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McCain Not Being Bush
Talking Points Memo —
You may have seen Democratic Rep. John Murtha's sweeping statements about his part of western Pennsylvania being "racist" (and his subsequent "redneck" mea culpa). Not exactly laying the ground work for racial harmony. So John McCain arrived in Pennsylvania today all set to capitalize on Murtha's boneheaded remarks. Well, McCain's got the boneheaded part down:
You can see the glimmer of recognition of the flub, like he just chased Road Runner off the edge of the cliff. There's the split-second decision to try to pull off a miracle escape. But his legs stop spinning and gravity takes over and ...
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Shakesville —
lol your flubtastical flubbity flubgasm: Senator Obama's supporters have been saying some pretty nasty things about Western Pennsylvania lately. [audience boos] And, you know, I couldn't agree with them more. [audience WTFs] I couldn't disagree with you— I couldn't agree with you more than the fact that— Western Pennsylvania is the most patriotic...Ouch.
Murtha in Trouble?
Talking Points Memo —
Some things are so basic they don't even bother putting them in the official political playbook -- like the rule that dismissing your district as racist could make it harder for you to get re-elected.
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Bye Bye John Murtha?
FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog —
Representative John Murtha (D-PA), October 15 and 20, 2008
Is John Murtha in trouble?
Two veteran warriors battling to represent the 12th Congressional District appear locked in the closest race in the district in years.
Democratic Rep. John Murtha leads ...
Murtha Seeks Million Bucks To Save Campaign
A Blog For All —
Go pound sand. Rep. John Murtha (D-PA) is going to lose his supposedly safe seat in Congress because he has revealed himself to be an unmitigated jackass who believes that his constituents are racist idiots who will not vote for Sen. Barack Obama on the basis of Obama's skin color. He believes that the residents of his corner of Pennsylvania are racists and rednecks. People don't take kindly to being called racists, and they will take their ire out on the guy who claims to represent these very folks, Murtha. He's hoping to get someone to donate $1 million so that he can save his seat in the House ...
