrageous comments as her opening paragraph, and the other, at a competing Newspaper in Florida, never mentioned them at all.
I spent a few hours on the phone with a friend of mine who is editor for a news site. I'm letting him run with this ball. You can follow how this story develops at:
chancuff
Posted by: chancuff at June 27, 2006 03:12 AM
Murtha turned down the bribe but also told the fake sheiks it was "open for discussion". IOW, I don't want it now, but maybe later - either that or it was the dollar amount he wanted to quibble over.
Posted by: Jay at June 27, 2006 06:32 AM
Like I said, he's a fucking scumbag.
Posted by: George L. Moneo at June 27, 2006 08:15 AM
"he's a fucking scumbag" Aren't most of 'em?
Posted by: jsb at June 27, 2006 10:52 AM
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