>>John Murtha's an idiot for a lot of reasons, but he's not entirely wrong on this.
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>I have read his wikipedia biography ;
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Murtha>
>... and au-contre he looks like quiet deacent person (for a politician especially) .
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>I am quiet puzzled with the way your evaluation system works, Would you care to explain why is he an idiot ?
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>TIA
>Sergio
Starting with taking money from the the Arabs in Abscam? Or subsequently in his Cindy Sheehan-like irrationality on dealing with the facts on the ground in Iraq?
Idiot was too strong a term - I think you are correct about that. (he is so often associated in my mind with Pelosi and Reed I think it rubs off ;-) but I find him often ... odd. I respect his military service and he certainly isn't among the worst in most areas, but I think he has shown some very poor judgement in a number of areas. (but as I said, I think his assessment of his constituency is not entirely wrong.)
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2131539854655700584
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