Smear merchant John Murtha does it again; Pennsylvania, you have a choice!
Pork-stuffed, troop-slandering, race card-wielding John Murtha has gone and opened his mouth again — removing whatever last iota of doubt there may be about his fundamental character damage.
Here he is trashing the western part of his state as “redneck” bigots after non-apologize-apologizing for suggesting they were all RAAAACISTS last week.
I repeat: Why, why, why is this man still in office?
Pennsylvanians need to know they have a choice.
I have been blogging for more than a year about the candidacy of stellar GOP upstart candidate William Russell.
In July, I wrote a column about Bill — dubbing him the man who could topple John Murtha.
Many of you have already pitched in with donations and support.
Redouble your efforts!
Bill weighs in on Murtha’s latest smear:
Democratic Rep. John Murtha said Monday some of his constituents in western Pennsylvania are “rednecks” and the entire region just five to 10 years ago was “really redneck.”
The comments come one week after he called his own constituents “racist” in an interview with his local newspaper.
“What I said, that indicted everybody, that’s not what I meant at all. What I mean is there’s still folks that have a problem voting for someone because they are black,” Murtha said.
Murtha said the history of southwestern Pennsylvania is teeming with racism. “This whole area, years ago, was really redneck,” he told WTAE-TV Pittsburgh.
Murtha, a Democrat, apologized last week for calling the area “racist,” but challenger Bill Russell said it was a reckless insult to the people in his district and the “cheapest of cheap shots.”
Russell, an Iraq war veteran, swiftly put out a 30-second Web video on Murtha’s quote and plastered his Web site with references to it, using it as a fundraising pitch with 19 days to go until the Nov. 4 election.
“It shows once again how much he has lost touch with our constituents,” Russell told FOXNews.com on Thursday. “A lot of people are ticked off. It’s just one more issue that is ticking off a lot of our constituents and why so many of them feel it is time for a change.”
Murtha has held his seat for 17 terms, and Democrats outnumber Republicans by two-to-one in the state’s 12th District—but Russell, a first-time candidate, said the latest development should give him a boost.
Russell, a 28-year Army veteran who recently retired, has been railing against Murtha, also a veteran, for calling for the withdrawal of troops in Iraq and for voting for the financial bailout package.
“We’re very much running a race and it may or may not have occurred to him yet,” Russell said.
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Murtha is the true face of the democrat party not Obama.
aaahh because they keep voting for him. I’ll venture that his constinuents aren’t racist or rednecks – they are just dumb.
these are the acts of a man that has been in power way too long; and, feels as though he owns the seat and nothing can pry it from his hands. i sure hope the voters in his district will set him straight, that he serves at their pleasure. vote the bum out.
Every time Murtha opens his fat trap, I feel compelled to send Bill Russell money. Now he takes paypal! Excellent…
The unfortunate thing is the voters will probably send Murtha back.
Misscheryl is correct in implying you cannot cure stupid.
Corrupt Yellow Stain Murtha is at the Top of my list of those I am going to celebrate being voted out someday…
He just Squeaks by Lindsey “effiminate” Graham on that list… Yes, I am a Loud Person, and evidently a “Biggot” in his mind because I believe in that strange idea that the Rule of Law should be enforced. Guess I am odd to believe that, in my own country.
Does anyone have a handle on how Russell is doing? I have searched numerous times trying to find polls on this race….and have been unable to find anything. Is Murtha winning? shudder!
Why is Murtha still in office???
For the same reason that Barney Frank can have an escort service run out of his home and get re-elected.
For the same reason that Gerry Studds could have sex with an underage page and get re-elected.
I could go on…
Murtha. That dog don’t hunt.
I’ve heard that Murtha is well ahead in this race and its listed as safe…it boggles the mind how that could possibly be, but it is a Dem district, and all this stuff Murtha is saying, all his prok, just serve as resume enhancers to them.
JohnMurtha keeps getting in office because:
1. The area is heavy democractic.
2. All they look foward to is the pork.
3. They do not keep up with what is going on.
4. All they look foward to is the pork.
5. Etc, Etc, . . .
Good for you. I have worked on a couple of small campaigns, and if more people would simply put a little money where their mouths are, our electoral system would be much better.
but this one will:
http://www.akc.org/breeds/black_tan_coonhound/index.cfm
ok, sorry, enough of that.
As I posted last night at hotair,
Redneck is a code word for racist.
Redneck is a code word for racist.
Redneck is a code word for racist.
Redneck is a code word for racist.
I gave a small donation.
My Democratic representative doesn’t even have an opponent. I want to do
to clean up the House.
The dems have learned that the public can be swayed by the polls, hence they inflate the poll numbers, and “WALLA” the stupid jerks vote for the incumbent slime.
All of their fore fathers from 1492 have voted democrat, so they do, too. They’re not rednecks, for even us real rednecks have sense enough to pay attention to the person running for office. No, slime ball Murtha’s constituents are just plain stupid and dumb. Not all of them, of course; just the ones who keep sending him back to Washington.
I sent a small(very) donation to BILL’S campaign, and I don’t even live in PA… MURTHA has wore out his welcome with AMERICA a long time ago… I do believe RUSSELL can finally get the job of unseating this MAGGOT done… GOOD LUCK BILL!!!
oops, wrong tag.
I want to do something to prove I know how to use the interwebs.
Yup. I pitched in. I hope he ousts Murtha, that embarrassment to America.
Bill Russel for WIN. Good luck Bill
Hey, maybe the people of his district like being a national joke. Everyone needs to feel special.
Seriously, has anyone looked at a map of his district? Talk about gerrymandering! They took every medium-sized city in a predominantly rural area and strung them together.
Nobody seems to be bothering to poll this race, since it was long assumed to be a lock for Murtha. There’s this very unscientific poll on the status of the race:
Looks like there is hope yet. The $ is rolling in to Russell’s campaign, and if he can get some air-time and get his message out, Murtha may be one unhappy camper in a few weeks!
Yep.
I also sent Bill Russell some bucks the other day.
Hey, Pennsey Voters, you listening? Paying any attention whatsoever? That’s YOUR elected Congressman talking about YOU, the people that put him in Washington. Isn’t nice to know that he has such appreciation and high regard of his subjects.. uh.. correction, Constituents?
Let’s see there is Gaffe prone Biden, John Keery’s botched stuck in Iraq joke, Al Gore’s I invented the internet and now Murthat’s many Gaffes.
Hmmm do you see a pattern here?
Fixed it for you.
Biden/Murtha ‘12
NOW are you ready to talk Term Limits?
The dems have learned that the public can be swayed by the polls, hence they inflate the poll numbers, and voila the stupid jerks vote for the incumbent slime.
Fixed again….
Ummm…typo?
FWIW, I believe it is voila, not the string instrument “between” the violin and the cello.
Does anyone know where you can find an accurate – or any – poll on this race that is not fiction? Powerline had one but then they had to do a TBD on it.
How is Russell doing?
Why is he still in office? Why wouldn’t he be? The only thing wrong with him is that he speaks the things that all the rest of the Democrats merely think. Just look at the trolls here as a prime example. They have no problem hiding behind their annonimosity and calling all of us “ignorant”, “redneck”, “racist”, and a few other choice words without the slightest bit of evidence and completely oblivious to their own Party mandated hypocrisy.
When one goes through comments and statements by the Dems, one will not take too long before discovering who the real racists and ignorant are. Just the entire philosophy behind Political Correctness and Affirmative Action alone demonstrates just how racist and ignorant they all are.
So again I ask, why would they want to oust him? He is their greatest spokesman who says outloud that which they are only allowed to think to themselves.
With whom? Do you think that people who start running for re-election as soon as an election is over will write laws that put them out of a job? I do not.
Well said.
For the same reason that Ted Kennedy could abandom a young woman to a slow agonizing death…
Well, that’s three from my state, thanks for the painful reminders. It’s always good to have one’s nose rubbed in it just before lunch, kills the smell of cafeteria food.
Daily Kos. Internal Obama polls in PA show that Obama is only up by 2 points there
If you consistently insult the people you count on to vote for you, you might be a DOOFUS.
Funny, As a lifelong resident of Assachusetts I have asked that same question about a million times about both Kennedy, and Kerry. I still don’t have an answer. Only conclusion I have ever come up with is most people in this state don’t even bother to vote. They all gave up a long time ago. When I ask, people say, why bother. Conservatives and Republicans have thrown in the towel. Problem is, the libs are crossing the border and have completely infected the great state of New Hampshire. New England has a cancer and there is no cure.
Brilliant illustration of BDS – these dems are so full of BDS they’ll vote for someone who views them as racist rednecks rather than vote Republican.
They’ve got what they deserve.
Open mouth, insert foot. Nice job Porky!
Seriously, if he doesn’t get booted by Mr. Russell this time, that western PA district will only be confirming what Murtha said about them.
Murtha, of the demogogue party. I swear that is what I read.
John Wayne is on TCM right now.
It’s off topic, but my soul feels so much cleaner
What Murtha fails to realize is that people aren’t going to vote for Obama because they’re racist. They’re not going to vote for Obama because they’re not stupid.
Leftist code words:
Republican = racist
ignorant = racist
uneducated = racist
hick = racist
hillbilly = racist
cowboy = racist
flyover = racist
country = racist
patriot = racist
military = racist
soldier = racist
Marine = racist
And they call Murtha and Kerry “heroes,” and they call Fat Ted an “elder statesman.”
ECS (= racist)
I can throw all the money that I want into a race but there’s no amount of money that can cure stupidity or selfishness.
Misscheryl = racist
Now THAT was funny
FamilyMan= racist
hockey mom= racist
Well Pilgrim, ya didn’t even tell us what Duke movie was playing…………
A man’s gotta know, ya know….
bilgerat=racist
I have said it before on this blog; LTC Bill Russell volunteered to go outside the wire on a mission with a Marine Artillery section. And he was an Army officer with the Big Red One! He did this during the Battle of Fallujah, one of the most dangerous times during our time in Iraq.
God bless honest and dedicated Joe’s like Bill Russell.
Do they cling to their guns and religion, or are they just bitter in western PA?
On Bill Russells site it says he will be on Hannity and Colmes tonight
Oh, I see. I don’t get to be a racist. Fine. You can keep your trendy little club. I didn’t want to be a member anyway.
I’m taking my ball, bat and first base and I’m going home. (stomp…stomp…stomp…SLAM)
Thanks for the reminder to contribute. Go Bill!
MissCheryl #2: “…his constinuents aren’t racist or rednecks – they are just dumb.”
Doesn’t “redneck” imply dumb backwoods hick?
If he is voted back into office, I will be embarrassed for my state.
If the voters in that district return Murtha to office, they will be the laughingstock of the nation. Nobody respects people who refuse to respect themselves.
Ever been to Johnstown, PA.? They don’t care what the real world thinks of them. They THRIVE on Murtha’s pork. I have donated to Bill Russell’s campaign, and wish him luck. Just don’t count out Murtha yet.
YAHOO !
Democratic Rep. John Murtha leads retired Army Lt. Col. William Russell by a little more than 4 percentage points, within the Susquehanna Poll’s 4.9-point margin of error.
Why should they feel differently about Murtha than they feel about Obama, another racist IMHO? Much of the nation is quite content to vote him into office, so why should they laugh at Pennsylvanians for doing the same?