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Murtha Calls For Cheney To Withdraw From Secret Bunker
Says VP Needs To "Be Accountable"; GOP Launching Full Assault; Schmidt To Interview With Rove
Just three days after calling on President Bush to begin withdrawing U.S. troops from Iraq, citing there was "nothing to be gained militarily", Representative John Murtha (D-PA) lobbed another bomb on the administration by demanding that Vice President Dick Cheney vacate his Secret Bunker.
'The American people are eager to see our Vice President," said an agitated Murtha. "This is not time to be hiding, or to be running secret cabals and secret meetings that effect our nation."
The Garlic reported last month of a Secret Cabal run out of the Vice President's Secret Bunker, where member of the administration and also the White House Iraq Group have been meeting to run their Iraq Policy, and direct the smearing of the critics of that policy
Murtha said that the Vice President "needs to be accountable for his actions" and that he "needs to explain why he wants the United States to torture people."
"Vice President Cheney needs to stop hiding behind walls, or letting his staff take the blame."
Last month, Cheney's Chief of Staff, I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby was indicted on five felony counts in the CIA Leak Case and many in Washington are speculating that Libby took the charges in order to protect his boss, the Vice President.
Ironically, on the evening in which Murtha slammed the administrations Iraq policy, and made his direct appeal to the President, Cheney made a rare public appearance, delivering a speech at the Frontiers of Freedom Institute, defending the Administration's use of their version of pre-war intelligence, and calling the Democrats criticism of it "one of the most dishonest and reprehensible charges ever aired in this city,"
As reported by The Garlic, Cheney's foray into Washington D.C. caused widespread panic, with the D.C. Police Department and Homeland Security going into full alert mode, after being flooded with calls from people sighting the Vice President.
In calling for the nation's troops to return home, Murtha, a former highly decorated Marine, said, with tears in his eyes that "our troops have become the primary target of the insurgency. "Islamic insurgents are united against U.S. forces, and we have become a catalyst for violence," he said.".
The Republican controlled Congress and the GOP immediately attacked Murtha.
Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) declared: "Murtha and Democratic leaders have adopted a policy of cut and run, while White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan criticized Murtha for "taking the policy position of Michael Moore"
In Congress, Representative Jean Schmidt (R-OH) drew a heated and angry response from House Democrats are she stated she had received a call from a Marine colonel, who "asked me to send Congressman Murtha a message: that cowards cut and run, Marines never do."
Schmidt later retracted her statement, only after the House exploded in a chorus of booing and jeering.
Taking note of Schmidt was White House Deputy Council Karl Rove. sources close to the White House said that Rove was "impressed" with Schmidt and "could have room for her on the team." Schmidt is said to be scheduled for a meeting with Rove, sometime before the Thanksgiving Holiday break.
After he was criticized for his comments on pulling out of Iraq, Murtha was asked what he thought of the remarks.
Murtha, replying sarcastically said that "I like guys who got five deferments and [have] never been there and send people to war, and then don't like to hear suggestions about what needs to be done."
Murtha is a decorated Vietnam War veteran. President Bush served in the Texas Air National Guardsman, but never left the United States during the Vietnam War. Vice President Cheney did not serve in the military.
Murtha indicated he will seek a special House panel to "investigate and expose" the Vice President's Secret Bunker.
In a related matter, the Vice President's office declined comment on Murtha's charges and in a brief statement indicated that "since, with conducting torture, one expends a certain amount of energy, the Vice President's thoughts, notes and policies regarding torture have been incorporated into his Energy Meeting notes and, therefore, will remain private."
"Condi, I hate to be the one to tell you, but those emails were fake ... Bogus ... Match.Com is being sued over it ..."
Vice President Dick Cheney is planning on having Thanksgiving Dinner in his Secret Bunker, using a secret recipe and hosting an undisclosed list of guests
