Honestly answer please .......
Steny Hoyer, who is currently the No. 2 Democrat in the House of Representatives. Should Majority Leader be his position?
Also Democrats won supposable by attacking what they called a Republican "culture of corruption." Now a Washington watchdog group is questioning the party's sincerity, "How can Americans believe that the Democrats will return integrity to the House when future Speaker Pelosi has endorsed an ethically challenged member for a leadership position?" Melanie Sloan, executive director of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington.
Murtha steered Pentagon contracts to businesses that hired his brother as a lobbyist.
Murtha also turned up in the FBI's Abscam investigation in 1980, when undercover agents offered bribes to several members of Congress. Murtha was videotaped turning down a bribe "at this point," and he was not charged.
A bloc of 33 Democrats from swing districts publicly backed Hoyer on Tuesday.
2006-11-14 11:48:17 · 8 answers · asked by Akkita 6 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
By backing Murtha presumed House Speaker Nancy Pelosi turned her back on another Democrat who is in line for the job and is favored by many of her party's more moderate members.
Democrats emphasis on unity quickly dissolved into power struggles and jockeying over the spoils of victory.
warned that Democratic cohesion would suffer if the liberals in line to head many of the chamber's key committees don't take party moderates into account. "We have to try to build a consensus, and it's not going to be an automatic, top-down way, or we'll have conflict on the floor,"Rep. Dennis Cardoza(D-Atwater) said.
Its bad when the media even picks up on it.
2006-11-14 12:03:46 · update #1
Already with Pelosi backing Murtha and Murtha bragging he has the votes for majority whip this could back fire. Moderate Democrates are already backing Hoyer who would be the wiser choice. And already Murtha has been ranked the unethical democrat by several groups. From what I read on the Drudge Report it sounds like its going to backfire.
2006-11-16 02:47:56 · answer #1 · answered by chuck h 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This John Murtha form ABSCAM in the 1970's? He is most definitely morally challenged! And a potty mouth to boot!
CAUTION: this link contains adult language spoken by John Murtha!
http://www.spectator.org/dsp_article.asp?art_id=10426
2006-11-14 11:53:52 · answer #2 · answered by Bawney 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Hoyer is too conservative for Pelosi.
That woman has already violated the accepted code of House conduct by backing that Traitor Murtha.
Can't wait to see what sin against America she commits next.
2006-11-14 11:56:24 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Murtha is a traitor to all Marines who have served and if he hadn't turned traitor on his friends during the abscam investigstion he would be in prison.
2006-11-14 11:51:40 · answer #4 · answered by daydoom 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Hoyer, not Murtha
2006-11-14 11:49:35 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
John Murtha stuck his nose and neck out when no one was or did....
he took media bashing--beating and pricked and kicked back against bush--and he was right-and demo's eventually successfull.
no one should ride his coattails to majority leader....
2006-11-14 11:52:27 · answer #6 · answered by cork 7 · 1⤊ 3⤋
murtha,,, why not, we need a total overhaul of washington
2006-11-14 11:49:07 · answer #7 · answered by rhino_man420 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
your actually concerned about this...my taxes are going to go up..your still going to see more health and social service schemes...of what possible difference could a personnel change make?
2006-11-14 11:51:28 · answer #8 · answered by koalatcomics 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋