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The 'Total Crap' on Murtha

ABSCAM & some push back.

I've got two words for Ken doll Sean Hannity and all the hacks over at Fox
“News.”

Keating 5. See St. McCain if you're confused.

Now, to total crap, as in, when there's a war on and people are dying you want
to talk about what?

Murtha and Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) are locked in a battle for the House Majority Leader post, and both men made presentations for to the Blue Dog Coalition on Tuesday in a bid for their votes. “Even though I think it's total crap, I'll vote for it and pass it because that's what Nancy wants,” Murtha told the Blue Dogs, according to three sources who were at the meeting. Pelosi has made enactment of the Honest Leadership and Open Government Act the cornerstone of her legislative agenda for the 110th Congress, and she is preparing to make it the first bill introduced under her reign. Murtha voted against the legislation earlier this year on the House floor. Congressional corruption was a major issue for voters in the recent midterm elections, and Pelosi has pledged to clean-up the Congress as part of her efforts to reform the House. A Democratic lawmaker, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said he was “surprised” by the tone of Murtha's comments, especially Murtha's repeated claim that he would back any proposal that Pelosi favored. This lawmaker has already declared for Hoyer. “'My agenda will be Nancy's agenda' — he kept saying that,” the lawmaker said. “The performance was stunningly awful.” Murtha Calls Ethics Bill 'Total Crap'

Yes, absolutely, ethics are very important. Murtha's signed on. He's in the limelight. So, just what do you think he's going to get away with? Hmmmm.