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John Murtha’s Plea
[Guest post by DRJ] From the Instapundit : “MURTHA’S IN TROUBLE: Veteran Democratic Rep. John Murtha (Pa.) has sent out a last-minute plea for $1 million to save his hotly contested seat, endangered by his own remarks describing his district as racist. If you’d like to ...
Marine vet at Russell rally: Murtha a 'fat little bastard'
politickerpa.com — NEW STANTON -- Republican congressional candidate Bill Russell's rally on Sunday featured several Iraq war veterans vehemently... criticizing U.S. Rep. John Murtha (D- Johnstown ), who they say betrayed them when he said troops in Iraq killed innocent ... (more) Marine vet at Russell rally: Murtha a 'fat little ...
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pajamasmedia.com — October 31, 2008 MURTHA'S IN TROUBLE: Veteran Democratic Rep. John Murtha (Pa.) has sent out a last-minute... plea for $1 million to save his hotly contested seat, endangered by his own remarks describing his district as racist. If you'd like to help ... (more) Instapundit.com -
TheHill.com
thehill.com — Veteran Democratic Rep. John Murtha (Pa.) has sent out a last-minute plea for $1 million to save... his hotly contested seat, endangered by his own remarks describing his district as racist. In an e-mail sent to potential donors, Murtha s campaign asked ... (more) TheHill.com
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Pork Fat Jack is panicking
doubleplusundead — Pork Fat Jack is panicking HAHAHAHAHAHAAAAA!!!! Awesome, Murtha's looking for one last million dollar earmark from the DNC before Russell and the voters of Western PA kick his corrupt, bloated, Marine-slandering ass out of office. That'd rule so much if we could take PA districts 10, 11 and 12. I didn't think Russell had a chance against a guy that'd so thoroughly bought a district, but I guess I was wrong. Posted by: ...

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