Just who does Murtha think he is?

Democrat John Murtha has represented the 12th District of Pennsylvania since 1974. In 1980, he was one of several Congressmen ensnared in the Abscam Scandal, a moniker for an investigation of congressional corruption by the FBI. Yet, in 2009 he is still representing the 12th District and has been on the House Appropriations Committee, and the Defense Subcommittee, for more than two decades.

Murtha is considered one of the most corrupt members of Congress and is currently being investigated by the Ethics Committee. The magnitude of the corruption surrounding his contributions and the ‘circular fundraising’ performed far surpasses the corruption found during the Abscam Scandal.

In his own words… “If I am corrupt it is because I take care of my district. My job as a member of Congress is to make sure we take care of what we see as necessary.” In fact since serving on the Appropriations Committee, Murtha has sent more than 2 billion dollars to Pennsylvania - 192.5 million of that amount was sent in 2008. The money he sends to his state is his insurance policy for re-election. The only problem is, that this insurance policy has been taxpayer-funded for last twenty-five years. Evidently, as long “Murtha” money keeps pouring in, Pennsylvanians will turn a blind eye to who will be footing the bill. Nothing is for free, even for the Pennsylvanians, yet the “Me First” syndrome prevails.

It is quite evident that he is a smart and careful man. His net worth is the lowest twenty percentile of the House. With all other Representatives getting fat during their tenure in Congress, where is Murtha’s money? If you review the 1980 Abscam video, it is obvious there is some sort of machination in place, but to pin point it is difficult indeed. He was also very careful not to be connect to “the money”, I am sure nothing has changed. The people of Pennsylvania need to ‘do the hard thing’ and get off the government dole. They need to rise up against Murtha to make sure that this career ‘quid-pro-quo’ politician is out on his ‘keester’ in 2010! If they do not, it will be politics as usual, and it will be shame on you, Pennsylvania!

The following videos are self-explanatory and the insolence reeks….

5:11 minutes into http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6l2nnkwF1Q

on Kuchara http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUD8F76Qflo&feature=PlayList&p=65E23640FE438D45&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=16

Murtha Airport: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAdv0XaDZOQ&feature=PlayList&p=2573812AEB138F31&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=59

House on Murtha Airport http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDVvj2wpmgI