The Cookie Monster
November 27th, 2007 by
The watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) has issued a report naming Rep. John Murtha (D-PA) one of the most corrupt members of Congress.
You’ll recall that Murtha was one of the leading Democratic opponents of the Armenian Genocide resolution after it passed the House Foreign Affairs Committee in October. He even led a press conference against the resolution with fellow Democrats Alcee Hastings (D-FL) and Robert Wexler (D-FL), both of whom are very close to Turkey and not without their own records of corruption.
In CREW’s 2006 report, Murtha was given a dishonorable mention for his multiple kickbacks to contributors. Now he has been moved up the list of corruption for continuing to have his hands too deep in the Congressional “cookie jar.” It seems that the main beneficiaries of Murtha’s pork-barreling are weapons contractors in his district and defense lobbyists who fund his campaigns.
Why is it that the most tainted officials and military industrialists always seem to be the leading backers of Turkey’s genocide denial? Hmmm.
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