November 22, 2005

MURTHA STANDS ALONE:

Murtha removes unfavorable troop poll: Online voters overwhelmingly opposed his call for withdrawal (WorldNetDaily.com, November 22, 2005)

The congressman at the center of the battle last week over withdrawal of troops from Iraq removed the results from his own Internet poll on the subject after online voters overwhelmingly opposed his stance.

Even better was a bit on NPR's The World this afternoon where host Lisa Mullins spoke with Laith Kubba, a spokesman for the Iraqi government about the Iraqi reconciliation conference calling for troop withdrawals. She wanted the guy to say that they were calling for the same thing as Congressman Murtha, but instead he insisted that the drawdown had to be gradual and that the notion of immediate withdrawal is "totally irresponsible."

Posted by Orrin Judd at November 22, 2005 8:58 PM
Comments

Mr. Murtha's 15 minutes of fame didn't work out nearly as well as he or the dems had hoped.

Posted by: John J. Coupal at November 23, 2005 9:54 AM

Their problem is they are truly contemptuous of the voters. They think that if they parade a vet with medals, the voters will immediately turn and follow them. They think that the voters can't see beneath the surface, a truly foolish belief in an advertisement-soaked society such as ours. It didn't save senator Kerry's campaign and Rep. Murtha's prior heroism hasn't saved this one.

N.B.: Those who actually vote are usually those who pay attention and won't be fooled as easily by these cheap stunts.

Posted by: Mikey at November 23, 2005 2:00 PM

One thing is for sure: Jean Schmidt earned some stripes last Friday while Harold Ford probably ended his dreams of higher office. Who did he think he was? Preston Brooks?

Posted by: jim hamlen at November 23, 2005 3:43 PM

No, Ed Brooke.

Posted by: oj at November 23, 2005 3:48 PM
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