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Murtha: Western Pa. 'racist' but Obama should win
PITTSBURGH (AP) - U.S. Rep. John Murtha says his home base of western Pennsylvania is racist and that could reduce Barack Obama's victory margin in the state by 4 percentage points. The 17-term Democratic congressman tells the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette in a story posted Wednesday on its Web site ...
Murtha Calls Western Pa. 'Redneck'
Murtha Calls Western Pa. 'Redneck'
thepittsburghchannel.com — A week after U.S. Rep. John Murtha called western Pennsylvania racist, he is now saying parts of... the area are "redneck." (more) Murtha Calls Western Pa. 'Redneck'
Murtha expects Obama to win Pa.
post-gazette.com — U.S. Rep. John Murtha said today he expects Democratic nominee Barack Obama to carry Pennsylvania in next... month's presidential election (more) Murtha expects Obama to win Pa.
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Murtha - Western PA is racist
QandO — Someone in the Democratic party ought to redeploy John Murtha’s mouth. U.S. Rep. John Murtha says his home base of western Pennsylvania is racist and that could reduce Barack Obama’s victory margin in the state by 4 percentage points. The 17-term Democratic congressman tells the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette in a story posted Wednesday on its Web site that, as he put it: "There is no question that western Pennsylvania is a racist area." Nice. Per Murtha that’s apparently the only conceivable reason these ...

“Murtha: Western Pa. ‘racist’ but Obama should win”
protein wisdom — From the AP : U.S. Rep. John Murtha says his home base of western Pennsylvania is racist and that could reduce Barack Obama’s victory margin in the state by 4 percentage points. The 17-term Democratic congressman tells the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette in a story posted Wednesday on its Web site that, as he put it: “There is no question that western Pennsylvania is a racist area.” He says it’s taken time for many Pennsylvania voters to come around to liking Obama, but he should still win the state, though not in a runaway. In a separate interview posted Wednesday on the Pittsburgh ...

Murtha: Western Pennsylvania "Racist," But Obama Will Still Win State
Confederate Yankee — October 15, 2008 Murtha: Western Pennsylvania "Racist," But Obama Will Still Win State If this is what Democrats consider voter outreach , Barack Obama is in for a rude surprise come November 5. Posted by Confederate Yankee at October 15, 2008 03:27 PM Comments Post a comment Name: Email Address: URL: Remember personal info? Yes No Comments:

Jack Murtha Calls His Own Congressional District “Racist”
Say Anything — Is someone lowering the bar for Obama in Pennsylvania?  If so, you wouldn’t think this would be the best way to go about doing it. PITTSBURGH (AP) - U.S. Rep. John Murtha says his home base of western Pennsylvania is racist and that could reduce Barack Obama’s victory margin in the state by 4 percentage points. The 17-term Democratic congressman tells the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette in a story posted Wednesday on its Web site that, as he put it: “There is no question that western Pennsylvania is a racist area.” If western Pennsylvania is racist, then what is Obama after ...

First American Marines, Now Pennsylvanians
The Corner on National Review Online — [image] [image] NRO BLOG ROW | THE CORNER | ARCHIVES SEARCH E-MAIL PRINT RSS [image] [image] Wednesday, October 15, 2008 [image] First American Marines, Now Pennsylvanians [ Kathryn Jean Lopez ] Murtha says Western Pennsylvanians are "racist." 10/15 04:23 PM [image] [image] [image] © National Review Online 2008. All Rights Reserved. Home | Search | NR / Digital | Donate | Media Kit | Contact Us ...

Remainders: Final round, Hofstra
Jonathan Martin's Blog — Verizon and AT&T helped the McCains get better cell phone coverage. Murtha says western Pennsylvania is racist, but Obama will win anyway. Biden promotes the McCain campaign to "most scurrilous." Palin goes Granite. Is the "Great Schlep" working? Virginia's voter rolls clear 5 million. Sam Boyd tries to figure out if those squiggly lines of approval on CNN actually indicate anything. Russell Berman looks at the HDTV angle. Michael Gerson notes that the headwinds matter. Matt Bai goes ...

Just In Case
Right Wing Nation — I just passed this on to the Russell Brigade — talk about making your opponent’s ads for them. U.S. Rep. John Murtha says his home base of western Pennsylvania is racist and that could reduce Barack Obama’s victory margin in the state by 4 percentage points. The 17-term Democratic congressman tells the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette in a story posted Wednesday on its Web site that, as he put it: “There is no question that western Pennsylvania is a racist area.” Calling your electorate ...

And With John (Traitor Mouth) Murtha Popping Off…
Daily Pundit — Murtha: Western Pa. ‘racist’ but Obama should win PITTSBURGH (AP) - U.S. Rep. John Murtha says his home base of western Pennsylvania is racist and that could reduce Barack Obama’s victory margin in the state by 4 percentage points. The 17-term Democratic congressman tells the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette in a story posted Wednesday on its Web site that, as he put it: “There is no question that western Pennsylvania is a racist area.” That margin percentage against Obama could grow. Fast.

H&I Fires* 17 OCT 2008
Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys.. — Open post for those with something to share, updated through the day. New, complete posts come in below this one. Note: If trackbacking, please acknowledge this post in your post. That's only polite. ******************************** Lip-smackingly delicious quote for the day: "Because, you know, associations matter when choosing a plumber, but apparently not when choosing a President." ...

Jack Mouths Off
Mudville Gazette — ... Gosh - why would he want to insult our allies? Wouldn't that be counter-productive to our goals? Or maybe he thinks that somehow appeals to the bible thumping racists - as he calls his base. ...

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