The news that made my day: Murtha on Offense. [View All]

The GOP made up a story about Pelosi wanted a luxury plane to fly her and her friends around the country. It comes out there IS such a luxury plane (why?). We try to get our story out. Dobbs (sorry to those of you who thought he was a decent man) picks up the false story and beats the Dems over the head with it...repeatedly...as does the rest of the MSMWOSGOP (MSM wholly owned subsidiary of the GOP)

So Murtha is gonna fix it.

Meanwhile, Rep. John Murtha, D-Pennsylvania, chairman of the House Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, said on Thursday that he's planning hearings this spring on executive and congressional travel on military aircraft.

Murtha said he's requested from the Defense Department records on travel and logistics from the past two years. He asked the Defense Department to hand those over within a month.

Some House Republicans on Thursday were pressing for an amendment on the floor on Pelosi's use of a military plane, according to Murtha.

Murtha predicted that Pelosi would end up getting a plane that would be able to fly across country without stopping to refuel.

"I'm seldom wrong on these kinds of predictions," he said.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/02/09/pelosi.plane/

Now who said the Dems don't have backbone? Telling the media over and over that the story was false didn't do any good but maybe showing them how the GOP has used the planes will. (There was that tidbit about Hastert using his military plane to pick up other house members...legal? Right? Don't you just bet there is a whole lot more? My guess is Murtha knows exactly what those records will show and it ain't good to the GOP.)

This is how we fight back. Turn about is fair play in anyone's book.

hat tip to Josh Marshall