Rhymes With Right

November 13, 2006

Support For Murtha Seen As Undercutting Pelosi's Anti-Corruption Pledge

Even the liberals are questioning how Nancy Pelosi can claim to be a reformer while backing this corrupt bastard for the number two position in the Donk Caucus.

House Speaker-designate Nancy Pelosi's endorsement of Rep. John P. Murtha's bid for House majority leader set off a furor yesterday on Capitol Hill, with critics charging that she is undercutting her pledge to clean up corruption by backing a veteran lawmaker who they say has repeatedly skirted ethical boundaries.
Pelosi (D-Calif.) directly intervened in the heated contest between Murtha (D-Pa.) and House Minority Whip Steny H. Hoyer (D-Md.) on Sunday by circulating a letter to Democratic lawmakers. The letter voiced her support for Murtha and put her prestige on the line in a closely fought leadership battle. Some Democratic lawmakers and watchdog groups say they are baffled that Pelosi would go out of her way to back Murtha's candidacy after pledging to make the new 110th Congress the most ethical and corruption-free in history.
Murtha, a longtime senior Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee, has battled accusations over the years that he has traded federal spending for campaign contributions, that he has abused his post as ranking party member on the Appropriations defense subcommittee, and that he has stood in the way of ethics investigations. Those charges come on top of Murtha's involvement 26 years ago in the FBI's Abscam bribery sting.
"Pelosi's endorsement suggests to me she was interested in the culture of corruption only as a campaign issue and has no real interest in true reform," said Melanie Sloan, executive director of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), a Democratic-leaning group. "It is shocking to me that someone with [Murtha's] ethics problems could be number two in the House leadership."
"People have known about these things for months," said one Democratic House member who spoke on the condition of anonymity because he did not want to anger the presumed incoming speaker. "I am sure they are going to become much more important in the next few days."

I love it when they eat their own.

And Murtha's spokesperson says "Just ignore the man behind the curtain!"

Andrew Koneschusky, a spokesman for Murtha, declined to discuss ethics issues, saying: "We are focused on the future. We are focused on electing the best candidate to lead our party and deliver the change the American people want, and that is Jack Murtha. We are looking forward, not backward."

In other words, "Ignore the fact that my boss has a history of corruption that stinks like the NYC Sewer system -- we need to cut-and-run from Iraq at a speed that only John Murtha can reach!"

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The warmongering siteowner groping for ammunition against a war hero with a clean record, and more importantly one determined to cut as short as possible the malign effects and flowing blood of the neocon's failed war. Shame on the warmonger.

Posted by: Ken Hoop at Tue Nov 14 08:18:55 2006 (DZbll)

2 Did you read the associated articles? Did you notice the charges are coming from Murtha's fellow Democrats -- not just me?

Unindicted co-conspirator in AbScam -- saying he would take a bribe at a later time if the fake sheiks showed they were trustworthy.

Insider relationships with lobbyists -- and improper influencing of contracts with his brother's firm and clients.

Outrageous amounts of earmarking in the budget.

Intereferene with the Ethics Committee to prevent the resolution of complaints.

Like I said -- those charges come from the liberal side of the aisle.

Posted by: Rhymes With Right at Tue Nov 14 11:54:11 2006 (SIn78)

I detect sinister forces behind them...emanating from the lobby which fears a thoroughgoing pullout from Iraq renders their favored nation vulnerable.

Murtha is also resented for his gun rights advocacy and his anti-abortion stands,which gain him no favor from the likes of you.

And unindicted means nothing there...Murtha was staging his own detective search for the truth.

Posted by: Ken Hoop at Tue Nov 14 13:09:57 2006 (DZbll)

4 Ah, yes -- another opportunity for KKKen to sing his favorite song: "Blame it on the evil JOOOOOOOOOOOS!"

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