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Rep. John Murtha (D-PA) dead at 77
Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 12:53 pm
by danefan
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id ... _article=1
A spokesman says Democratic Rep. John Murtha of Pennsylvania, a retired Marine Corps officer who became an outspoken critic of the Iraq war, has died. He was 77.
He had been suffering complications from gallbladder surgery.
In 1974, Murtha became the first combat veteran of the Vietnam War elected to Congress. He wielded considerable clout for two decades as a leader of the House subcommittee that oversees Pentagon spending. But frustration over the Iraq war led him to call for an immediate pullout of U.S. troops in 2005.
Murtha's congressional career was clouded by questions about his ethics—from the Abscam corruption probe in 1980 to more recent investigations into the special-interest spending known as earmarks and the raising of cash for election campaigns.
Re: Rep. John Murtha (D-PA) dead at 77
Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 12:54 pm
by AZGrizFan
Re: Rep. John Murtha (D-PA) dead at 77
Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 12:59 pm
by bobbythekidd
Re: Rep. John Murtha (D-PA) dead at 77
Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 1:00 pm
by BlueHen86
bobbythekidd wrote:
real classy, dick.
I must confess, I'm still laughing at AZ's response.
Re: Rep. John Murtha (D-PA) dead at 77
Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 1:00 pm
by AZGrizFan
Re: Rep. John Murtha (D-PA) dead at 77
Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 1:34 pm
by HI54UNI
534 to go.
Re: Rep. John Murtha (D-PA) dead at 77
Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 2:04 pm
by Ivytalk
They should have his funeral at the Johnstown PA airport. Maybe that way someone will actually use it.
Re: Rep. John Murtha (D-PA) dead at 77
Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 2:05 pm
by AZGrizFan
Re: Rep. John Murtha (D-PA) dead at 77
Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 2:05 pm
by AZGrizFan
Re: Rep. John Murtha (D-PA) dead at 77
Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 2:07 pm
by Grizalltheway
Don't flatter yourself, Rodney Dangerfield.
Re: Rep. John Murtha (D-PA) dead at 77
Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 2:15 pm
by Ivytalk
Grizalltheway wrote:
Don't flatter yourself, Rodney Dangerfield.
Ah, the proverbial turd in a punchbowl has arrived!
Re: Rep. John Murtha (D-PA) dead at 77
Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 2:19 pm
by Grizalltheway
Ivytalk wrote:Grizalltheway wrote:
Don't flatter yourself, Rodney Dangerfield.
Ah, the proverbial turd in a punchbowl has arrived!
Sorry, mainejeff wasn't available.
Re: Rep. John Murtha (D-PA) dead at 77
Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 2:32 pm
by Baldy
Say goodbye to another Liberal Donk seat in the house.
Re: Rep. John Murtha (D-PA) dead at 77
Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 3:08 pm
by AZGrizFan
Grizalltheway wrote:Ivytalk wrote:
Ah, the proverbial turd in a punchbowl has arrived!
Sorry, mainejeff wasn't available.
See! THAT'S what I'm TALKIN' about!!!!
Re: Rep. John Murtha (D-PA) dead at 77
Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 3:09 pm
by AZGrizFan
Re: Rep. John Murtha (D-PA) dead at 77
Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 3:15 pm
by Ivytalk
Grizalltheway wrote:Ivytalk wrote:
Ah, the proverbial turd in a punchbowl has arrived!
Sorry, mainejeff wasn't available.
Very good, Young Skywalker!
Re: Rep. John Murtha (D-PA) dead at 77
Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 3:16 pm
by blueballs
Another corrupt career politician dies holding office, yet we as the electorate won't get behind term limits.
The late Rep Murtha is to be commended and lauded for his military service but he was the worst kind of corrupt politician.
Re: Rep. John Murtha (D-PA) dead at 77
Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 3:16 pm
by AZGrizFan
I'm tellin' ya...we're still on page ONE and this thread is already a classic.
Re: Rep. John Murtha (D-PA) dead at 77
Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 3:54 pm
by HI54UNI
Re: Rep. John Murtha (D-PA) dead at 77
Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 3:54 pm
by ASUMountaineer
AZGrizFan wrote:I'm tellin' ya...we're still on page ONE and this thread is already a classic.
And, for once, it is because of the "poster of the year." Congrats, fcuker.
Re: Rep. John Murtha (D-PA) dead at 77
Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 3:54 pm
by HI54UNI
Re: Rep. John Murtha (D-PA) dead at 77
Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 3:57 pm
by HI54UNI
My grandma always told me to say something good about the deceased.
It's good he's dead.
(in all seriousness, I second blueballs comments about his military service. Too bad his public service didn't stop there)
Re: Rep. John Murtha (D-PA) dead at 77
Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 6:06 pm
by UNHWildCats
A source close to the Congressman has told CNN that doctors nicked his intestine during surgery and that led to his death.
Re: Rep. John Murtha (D-PA) dead at 77
Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 6:12 pm
by BlueHen86
UNHWildCats wrote:A source close to the Congressman has told CNN that doctors nicked his intestine during surgery and that led to his death.
The doctor wasn't named Frist was he?
Re: Rep. John Murtha (D-PA) dead at 77
Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 6:13 pm
by BlueHen86
HI54UNI wrote:My grandma always told me to say something good about the deceased.
It's good he's dead.
(in all seriousness, I second blueballs comments about his military service. Too bad his public service didn't stop there)
So what you are saying is that the best thing he did while in office was die.
