Ho Hum, disagree with a war hero? Just say his medals are bogus. It's called Swiftboating.
Jack Murtha came out against the stupidity that led us into war, the stupidity that keeps us in it and the obvious fact that the current leadership is incompetent.
On July 10, the Patriot Project ran a nice piece on how the Republican Party and its talking media shills are Swiftboating Mr. Murtha. They have actually called his service record into question.
Today they updated the story with the truly remarkable story that the Swiftboaters themselves have called a rally to oppose Murtha. Once again, they will gather together fabricate lies and twist the truth about another veteran.
Nobody should be under any illusions about these people. I don't think most people are. They are there to take down Murtha in any way possible. But never fear. Eventually, the GOP's paid liars and venal tools will hollow out the heart of the party and leave it a worthless, paper tiger. It is impossible to win moral and intellectual fights by attacking people for reasons unrelated to the argument. It takes time for the authoritarian rush to wear off the conservative soul. When the Republican political officer's propophrases don't fix the order-junkies in the party anymore, when they continue to ask questions about a reality that only exists in the neocon dreamscape, when they finally take down black sheeting from the windows of the party, the GOP will be left with the same question that signaled the public devastation of Joe Mcarthy in his day: Have you no shame, sir?
posted by Chris Dykstra @ 8:50 PM |
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"Today they updated the story with the truly remarkable story that the Swiftboaters themselves have called a rally to oppose Murtha. Once again, they will gather together fabricate lies and twist the truth about another veteran."
Ain't a gold plated bitch when those lies pan out as the truth?
I feel your pain\\
Would it be swift boating to point out the Murtha's stand to redeploy our troops currently in Iraq to Okinawa where they will redeploy back into Iraq if needed is a silly proposition. Given that is 5,000 miles from Iraq and will takes weeks to get back to Iraq. Or that it is the goal of the US and Japan goverments to reduce the size of the US bases on Okinawa.
Would it be swift boating to point out that Murtha went to the press to back in May of this year to declare that the Marines in Haditha where in fact cold blooded murders. Yet the investigation at the time was not yet complete and to this very day Aug 9, 06 there have not been any charges filed against those very Marines despite and unpresidented investigation by a ARMY General, who was put in charge of the investigation to prevent a conflict on interest.
I have many more examples. I guess in view of the New Patriots only those that agree with these kinds of actions by Murtha are of a legitimate voice. All others are not.
BTW all charges by the orginal Swift boat members have NOT been refuted in any way by Kerry. The primary complaint of the group was that Kerry's Gingis Khan speak was used to TORTURE our soldiers/airmen held in North Vietamese prisons at the time CANNOT be refuted. And for this and other actions ALL of his commanding officers in Veitnam as well as the former POW's came out against his canidacy.
Dave
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