And the LIES CONTINUE FROM THE GIT GO.....HE IS IN SUCH TROUBLE HE'S ALREADY USING 911 FOR HIS OWN BENEFIT...WHEN IN FACT IT HAPPENED ON HIS WATCH!!!!!
In the months after the attacks on September 11th, President Bush told reporters that he had "no ambition whatsoever to use this
as a political issue." But the campaign ads he revealed today use imagery of Ground Zero and of a fire fighter's funeral to argue for
his re-election.
9/11 family members are furious about it. The New York Daily News covered the story this morning:
"It's a slap in the face of the murders of 3,000 people," said Monica Gabrielle, whose husband died in the twin tower
attacks. "It is unconscionable." . . .
Firefighter Tommy Fee in Rescue Squad 270 in Queens was appalled. "It's as sick as people who stole things out of the
place. The image of firefighters at Ground Zero should not be used for this stuff, for politics," Fee said.
(The whole article is online here.)
If we don't tell President Bush now that exploiting our national tragedy for partisan political gain is off-limits, we can expect far
more of this in the months ahead. The best way to put Bush on notice is by filling the nation's editorial pages. If we all write our
local papers, Bush will understand just how inappropriate his ads are.
Writing a letter to the editor doesn't actually take very long – you can do it in ten minutes or less. Writing a letter that's short,
sweet, and to the point is the best way for you to get it published. We've added some tips and some talking points below. Once
you've written, please let us know at:
moveon.org
Here are some points you could mention in your letter:
Bush told us he wouldn't use 9/11 for political purposes. As reported by the Associated Press on 1/23/03, President
Bush said "I have no ambition whatsoever to use this as a political issue." Now he's doing precisely that.
Our tragedy is being exploited. By using 9/11 imagery, President Bush's re-election ads cheapen a profoundly
significant event that killed thousands and hurt all of us.
Just two weeks ago, the Bush/Cheney campaign attacked the notion of "playing politics with national security."
As reported in Newsday on 2/20/04, Bush-Cheney spokesman Kevin Madden responded to charges that the White House
has overtly politicized 9/11 by saying "I can't believe [they] said that. They are playing politics with national security."
Bush still won't testify in front of the 9/11 commission. As the Daily News reported, many family members are
especially upset because President Bush still refuses to meet with the whole 9/11 commission, which was set up to
determine what went wrong in the lead-up to the attacks.
The political use of 9/11 is a major part of the Bush re-election strategy. The 2004 Republican Convention is
scheduled for the first week of September, timing which, according to the New York Times (4/22/03), "will allow Bush to
begin his formal campaign near the third anniversary of Sept. 11."
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