A former Marine Sgt. and Iraq War vet speaking at a rally for fellow Iraq vet Bill Russell in PA called Jack Murtha a 'fat little bastard.' I say good on him.
During the rally, Shawn Bryan, a former sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps., said Murtha visited his unit in Iraq in 2005. At the time, Murtha told the soldiers "what a great job we did," Bryan said, only to see him tell his district back home he no longer supported the effort.Bryan said he didn't put his life on the line for his country "just so some fat little bastard can come back and run his mouth."
It was the second time during his speech that Bryan, who flew in from Albuquerque, New Mexico, had called Murtha a "fat little bastard" during his speech. His remarks were not publicly repudiated at the rally.
Wasn't repudiated? Cry me a river. This is one of those rare occasions that such color is wholly appropriate. Murtha leaped to judgment in saying the Haditha Marines murdered civilians in cold blood, and tried them in the court of public opinion based on no information but what Iraqis with ties to the insurgency told a willing and wanton American media. They were acquitted on the charges of murder, charges made first by Jack Murtha.
To be quite frank, calling him "a fat little bastard" is about the cleanest vernacular one will hear from Marines, whose hatred for the man runs deep and not without cause.
It is time to retire Jack Murtha. And after Russell defeats him in Western Pennsylvania, home to no small number of racists and rednecks (according to Jack himself), it will be quite amusing to wake up Wednesday morning to realize that Jack Murtha's mouth cost Barack Obama the Keystone State and thus the presidency, the same mouth that cost the Haditha Marines their careers and time imprisoned enroute to their acquittals.
Those Marines are not calling Jack Murtha a fat little bastard. You'd not care to hear what they call him.
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Good for Sgt. Bryan.... (Below threshold)1. Posted by Wordygirl | November 3, 2008 11:50 AM | Score: 7 (7 votes cast)
Good for Sgt. Bryan.
1. Posted by Wordygirl | November 3, 2008 11:50 AM |
Score: 7 (7 votes cast)
Posted on November 3, 2008 11:50
2. Posted by Tammy | November 3, 2008 11:53 AM | Score: 5 (5 votes cast)
sounds accurate to me
2. Posted by Tammy | November 3, 2008 11:53 AM |
Score: 5 (5 votes cast)
Posted on November 3, 2008 11:53
3. Posted by GianniD | November 3, 2008 11:53 AM | Score: 10 (10 votes cast)
Little?
Fat greedy bastard, sure.
Fat corrupt bastard, of course.
Fat old bastard, definitely.
Fat miserable bastard, no doubt.
Little? The only thing little about Murtha is his ranking on the integrity/honor scale.
Murtha = Semper fOOL.
3. Posted by GianniD | November 3, 2008 11:53 AM |
Score: 10 (10 votes cast)
Posted on November 3, 2008 11:53
4. Posted by Oyster | November 3, 2008 12:03 PM | Score: 8 (8 votes cast)
I'd like to see Murtha get upset at being called a fat little bastard after referring to Russel as a carpetbagger. That would be rich.
4. Posted by Oyster | November 3, 2008 12:03 PM |
Score: 8 (8 votes cast)
Posted on November 3, 2008 12:03
5. Posted by I'm conerned | November 3, 2008 12:15 PM | Score: -12 (12 votes cast)
McCain draws small Florida crowd on race's final day
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/11/03/mccain-draws-small-florida-crowd-on-race%E2%80%99s-final-day/
5. Posted by I'm conerned | November 3, 2008 12:15 PM |
Score: -12 (12 votes cast)
Posted on November 3, 2008 12:15
6. Posted by Ran56 | November 3, 2008 12:29 PM | Score: 4 (4 votes cast)
And he was a REMF at that!
6. Posted by Ran56 | November 3, 2008 12:29 PM |
Score: 4 (4 votes cast)
Posted on November 3, 2008 12:29
7. Posted by Steve Schippert | November 3, 2008 12:31 PM | Score: 3 (3 votes cast)
Translation for Civilians:
REMF -
Rear Echelon 'Murtha Flocker'
Or phonetically similar variation thereof.
7. Posted by Steve Schippert | November 3, 2008 12:31 PM |
Score: 3 (3 votes cast)
Posted on November 3, 2008 12:31
8. Posted by Paul_In_Houston | November 3, 2008 1:16 PM | Score: 7 (7 votes cast)
During the rally, Shawn Bryan, a former sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps.,
...
Bryan said he didn't put his life on the line for his country "just so some fat little bastard can come back and run his mouth."
...
His remarks were not publicly repudiated at the rally."
"Repudiated?!!!"
Sgt. Bryan,
I'm ex-Air Force, not Marine, but,
By God, Sir: I salute you.
8. Posted by Paul_In_Houston | November 3, 2008 1:16 PM |
Score: 7 (7 votes cast)
Posted on November 3, 2008 13:16
9. Posted by Eric | November 3, 2008 2:11 PM | Score: 4 (4 votes cast)
Murtha replied "Get in my belly!"
9. Posted by Eric | November 3, 2008 2:11 PM |
Score: 4 (4 votes cast)
Posted on November 3, 2008 14:11
10. Posted by sshiell | November 3, 2008 3:18 PM | Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
Semper ONE!
10. Posted by sshiell | November 3, 2008 3:18 PM |
Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
Posted on November 3, 2008 15:18
11. Posted by Brian | November 3, 2008 4:03 PM | Score: -5 (5 votes cast)
Bryan said he didn't put his life on the line for his country "just so some fat little bastard can come back and run his mouth."
Wait a minute... isn't that precisely what some tell us they are doing?
11. Posted by Brian | November 3, 2008 4:03 PM |
Score: -5 (5 votes cast)
Posted on November 3, 2008 16:03
12. Posted by jp2 | November 3, 2008 4:17 PM | Score: -8 (8 votes cast)
-Women and children were shot by American troops
-Multiple lies and cover-ups
-The troops are then cleared in exchange for testimony, pleas to lesser charges, immunity, cooperation and "unlawful command influence."
Doesn't make up down nor black white.
12. Posted by jp2 | November 3, 2008 4:17 PM |
Score: -8 (8 votes cast)
Posted on November 3, 2008 16:17
13. Posted by Rebecca | November 3, 2008 4:18 PM | Score: 3 (3 votes cast)
I'm sure my fellow Marines, male and female, active duty and former, have some names even better than this one to call Murtha. I have disowned him as a Marine veteran. The weasely media illuminati don't want to talk of repudiating remarks in our presence. They might end up getting their faces rearranged.
13. Posted by Rebecca | November 3, 2008 4:18 PM |
Score: 3 (3 votes cast)
Posted on November 3, 2008 16:18
14. Posted by Steve Schippert | November 3, 2008 4:37 PM | Score: 2 (2 votes cast)
And after all of those "exchanges for testimony," who was convicted of murder, genius?
14. Posted by Steve Schippert | November 3, 2008 4:37 PM |
Score: 2 (2 votes cast)
Posted on November 3, 2008 16:37
15. Posted by Parthenon | November 3, 2008 5:48 PM | Score: -5 (5 votes cast)
Wow, a fat little bastard? And Chelsea's the white house dog, right?
Keep it classy, cons (and libs who engage in the same sort of discourse).
15. Posted by Parthenon | November 3, 2008 5:48 PM |
Score: -5 (5 votes cast)
Posted on November 3, 2008 17:48
16. Posted by James Cloninger | November 4, 2008 12:23 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
To be quite frank, calling him "a fat little bastard" is about the cleanest vernacular one will hear from Marines, whose hatred for the man runs deep and not without cause.
He should have gotten this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8Nf1MK7lts
16. Posted by James Cloninger | November 4, 2008 12:23 AM |
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Posted on November 4, 2008 00:23
17. Posted by moseby | November 4, 2008 10:23 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
ol puddin head murtha will be spendin his waning years at a dogtrack pickin and eatin scabs off his body.
17. Posted by moseby | November 4, 2008 10:23 AM |
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Posted on November 4, 2008 10:23