Congressman Slams Murtha

Congressman Sam Johnson has heard just about all the comments from Jack Murtha that he can stand. From the CNSNews with a hat tip to Right Nation.

Amid cheers, whistles and two standing ovations, U.S. Rep. Sam Johnson (R-Texas) took fellow Congressman John Murtha (D-Pa.) and the U.S. media behind the proverbial woodshed for a verbal walloping.

"Most of you know, at the end of last year, a liberal congressman from Pennsylvania insisted we immediately withdraw our troops from Iraq," Johnson told the Conservative Political Action Conference on Thursday. "When I heard this, it made my blood boil."

Johnson was referring to Murtha, a decorated Vietnam War veteran, who has been quoted as saying that the U.S. Army is "broken, worn out" and may not be able to meet future military threats to the nation.

"It hurt to think what the men and women in harm's way would believe when they heard the news that someone in Congress was not behind America's mission," Johnson said. "It hurt to think what the military families here at home would believe when they learned that people in Washington did not support the troops. And it hurt me to think that some people would just give up on our men and women in uniform."

Wow. It appears as if Rep. Johnson didn't get the memo that demands that any commentary taking issue with Jack Murtha's defeatism must be proceeded with a Murtha backrub and a warm, syrupy, "you are a decorated war hero" cooing in his fat left ear.