red states rule
10-31-2008, 05:37 AM
This race is looking good. John "they killed in cold blood" is worried, and begging for money
One silver lining may be seeing this scumbag tossed out on his fat ass
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Murtha, a powerful 17-term Democrat, is being challenged by William Russell, a retired Army lieutenant colonel who moved from Virginia to Johnstown to run against him.
Murtha was considered safe for re-election until he recently told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: "There is no question that western Pennsylvania is a racist area." He apologized, but then later told WTAE-TV in Pittsburgh, that "this whole area, years ago, was really redneck."
This week, Murtha - a decorated Vietnam veteran - sent out a fundraising appeal to the e-mail list of the liberal group MoveOn.org with the subject title "late breaking threat." He said because of his opposition to the Iraq war, he was a victim of "swiftboating."
"When I ask for help, it is because I really need it," Murtha wrote.
On Wednesday, the National Republican Congressional Committee said it had funded a second TV ad highlighting Murtha's comments. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is also running ads in support of Murtha.
"You have a situation here where you had a surge by his opponent in the final days before an election, and so it's all hands on deck in the Murtha campaign," said Democratic Rep. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland, who chairs his party's House campaign committee.
http://www.examiner.com/a-1665030~Murtha_seeks_campaign_cash_after_racism_re mark.html
One silver lining may be seeing this scumbag tossed out on his fat ass
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Murtha, a powerful 17-term Democrat, is being challenged by William Russell, a retired Army lieutenant colonel who moved from Virginia to Johnstown to run against him.
Murtha was considered safe for re-election until he recently told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: "There is no question that western Pennsylvania is a racist area." He apologized, but then later told WTAE-TV in Pittsburgh, that "this whole area, years ago, was really redneck."
This week, Murtha - a decorated Vietnam veteran - sent out a fundraising appeal to the e-mail list of the liberal group MoveOn.org with the subject title "late breaking threat." He said because of his opposition to the Iraq war, he was a victim of "swiftboating."
"When I ask for help, it is because I really need it," Murtha wrote.
On Wednesday, the National Republican Congressional Committee said it had funded a second TV ad highlighting Murtha's comments. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is also running ads in support of Murtha.
"You have a situation here where you had a surge by his opponent in the final days before an election, and so it's all hands on deck in the Murtha campaign," said Democratic Rep. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland, who chairs his party's House campaign committee.
http://www.examiner.com/a-1665030~Murtha_seeks_campaign_cash_after_racism_re mark.html