In between slandering our Marines, Rep. John Murtha (D-PA) still found time to line his pockets by selling out his office:
Every private entity that Rep. John Murtha (D-Pa.) favored with an earmark in this year’s defense bill recently has given political money to the lawmaker, according to an analysis of House Appropriations and federal elections records by Roll Call and Taxpayers for Common Sense.
PACs and employees of those 26 groups together have contributed $413,250 to Murtha since the beginning of 2005. He collected nearly a quarter of the sum — $100,750 — in the two weeks leading up to March 16, the original deadline for lawmakers to file their earmark requests. . . .
Murtha’s record of receiving at least some campaign cash from every one of his private earmark beneficiaries makes him a rare, but not unique, case on the Defense Subcommittee. Rep. Norm Dicks (D-Wash.) also got some political money from each one of the private entities he helped to win federal dollars, the analysis found.
Murtha was recently named one of the 22 most corrupt Congressmen by the nonprofit Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington. If it wasn’t for William “Cold cash” Jefferson, Murtha would have to be number one on that list.
To the people of Pennsylvania — please do the right thing and do not reelect this blathering senile morally corrupt coward back into office. Please look around you and vote an honest and decent man — which Murtha is neither — into office. You don’t have to elect a Republican, just don’t reelect this guy. Ever again.
I am proud to be a Pennsylvanian, except for people like Murtha who is not (Thank God) in my district… we’ve got Specter instead - almost as bad. This is just another prime example of the crying need for term limits!
Where is the outrage for these 22?
Left by FedUp on September 24th, 2007 at 9:40 am