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Murtha Attacks Air Conditioning Yet Again

Congressman John Murtha has ramped up his attacks against air conditioned offices, a condition he says leads to Republicans making bad foreign policy decisions rather than supporting his Murtha Doctrine. From crosswalk.com:

“Enough,” Murtha said in a Friday email message written on behalf of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee — a group that aims to shift control of the House from Republicans to Democrats. “To all the Republicans who sit in their air-conditioned offices and talk of the courage it takes for them to keep young kids in harm’s way — I say enough. Karl Rove talking about ‘cutting and running’ while he sits on his big, fat backside, saying ’stay the course.’ I say enough! That’s not a plan!”

However, our sources tell us that Murtha is making these attacks at the worst possible time. “Support for air conditioning goes up dramatically during the summer months,” said one pollster who wished to remain anonymous. “Murtha isn’t going to find a receptive audience if he continues to bash air conditioning and the people who use it.”

Others are accusing Murtha of hypocrisy since he’s also fat and has an air conditioned office. “If it makes Karl Rove wrong, how does it make John Murtha right?” asked on congressional aide who would only speak to Spolitics.com on condition that we not print her name. “Technically, Mr. Murtha is fatter than Mr. Rove, so if there is a fat-to-error ratio when it comes to war planning, Mr. Murtha would be less reliable.”

Murtha went on to write in the email that he expected Republicans to “to acknowledge that there is more to be done than sitting and watching.” Our sources inside Murtha’s office tell us that the congressman plans to introduce legislation that will call for congress to be re-deployed to Okinawa where it can better monitor the situation in Iraq.