Bush Stakes All On September 11

[Nottingham]

Bush Stakes All On September 11
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Washington Post Tuesday 16th September, 2003

President Bush paused in his Labor Day remarks about jobs, and told his audience of union members, "I want you to think back to that fateful day, September the 11th, and what happened afterwards."

Usually his reminder is more subtle, but Bush is invoking the terrorist hijackings frequently, as he ramps up his reelection campaign, and tries to defuse the political risk posed by persistent joblessness, setbacks in Iraq, and accusations that he exaggerated evidence on the road to war.

In the past six weeks, Bush has cited "9/11" or Sept. 11, 2001, in arguing for his energy policy, and in response to questions about campaign fundraising, tax cuts, unemployment, the deficit, airport security, Afghanistan, and the length, cost and death toll of the Iraq occupation.
Bush's aides said his persistent references to the attacks reflect his identification with them as a searing personal experience. Some analysts said he sometimes appears to depend on such references in times of trouble or uncertainty.

Such references are not new for Bush. In April, when he was making the case for invading Iraq, he said he refused to leave the nation's enemies "free to plot another September the 11th."

http://feeds.bignewsnetwork.com/?sid=d24bbf4fb51733eb

If he is betting on 9/11 boy is he WRONG!

:bounce:

[bif]

1. He's desperate.

And he hasn't done shit about terrorism. We're not any safer that we were before. But America is way worse off.

[Alenne]

2. His aides should tell him that is tacky. nt

[Lorien]

23. And the loyal opposition should be screaming

"The pResident is using the deaths of 3000 Americans for political gain!!!" but Daschle and the rest are silent. * only gets away with these lies because he isn't being called on them! :grr:

[Zero Gravitas]

34. they wouldn't know tacky from a hole in the ground

[veganwitch]

3. that crutch..

is going to be about as sturdy as a toothpick.

*grabs popcorn, waits for it to snap*

[Beam Me Up]

11. Ah, let him have all the rope he wants

Looks to me like there is already enough to hang him, most of his cabinet and quite a few others besides.

[liberalnurse]

16. Thats what I say.......

And lets hear more from "The Widows of 9-11".....They can put a reality spin on plan.

[MotorCityMan]

21. Amen to that!

I agree about the 9/11 widows; "Bring 'em on!" THEY'LL straighten * out about using 9/11 as an answer to every shitty thing he has done.

Saw them on Hardball and they were incredible. At the end, Kristen B. looked into the camera and said "We are NOT going away!". I applauded.

[zanana]

37. Bush has done more to hurt his political future

than the Democrats ever could. I think the only thing we have to worry about is a fair election in 2004.

[Homer12]

4. Those darn Democrats!!!

Politisizing 9/11 for their own gain; Yet again.

Talk about playing the refs a little to hard.

[FarLeftRage]

5. An "interesting" day to him...

What an idiot!

[Kathy in Cambridge]

6. Wait until he sees the protesters at the Repub Convention in NYC

he is making a huge mistake-New Yorkers are pissed that the government hasn't come clean about 9-11.

[FauxNewsBlues]

35. NYC 2004

That is going to be the Chimp's waterloo. If every hard core democrat in the tri-state area isn't there protesting the Gimp, I will be majorly dissapointed. I want the noise from outside the convention to be so loud that they have to seal all the doors so the noise doesn't drown out the speakers.

[Don_G]

7. With Luck

It'll be the stake through the heart of his 2004 campaign.

[cjbuchanan]

8. The more he over uses the phase "9-11"

the less effective it will be.

Soon it will just be another old catch phase people hate to hear. Remember "Whazzzzzzz up?" That is where Bush & Co. are heading.

[zbdent]

17. Reminds me of what was said of Madonna & her photobook

"Leave it to Madonna to make Sex boring"

Leave it to George W. Bush to make September 11 so September 10th.

[Sub Atomic]

9. Bill & Al should talk about the Hart-Rudman report

that was given to the shrub when he took over Al's house.

I wonder why they just threw it into the trash?

[HereSince1628]

10. Everything changed on 9/11

makes a great excuse for unprecedented changes in foreign and domestic policy.

We are at war protects him from accountability on homeland defense, imperialist ideology, fiscal irresponsibility, racism, suppression of civil rights, etc,etc,

With that foil against all criticism wouldn't you push 9/11 too?

[htuttle]

12. That's like Nixon running on Watergate...

...Or Hoover running on The Great Depression.

[Nottingham]

13. He's using it like a crutch and its a achilles heel

EPA .....Bad Air report

His ineffectiveness to stop it even though his agencies Knew

Not something to use!

Notice he doesn't even want to TOUCH the IRAQ WAR & SADDAM

:bounce: In the Debates he is going to be TOAST

[shanti]

31. nooooo, man

there won't be any debates. * wouldn't survive them.

[9215]

14. Why shouldn't he

invoke 9/11? The BFEE went to all the trouble to do the deed, they are merely getting the return on their investment; use 9/11 to distract, obstruct and instill fear.

But hell, Bush has stated in no uncertain terms that his goal is to set up hurdles:

I mentioned early on that I recognize there are hurdles, and we're going to achieve those hurdles. 1/22/03---

Check this quote here: http://www.thetruthaboutgeorge.com/bushisms/

[MasonJar]

15. The 9/11 widows

The 9/11 widows are not going to let this die. Why should they? Their husbands are gone and they want answers. Bush would have been smarter to come clean, but the neo-cons never admit mistakes. If you did not see the girls on Bill Moyers Friday try to find a transcript. They were awesome. The foursome is constantly in D.C. harrassing the WH and checking on the Commission.

[proud patriot]

18. What's that Journey song ? Anyway you want it that's the way you want it

:D

[arcane1]

19. the worst attack on US ever, and it's ALL HE HAS!!!!!

NOTHING ELSE! Pretty damned pathetic platform to run on, if you ask me :evilgrin:

[ElementaryPenguin]

22. Bingo, A!

And it is! It's really ALL this fucking clown has!! Just incredible!

[jumptheshadow]

20. He's setting himself up for a big fall

Take the 9/11 widows...

Throw in the furious wives of servicemen...

And some angry vets...

Fortify them with the firefighters' union in NY, who just got the word that Christie Whitman is blaming rescue workers for their WTC illnesses...

You've got a potent anti-Bush 9/11 publicity campaign there.

[Corgigal]

24. What did Bush do that day anyway?

Yeah reading a story about a goat but after that he was no where to be found. How can you bank on an AWOL moment? Not to mention the AWOL happened to be the worst civilian crisis in the mainland since Kennedy was shot. To be able to use it to gather votes, shouldn't we understand what he did first?

[calimary]

25. He did spentdan awful lot of time flying around in Air Force One

trying to find a place to hide. Plenty enough time to pose for pictures on the phone looking out the window so he'd look busy, that he could later sell to raise campaign money. See george have a busy day.

[Democat]

26. He should bring the Showtime propaganda movie with him

Hand out copies of that shameless propaganda everywhere he goes.

[dfong63]

27. remember too, what happened BEFORE 9/11

... namely the bush administration ignored all the intelligence warnings that it was going to happen.

and what happened after 9/11? bush started two wars that failed to capture or kill even the supposed main targets --- osama, saddam, mullah omar; and that continue to disastrously drain our economy.

no one in the govt was found accountable for this disaster. no heads rolled. and as for increasing homeland security, our local police and firefighters are facing cutbacks.

if bush the failure wants to run on 9/11, he's likely to find it will backfire on him, cause it was really one of his biggest failures.

[Booster]

28. Krinten B & 911 widows...

Does anybody have any info on how to donate to these wonderful ladies to help them continue their great work? I have tried, but can't find a donation link. Thanks.

[leesa]

29. Well, I'm all for focusing in on bush and 9-11!

Let's look REAL closely.

[sattahipdeep]

33. Smart like a fox

Why are people ignoreing Krongard? Not a good idea.

Bankers Funded Enron AlQuada and US CIA Coup Efforts and Corp. Death Squads

http://washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16570-2001Mar16.html

But Krongard exhibited the requisite secretiveness when asked
to explain his interest in intelligence and how he came to land
a job in Tenet's inner circle. If you go back to the CIA's origins
during World War II in the Office of Strategic Services, he
explained, "the whole OSS was really nothing but Wall Street
bankers and lawyers."

Keeping the light off of himself.

"If you don't worry about who gets the credit, you can
accomplish an awful lot."

[young_at_heart]

30. I saw a VERY powerful video of a Bush timeline on 9/11

I think it was from Take Back the Media and after I saw it I wondered how the Bush Corporation could defend his actions and the country could give him praise for his "leadership". I'll never understand how he could stay in that classroom for 1/2 hour when we were under attack. Wouldn't most presidents be involved in immediate decision-making. It doesn't seem to bother most people that he had a "non-roll".

[ljm2002]

38. Here's what I would like to see...

...every time * or his minions use 9/11 as a talking point, someone should show the Booker school video that we've all seen. Along with a timeline. Along with a mention of exactly when * actually showed up back in DC, and when he deigned to speak to the nation.

Yeah, let him run on it. But be relentless with the factual retorts. The facts, really, speak for themselves. The video is damning. Make sure each time it is shown, to stress that this is what our Commander In Chief was doing. Make sure to stress that, if he truly did not know that we were under attack WHEN HE FIRST WENT INTO THE SCHOOL that morning, then there was a very serious breach of chain-of-command: since we ALREADY KNEW THAT 4 PLANES WERE HIJACKED.

Sorry for shouting, I just can't believe that all of this is not yet mainstream. These yahoos still think 9/11 will work to their advantage. And why not? It has so far. Whereas, a little truth of the matter might make the population pause for a moment, just for a moment, while some light shines in on the reality ...

No, I don't argue MIHOP. LIHOP, but it was bigger than they thought it would be, that's what I think. But, I'd be happy with people just coming to the obvious conclusion, that whatever the reasons for the attack, our CIC was OTL on that day.

[dusty64]

32. I'm sick and disgusted

beyond words with the repigs use of "9/11, terra, 9/11, terra". Haven't they exploited the dead enough to further their extremist agenda? Their milking of the event and use of the dead for political gain (they have nothing else) certainly causes one to ask "who gained from this tragedy?" MIHOP anyone?

[JNelson6563]

36. does anyone remember

back when Bush Sr. couldn't get a vote if he bought it? Running against Clinton his popularity had plummeted. I remember a SNL skit showing him trying to rally support for something and everyone he called he had to remind of "Gulf War"--trying to tap into that old popularity.

This is so like that skit. Funny when real life imitates parody. Not funny ha-ha but funny.

What an asshole we have on our hands.

Julie

[Not a robought]

39. I'm staking it all on what has happened every single day since

Whistle ass took the office. NOTHING in America has gone well since he took over.

[9215]

40. YOU MUST LISTEN TO THIS !

Mike Malloy outdoes himself on this tape comparing Bush to Big Brother:
If you go to www.whiterosesociety.org you'll find an mp3 audio link to the "George W Bush and 1984: You decide. - Five easy steps for turning America into a totalitarian state."

The link is about halfway down the main page.

I have recorded this on cassette.