[R.I.P.] Jack Murtha

bhkad · 02-08-10, 03:02 PM

Jack Murtha

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HARRISBURG, Pa. — U.S. Rep. John Murtha, an influential critic of the Iraq War whose congressional career was shadowed by questions about his ethics, died Monday. He was 77.

The Pennsylvania Democrat had been suffering complications from gallbladder surgery. He died at Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington, Va., spokesman Matthew Mazonkey said.

In 1974 Murtha, then an officer in the Marine Reserves, became the first Vietnam War combat veteran elected to Congress. One of Congress' most hawkish Democrats, he wielded considerable clout for two decades as the ranking Democrat on the House subcommittee that oversees Pentagon spending.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/0..._n_453849.html

danarhea · 02-08-10, 03:10 PM

Murtha may not have been a very good legislator, and he may even have been a crook, but he was a good soldier.

RIP.

Redress · 02-08-10, 03:11 PM

I will salute any one who has served their country.

kansaswhig · 02-08-10, 03:21 PM

Semper Fi, Congressman.

apdst · 02-08-10, 03:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Redress

I will salute any one who has served their country.

Even Colonel North?

MrVicchio · 02-08-10, 03:34 PM

After he refused to apologize for using political grandstanding and lies to smear the names of good honest Marines? **** him, goodbye and good riddance.

Redress · 02-08-10, 03:37 PM

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Originally Posted by apdst

Even Colonel North?

Does he count as "any one"? See how easy that was?

the makeout hobo · 02-08-10, 03:38 PM

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Originally Posted by MrVicchio

After he refused to apologize for using political grandstanding and lies to smear the names of good honest Marines? **** him, goodbye and good riddance.

This is an R.I.P. thread. Please start your own thread if you want to trash talk the guy, but this is supposed to be a respectful thread.

apdst · 02-08-10, 03:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Redress

Does he count as "any one"? See how easy that was?

So, that's a yes?

Reverend_Hellh0und · 02-08-10, 03:46 PM

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Originally Posted by the makeout hobo

This is an R.I.P. thread. Please start your own thread if you want to trash talk the guy, but this is supposed to be a respectful thread.

http://www.debatepolitics.com/breaki...ad-warned.html (Rep. John Murtha, Iraq war critic, dies at 77 (not a [r.i.p] thread) be warned)

I already have.

as you all were.

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