Right-wing effort to embarrass Murtha fails!!!!

[KoKo]

Right-wing effort to embarrass Murtha fails.

The Crypt reports:

House Republicans sought to rebuke Rep. John P. Murtha (D-Pa.) Friday night for his actions while presiding over the chamber earlier in the day. <…>

Sitting in the chair, Murtha overruled GOP requests for a recorded vote to approve the previous day’s record despite an overwhelming majority of Republicans in the chamber, even though rules dictate the party with the majority can force a vote. <…>

Republicans, still fuming over the contested vote, were upset all day that Democratic leaders chose Murtha to preside over the House, given his reputation as a hardball politician who once threatened a Michigan Republican on the House floor.
http://thinkprogress.org/2007/08/04/right-wing-effort-to-embarrass-murtha-fails/

[RC]

1. Hmup, it looks as if the repugs have a problem with their own past actions

being used against them. To bad, they set the tone.

[Bluzmann57]

2. You'd think that the repubs would learn not to mess with this guy

He's tougher than them, smarter than them, and really has credentials to talk about warfare. But as far as I'm concerned, they may as well keep on trying, they just keep embarassing themselves further.