Thursday, June 29, 2006
grassroots campaign to stand behind murtha
for too long mr. murtha has stood alone while democrats in congress stood behind him- instead of beside him. now, the repubs are planning a web site designed to impugn murtha for speaking out against the bush regime and the ridiculous antics of bush's cabinet members- namely rovie. because he spoke out- now he is a target. the dems are staying on the sidelines letting him take the hits because he is too old to run for president. please contact your congressperson and senator to stand behind murtha with senator kerry. tell them to speak out against the smear campaign that is being lobbed out there because he is a brave and intelligent man not afraid to speak out. write, email or call your reps- and tell them if they don't grow a set of balls- they can try it out of office in november.
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I think you've got the wrong read on this guy. Until he spoke out originally against the war, he was a relative uknown. But ever since he gained a bit of national publicity with his stance, his statements have gotten more and more radical.
I think he, like most of the Washington elite, is absorbed with himself, loving the attention, and is just doing whatever it takes to keep the camera on him.
Did you hear Cindy Sheehan is now going to try a 2 month fast.... why? I'm sure she'll church up some great principled reasons, but bottom line, just like Murtha et al, they do not like when the camera forgets them for too long.
Unfortuneately, that path usually ends in a big ball of fire as they have to keep doing things more and more outrageous to garner attention.
But hey, some say "its better to burn out than to fade away"...
By the way, the right has them too. Ann Coulter does the same thing, as does Neal Bortz and others.
Hope everything is OK at your house. I'm seeing some awful pictures about the floods on TV. I heard that so far 12 deaths have been blamed on the floods.
As my mom used to say, "Think before you speak."
Mr. Murtha is a good target for the right, but the right has no bounds for their lies against him.
If papers are willing to print corrections, you know it's out of hand.
Corrections and clarifications for June 28
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Correction: An article in Sunday's editions misinterpreted a comment from U.S. Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa., at a town hall meeting in North Miami on Saturday. In his speech, Murtha said U.S. credibility was suffering because of continued U.S. military presence in Iraq ,and the perception that the U.S. is an occupying force. Murtha was citing a recent poll, by the Pew Global Attitudes Project, that indicates a greater percentage of people in 10 of 14 foreign countries consider the U.S. in Iraq a greater danger to world peace than any threats posed by Iran or North Korea.
whether or not you agree with the messenger- the message is the same. the american government- all three branches- is culpable and complicit in lying, stealing, cheating, killing innocent people. now, some in the military may be guilty of the same thing. you can peel away the people behind the message but the message is the same- we need a change in government- the people in charge now are not trustworthy and do not have our best interests as a country in mind.
yes- the flooding is horrible here. the river is receding slowly but still above flood stage. we are fine.
The right siders that think Murtha's comments are said to gain attention and Cindy Shehans fast is to keep her "on camera" couldn't be a pimple on the aforementioned patriot's collective asses. My wife has met Cindy. She wants to call attention to the fact that war is bad and ugly and people get killed and her son was one of them. She doesn't believe in war for the purpose that this adminstration has told us we must be at war. That makes her a camera hog?
stanley.....you don't want to hear the truth. Anyone, in battle or otherwise, that puts the barrel of a gun to the head of a human being and pulls the trigger is a murderer. I've been there. Those few that did these things are murderers. Murtha responded to the facts as he got them to that point, and that is the Marine soldiers that put guns to heads of people and pulled triggers are guilty of murder, not the fog of war.
g....be reasonable, if it was someone you liked on he right, you wouldn't call their actions to get on camera absorbed with himself.
Why won't the right siders answer the proven accusations of the lies the American people are being told? The real issue, the war, is sidestepped and wedge issues that are meaningless are forced to the forefront by those with the money to pay for the headlines. Those are the camera hogs.
Watch Democracy Now for a week. Listen to the reports. It's not all lies.
Be factual, not mudslingers. You suppose that Ms. Sheehan is going to fast for publicity. You don't know that. You don't know her.
I've got another quote from George Orwell:
"During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act."
Not only that, telling the truth now gets your labeled as "unpatriotic" and "anti-American."
spadoman:
She wants to call attention to the fact that war is bad and ugly and people get killed and her son was one of them.
That's like me doing a march to call attention to car accidents being bad. Everyone who's watch a TV in the last 20 years knows war is bad, ugly, and people get killed. Heck, the media forces that down our throats more than any of us want. (note how much they only report US deaths... does that diminish the deaths of non-US combatants, or are they just trying to tug heart strings?).
Cindy Sheehan started out on a crusade to draw attention to the ramifications of war. WHen that subsided, she began making radical accusations about the President. When that subsided, she began protesting injured vets. Now that this too has dimmed, she's off to another "event" to draw attention. Seriously, I understand her cause, and Murtha's, but I think their motivations for them are suspect.
I've called out the same thing with pundits and activists on the right. Ann Coulter made some horrible comments about the 9/11 widows to make sure her new book went #1.
She's a phony and a wont get a bit of attention from me anymroe. Shehan and Murtha are the same way in my mind.
If you want to "hear the message, ignore the messanger" then the messanger cannot be more sensational or attention grabing than the message.
If I come to your door to remind you that it's garbage day, but I'm naked and on fire... chances are you'll not really pay attention to what I'm telling you.
Same deal here, and Murtha and Sheehan, along with many others, dont really care if you hear what they say, they just want YOU to know THEY said it.
g- again, i say so what? if you allow yourself to get caught up in who is delivering the message- you don't hear the message- i got that part right? so don't allow yourself to get caught up in the messenger. i happen to admire murtha for his integrity- you don't. the message is the same though- and if you don't agree with the message that is a different story. i am just sorry that more dems didn't stand beside him instead of behind him when he was and is taking the heat from the right. the swift boaters are already trying to smear his record- and that is what i find reprehensible. they may have served with kerry or at the same time as kerry- but i would hazard a guess that they weren't around when murtha was earning his medals.
see- that is what i can't stand. you don't agree with me fine- but personal smears and attacks because you don't agree with me is ridiculous. that is why i linked to you all because for the most part we don't smear and we debate whether we ultimately agree or agree to disagree with each other. that is the way it is supposed to work. if we can't agree we reach a consensus or compromise. coulter and the rest of the smearers- left and right- should not get our air time. criticism of our elected leaders is appropriate- especially when what they are doing is corrupt.
bet:
I agree that criticism is appropriate, but not inflamitory and radical remarks that do more harm than good.
There is a proper way to state something, and it's not statements the do embolden the enemy, do demoralize our troops, but dont help the situation.
I disagree with the way he puts out the message, not just who the messanger is... there is a big difference.
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