Vets For Freedom gunning for Murtha/Murphy

John Murtha has made himself vulnerable in his own district and the Vets For Freedom are exploiting that breech as I’ve mentioned a few times this week. They’re also targeting Murtha’s partner in Pennsylvania, Patrick Murphy.

Pete Hegseth writes in National Review Online;

As my friend David Bellavia, co-founder and vice-chairman of Vets for Freedom always says, “don’t use your valor awards from previous wars to tell me about my war.” This holds true for Murtha, and brings me to Patrick Murphy, a representative of “our war” and the only Iraq war veteran currently serving in Congress.

Murphy has used his status as a former soldier to lead the charge against success on the battlefield, standing at every turn with Nancy Pelosi and other anti-war members of Congress. Clamoring to be our generation’s John Kerry (minus the gravitas), Murphy even co-sponsored the “Iraq War De-Escalation Act of 2007,” which aimed to set a timeline for withdrawal of all American troops from Iraq.

Even after the remarkable success of the surge became apparent, Murphy continued to oppose it, with no desire to understand Iraq as it stands today. Using 2007 talking points, his campaign and congressional websites still claim that we are “bogged down refereeing a religious civil war in Iraq.” With the civil war completely over, and Iraqis stepping forward to lead their own country, Murphy still won’t acknowledge success.

And then there’s this petition;

Dear Congressman John Murtha;

In May 2006, you accused a group of United States Marines of killing “innocent civilians in cold blood”. You made these allegations during an ongoing investigation. In fact, a Marine Corps spokesman said that you made your statement a week before you had even been briefed.

You continued to accuse these eight Marines of “cold-blooded murder and war crimes”, even after the Marine Corps itself said your comments on the matter “would be inappropriate and could undermine the investigatory and possible legal process.”

As a result of the investigation, the charges were dropped against 7 of the 8 Marines and the other Marine is awaiting his day in court.

However, you have not withdrawn your statements or apologized for your defamatory remarks.

Marines implicated in the incident believe that you have committed slander and libel against them. These United States Marines, whose honor you have attacked, deserve to hear an apology from you.

We, the undersigned, implore you, Representative Murtha, as a man who serves the public in Congress, as a man who once served in the Marine Corps, to do the honorable thing.

You must apologize.

Signed,

• Pete Hegseth, Vets for Freedom
• Erick Erickson, Red State
• Paul Mirengoff, Powerline
• Marc Danziger, Winds of Change
• Jim Hoft, Gateway Pundit
• Roger L. Simon, Pajamas Media
• Ed Morrissey, Hot Air
• Alex Charyna, PA Watercooler
• Eric Odom, Conservablogs
• Michael Illions, Conservatives with Attitude
• Scott W. Graves, Red County

You can sign the petition from here (thanks to my mole that sent me the slick widget) By signing the petition from here, you let VFF know that This Ain’t Hell supports them.

There’s also this powerful, yet tasteful ad which is running in Murphy’s district;

Finally, this weekend, Uncle Jimbo is leading a contingent of VFFers and Blackfivers into heart of Murtha’s District. Join them if you can.

TSO: Just to make this even more of a fight between the forces of light and the forces of darkness, Murtha has sent a letter appealing for help from his sith lords at MoveOn.org:

Dear Friends,

After decades of fighting for this country and our troops, I am up against the right-wing attack machine again.

Because of my work to end the Iraq war, they have thrown hundreds of thousands of dollars behind my opponent, who lives in Virginia with his family, not in my district in Pennsylvania. Now, I am suddenly being outspent 3 to 1.

They are up to the same old tricks, “swiftboating” me again as they did two years ago. So I am asking people who have stood with me on Iraq to stand with me again to stop them in their tracks.

Another Update;
Here’s a photo someone just sent me of greasy, slimy fatass, scum sucking, cowardly Veterans For Peace thug Bill Perry (the guy that testified at the first Winter Soldier hearings that he let his platoon walk into an ambush while he sought his own safety despite the fact that he had been forewarned) hugging Patrick Murphy;

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