The year was 1980, and the FBI was running a high-level sting operation to catch government officials taking bribes. It was called “Abscam", and it was doing great work until the lamestream media exposed it. Here’s an extract from a videotape of one of Abscam’s most famous moments:
On tape, Murtha told the undercover FBI agent: “When I make a f***in' deal I want to make sure that I know exactly what I’m doing and … what I’m sayin' is, a few investments in my district …"
It is a profound and shocking fact that Murtha even showed up at this meeting, knowing he was going to be negotiating bribe money with Arabs.
Murtha added that he wanted the investment in his district to look like it was done “legitimately … when I say legitimately, I’m talking about so these bastards up here can’t say to me … 'Jesus Christ, ah, this happened,' then he (someone else), in order to get immunity so he doesn’t go to jail, he starts talking and fingering people and then the son of a bitch all falls apart."
For those of you just joining us, no, this isn’t a scene from “The Sopranos.” It’s an actual conversation between a U.S. congressman and an FBI agent posing as an Arab sheik offering a bribe.
"Murtha” is Congressman John Murtha, D-PA. Yes, that Murtha — the one that the Democrats have proudly chosen as the leader of their anti-war efforts.
Sometimes you just have to wonder whether you’re in the real world, or in someone’s demented, loony-bin dream world. Because in the real world, surely something this obviously wrong wouldn’t happen, would it?
Please, someone wake me up and get me back to the real world!
H/T to Ann Coulter…
