Another Iraq War© vet running for Congress

[Stinky The Clown]

Sean Patrick Murphy is running for congress from Bucks County, PA. the 8th CD.

It seems he's one of 8 Iraq War© vets running for congress .... and ... ready now? ...... 7 are Dems!

http://www.murphy06.com/

http://www.jregrassroots.org/forums/lofiversion/index.php/t15770.html

[flakey_foont]

1. on HARDBALL now - Murphy

Tweety is being a real ass....really rude to the guy,, not letting him answer the questions

[abbeyco]

4. I think Murphy did a great job!

Considering Tweet-ball was doing the old 'rapid fire, don't let 'em answer' routine, Murphy held his own and was great - just wat we need!

[Zenlitened]

5. I just caught the very last seconds of the interview. Murphy says...

... "I'm running as a proud Democrat."

:applause: :yourock: :patriot:

[FreedomAngel82]

14. Yay!

Good luck to him! I'm glad more are running! I think Hackett woke some people up too. Him and Cindy Sheehan.

[Stinky The Clown]

8. Tweety can be such an asshole

Just let the man speak, will ya?

Tweety ... can't get out of bed without tripping over his fucking ego.

[rateyes]

29. Typical for Tweety! and Hannity, and all other Repukes!

Can't win the argument..so shout down your opponent.

[Zenlitened]

2. Another returning veteran for the Republicans to spit on.

:grr:

[OneTwentyoNine]

6. Yep,they've served their purpose for the Corporate War machine...

Repukes don't give a crap about them once that aspect has been completed,their just another used and abused machine to toss out.

[bribri16]

35. 7 are Dems because Rethugs don't serve, especially politicians. n/t

[cloud75]

3. Tweety wants him to win? that is what it seemed like...

[MADem]

26. Yep...people forget that Tweety worked for Tip O'Neill AND Ed Muskie

...two classic NORTHEASTERN, New England Dems. Tweety went into the Peace Corps because of JFK.

Tweety on occasion demonstrates ADHD symptoms, but he is a bit more complex than some give him credit for....

[cloud75]

31. i think he lets the right wing media influence him...these msm

guys are always being attacked by the right and just like an nba referee who is always being called out by the coach eventually you are going to be influenced...that is what has happened to tweety.

[Daphne08]

7. When Matthews finally allowed him to speak, he told

the truth in no uncertain terms. He's been there.

Chris Matthews even wished him Good Luck! I do, too! :)

[Disturbed]

10. Dave Greggory is 100% better than Motor Mouth Tweety.

Too bad that tweety can't be replaced.

[MADem]

28. Of course he is, but David is a WH Correspondent, and Tweety is

...a political commentator. One is a real reporter, the other is an opinion-monger.

If they decide to give David a slot, give him that dead meat Tucker hour--move it back to follow Keith Olberman, and bump Rita Cosby up an hour later.

[rateyes]

30. Glad to hear that....

Now that I think about it, Tweety told Cindy Sheehan that she ought to consider running for Congress because she sounded a lot more informed than most of them there!

[jackster]

9. just more fuel for the fire....

for the chickenhawk database.

Remind me the ratio of LEFTIES in the gov't, media, etc who have served vs the RIGHTIES?

[Stinky The Clown]

11. Its pretty clear the Dems are recruiting war vets for campaigns

And that suits me just fine!

I gotta wonder .... if 8 war vets are running, and all but one are Dems .... what's the military's view and politics? Is the 'overwhelmingly Republican' conventional wisdom so much bullshit ...... or is this an anomoly?

I honestly don't know.

[safi0]

17. I've got a Liberal friend

Who's served in the military, and what he tells me is that the military is mostly conservative, but the conservatives in the military when they come back will just go back to school or there jobs or whatever they were doing before they entered the service. On the other hand the Liberals will try to do something about the things they saw, like run for Congress. The Republicans running for office in 20-30 years aren't gonna be the Iraq War veterans, there going to be the college Republicans.

As for Murphy, current officeholder PA-08 got 56% in 04 which means that he can be beaten.

[Fly by night]

23. the DOD counted the 2004 military votes and hasn't released results...

... so I guess we will never know. The only military votes I saw reported after 11/04 were from New Jersey, where Kerry got 60%+ of the votes.

If anyone has seen other stats on military votes, I'd love to see them.

[librechik]

12. How can that be???Don't they know all soldiers are Republicans???

ha ha

[BamaLefty]

13. Let's Roll

Shove it down there throats boyz. :smoke:

[FrenchieCat]

15. So the 64 million dollar question must be asked.....

WHY DON'T REPUBLICANS SUPPORT THE TROOPS

WHILE DEMOCRATS DO? :shrug:

[Roland99]

16. Damn terrorist sympathizers. What were they doing in Iraq?

Voluntarily giving up their lives for service for our country?


How DARE they?!

[Tari]

18. They were just padding their resumes.

:sarcasm:

[Clark2008]

19. I know there is a contingent of anti-Wes Clark fans here, but

I really believe that such a high-profile general coming out as a Democrat has helped these Iraqi War veterans make the decision to either come out and run as Dems or switch parties given what they know.

I also know that many of these war vets are in contact with Clark, which is what leads me to believe my statement above.

[Qanisqineq]

20. he was just padding his resume

they all were
:P

on edit: except for the republican, he's a "true hero"

:sarcasm:

[safi0]

21. By the way

This has to be a prime opportunity for pickup because this guy is an extremely impressive candidate. But his opponent Mike Fitzpatrick is a Freshman congressman, plus this is a district that Kerry won.

[Coexist]

22. I miss everything now that football season has started!

kicking and recommending - thanks to all of you at DU who help keep me informed!

[PittLib]

24. Thanks for the info ...

Lots of great people coming out of Bucks County ... including Chuck Pennacchio. This is great.

[kwolf68]

25. 7 are Dems

well...wonder if the Media trots that out very often?

God Bless these men...serving their nation in more than 1 way. Best of luck to them.

[Imagevision]

27. Man! these guys must do something about receiptless machines!

It easily could have made a difference for Hackett!!!

[deadparrot]

32. Awesome!

Best of luck to the 7 of them next year!

[NMDemDist2]

33. who are the other six? n/t

[Stinky The Clown]

34. I don't know. It was in the first post in the second link in the OP

[BlueStateGirl]

36. That's my neck of the woods! Patrick is terrific. I think he can take

Mike Fitzpatrick.
He's a first term Repub, who is too conservative for his district.
ANd Bucks has gone Democratic in every presidential election since 1992.