Murtha Critics, Supporters Rally in Pa. (LOL over 2 to 1 :) :) :)

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http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/us/AP-Murtha-Rallies.html
October 1, 2006
Murtha Critics, Supporters Rally in Pa.
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Filed at 9:04 p.m. ET

JOHNSTOWN, Pa. (AP) -- Critics and supporters of U.S. Rep. John P. Murtha held competing rallies this weekend with reproach and praise for the leading voice in Washington for pulling troops out of Iraq.

Critics demonstrated in his hometown Sunday, a day after the Democrat's supporters staged an event there.

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The protest at the Cambria County War Memorial Arena, which attracted close to 1,000 people,:rofl: was organized ''to show that our total support for the troops is there,'' said rally organizer Harry Beam, a Vietnam veteran.

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An estimated 2,000 people -- including former Georgia Sen. Max Cleland, former Nebraska Sen. Bob Kerrey, former NATO commander Gen. Wesley Clark and Murtha himself -- turned out Saturday at Johnstown's Central Park to support Murtha.

..more at link....

LOL assuming AP counts like normal IMHO there was < 500 at the anti-Murtha rally.... Just my opinion.

[Monkeyman]

1. WELL you want us to fight back

Line in the Sand done and done with class

www.VETSFORMURTHA.ORG

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2. Damn, I missed Clark

Glad the turnout was high for Murtha.

[BrotherBuzz]

3. Those poor Murtha critics are going to be bummed out when they learn...

General Abizaid is in almost total agreement with Murtha - as per Woodward on 60 minutes. :rofl:

[RamboLiberal]

4. From Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and Video from KDKA

"We're tired of swift-boating in America," said Georgia's Cleland, who lost his own re-election bid in 2002 after his patriotism was questioned. "And it stops right here today, in Johnstown, Pennsylvania."

"Long before it was cool to wave a flag and support the men and women wearing the military of our Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force and Coast Guard, Jack Murtha was waving the flag and supporting the men and women of our Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and Coast Guard," Mr. Kerrey said. "Until Jack Murtha stood up and began to tell the American people what was going on, there were far too many people ."

The other speakers picked up where Mr. Kerrey left off. "Jack had the courage to stand up and tell the truth," said Gen. Clark. "This administration's leadership of the war has been incompetent, inept. We're not going to let any swift-boaters, shrimp-boaters or anybody else take out Jack Murtha."

Mr. Murtha took the dais last, again criticizing the war effort but sympathizing with the soldiers who must fight it, as well as the nearly 3,000 killed and 20,000 injured. "You know what this war's doing? It's tearing the families apart," he said. "I don't appreciate these people sitting on their fat backsides in the White House, sending our young people to war, when they don't understand the circumstances."

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06274/726493-177.stm

http://kdka.com/topstories/local_story_274000723.html

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5. murtha uses language that americans can relate to:

"You know what this war's doing? It's tearing the families apart," he said. "I don't appreciate these people SITTING ON THEIR FAT BACKSIDES in the White House, sending our young people to war, when they don't understand the circumstances."