Diana Irey for Congress, Running Against John Murtha
Diana Irey is running against Congressman John Murtha. This race actually looks competitive and defeating Murtha would surely make a lot of news.
Additional info:MURTHA'S MISTAKE
Rep. John Murtha, responding Wednesday to a defamation lawsuit filed by a Marine accused of killing Iraqi civilians in 2005, mistakenly said Staff Sgt. Frank Wuterich had been "charged in the incident at Haditha." In fact, no charges have been filed against anybody.
Murtha quickly issued a new press release Wednesday deleting "charged" and describing Wuterich as leader of "the squad accused of killing two dozen civilians." The lawsuit accused Murtha of spreading "false and malicious lies" about the sergeant in his May 19 statement which said Marines "killed a number of civilians without anybody firing at them."
Although Murtha has carried his western Pennsylvania district by landslide margins and was unopposed in 2004, Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry won it with only 51 percent. Diana Irey, a Republican county commissioner, is waging a vigorous campaign, and last week accused Murtha of "regular and willful misstatements of key facts."
UPDATE: Here is an interview that Irey had on Hannity & Colmes
Additional info:
Rep. John Murtha, responding Wednesday to a defamation lawsuit filed by a Marine accused of killing Iraqi civilians in 2005, mistakenly said Staff Sgt. Frank Wuterich had been "charged in the incident at Haditha." In fact, no charges have been filed against anybody.
Murtha quickly issued a new press release Wednesday deleting "charged" and describing Wuterich as leader of "the squad accused of killing two dozen civilians." The lawsuit accused Murtha of spreading "false and malicious lies" about the sergeant in his May 19 statement which said Marines "killed a number of civilians without anybody firing at them."
Although Murtha has carried his western Pennsylvania district by landslide margins and was unopposed in 2004, Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry won it with only 51 percent. Diana Irey, a Republican county commissioner, is waging a vigorous campaign, and last week accused Murtha of "regular and willful misstatements of key facts."
UPDATE: Here is an interview that Irey had on Hannity & Colmes
posted by John Lott at 9:34 PM
3 Comments:
It may not bother you, but I have found his claims (that have later appeared to be false) about attrocities by American soldiers quite disturbing. I think that he is putting politics above what makes the best policy.
While I appreciate Murtha's service to the country, I don't think that he has been a very accurate witness in this conflict. What direct evidence do you have that he was accurate in discussing the civilian attacks by the US troops? I need something other than the fact that he was a Vietnam veteran.
We are talking about Murtha's claim about Haditha, probably by far the most explosive charge about Americans hurting Iraqis. For example, see:
http://gorillasguides.blogspot.com/2006/05/murtha-marines-killed-iraqis-in-cold.html
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