Vet Versus Vet (Russell V. Murtha)

J.J. Jackson* | October 31, 2007

Filed Under Eyes on 2008

JOHNSTOWN, Pa. — A career Army member left the service two years short of retirement to move here and try his hand at politics by challenging longtime Democratic U.S. Rep. John Murtha.First-time candidate William T. Russell, 45, a Republican, acknowledged that taking on a popular, 18-term congressman in the 2008 election will be “an uphill battle.”

“But it’s one that must be fought,” Russell told the Tribune-Democrat in Johnstown.

Russell plans to formally announce his candidacy within weeks. Murtha has declined comment on the challenge.

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Russell, who moved from the Washington, D.C., area to Murtha’s district specifically to take on the congressman, has a long Army and Army Reserve career that includes tours of duty in the Balkans and both Iraq wars. He and his wife, Kasia, were in the Pentagon when a hijacked airliner slammed into the building on Sept. 11, 2001. Both escaped unhurt.

Crap. Talk about taking away an issue from Jack Murtha who will no longer be able to hide behind the fact that he is a veteran. You mean he will actually have to debate based on substance?

Don’t worry libs. The entitlement mentality is so engrained in Johnstown and the rest of Murtha’s cockeyed district that all the arms of the union hacks would sooner break than be able to pull a lever for someone other than John “Anyone Seen My White Flag” Murtha.

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