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In our view, he's a Giant
I have a new hero.
We all knew that newly minted Congressman Patrick Murphy, D-Bucks, served valiantly in the Iraq war.
For that he gained our respect, and a lot of votes, as he was elected to Congress in the 8th District.
But now he’s done something that no doubt will make him a hero all over again with a lot of people across the Delaware Valley.
In one of those self-serving, meaningless actions that takes up entirely too much of their time, the U.S. House of Representatives took up a resolution this week honoring the New York Giants for their dramatic turnaround at the end of the season and thrilling win over the New England Patriots in the Super Bowl.
As these ceremonial actions usually do, it passed overwhelmingly.
Actually, 412 members of the House weighed in and voted in the affirmative.
Only one voted against.
Enter Rep. Murphy.
He cast the lone dissenting vote.
Murphy, a lifelong die-hard Eagles fan who actually worked a security detail at Veterans Stadium for Iggles games, says he just couldn’t bring himself to do it.
It’s a feeling every Eagles fan can identify with.
Our only question is what was Reps. Brady, Sestak and the others from our area thinking? Apparently two other Congress members voted “present.” Neither was from our area.
A Giant move backward for diplomacy? Maybe.
But Murphy’s a hero in our book. A Giant, you might say.
Go, Eagles. We’ll take care of those “Jints” next year
We all knew that newly minted Congressman Patrick Murphy, D-Bucks, served valiantly in the Iraq war.
For that he gained our respect, and a lot of votes, as he was elected to Congress in the 8th District.
But now he’s done something that no doubt will make him a hero all over again with a lot of people across the Delaware Valley.
In one of those self-serving, meaningless actions that takes up entirely too much of their time, the U.S. House of Representatives took up a resolution this week honoring the New York Giants for their dramatic turnaround at the end of the season and thrilling win over the New England Patriots in the Super Bowl.
As these ceremonial actions usually do, it passed overwhelmingly.
Actually, 412 members of the House weighed in and voted in the affirmative.
Only one voted against.
Enter Rep. Murphy.
He cast the lone dissenting vote.
Murphy, a lifelong die-hard Eagles fan who actually worked a security detail at Veterans Stadium for Iggles games, says he just couldn’t bring himself to do it.
It’s a feeling every Eagles fan can identify with.
Our only question is what was Reps. Brady, Sestak and the others from our area thinking? Apparently two other Congress members voted “present.” Neither was from our area.
A Giant move backward for diplomacy? Maybe.
But Murphy’s a hero in our book. A Giant, you might say.
Go, Eagles. We’ll take care of those “Jints” next year
posted by Heron's Nest at
7:54 AM
2 Comments:
Go birds! Patrick Murphy is the one Congressman who can claim to be a genuine Eagles fan. He's been an incredible advocate for the people of PA's 8th district, but this just took it to a whole new level. Go to his ActBlue page and contribute what you can - he deserves it!!
http://actblue.com/page/eaglesfansformurphy
Go Birds!! Patrick Murphy is the one Congressman who can claim to be a genuine eagles fan. He's already proved to be an incredible advocate for the people of Pennsylvania's 8th district, but this judt took it to a whole new level. Let's give Rep. Murphy the support he deserves!
http://actblue.com/page/eaglesfansformurphy
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