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Can you imagine any major television news network doing a report on a Republican Congressman’s history of exorbitant earmarks without mentioning his Party affiliation?The words "Republican," &qu…

Like Byrd, Murtha brings home the bacon. Both have all parts of the piggy trough staked out.

Both will die in office with their boots on, and there will be lavish tributes paid to them by Congress.

SilverStar830 on April 7, 2008 at 5:36 PM

Yes, I understand the incentive of Murtha’s voters to keep him in office. My point was that Arizona voters know that our Senators are not getting us pork, yet Kyl and McCain keep getting re-elected anyway, even though there are candidates (like Jim Pederson-D) who promise that they’ll get us “our share” if we just vote for them.

There are voters who care about ethical government; they just don’t seem to live in Murtha’s district.

Now that I’ve seen this investigative report I must say, there ’s no excuse. Murtha may claim he overreacted because of the pressure on him, but obviously he’s been robbing American taxpayers blind for years. He’s a cold blooded……

When voters in other states stop electing and re-electing corrupt thieves like Murtha, we’ll all be better off. Arizona voters prove it can be done.

AZCoyote on April 7, 2008 at 5:16 PM

But, you see, as long as he keeps flooding his constituents homes with billions of yours and my tax dollars, they’ll certainly keep on re-electing him, probably until the day he dies. He buys their votes. He’s buying off his constituents who obviously are the sole beneficiarys of his @ss-hattery… other than himself that is.

That crotchity dispeptic old fart keeps on getting away with it too. Without so little as even a single congressional censure, even after abscam. He should have been keel-hauled years ago, but he keeps on truckin’ along despite Pelosi’s pie eyed plastic faced proclomations about ethical this and no more wasteful spending that. It’s thoroughly disgusting. But what can anyone outside the voters in his district do? Not a damn thing. Except for congress, and that pig will never fly unless Murtha gets his fat 38DD man boobs caught in a ringer and the DoJ slams the cell door on him like they did Randy ‘Duke’ Cunningham.

One thing though, Katie Couric just ratcheted up one notch just for airing that story. The story seemed far too short, but it’s a start. I think that puts her at about a -9 now.

When voters in other states stop electing and re-electing corrupt thieves like Murtha, we’ll all be better off. Arizona voters prove it can be done.

All incumbents must go…ALL!

Wade on April 7, 2008 at 4:56 PM

second the motion..

don’t want him to go away mad.. just go away..

he’s like ‘Cuffy Meigs’ from ‘Atlas Shrugged’.. come into a system and mooch and loot it for all it’s worth and make off like a bandit..

Via Glenn Reynolds:
“According to the report, Murtha has used $2 BILLION taxpayer dollars since 1992 to fund his wasteful pork projects. All the while, he received generous campaign contributions from his earmark recipients. ”
Mary Kathari…

This is off point but….. you asked on another thread if I was from Philly before living in MN…… Yep

knat on April 7, 2008 at 4:42 PM

This is true, I did a post on the CAGW report a week or two ago. Sadly, pork is a bipartisan problem, and the GOP has guys that are as bad as Murtha.