Anti-Murtha ad getting play in PA
posted at 9:00 am on September 15, 2008 by Ed Morrissey
Pennsylvania has become an important battleground state for the presidential election, but it also has another important race with national implications. William Russell, a veteran of the Iraq War who had to delay campaigning until his official release from the military, is running against John Murtha for Congress. Russell hopes that Pennsylvanians in his district will deliver a measure of justice against Murtha for his attacks on Marines accused of, and ultimately cleared of, war crimes:
The most effective ads use the opponent’s own words against him, and Murtha supplied many examples for Russell to use. This ad reminds people of Murtha’s rush to pillory Marines in combat in order to support his own political angle, and how Murtha has remained strangely silent when his allegations were exposed as smears. Russell is running it now, and we’ll have to await the election to determine whether its effect is enough to push Murtha out of Congress and into retirement.
If you want to assist Russell in keeping this ad on Pennsylvania television screens, you can donate to his campaign through his official website.
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Never get behind a Rhino: they’re retromingent!
Akzed on April 26, 2013 at 4:44 PM
yeah, well, he’s DONE here in PA……
ToddPA on April 26, 2013 at 4:45 PM
Bring it, you idiots.
novaculus on April 26, 2013 at 4:46 PM
I refuse to believe the polls… But it brings up an interesting strategy… Is that really how the DNC is Rino’ing the RNCs? By rigging the polls?
Senator… People like it when you do DNC things…
Skywise on April 26, 2013 at 4:48 PM
Let’s see, to get elected, one has to be pro-gun, but pro-gun control, and anti-abortion but in favor of choice, and wanting smaller government but expanding government programs…
Lukewarm…that’s the ticket.
Thought Revelation 3:16 summarized this sort of thing already.
No principles. Nothing upon which one will make a stand. Nothing. Beliefs? Compromise, instead.
No wonder we have sooo screwed ourselves.
“Yes, we can! ‘cept when we can’t.” Makes a great bumper sticker.
coldwarrior on April 26, 2013 at 4:50 PM
Pat Toomey: Must. Get. Re-elected. Must. Stay. Relevant. And. Powerful. FOREVER.
Punchenko on April 26, 2013 at 4:50 PM
This starting to look a lot like the second coming of Obamcare.
DDay on April 26, 2013 at 4:51 PM
Why vote for the likes of Toomey when you can vote for a real Democrat instead?
It’s just a no-brainer. It’s a lay-up. It’s a 2 inch put. Come on.
Curtiss on April 26, 2013 at 4:53 PM
And what about the polls that said it was only 20%… Which is why the bill failed to begin with?
Skywise on April 26, 2013 at 4:53 PM
Repealing the 17th amendment would cure a lot of ills in Washington.
Punchenko on April 26, 2013 at 4:53 PM
When they get serious about background checks for illegal aliens and drug cartels then come back.
fourdeucer on April 26, 2013 at 4:53 PM
When everybody around you turns into a RINO.
Valkyriepundit on April 26, 2013 at 4:55 PM
Why would Toomey think gun control legislation is gonna pass later this year when it’s rating even lower than 4% in the polls? Is this really about his reelection or is every politician in DC desperately trying to avoid dealing with the economy and the deficit?
Doughboy on April 26, 2013 at 4:55 PM
Something apparently lost on all the Congress critters…
coldwarrior on April 26, 2013 at 4:58 PM
I beg to differ. I liked him, how does DC change a politician so fast? Just like Rubio and immigration, they say the right things on the stump and do the opposite when they get inside.
Les in NC on April 26, 2013 at 5:01 PM
so let’s see. The gun control bill gets shot down. Liberal pollsters release a biased poll and boom gun control back on agenda.
unseen on April 26, 2013 at 5:15 PM
Toomey can sell out to the Democrats all he wants. He’s toast.
GarandFan on April 26, 2013 at 5:16 PM
yeap they have been doing it for years but like 2008 taught us the MSM was in bed with the DNC/Obama 2012 might yet teach us the pollsters are also in bed with the DNC/Obama.
Hey if people couldn’t figure it ouot after “mitt the only person that could beat Obama” per every “poll” then they might not be able to figure it out.
unseen on April 26, 2013 at 5:18 PM
Considering that there are a lot of Republicans in PA that are Democrats in disguise, for the express purpose of getting elected or getting a committee chairmanship or somehow trying to make some kind of inroad into local or state politics, this doesn’t surprise me in the least.
Toomey just aimed for the Senate (pun intended).
PatriotGal2257 on April 26, 2013 at 5:22 PM
He’ll be smeared in 2016, a presidential election year, all the same. It’ll be inferred and directly stated that he hates women, minorites, and old people. The NRA voter from the western part of the state is his base, you don’t tick off your base.
Having said that, Democrats seem to be desperate to save face with their gun grabbing base and may support a symbolic but toothless bill to do so. Perhaps we can get something in exchange, such as conceal carry permits being recognized in all 50 states.
Daemonocracy on April 26, 2013 at 5:27 PM
OK, if we’re going to have background checks, let’s apply them to voter registration, too. The process for validating gun buyers would serve perfectly for voters. GOP, you listening?
PersonFromPorlock on April 26, 2013 at 5:28 PM
Keep pushing Arlen Toomey
DanMan on April 26, 2013 at 5:28 PM
He may not be done with gun control…but he is definitely done...
katy on April 26, 2013 at 5:44 PM
Poll numbers on UBCs are misleading. First off, Manchin-Toomey wasn’t universal – it exempted most private sales (see: loophole for Lefties to exploit later). Second, I’d be interested in the seeing the poll numbers if the question was posed as such – “in order to ensure universal background checks, are you in favor of a government mandated & regulated database for all firearms purchasers?”
Bottom line – you cannot track a gun without tracking its owner.
Universal Background Checks are a flat out lie.
dugan on April 26, 2013 at 5:55 PM
There’s only one thing you can rely on Dems to do if you’re a Republican ally:
Stab you in the back!
Another Drew on April 26, 2013 at 5:57 PM
PersonFromPorlock on April 26, 2013 at 5:28 PM
Yes, why is it that you are required to present a gov’t issued picture ID to buy a gun, but to ask that of a voter is Racist?
Another Drew on April 26, 2013 at 5:59 PM
Boy, that’s great news for a Senate seat that the GOP only won narrowly in 2010. It’s a good thing that Toomey has siphoned polling approval from Pennsylvania Democrats who will support anyone who’s…against…
Hey, what do you think the odds are that PA Democrats will nominate a strident anti-gun candidate, obviating every speck of theoretical Democratic support? Nah.
HitNRun on April 26, 2013 at 6:12 PM
For those that are interested, please call Arlen Toomey!
484-809-7994
His office is now saying that something will pass and soon.
jjnco73 on April 26, 2013 at 6:25 PM
So Toomey is doing better with dems? So what? Does he actually think any of them will vote for him? And the republicans who think he isn’t sucking as bad, do they vote? Believe me. Many of us who actually voted for him will not be doing so next time around. And since he is clearly a moron, he will never figure out how he lost with such great poll numbers.
I’m voting for “Anyone but Toomey”.
ROCnPhilly on April 26, 2013 at 6:26 PM
The economy is still in the trash, terrorism is making a resurgence, we’re hopelessly in debt and this dipstick is obsessed with gun control. When you are incapable of solving the real problems you muddle around in trivia. God help us because he’s the only one that can.
rplat on April 26, 2013 at 6:31 PM
There is a phrase for this behaviour: STUCK ON STUPID.
Missilengr on April 26, 2013 at 6:39 PM
What happened was a “live boy or a dead girl”, or a Jeb Bush telling him behind the scenes to get with the program.
If people can’t see that the new “bipartisanship” ala Gang of Eight, Ryan/Guttierez, Toomey/Manchin and the like has coincided with the attempted rehabilitation of Bush and with what amounts to an informal declaration for President by Jeb Bush then they’re blind.
sartana on April 26, 2013 at 7:04 PM
These people just never stop trying to destroy our freedoms, do they? Defeated, it doesn’t matter, this crap keeps coming back. They just won’t take “no” for an answer. … and the danged RINOs go along with it.
May he be thoroughly defeated in a primary.
AZfederalist on April 26, 2013 at 7:21 PM
There is no upside for Toomey in this trash. Ask that Masshole Brown, who crossed his base. Toomey can’t afford this politically.
Quartermaster on April 26, 2013 at 7:44 PM
Beat me to it. He’s an idiot.
dominigan on April 26, 2013 at 8:17 PM
Can we please stop sight eh fiction that the extended background checks are popular, even generally?
If they were so damned popular, the bill wouldn’t have been defeated.
catmman on April 26, 2013 at 10:20 PM
If he is so wildly popular with Dems-good for him. They will not cross lines to support him! Meanwhile he has lost his base. I have sent money and supported him in the past. NEVER EVER AGAIN. All this wild support is not from Republicans–poll or no poll!
AnnaS on April 26, 2013 at 10:41 PM
I don’t know that he’s “done” but he sure is losing a lot of enthusiasm in his base. Kinda like Rubio, I suspect.
DocinPA on April 26, 2013 at 11:13 PM
Being a Progressive means never having to be consistent.
(h/t Another Drew on April 26, 2013 at 1:21 PM)
AesopFan on April 26, 2013 at 11:44 PM
Dumb and Dumber move
to shoot themselves
in the other foot!
and Americans
in the back!
“Let’s Roll”
On Watch on April 27, 2013 at 5:33 AM
Let’s be real about him losing any support from “replublicans” in PA over this bill.
A Republican in PA would be a socialist in a lot of places. A Democrat in PA is a communist in the USSR mold. They are also as corrupt as any USSR politiboro and their elections make Afghanistan elections clean and pure in comparison. Even Afghanistan doesn’t have 100% candidate totals and more votes than voters.
However, Toomey has proven his abilility to do whatever it takes to retain his power and authority regardless of what happens to the country or the next generation.
acyl72 on April 27, 2013 at 11:10 AM
Heh. The “majority of Democraps” approval will net him exactly zero votes. And the four in ten Republicans is netted out against the 12% who will now stay home. Good luck with that, dumbass.
Jaibones on April 27, 2013 at 11:45 AM