MURTHA re: ROVE:Hes Sitting In His Air-Cond Ofc On HIS BIG FAT BACKSIDE

[kpete]

Murtha Responds to Rove: ‘He’s Sitting in His Air-Conditioned Office on His Big, Fat Backside, Saying Stay the Course’
Karl Rove attacked Rep. John Murtha during a speech last week in New Hampshire. Rove described Murtha’s Iraq plan as “cutting and running,” and suggested that the 37-year Marine combat veteran would “be with you at the first shots” but not “for the last, tough battles.”

Murtha defended himself this morning on Meet the Press:

MURTHA: He’s in New Hampshire. He’s making a political speech. He’s sitting in his air-conditioned office on his big, fat backside, saying stay the course. That’s not a plan. … We’ve got to change direction. You can’t sit there in the air-conditioned office and tell troops carrying 70 pounds on their backs, inside these armored vessels hit with IEDs every day, seeing their friends blown up, their buddies blown up — and he says stay the course? Easy to say that from Washington, DC.

VIDEO and Transcript at:
http://thinkprogress.org/2006/06/18/murtha-rove/

[Yollam]

1. LOL - GO Murtha!

A more apt description of that pudgy little cretin I have not seen.

[Brigid]

20. Actually, I rather like your description.

:evilgrin:

[dogday]

2. Takes a licking and keeps on ticking... Murtha is the man

Chicken-hawks beware, you have pulled the horns on the wrong bull....

[Frustratedlady]

8. Love that saying.........

"Chicken-hawks beware, you have pulled the horns on the wrong bull."

I think Murtha could even knock the Swiftboaters out of the water. He is interesting to watch. Go, Murtha! You speak for a great many angry folk.

[dogday]

10. I really think Rove does not know

what Murtha, a Marine of 30 some odd years, will do and say... This is an honorable man.. He will not back down....

[bluefish]

34. Love that saying too

Wrong Bull

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

3. It was magnificent! Murtha also said he knew nothing of Rove's

service background. I'm sure he'll love it when he finds out that Rove hasn't any! I hope he does real soon!

[tulsakatz]

11. when they were debating this non-binding Iraq....

....thing a few days ago, someone stood up and said if Murtha had been in Normandy, we would be speaking japanese now.

Murtha didn't miss a beat! As soon as the guy finished speaking, he asked if he had been at Normandy, the guy said 'no'. Then Murtha asked if he had been in Viet Nam, again he answered 'no'. Then he asked if he had been to Iraq and the guy said he had been there but confessed he wasn't fighting in the war.

After this was over, I'm sure it made that guy seem very small!!

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

22. Now you know why Coulter-geist said Murtha should be

fragged (maniac that she is). Murtha is so on target (with the Truth on his side) that no one can justify this unjustifiable war when he can confront them. He shames them all!

And the beauty is that he does it on a basic level, with a clarity that EVERYONE can understand.

[tulsakatz]

26. and I really liked it when he said this morning....

...that he looks at facts when judging how the war is going!

Wow! Facts! That's a word we seldom hear anymore.......especially regarding the war!!

[klook]

40. Reality has a well-known liberal bias!

to quote Stephen Colbert...

[jean]

32. Oh, I bet Murtha knows, but he's a wise man to say it that way. Next

time he's interviewed, this leaves the door open for his host to inform him of Rove's lack of service.

[nickyt]

4. God I love this man.

[Donailin]

27. Murtha is what LEADERSHIP looks like

Common sense coupled with conviction and courage to say what needs to be said with complete and utter authority. Watch how many people will long for this man to be house majority leader, I know I do. I'd even take him as speaker of the house over Pelosi any day -- I simply can't stand her. She's utterly ineffective -- she commands ZERO authority in the house.She was a joke Friday on the floor, mumbling and stuttering over such a serious debate, had no idea how to emphasize certain phrases and speak with conviction. Anyone who has to rely on their script in front of cameras ought to get the fuck out of politics. If you can't express yourself coherently off the top of your head over matters that are central to your fucking job, then they ought to get the fuck out of the way and let someone with a clue lead our party.

Can you tell how aggravated I am over our party's lame-ass leaders?

[kittenpants]

5. perfect! It's about time someone put it that bluntly.

he said something similar to that on the house floor during the time table debate, that no one so patriotically advocating to 'stay the course' was doing any of the fighting.

[tulsakatz]

6. he makes an excellent point!

It's easy to sit on your ass and repeat 'stay the course' if you're not sacrificing anything nor risking your own life!!

[bvar22]

21. Especially if you are making $MILLIONS ....

...off of the blood.

The Democratic Party is a BIG TENT, but there is NO ROOM for those
who advance the agenda of THE RICH (Corporate Owners) at the EXPENSE of LABOR and the POOR.

[dropkickpa]

7. I am loving Murtha more and more each day!!

I just wish I lived in the 12th district!

[Catherine Vincent]

30. Welcome to DU, dropkickpa!

:hi:

[dropkickpa]

33. Thanks!

:hi:

[pooja]

9. love him on the war, but not on every issue... see his view on

abortion.... gay marriage.... etc.

[Danieljay]

15. well, thats the beautiful thing about a democracy

there's room for everyone and their freedom of opinion. That being said, Until Democrats and progessives realize that their representatives don't always agree with them 100%, we'll continue to be a fractured party and continue to lose elections to a party that can at least set their differences aside long enough to beat a common foe. Democrats could take a lesson or two from the Republican playbook.

[femrap]

24. I hear ya, Pooja.

Glad he's working against the war....but I do battle with him on other issues. He'd sing a different story if he had a(n) uterus.

[durrrty libby]

12. All dems worth their salt must punch back at Rove and the rest of

the thugs, hard and often.

I truly hope they are paying attention to Professor Murtha.

[Brigid]

18. Yes, Mr. Murtha was definitely taking Dems to school today . . .

on how to deal with these idiot Repugs like Rove. I hope they were paying close attention.

[cliss]

13. Yup...Mr. Murtha looks a little pissed

in the photo. I don't believe he's going to back down at this point. He's going to keep hammering away at them.

[immoderate]

16. I think Murtha learned what he knows the hard way.

He has always rallied around the government's military adventures, including the disasters in Central America. Now he's able to see the down side of such military adventures. I makes him all the more credible on these issues.

--IMM

[Brigid]

14. What can I say, except . . .

John Murtha, :yourock:

[Occulus]

17. Murtha's the Real Deal, isn't he? n/t

[Cha]

19. Murtha you are my

guy! :loveya: in the most patriotic way! :patriot:

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

23. So when will the party acknowledge Murtha as their spokesperson on

this issue, OFFICIALLY, instead of letting him be an outspoken island?

[Philosoraptor]

25. MURTHA ROCKS!!

[malaise]

28. I love Murtha

none of them scare him a bit. I think he's enjoying this since he has the complete list of all who avoided the military. They can't touch him without expecting a serious tongue lashing. Go Murtha - expose them.

[Catherine Vincent]

29. Alright, Murtha!

KARL ROVE CAN KISS JOHN MURTHA'S ASS!!!

[The Witch]

31. I heard him say this and nearly fell off my chair

:rofl: :yourock: Murthaaaaaa

[walldude]

35. Rove apparently had a great comeback

Murtha's a coward. Bwhahahahahaha.... from Murtha's bio:
he volunteered for Vietnam in 1966-67, receiving the Bronze Star with Combat "V", two Purple Hearts and the Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry. Yeah what a chickenshit :eyes:

[blue neen]

36. Whoa! Snap!

He also mentioned how Rove is being paid by the public taxpayer. I love it.

[MadJohnShaft]

37. Finally I heard someone dismiss Rove the way he should be dismissed

the Meet the Press format of playing the opposition's talking point clips along with the current guest's past statements to hipocracy is really starting to annoy me to the point of making the show unwatchable.

[Jim__]

38. There was a long hesitation before Murtha said backside

It went something like, "He's sitting around in Washington DC on his big fat ... (a few seconds) backside."

I wish he would have said "ass."

[npincus]

39. I wish Murtha had said "ASS" instead of "backside"

then the soundbite would be getting played 24/7