Murtha: “They’re striking out because they have no answers”

not only do they have no answers, they also have no public support... and, if the public really grasped the fact that petraeus' plan calls for ten more years, what precious little support is left would evaporate...

For all of President Bush’s vows to pursue his policies in Iraq, Mr. Murtha argued, “They can’t continue this direction.

“They can say that, just like they said they weren’t going to fire Rumsfeld two weeks before the election,” he added, referring to the dismissal of Donald H. Rumsfeld as defense secretary immediately after the election. “But in the end, you can’t sustain a war if you don’t have public support.”

Of Mr. Cheney’s remarks, Mr. Murtha said, “They’re striking out because they have no answers.”

the above is from the nyt, which attempts to describe murtha's struggle in gaining support for his plan... the wapo has a similar article, altho' in best wapo fashion, it's considerably more negative toward murtha, starting with the headline and hitting full stride in the second paragraph...

Murtha Stumbles on Iraq Funding Curbs

Democrats Were Ill-Prepared for Unplanned Disclosure, Republican Attacks

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[A] botched launch by the plan's author, Rep. John P. Murtha (Pa.), has united Republicans and divided Democrats, sending the latter back to the drawing board just a week before scheduled legislative action, a score of House Democratic lawmakers said last week.

to further cement the bias of the article, it persists in spreading the myth that those who are against the war are part of the far-left crazies...

The strategy he would craft was designed to calm the nerves of the party's conservatives by fully funding the war, while placating the antiwar left...

c'mon wapo... insinuating that over two-thirds of the u.s. population belong to the "antiwar left" just doesn't fly...

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