Start with this Washington Post article that takes Rep. John “Back Room Deal” Murtha (D-PA) to task for his “slow bleed the troops” plan:

His [Murtha] aim, he made clear, is not to improve readiness but to “stop the surge.” So why not straightforwardly strip the money out of the appropriations bill—an action Congress is clearly empowered to take—rather than try to micromanage the Army in a way that may be unconstitutional? Because, Mr. Murtha said, it will deflect accusations that he is trying to do what he is trying to do.

Then read Rick Moran’s take on it at Right Wing Nut House:

Is Murtha in complete control of his faculties? This brazen admission of political and moral turpitude points up how truly cynical the Pennsylvania Congressman and his partners in this calumnious plan have become. Not only that, Murtha is also apparently woefully ignorant of what is going on in Iraq and some of his statements call into question whether the 74 year old is mentally sharp enough to occupy a position of leadership in the Democratic party.

In a US Congress (both houses) full of incompetent and often times deplorable politicians, Rep. Murtha is the most despicable and vile of them all — not just as a politician, but as a human being.

Think Progress has this on-the-spot Brit Hume quote:

“It’s time a few things be said about him,” Hume said. “This guy is long past the day when he had anything but the foggiest awareness of what the heck is going on in the world.” Hume called Murtha an “absolute fountain” of “naivete.”

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Much more discussion at Memeorandum

Posted by Robbie Cooper on Saturday, February 17th, 2007 | Trackback |