Mean Jean lied when smearing Murtha

Daily Kos Staff

Tuesday November 22, 2005 · 10:30 AM PST

2005/11/22 · 10:30

Remember who Jean Schmidt hid behind Colonel Danny Bubp in order to call Marine war hero John Murtha a "coward"?

Well, Bubp is denying ever saying any such thing.

Three days after Rep. Jean Schmidt was booed off the House floor for saying that "cowards cut and run, Marines never do," the Ohioan she quoted disputed the comments.

Danny Bubp, a freshman state representative who is a colonel in the Marine Corps Reserve, told The Enquirer that he never mentioned Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa., by name when talking with Schmidt, and he would never call a fellow Marine a coward.

"The unfortunate thing about all of that is that her choice of words on the floor of the House - I don't know, she's a freshman, she had one minute.

"Unfortunately, they came out wrong," said Bubp, R-West Union.

Her district could've had Hackett making them proud in D.C. Instead, Schmidt is literally cancelling all appearances and refusing to take media calls, hiding from anyone that might question her attacks against vets. Saturday Night Live mocked her this past weekend.

And the punchline is that Schmidt claimed, in her first House speech, to transcends this sort of nasty politics of character assassination.

"I pledge to walk in the shoes of my colleagues and refrain from name-calling or the questioning of character," Schmidt said then. "It is easy to quickly sink to the lowest form of political debate. Harsh words often lead to headlines, but walking this path is not a victimless crime. This great House pays the price."

Damn I wish Hackett had opted for a rematch. She'd be toast.

Mean Jean lied when smearing Murtha

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