John Murtha: Requiem for a Corruptocrat
We’re not supposed to speak ill of the dead. But those whom the deceased viciously smeared deserve to be defended.
We’re not supposed to speak ill of the dead. But those whom the deceased viciously smeared deserve to be defended.
John “Jack” Murtha, a Democrat from western Pennsylvania’s Twelfth District, died Monday of complications from gall bladder surgery. He had been a member of the U.S. House of Representatives since 1974. During the Bush administration, Murtha consistently assailed the manner in which the Iraq War was prosecuted. In a November 2005 statement, Murtha described the U.S. military as “stretched thin” [...]