The complete and unedited video of Congressman John Murtha’s January 7, 1980 meeting with the FBI’s undercover Abscam investigation. At … all » Abscam’s W Street townhouse in Washington, D.C. With FBI Special Agent Anthony Amoroso, informant Mel Weinberg, and Howard Criden. The American Spectator

The video is 54 minutes long.

Culture of corruption huh?

Fox News — The race to be the No. 2 House Democratic leader turned nasty Tuesday, with challenger Rep. John Murtha accusing opponents of “swift-boat style attacks” that hark back to his days being investigated in the FBI’s 1980 Abscam sting.

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“I am disconcerted that some are making headlines by resorting to unfounded allegations that occurred 26 years ago. I thought we were above this type of swift-boating attack. This is not how we restore integrity and civility to the United States Congress,” Murtha said of the ample press coverage of his link to Abscam and more recent negotiations he made as ranking Democrat on the Defense Appropriations Committee.

Murtha was not indicted in the bribes-for-political-favors probe and ultimately cleared of wrongdoing by the House ethics committee. But his raunchy language and open-ended option to consider a future deal with undercover FBI agents is forever captured on videotape.

The New York Times on Tuesday also reported that Murtha helped block changes in ethics policies that Democrats proposed last year and is known as “an astute backroom-deal maker known for trading votes for the pet projects known as earmarks. He has had family members who lobbied on issues under his control.”

Murtha, a Vietnam veteran who last year proposed a hasty withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq, tried to change the subject on Tuesday.

Umm Jack that is you on the tape.

Folks the days of “elect and forget” are gone forever.  If conservative voters are going to be represented by the Republican party we need to tell them what we expect.  We need to become and stay engaged in the political process and not wait for the primaries.  We need to call, write or email our Representatives and make our voices heard starting now and through the primaries.  The time to “teach the Republicans a lesson” is now or we are going to get “Moore” of this. 

I didn’t get to post about this yesterday (real life got in the way), but I did read about it and filed it away for revisiting. For those who have been living under a rock, the GOP selected Senator Mel Martinez to take the place of Ken Mehlman for the Republican National Committee Chairmanship. Martinez, I might add co-sponsored the Senate Amnesty bill. In doing so, they passed over Lt Gov. Michael Steele. All is not lost my friends, His selection must be approved by the state GOP Chairs at the next meeting. We have a chance to reverse this decision. everyone should contact their precinct chair, as well as the state GOP Chair, and make it clear that under no circumstances will we settle for more of the same. We want REAL conservatives, we do NOT want them to move even farther to the left, we want them to listen to the base.

You can contact the Texas GOP here, and the Harris county GOP here.

 

 

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