Iraq War Watch: Murtha Says Cut and Run Part Three

Reps. Robert Brady, D-Pa., left, and John Murtha, D-Pa., walk through a corridor, Friday, Nov. 18, 2005, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington.

The ASSociated Press has Lawmakers Reject Immediate Iraq Withdrawal

The Republican-controlled House spurned calls for an immediate pullout of troops from Iraq in a vote hastily arranged by the GOP that Democrats vociferously denounced as politically motivated.

“To cut and run would invite terrorism into our backyards, and no one wants to see troops fighting terrorism on American soil,” Speaker Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., said Friday night after the House, as planned, rejected a GOP-written resolution for immediate withdrawal.

The vote, held as lawmakers rushed toward a two-week Thanksgiving break, was 403-3.

Flap asked previosuly if the Democrats would cut and run.

Apparently they will not put their MONEY (their political credibility) where their MOUTHS are.

They can bitch about unfair votes all they want…… but the lefties are finally on record.

Earth to Congressman Murtha…..

At one point in the emotional debate, Rep. Jean Schmidt, R-Ohio, told of a phone call she received from a Marine colonel.

“He asked me to send Congress a message – stay the course. He also asked me to send Congressman Murtha a message – that cowards cut and run, Marines never do,” Schmidt said. Murtha is a 37-year Marine veteran and ranking Democrat on the defense appropriations subcommittee.

The Congressman has been listening to Michael Moore too much or perhaps he has just forgotten………..

Courtesy of the Political Teen