Jack Murtha Doing Shots in Hell With the Kennedys
Good Ol’ Boy Jack “Haditha” Murtha has bellied up to bar in Hell to do some flaming tequila shots with Teddy and John Kennedy. Turns out he had a gall bladder removed recently and the doctors nicked an intestine. Tsk tsk. He wasn’t always an ass in the House- involved in Abscam and other scandals. Once he had his shins “blowed off by a Japanman’s machine gun” in WW2. For this he earns a spot with better soldiers in Arlington National Cemetery.
Rep. Murtha, whose military decorations included the Bronze Star and two awards of the Purple Heart, was one of the first Vietnam veterans to sit in the House. His district returned him regularly to office, and after 10 years, Rep. Murtha had quietly established himself as a key Capitol Hill player who could woo lawmakers of divergent views to join forces.
The 77-year-old Democrat underwent scheduled laparoscopic surgery to remove his gallbladder at Bethesda Naval Hospital last Thursday but then, after his release, sought care at the Virginia Hospital Center over the weekend.
The congressman’s spokesman declined to say Tuesday what led him to be hospitalized again. But responding to questions Wednesday, he said that Murtha was in stable condition. Two persons said it appeared Murtha’s intestine had been cut inadvertently during the gall bladder removal.
Happy Trails, Congressman.
