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Originally Posted by maximusveritas
Actually, what they did was put forward a bastardized version of Murtha's plan that basically advocated cutting and running immediately. They did this to force the Democrats to vote against it and therefore paint Murtha as a lone nut.
To make matters worse, they took to the floor to bash Murtha with Congresswomen Schmidt calling Murtha "a coward" for wanting to "cut and run". Needless to say, this didn't go over well with the Democrats and Schmidt was forced to withdraw her comments. But the damage was done.
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Here are link to video of Schmidt's remarks and a link to the c-span video coverage of Murtha's "lynching".....
(Schmidt has been in the congress only since a special election against an army officer who had served in Iraq. She shows quite a "mandate" for someone who barely carried her heavily republican, Ohio district....)
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http://thinkprogress.org/2005/11/18/schmidt-shame/
Rep. Jean Schmidt (R-OH) today on the House floor, speaking about Rep. John Murtha (D-PA), a decorated former Marine:
Yesterday I stood at Arlington National Cemetery attending the funeral of a young marine in my district. He believed in what we were doing is the right thing and had the courage to lay his life on the line to do it. A few minutes ago I received a call from Colonel Danny Bubp, Ohio Representative from the 88th district in the House of Representatives. 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. Danny and the rest of America and the world want the assurance from this body – that we will see this through.
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http://www.c-span.org/watch/cspan_rm.asp?Cat=TV&Code=CS