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MURTHA WON? GUESS AGAIN!
Dec. 21, 2006... While the world watched (and Murtha partisans
gloated), John Murtha won his 17th election back in
November. Many of us were disheartened that we didn’t beat him, but
we knew that we had won a moral victory in greatly lowering his usual
margin of victory.
There was a morale up-tick last month when, on a national news
program, Murtha blamed a bunch of “outsiders” for his difficulties in
being elected House Majority Leader by his fellow Democrats. He said
they came to his district and “swiftboated” him! Yessiree—that was
our group of dedicated veterans!
Then we were further gratified when the corrupt old geezer was
resoundingly defeated for the Majority Leader post by Cong. Steny
Hoyer (D-MD). Some of us thought that our war had been won, despite
losing the November election. VFTT members were significantly
encouraged by this news, knowing that their efforts had not been in
vain.
But there’s more! Just today we have learned
that the House Ethics Committee is actively investigating Murtha’s
wheeling and dealing with Paul Magliocchetti Associates, or PMA, his
favored lobbyists. And guess what? The Justice Department is
also aware of these goings-on, as is a major newspaper!
Murtha is dead meat as a House leader of any sort, or so says our
“Congressional” source providing this information. Stating, short of
a full Justice Department investigation, a very real likelihood, that
the BEST Murtha can expect is to be censured by the House of
Representatives and stripped of his soon-to-be chairmanship of Defense
Appropriations, and emphasized that this information came from “the
highest sources,” adding that, it was only
after the removal of Congressman Mollohan -- ranking Democrat on the
Ethics Committee and CLOSE friend of Murtha -- that the Committee was
able to go forward with an investigation. Mollohan is under
investigation on corruption charges.
Speaker-elect Pelosi and Majority Leader-elect Hoyer are aware of what
is happening, but it is not known if they are actively involved in
uncovering Murtha’s corruption. Given Pelosi’s close relationship
with Murtha (she openly supported Murtha’s bid for Majority leader),
this certainly raises questions about her covering for Murtha’s dirty
dealings? “Our” source suggests that VFTT members write letters and
e-mails to Pelosi and Hoyer reminding them that we have previously
written them about Murtha and nothing has been done—not even answering
our communications.
Pelosi’s e-mail address is:
sf.nancy@mail.house.gov;
Hoyer’s is:
www.hoyer.house.gov/contact/email.asp.
Let ‘em know what you think! And, perhaps more importantly,
write/e-mail your own congressperson, asking why it is taking so long
to root out Murtha’s corruption.
In the meantime, stand by for breaking information…
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