The Swine Line (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
The Hill newspaper reports that the infamous $23 million NDIC earmark, over which 2007 Porker of the Year winner John Murtha threw a temper tantrum and threatened a colleague last year, was removed from this year’s intelligence bill: Dems, GOP together nix Murtha earmark Democrats and Republicans joined together to strip a pet project of Rep. John [...]
Townhall.com (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
This morning, The Hill reported that Rep. John Murtha's infamous earmark for the National Drug Intelligence Center (NDIC) was stripped from the 2009 intelligence authorization bill, the very same project which Democrats...
Capitol Briefing (Free subscription) | 05/08/2008
Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) just caused a brief stir in the House by strolling onto the chamber floor during a vote to talk to lawmakers/superdelegates. Obama appeared to speak mostly with Pennsylvania Democrats, including Reps. Paul Kanjorski, Tim Murphy and John Murtha. Obama briefly stopped his conversations to sign autographs for House pages, as reporters jammed up to the doors to...
whoar.co.nz (Free subscription) | 05/01/2008
“..Rep. John Murtha (D-PA) recently said Sen. John McCain may be too old to be President. “It's no old man's job,” Murtha said of the presidency. McCain's campaign responded that such comments were “nonsense attacks.” In an interview with ThinkProgress today, Murtha explained that his concern over McCain's age has to do specifically with leading the [...]
Bizblogger (Free subscription) | 04/24/2008
It looks like Abscam John Murtha (D-PA) will have a GOP opponent this fall after all.
PAWaterCooler.com (Free subscription) | 04/24/2008
I was disheartened last night when I looked at how many write in votes William Russell got, considering that he needed one thousand to get back on the ballot and become a serious challenger to John Murtha. I thought he only had about 700 votes, but it turns out I was happily mistaken - [...]
USA Partisan (Free subscription) | 04/23/2008
Representative John Murtha is one sorry man, and by sorry, I do not mean apologetic. His efforts to smear the military in the court of public opinion, the Marines in particular, has been elaborate, elongated and disgraceful. It is hard to fathom that this man was ever a member of a group that he seems to hold in such contempt. His distaste has such a powerful hold on him that, when asked...
Extreme Mortman (Free subscription) | 04/20/2008
Apparently, what John Murtha wants, John Murtha gets. Sign seen just outside Johnstown, Pennsylvania:
Information Snippets (Free subscription) | 04/19/2008
Ignoring the fact that McCain’s mother is still alive and kicking, as well as the fact Reagan - one of the most beloved presidents - was 70 himself, Murtha concludes that McCain is simply too old to be president. Democratic Rep. John Murtha says Republican Sen. John McCain is too old to be president. Murtha told a [...]
Marc Ambinder (Free subscription) | 04/18/2008
It was, of course, Rep. John Murtha, and brought along with it his political machine. But here's an exercise: has anyone endorsed Hillary Clinton who you might have thought -- out of history, temperament or ideology -- would endorse Barack Obama? Maybe John Lewis? (In other words: if Robert Reich endorsed Clinton, that'd be a surprise.) It's clear that large parts of the Democratic...
California Conservative (Free subscription) | 04/18/2008
The first thought I had when I heard about this story was that John Murtha’s staffers need to get their asses handed to them. Here’s the gist of this outrageous story: I had seen an absolute enough disappointed Marines walk by and tell me that John Murtha did not see them and could not see them. [...]
Iraq Insider (Free subscription) | 04/18/2008
The inimitable Megan Scully (with help from Humberto Sanchez) runs it over at CongressDaily: House Defense Appropriations Subcommittee Chairman John Murtha, D-Pa., expressed no public objection Thursday to the possibility that Democratic leaders may skip a full committee markup of the pending war-related supplemental spending bill and send it directly to the floor for debate. “It doesn’t...
Theodore's World (Free subscription) | 04/18/2008
Murtha, NCIS Sec, and Several Marine Generals Demanded in Unlawful Command Influence Motion Thomas More Law Center ANN ARBOR, MI April 14, 2008 Military prosecutors are desperately fighting to prevent the testimony of Pennsylvania Congressman John Murtha, Secretary of...
Daily Pundit (Free subscription) | 04/18/2008
Murtha says McCain too old to be president Democratic Rep. John Murtha said Wednesday that Republican Sen. John McCain is too old to be president. Murtha is 75, four years older than McCain. He says they are nearly the same age, and the rigors and stress of running the country is too much for guys [...]
THE CENTRIST (Free subscription) | 04/17/2008
Is there a senility test in the U.S. Congress? That might not be a good idea. People like John Murtha, the 75-year-old Democratic blowhard from Western Pennsylvania, might not pass the test. Murtha, taking a break from insulting U.S. troops and spending millions in tax dollars on pork projects, is attacking Sen. John McCain's age. Murtha believes McCain is too old...
