Typical - and of course this will be the talking point for the Dems (as regurgitated from the DNC - emphasis added):
WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 - Republicans and Democrats shouted, howled and slung insults on the House floor on Friday as a debate over whether to withdraw American troops from Iraq descended into a fury over President Bush’s handling of the war and a leading Democrat’s call to bring the troops home.
The battle boiled over when Representative Jean Schmidt, an Ohio Republican who is the most junior member of the House, told of a phone call she had just received from a Marine colonel back home.
“He asked me to send Congress a message: stay the course,” Ms. Schmidt said. “He also asked me to send Congressman Murtha a message: that cowards cut and run, Marines never do.”
Democrats booed in protest and shouted Ms. Schmidt down in her attack on Representative John P. Murtha of Pennsylvania, a Vietnam combat veteran and one of the House’s most respected members on military matters. They caused the House to come to an abrupt standstill, and moments later, Representative Harold Ford, Democrat of Tennessee, charged across the chamber’s center aisle to the Republican side screaming that Ms. Schmidt’s attack had been unwarranted.
“You guys are pathetic!” yelled Representative Martin Meehan, Democrat of Massachusetts. “Pathetic.”
As we all know, the Democrats are the masters of righteous indignation and faux outrage. And the kings of media manipulation.
Because Schmidt did no such thing. I posted the link to the video of her comments last night. Here is the video again. See for yourself.
The media is outright lying, and doing so in harmony with their pals in the DNC. It makes for great theater, though, doesn’t? Especially for a Democratic party that is already undertaking one of the biggest propaganda campaigns, chock full of lie after lie after lie, in modern political history, and doing so on the backs of American soldiers.
That’s what’s “pathetic”, Representative Meehan.
Cross-posted at California Conservative
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Update: The Sydney Morning Herald gets it wrong, too. Check the headline. Sigh. This is how the media shapes the news - lying before our very eyes, and it will become ‘fact’ soon enough even though the headline is not true.
Related Toldjah So posts:
- Rep House calls Dem House’s bluff (MINI-LIVEBLOGGING)
- Dem House Representative calls for immediate troop withdrawal
- Where did the WMDs go?
- The public’s perception of the Iraq war correlation with 9-11
- Playing politics with the war
- GOP releases video detailing Dem statements
- W tells the Dems to stop rewriting history
- Who’s really lying about Iraq?
- Dems on Iraq - a quote recap
- REPOSTING: If Bush “lied”, so did others
, Hewitt, The Captain (”So much for no-confidence votes”
This was the GOP’s finest hour in a long, long time. Let’s all pray they draw the moral from it: that to be the governing party, they must act like the governing party, and that there’s no odium in doing so.
Comment by Francis W. Porretto @ 11/19/2005 - 8:19 am
What lie are you bloggers talking about? Schmidt did say those words, and my representative, Meehan, did shout those words back. Are you disputing that Murtha is a respected pro-military politician (he is), or are you disputing that he was personally attacked by Schmidt (he was) ? I don’t like the Times either because, yes, they do occassionaly lie and flip-flop, but this was an accurate story. I am more conviced than ever that when you right-wingers are confronted with the truth, your response is nothing but anger and more lies. You need to relax. You have the white house and congress, and your president will continue to hit the bottle and fail for the next 3 years. It is going to be fun for both sides.
Comment by Jay Leno @ 11/19/2005 - 11:35 am
You’re lying, too. There was no personal attack on Murtha. I’m not a teacher in comprehension, and shouldn’t have to be. Go back and view the video. It is all but obvious to anyone not blinded by hatred for President Bush.
Comment by Sister Toldjah @ 11/19/2005 - 1:06 pm
“I am more conviced than ever that when you right-wingers are confronted with the truth, your response is nothing but anger and more lies. ” This coming from a person that assumes the identity of someone famous.:roll: What truth were we confronted with? Murtha voted against a quick pullout!
Are you disputing that Murtha is a respected pro-military politician (he is), or are you disputing that he was personally attacked by Schmidt (he was) I think you know the answer to that don’t you? I think you came here to try and say something intelligent and look what you ended up looking like:!:
Comment by Pam @ 11/19/2005 - 1:12 pm
So did FoxNews at the top of the hour on AM1530 here in Sacramento. They didn’t play Jean’s comments they told us what she said and got it WRONG.
Jay Leno wrote, “What lie are you bloggers talking about? [The reported lie of what Schmidt said] Schmidt did say those words [not the ones that the press is reporting - there is video and I saw it 3 times], and my representative, Meehan, did shout those words back. Are you disputing that Murtha is a respected pro-military politician (he is) [nope - nobody I've read or heard did that], or are you disputing that he was personally attacked by Schmidt (he was)?[He was given a message that - Cowards cut and run Marines never do] I don’t like the Times either because, yes, they do occassionaly lie and flip-flop, but this was an accurate story.[NOT] I am more conviced than ever that when you right-wingers are confronted with the truth, your response is nothing but anger and more lies.[I am a centrist conservative and I am not responding with anger but a hope that you'll see the inaccurate reporting] You need to relax. You have the white house and congress, and your president will continue to hit the bottle [are you hating?]and fail for the next 3 years.[Is this your hope - I don't hope that the economy stops booming (failing) - I don't hope that the Iraqi's fail to become free (fail) - I don't hope that problems aren't solved - Your hatred wishes a lot of doom on people?] It is going to be fun for both sides.[This is fun? Making false accusation for people to try to correct? There might be a label for that personality...
Comment by Baklava @ 11/19/2005 - 1:24 pm
What the resounding defeat on the vote for immediate pullout shows is that, in fact, while everyone hates war and death only a very small percentage of Americans are so [expletive deleted] cowardly they would rather sit around in circles burning candles and singing Kum-bi-yah than actually go forth and defend their country. The GOP doesn’t need any “bacon saving”. Thats another deflection of the seriousness of the WOT by a party thats out of power and desperate to do anything to regain their former glories.
The irony of course is that they only feel safe in doing all this back biting and undercutting of our countries efforts to stop the Jihadist movement, precisely BECAUSE the Bush doctrines and war effort has been successful. But as always ironies are lost on the “elite”.
This whole blathering “bowel movement of the mouth” desease by the Democrates is so glass clear obvious in wanting to force the Administrations popularity numbers as low as possible, and paint the worst possible picture leading up to the 2006 Congressional elections. They are using the absolutely normal distaste for war by any normal person purely for political gains. At this point I wouldn’t vote for a Democrat for park cleaning duty. I’ve lost all respect for the other side after watching their manipulations and self-serving perfidity. In fact, though they may think this is the only choice they have, I wouldn’t be all that surprised if they take an even bigger beating in the upcoming elections. Those that live by the lie, fail by the lie.
The Democratic left still doesn’t get it. With the advent of the high speed communications and internet, American’s can no longer be “duped” or manipulated by skewed polls, or the lying mis-reporting of the left MSM press.
The lack of focus and any real direction by the Dems, coupled with this obsessive preoccupation with the “get Bush” campaign the party is hell bent on pursuing, has caused some of my Dem friends to start to talk about jumping parties because they can’t understand or accept what their own representatives are doing. No plan for the future or viable suggestions, just attack attack attack. Pethetic……
Comment by Big Bang Hunter @ 11/19/2005 - 1:57 pm
My Pet Jawa Nails it:
Hysterical Left Begins Building New Lie: “She Called Murtha a Coward”
LINK
Money quote:
There are only two possibilities here. Anyone who says that Jean Schmidt called Murtha a “coward” is either incapable of comprehending spoken English, or deliberately lying for political gain.
Tom Blumer
BizzyBlog.com
Soldier on, Sister Toldjah!
Comment by Tom Blumer @ 11/20/2005 - 6:13 pm
What was REALLY REALLY FUNNY was the Democrats claim (including Alan Colmes on Fox NEws) that Murtha wasn’t calling for an immediate withdrawal of the troops.
Eat this Alan and you Dems!
Murtha WROTE an OP ED today in the USA TODAY
In it the first paragraph reads:
Staying the course in Iraq is not an option or a policy. I believe we must begin discussions for an immediate re-deployment of U.S. forces from Iraq. I believe it can be accomplished in as little as six months, but it must be consistent with the safety of U.S. troops.
To then call the Republicans ammendment that everybody voted against as not what Murtha wanted is Funny. Everyone knows that a pull out would take 6 months as the bringing the equipment to Iraq in the first place took 6 months. That is a PHONY argument and liberals KNOW THIS.
Comment by Baklava @ 11/21/2005 - 1:14 pm
Liberal = liar. Add your own adjective. I prefer pathological infront of liar. I have never met a liberal who will honestly state their honest, true goals. I suspect for fear of being physically hurt by those who would be enslaved to fund the liberal’s utopia and stripped of ALL their freedoms.
Comment by PCD @ 11/21/2005 - 2:11 pm