Murtha Hits Back At Lieberman

As far as I know, John Murtha has yet to respond to John McCain's statement the other day that Murtha is old and emotional and therefore should be ignored on the issue of the Iraq Debacle. [If I am wrong on this and Murtha has responded, let me know so I can post a link to it.]

But Murtha has responded to Joe Lieberman's comment the other day that "[i]t is time for Democrats who distrust President Bush to acknowledge that he will be commander in chief for three more critical years and that in matters of war we undermine presidential credibility at our nation’s peril." Murtha's response: "Undermining his credibility? What has he said that would give him credibility?"

And while I'm on the subject of Lieberman, I would really love to see this happen:

White House officials are telling associates they expect Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld to quit early next year, once a new government is formed in Iraq, sources said yesterday.

Rumsfeld's deputy, Gordon England, is the inside contender to replace him, but there's also speculation that Sen. Joe Lieberman - a Democrat who ran against Bush-Cheney in the 2000 election - might become top guy at the Pentagon.

That's not as farfetched as it might first appear.

The Daily News has learned that the White House considered Lieberman for the UN ambassador's job last year before giving the post to John Bolton, a Bush adviser said.

Bush has a lot of faults, but he always rewards loyalty, and nobody has been more loyal to BushCo than Lieberman.