Murtha now one of his party's biggest fund-raisers

[Robbien]

What a difference nine months makes.

Last November Rep. John P. "Jack" Murtha, D-Pa., thundered onto the national scene insisting that the U.S. military could accomplish nothing more in Iraq, could only make things worse. He called for pulling U.S. troops out of Iraq.


At the time, many of his Democratic colleagues considered his stance suicidal for their party when they're trying to regain control of Congress despite having long been seen as weak on national security.

Now, Murtha is one of the most popular Democrats around. In recent weeks he's raised money for Democrats campaigning in New Hampshire, Connecticut, New York and California. In Tennessee, he was former Vice President Al Gore's guest at a fundraiser for local Democrats. After Labor Day, Murtha will head back out on the road, helping up to four dozen of his party's candidates.

He said events had proved him right.

"Everything I said has turned out to be true," Murtha said Wednesday, taking a break at his campaign headquarters in Johnstown. "You can't win militarily. Military leaders are now saying it publicly where they said it only privately before. I get standing ovations every place I go. The public is looking for a solution to this open-ended policy, which is killing kids."

http://www.knoxnews.com/kns/national/article/0,1406,KNS_350_4926775,00.html

[Jacobin]

1. More 'fringe' wising up

Love how they call this guy and the 60 percent of Americans 'fringe'

[BOSSHOG]

2. A Policy which is killling our Kids

The deaths of our kids in Iraq is of no concern to "conservatives" in America, who, as we hunt and peck, are looking forward to the weekend. They will blindly and merrily live their lives filled with so much ignorance and pride that the rising death toll will not phase them as much as the rising price of gas and the lines at the bar.

[AnneD]

3. Good for him.....

I remember no one questioned the VN war (except the antiwar movement)until Walter Cronkite went over there and sent those devestating reports back. I thought of that when Murtha first spoke out. It take some that has a high profile and is well respected to speak out before is is acceptable for other to add their voices.

[Cha]

4. Murtha has his own

seat to win but I wish he could have come over the Connecticut and campaigned for Ned Lamont! Jack Murtha is such a real voice for telling what's exactly going on in Iraq.

[saigon68]

6. Traitor Joementum Limpmann won't like him

You see for religious reasons, Joementum wants a CHIMPANZEE'S "NEVER ENDING CRUSADE"

[Cha]

7. Anything that disturbs that little

warmongering, bushadoring jerkoff makes my day!

[Occulus]

8. He looks like a puppy that wants to please his master in that pic n/t

[AX10]

5. He will make a fine Majority leader.

[DeepModem Mom]

9. K&R