By Andrew L. Jaffee

John Murtha, Democrat from Pennsylvania, has called his own constituents “racists.” In a story about Murtha’s foolishness, the AFP actually stated that he “… conceded his district is ‘racist’ but will still vote for Democratic hopeful Barack Obama …” Conceded? That is a highly-loaded term for a news agency to use, especially when describing such a subjective emotion like bigotry, and when applied to an entire region of America’s sixth largest state, with a population of 12,281,054. “Conceded” implies that Pennsylvanians in his district are in fact racist. (Concede: “To acknowledge, often reluctantly, as being true, just, or proper; admit.”) This is no less than an insult to his constituents, and a form of bigotry in and of itself as he and the AFP are stereotyping his people — and making a very serious accusation. Of course he provided no demographic study to prove his awful allegations. Furthermore, for Murtha to conclude that his district will vote for Obama is conceited and a stretch of imagination. Murtha is just acting inappropriately, which is par for the course for him.