Pennsylvanians return aid and comforter to the House

Murtha Wins Re-Election in Pennsylvania

In spite of calling his constituents "rednecks" and saying that his district was in a racist part of the state, seventeen-term Pennsylvania Congressman John Murtha was re-elected with over 58 percent of the vote to beat out retired Republican Army lieutenant colonel William Russell.

"I first want to say how proud I am to represent this hard-working patriotic area, how much I appreciate the support I got. We turned this thing around in ten days, and the folks worked so hard. I appreciate President Clinton coming in, I appreciate Hillary Clinton's Robo-calls, and of course Joyce's long-term work with the Girl Scouts and so forth. All of it paid off," Murtha said on Tuesday night.

Trouble began for Murtha when the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported that he said: "There is no question that western Pennsylvania is a racist area." While he apologized, he also told Pittsburgh's WTAE-TV that "this whole area, years ago, was really redneck."

Murtha was criticized for his remarks and former President Bill Clinton was dispatched to lend his support for the beleaguered congressman in the final days of the race.

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Murtha's redneck comments were, of course, appalling, but pale in comparison to his slander and presumption of guilt of the Marines accused of war crimes at Hadditha.

Thus far, all but one have been acquitted or have had charges dropped while one still awaits a military trial.

Murtha has refused to apologize for his pre-judgement of these young men who went face to face with evil during the incident in question nor has he expressed regret for giving our enemies another bogus rallying cry to incite them to further violence against our troops.

But Tuesday night, the voters of Murtha's -- aka, the "King Of Pork" -- district vindicated one of Buzzcut's many irrefutable laws of politics: the promise of free stuff always trumps patriotism and even personal insults.