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2006/11/13

Pelosi Backs Murtha - Defies Tradition - Screws Steny Hoyer

@ 08:19 PM (19 months, 28 days ago)

 

The last thing the Democrats want to do as they regain control of Congress is get caught up in an internal power struggle. So why is incoming Speaker Nancy Pelosi backing the dark horse in the race to be her number two?  "If John Murtha was running for dog-catcher, Nancy Pelosi would support him," one Pelosi ally said.  This despite Murtha's history of being a near crook and a definite supporter of political cronyism.

Murtha is bulking up so he can buy Hastert's used suits

 

Though the Pelosi-Hoyer tensions have largely stemmed from differences on policy — he's more of a centrist than she is — the Hoyer-Murtha matchup is much less simple. Murtha, despite his closeness to Pelosi, is a pro-life Democrat and actually more conservative than Hoyer, who is likely to get the votes of many liberal members who have backed Pelosi in the past.

Pelosi keeps up this shit and I am a Republican

 

At a time when both parties are worried about pork-barrel spending, Murtha's longtime role on the House Appropriations Committee, where he secured members' votes with promises of getting special spending earmarks in their districts, could send the wrong message. Also, Murtha doesn't have the perfect record for a party trying to ease voters' concerns about Washington corruption; in the 1980s, he was investigated but not charged in a corruption case where eight members of Congress, including Murtha, were offered money by FBI agents posing as a representatives of a fictitious Arab sheik; ultimately six House members and a Senator were convicted in the investigation.  Murtha never said "no".  Murtha said, "not now".   

 

 

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Comment(s) »

  1. *grin*

    Good post, Barry.

    Way I reckon it, Pelosi is actually out to screw over Hoyer, who ran against her a few years back for leadership.

    Comment by Michael— 2006/11/16 @ 03:42 PM — (Reply)

  2. Thanks. Looks like Murtha got his today. Did anyone see him on Hardball with Chris Matthews last night? The buffoon claimed repeatedly that he "has the votes" under intense questioning by Chris Matthews. Hopefully the voters will retire the Abscam veteran in 2008. I give up. Whose picture, Michael?

    Comment by Barry G.— 2006/11/16 @ 07:07 PM — (Reply)

  3. Oh, I saw you guess over on my blog... mistook it as asking for an explanation. Yeah, it's Harry Truman, perhaps the last actual human being to occupy the White House. :)

    Comment by Michael— 2006/11/17 @ 12:41 AM — (Reply)

  4. Excellent choice and a nice photo of Harry. I had a high school latin teacher that started each class with a Harry quote following by piano playing. Like most Presidents Harry tried his best, had sleepness nights, made a few miscalculations and was human.

    Comment by Barry G.— 2006/11/17 @ 07:02 AM — (Reply)

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