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daskol posted this on February 8th, 2010 @ 5:01:40 pm» quote
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controversial PA Democrat. 77, complications from surgery.
http://gatewaypundit.firstthings.com/2010/02/john-murtha-dies-controversial-anti-war-democrat-dead-at-77/ [gatewaypundit.firstthings.com] »
RIP John Murtha (131 views)
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daskol posted this on February 8th, 2010 @ 5:25:02 pm» quote
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he served his country in vietnam, and got wounded pretty terribly doing that.
afterwards, he became a thoroughly corrupt congressman. here's murtha captured on video during the infamous ABSCAM investigation that the FBI undertook in the late 70s.
to his credit, and apparently one of the reasons he avoided prosecution in ABSCAM, his extortion did not appear to be about or at least mostly about personal enrichment. in the ABSCAM video, he was trying to extort people into making investments in his district. that's a theme that ran through a lot of his later entanglements with the law--his extortionate demands and corrupt practices always seemed to be about placing friends and family into jobs, getting them favors, etc. and not about personal enrichment.
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WorldClassTurd posted this on February 9th, 2010 @ 9:09:03 pm» quote
- A moving eulogy from daskol.
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