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A Message For Murtha
blonde sagacity —
From VetsforFreedom.org
Vets for Freedom Against Murtha
Weekly Standard Blog —
Vets for Freedom will run this ad throughout the week in Pennsylvania's 12th congressional district, where Congressman Murtha is facing a serious challenge from Bill Russell:
From the VFF press release:
"Representative Murtha has said time and again that our Marines ‘killed innocent civilians in cold blood'[Murtha, May 17th news conference, Murtha May 19th, Reuters], and it is appalling. Seven of the eight Marines involved have been exonerated, but Rep. Murtha ...
A Day At The Congressional Races
TPM Election Central —
Here's today's run-down of the Congressional races:
Right-Wing Group Jumps In Against Murtha
The right-wingers smell blood in the water in the wake of Jack Murtha's comments calling his constituents racists and rednecks, and now Vets For Freedom is going in with this ad buy of more than $50,000 against Murtha:
This ad avoids the "racist" comments, but instead features Marines saying that Murtha, a veteran of the Vietnam War, smeared and betrayed American troops when he ...
Join Vets For Freedom-- Demand That Rep. Murtha Apologize For Smearing Innocent Marines
Gateway Pundit —
... US marines killed innocent civilians "in cold blood."
The story was linked back to Al-Qaeda operatives.
Today 7 of 8 Haditha marines have had their charges dismissed.
One US marine awaits justice.
Rep. John Murtha has yet to apologize for slandering these innocent men.
Today Vets For Freedom announced a campaign demanding that John Murtha apologize to these innocent marines for his hurtful and irresponsible comments:
Dear Representative ...
Will Murtha learn to say he’s sorry?
Stop The ACLU —
Probably not. But a new Vets for Freedom ad implores him to, and in a very powerful way: There’s even a petition asking Murtha to do the honorable thing and admit the lie, which he still won’t do. Dear Representative John Murtha, In November 2005, you accused a group of United States Marines of killing “innocent civilians in cold blood”. You made these allegations during an ongoing investigation. In fact, a Marine Corps spokesman said that you made your statement a week before you had even been briefed. You continued to accuse these eight Marines of “cold-blooded murder and war crimes” well into the next year, ...
Will Murtha learn to say he's sorry?
Wizbang —
Probably not. But a new Vets for Freedom ad implores him to, and in a very powerful way: There's even a petition asking Murtha to do the honorable thing and admit the lie, which he still won't do. Dear Representative John Murtha, In November 2005, you accused a group of United States Marines of killing "innocent civilians in cold blood". You made these allegations during an ongoing investigation. In fact, a Marine Corps spokesman said that you made your statement a week before you had even been briefed. You continued to accuse these eight Marines of "cold-blooded murder and war crimes" well into the next year, ...
Mo' Murtha
Winds of Change.NET —
Here's the Murtha ad, and a widget to help you find and sign the petition demanding that he apologize to the Haditha Marines...
Stop the Smears
protein wisdom —
From Vets for Freedom : Dear Representative John Murtha, In May 2006, you accused a group of United States Marines of killing “innocent civilians in cold blood”. You made these allegations during an ongoing investigation. In fact, a Marine Corps spokesman said that you made your statement a week before you had even been briefed. You continued to accuse these eight Marines of “cold-blooded murder and war crimes”, even after the Marine Corps itself said your comments on the matter “would be inappropriate and could undermine the investigatory and possible legal process.” As a result of the investigation, the charges ...
Time For Murtha To Go…And Apologize To Our Marines
Flopping Aces —
Vets for Freedom has a new ad out asking John Murtha to stop the smears against our Haditha Marines and apologize:
They also have a petition going:
In May 2006, you accused a group of United States Marines of killing “innocent civilians in cold blood”. You made these allegations during an ongoing investigation. In fact, a Marine Corps spokesman said that you made your statement a week before you had even been briefed.
You continued to accuse these ...
