Jack Murtha’s sleazy political legacy.
John Murtha: Requiem for a Corruptocrat
February 15, 2010 By 45 Comments
We’re not supposed to speak ill of the dead. But those whom the deceased viciously smeared deserve to be defended.
John Murtha
February 8, 2010 By 4 Comments
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” [...]
John Murtha dies at 77 – POLITICO.com
February 8, 2010 By 5 Comments
Rep. John Murtha, a Vietnam veteran who became one of the most powerful members of the House serving four decades representing western Pennsylvania, has died at 77.Murtha was the longest serving member of the Pennsylvania delegation — a milestone he passed just this past Saturday. He had been hospitalized in recent weeks with a gall [...]
