Looney Liberal of the Week: John Murtha

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- This week's Looney Lib is John Murtha (D-PA) for comments he made after receiving the 2006 Edmund S. Muskie Distinguished Public Service Award from the Center for National Policy. Murtha received this prestigious award (well... not so prestigious as a Nobel Prize), because he is one of the few Democrats who remembers Muskie, and who is also willing to accept an award by that name.

The CNP presented Murtha with the award, not for his 37 years of service as a Marine officer or his 16 terms as a House Representative, but because he went on TV and ragged out George Bush in true Democratic fashion. He received the award for his "cut-and-run, we're already defeated, America is always wrong" stance on the war in Iraq.

"Who wants us in Iraq? North Korea, Iran, China, Russia and al Qaeda," Murtha told the CNP gathering in Washington, D.C. ...Yeah right! Iran and al Qaeda want us in Iraq, eh? Then why are they fighting so hard to get us out? Idiot.

"Our ability to project power to protect Americans wherever and whenever necessary is no longer at the level necessary to ensure success," he went on to say. So what Murtha really means, is that we should just "project" power while not actually using it. It's sort of like a movie "projector". You just flash a picture of an aircraft carrier on the horizon and expect your enemies to start pooping in their pants. I think this guy is coming down with dementia.

"This is longer than the involvement in the Korean War, and soon will be longer than our participation in World War II," he said. And of course everybody knows that a "good war" never goes longer than four years. If you can't win a war in four years then it's time to retreat, eh John? Actually, Murtha seems to have forgotten that we are still in Germany and still in Korea. Idiot squared.

"Some say staying in Iraq is the answer. I disagree," Murtha said. "There are two policies: One is President Bush's policy, and that's stay the course. And my policy, which is redeploy (er... cut-and-run) as soon as practical."

So there you have it. The ideas that made Murtha great... and worthy of a "Muskie". I propose we give Murtha the "Chicken Hawk Award" (with emphasis on the word "chicken"). For a man who went through the War in Vietnam, Murtha is a clear example of someone who has failed to learn the lessons of the past, and is determined to repeat them.

If you want to see some of the Murtha video, you can click HERE. Actually, I prefer the video of the guy who organized a protest AGAINST Murtha, which is HERE.