Fresh from calling his western Pennsylvania constituents racists and issuing a stuttering non-apology, Representative John Murtha (D-PA) cancelled a debate with his Republican opponent, retired Army Lt. Col. Bill Russell.  As Russell's campaign manager statedApparently, Mr. Murtha does not want to face his constituents, but is okay with calling them racists. Describing the citizens he wants to represent, the ones Murtha smeared as racist:Russell said Murtha's latest comments reveal a "strange, arrogant disconnect from the people who live and work in Western Pennsylvania.  He forgets that this is a melting pot of hard-scrapping immigrants. My wife Kasia is a Polish immigrant, my neighbors in Johnstown trace their ancestry to all corners of the earth.Yeah, and many of them cling to their religion and guns also. Obama and Murtha seem to have a prejudice against people like that.Thomas Lifson adds:All the political experts assure us that Murtha...(Read Full Post)