No hope for Murtha district
Yes, John Murtha is finally gone, but I wouldn’t hold out much hope for putting a conservative in his seat. Currently, I live in the viewing area of one Johnstown, PA television station. They ran a loooonnnngggg bio of Murtha last night, and it failed to mention even once, the investigations into his suspect dealings, ABSCAM, his disresectof the troops, or his ties to the antiwar movement. They just went on and on about all of the jobs he brought to his district.
You can watch a short version of the broadcast at this link, but it doesn’t cover all of the lip-smacking goodness of last night’s broadcast.
I predict that the Johnstown denizens will saddle us with another patronage-purchasing, tax and spend crook.
In other Murtha news, his gall bladder surgery was botched at Bethesda NAVAL Hospital. I had my gall bladder removed a few years back by military doctors at Walter Reed and I’m still walking around.
I’m just sayin’….
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I bet the Doc didn’t screw up on any of the wounded Marines or sailors that he worked on from Iraq or Afghanistan.
Jonn said: I predict that the Johnstown denizens will saddle us with another patronage-purchasing, tax and spend crook.
I dunno, his death, and the current political climate, does dump some new variable into the mix.
His district DID vote for McCain in 2008 for instance.
http://www.rollcall.com/issues/54_140/politics/35505-1.html
I think something like what happened in Mass will happen in Murtha’s former district. They won’t have that name recognition to vote for, so it will loosen up the dems hold on his district.
“Oh dear, the scalpel slipped. Whoopsie!”
Much of Murtha’s power came from his senority. A new democrate will not have that influence, thus a limited ability to rob the taxpayers.
Wallace ran well against him last time and is running again. Seems like a good man check him out.
Dumbest comment of the day on Murtha’s passing from Speaker Pelosi-
“He is well-recognized as a champion of our national security; always putting the troops and their families first. He quietly and regularly visited our men and women serving our country who were injured to assess their needs and offer them thanks and encouragement. As proud Marine, he was always Semper Fi!”
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0210/32698.html
No doubt that damned doctor was an evil Booooosh rethuglican, bet the libtards will be saying that soon if not already.
“In other Murtha news, his gall bladder surgery was botched at Bethesda NAVAL Hospital. I had my gall bladder removed a few years back by military doctors at Walter Reed and I’m still walking around.”
… and, of course, they chose to close Walter Reed and keep Bethesda.
Murtha lived a hella long time after Nancy Pelosi had his testicles removed, too.
Just sayin…
Quote from Ayn Rand’s “Atlas Shrugged”,
“I have often wondered at the smugness with which people assert their right to enslave me, to control my work, to force my will, (snip) – yet what is it they expect to depend on, when they lie on an operating table under my hands? Their moral code has taught them to believe that it is safe to rely on the virtue of their victims. Well, that is the virtue I have withdrawn. Let them discover the kinds of doctors that their system will now produce. Let them discover, in their operating rooms and hospital wards, that it is not safe to place their lives in the hands of a man whose life they have throttled. It is not safe, if he is the sort of man who resents it — and still less safe, if he is of the sort who doesn’t.”