A piece of Schmidt

It's not just Democrats who hate Jean Schmidt, R-OH.

The Hill quotes several Rs as follows:

Calling Rep. Jean Schmidt (R-Ohio) "Mean Jean" and a "pathological liar," a Republican former rival said yesterday she would almost certainly face a serious primary challenge next year. [...]

Brinkman's comments follow remarks made by Schmidt on the House floor attacking Rep. John Murtha (D-Pa.) for calling on the United States to withdraw troops from Iraq. Schmidt also said at the time that she had spoken with a former Marine colonel who, she said, called Murtha a coward for backing a pullout. The former Marine colonel, state Rep. Danny Bubp (R), later denied mentioning Murtha, a former Marine himself, by name and said he would never call a fellow Marine a coward.

Referring to the Bubp incident, Brinkman said: "That's typical Jean Schmidt... It was a total lie. She will say anything that sounds good. That's just her. People refer to it back here as 'Schmidt stories.'"

What a piece of Schmidt.