Congressman Tim Murphy

Jon · Oct 5, 2017

In another case of GOP hypocrisy PA Rep Tim Murphy spent 15 years in office trying to end abortion rights for others and then got caught asking the girl he was having an affair with to get an abortion.

Had a 100% score from the Family Research Council

Republican Rep. Tim Murphy of Pennsylvania will resign from his position, effective October 21, House Speaker Paul Ryan announced in a statement Thursday.

"This afternoon I received a letter of resignation from Congressman Tim Murphy," Ryan said in the statement. "It was Dr. Murphy's decision to move on to the next chapter of his life, and I support it. We thank him for his many years of tireless work on mental health issues here in Congress and his service to the country as a naval reserve officer."
Murphy had previously said he would not seek reelection at the end of his term.
Local Pittsburgh CNN affiliate KDKA first reported the embattled lawmaker would retire after his term, after reports surfaced on Tuesday alleging that the anti-abortion Republican urged a woman he was having an affair with to have an abortion.

92tide · Oct 5, 2017

Jon said:
In another case of GOP hypocrisy PA Rep Tim Murphy spent 15 years in office trying to end abortion rights for others and then got caught asking the girl he was having an affair with to get an abortion.

Had a 100% score from the Family Research Council

i wonder how many abortions creamcicle caligula has paid for

Crimson1967 · Oct 5, 2017

92tide said:
i wonder how many abortions creamcicle caligula has paid for

Probably none. He makes her pay for it.

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BamaInCummingGA#1 · Oct 5, 2017

Funny, nothing like this popping out of the mouths of libs during the Clinton years.

Jon · Oct 5, 2017

BamaInCummingGA said:
Funny, nothing like this popping out of the mouths of libs during the Clinton years.

remind me how many times Clinton restricted abortion rights while simultaneously condemning adultery and advocating aborting his own love child? I don't quite recall that

BamaInCummingGA#1 · Oct 5, 2017

Remind me how many times he was in the governor's mansion and white house doing all kinds of immoral things and y'all want to act like the Republicans are the only ones to do anything like that. "Depends on what your definition of "IS" is".

crimsonaudio · Oct 5, 2017

SMH

I'm anti-abortion, but I'm also anti-hypocrisy. This dude is disgusting, and sadly, he's the example of how I view almost everyone involved in politics in DC...

NationalTitles18 · Oct 5, 2017

But your guy back when did something I didn't like so that makes what this slimeball did OK... That attitude has worked out great for America. I want to thank both sides for doing it. Without you our country could have principled people running it. I want to thank you for making excuses for them and carrying their water for absolutely nothing in return. No blue font.

BamaInCummingGA#1 · Oct 5, 2017

Problem with people is that if you're a liberal you always want to point fingers at the republican who does something like this and if you're a republican you always want to point fingers at the liberal all the while ignoring the mud on your own shoes.
Wrong is just wrong no matter what person on what side of the aisle does it. If we as the citizenry of this country would bow up and demand better from our elected officials we might could start to find some common ground and move forward but as long as we want to keep pointing fingers at the other side and then try to sweep our own mess under the rug we're gonna break apart.

Aledinho · Oct 5, 2017

crimsonaudio said:
SMHI'm anti-abortion, but I'm also anti-hypocrisy. This dude is disgusting, and sadly, he's the example of how I view almost everyone involved in politics in DC...

I don't know who originally said this:

Politics comes from the Greek 'poly' meaning many and ticks which are blood sucking parasites.

Displaced Bama Fan · Oct 5, 2017

Jon said:
In another case of GOP hypocrisy PA Rep Tim Murphy spent 15 years in office trying to end abortion rights for others and then got caught asking the girl he was having an affair with to get an abortion.

Had a 100% score from the Family Research Council

As I've said before, those who wear it on their sleeve are usually the sleaziest. My gut says the same about Roy Moore too.

TIDE-HSV · Oct 5, 2017

BamaInCummingGA said:
Problem with people is that if you're a liberal you always want to point fingers at the republican who does something like this and if you're a republican you always want to point fingers at the liberal all the while ignoring the mud on your own shoes.
Wrong is just wrong no matter what person on what side of the aisle does it. If we as the citizenry of this country would bow up and demand better from our elected officials we might could start to find some common ground and move forward but as long as we want to keep pointing fingers at the other side and then try to sweep our own mess under the rug we're gonna break apart.

I completely agree. However, you do realize you've done of the finger-pointing yourself tonight?

TIDE-HSV · Oct 5, 2017

Displaced Bama Fan said:
As I've said before, those who wear it on their sleeve are usually the sleaziest. My gut says the same about Roy Moore too.

Most of the negative ads about him were 100% true. He and his wife do really have a foundation they milk for millions, capitalizing on his public political stances...

RammerJammer14 · Oct 6, 2017

NationalTitles16 said:
But your guy back when did something I didn't like so that makes what this slimeball did OK... That attitude has worked out great for America. I want to thank both sides for doing it. Without you our country could have principled people running it. I want to thank you for making excuses for them and carrying their water for absolutely nothing in return. No blue font.

I don't think anyone is saying this guy should get a pass.

The inflammatory part of Jon's post is the "in another case of GOP hypocrisy" as though hypocrisy is limited to political party or something.

And while it has not necessarily been stated here, this is usually followed up with the line of reasoning, "politician X campaigned on this issue. He then attempted to do what he campaigned against. Therefore, position X on this issue is invalid".

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GrayTide · Oct 6, 2017

I love it when a public figure is caught in a serious scandal whether illegal or immoral and either is fired or resigns the higher ups say "he wanted to move on to the next chapter in his life". Yeah, I bet his wife's next chapter for his life ain't the same as his.

NationalTitles18 · Oct 6, 2017

RammerJammer14 said:
I don't think anyone is saying this guy should get a pass.

The inflammatory part of Jon's post is the "in another case of GOP hypocrisy" as though hypocrisy is limited to political party or something.

And while it has not necessarily been stated here, this is usually followed up with the line of reasoning, "politician X campaigned on this issue. He then attempted to do what he campaigned against. Therefore, position X on this issue is invalid".

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If I were to quibble I'd rather Jon attack both sides with equal vigor. I also want rainbow unicorns that poop ice cream and free government services. Jon's a lib who pointed out yet another low life Rep scum do as I say not as I do hypocrite doing what those types (mainly the I know what's best for you but don't judge me while they look down their nose at you hypocrite part - please don't focus on the Rep scum part: not all x is y and so on).

It is valid to point out that either the man had a few minutes of weakness (perhaps seconds - I wasn't there) followed by a later moment during which he did not live his supposed values. Now, maybe like David he's a man after God's own heart and good ole Mr Murphy is writing psalms and dancing before the Lord right now. I doubt it though. He's probably cursing this woman for hurting his reputation he carefully crafted for his own gain and revealing his shortcomings. And like Newt's family values, his private actions should call into question his public stance on issues no less than Dems who promote strict gun control but have armed guards at their side. The people can decide if the issue has no worth or just the man promoting it publicly. Either way, it's worthy of a discussion.

Jon · Oct 6, 2017

NationalTitles16 said:
If I were to quibble I'd rather Jon attack both sides with equal vigor. I also want rainbow unicorns that poop ice cream and free government services. Jon's a lib who pointed out yet another low life Rep scum do as I say not as I do hypocrite doing what those types (mainly the I know what's best for you but don't judge me while they look down their nose at you hypocrite part - please don't focus on the Rep scum part: not all x is y and so on).

It is valid to point out that either the man had a few minutes of weakness (perhaps seconds - I wasn't there) followed by a later moment during which he did not live his supposed values. Now, maybe like David he's a man after God's own heart and good ole Mr Murphy is writing psalms and dancing before the Lord right now. I doubt it though. He's probably cursing this woman for hurting his reputation he carefully crafted for his own gain and revealing his shortcomings. And like Newt's family values, his private actions should call into question his public stance on issues no less than Dems who promote strict gun control but have armed guards at their side. The people can decide if the issue has no worth or just the man promoting it publicly. Either way, it's worthy of a discussion.

you know if you were to go back through the tidefans archive or could figure out how to make the search function work you'd find several cases where I called out Democrat hypocrisy with equal vigor. From my (poor) memory I recall calling out Pelosi for use of private jets, Gore for his massive house and jet activity while screaming against carbon footprints and ironically your own example Rosie O For her use of armed guards while wanting to remove gun rights for others. Those are just the few I recall and I will call out more as I see them and know I am forgetting many.

This particular case is particularly disgusting to me though. There are millions of women who are in extremely desperate situations with none of the resources of this scumbag who he'd happily deny a morning after pill to but when he makes a mistake he see's nothing wrong with walking that same path. The cheating tells me he is scum (as it told me the same about Bill Clinton, and yes I am thoroughly on record here saying it) but it's not close to my main issue on this.

selmaborntidefan · Oct 6, 2017

92tide said:
i wonder how many abortions creamcicle caligula has paid for

I assume you're referring to Trump?

I said the same thing during the race. I also said that was the ONE thing that would cost him base support.

Granted, I didn't figure it mattered anyway because there was no way he could win......shows how dumb I can be at times......

Crimson1967 · Oct 6, 2017

selmaborntidefan said:
I assume you're referring to Trump?

I said the same thing during the race. I also said that was the ONE thing that would cost him base support.

Granted, I didn't figure it mattered anyway because there was no way he could win......shows how dumb I can be at times......

I doubt that would have hurt him. He was right when he said he could shoot people and still have his base support.

He has been divorced twice and it is no secret he cheated on his first two wives. And while she is a very bright woman, nobody is claiming he married this wife for being quintlingual. If he has cheated on her it wouldn't surprise me. He has probably strayed since the election.

If conservative Christians will support someone like that, an abortion or two wouldn't stop them. Not to mention they went with a likely agnostic/atheist over the church going Hillary Clinton.

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GrayTide · Oct 6, 2017

As for public figures, unfortunately none of this matters to the movie going public, sports fans attending games and voters. This is a sad commentary has to how low the bar has been dropped when it comes to adulation and acceptance of these public figures without regard for what they did or did not do that most Americans used to see as integrity, honor and the morally right thing. Even more sad is the fact that nothing will change any of this. To paraphrase Bill Parcells in relation to what he said about a team's record, "this country's governing body reflects what America has become". Rant over, out.

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