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Thursday, March 04, 2004
We all knew... ... that Dubbya was going to get cocky and abuse his "wartime president" status... produce ads that completely politicize 9/11 and use it to strike fear in voters across America... but perhaps we didn't expect that he'd do it so soon... It seems beyond John Kerry, Dubbya's biggest adversaries might be the families of 9/11 victims who will stand as watchdogs and who are hell bent (rightfully so) on keeping Dubbya from using 9/11 for political gain. [CNN.com] President Bush's re-election campaign on Thursday defended commercials using images of wreckage of the World Trade Center, as appropriate for an election about public policy and the war on terror. Some families of the victims of the attacks are angry with Bush for airing the spots, which they called in poor taste and for the president's political gain. Well... duh! "It's a slap in the face of the murders of 3,000 people," Monica Gabrielle, whose husband died in the twin towers, told the New York Daily News for its Thursday editions. "It is unconscionable." "It's as sick as people who stole things out of the place," said Firefighter Tommy Fee of Queens Rescue Squad 270. "The image of firefighters at ground zero should not be used for this stuff, for politics." Amen! "I would be less offended if he showed a picture of himself in front of the Statue of Liberty," said Tom Roger, whose daughter perished on American Airlines Flight 11. "But to show the horror of 9/11 in the background, that's just some advertising agency's attempt to grab people by the throat." Maybe there's hope for American voters yet... | private feedback | |
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