In Unpredictable District, Some Say Bush Is Politicizing Terrorism

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http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/12/us/politics/12colorado.html?_r=1&ref=us&oref=slogin

In Unpredictable District, Some Say Bush Is Politicizing Terrorism

ARVADA, Colo., Sept. 11 — Leaving services Sunday morning at Faith Bible Chapel, an evangelical megachurch, Jim McBride, a pilot who served in Vietnam, said he was not happy with President Bush’s handling of Iraq. And he displayed little inclination to rethink his position despite the White House’s new push to focus this year’s Congressional elections on which party will keep the nation safer.

“I do have a bit of mistrust,” said Mr. McBride, who said that he twice voted for Mr. Bush but that he is now disappointed — a sentiment he said is shared by many in his Bible study group. “The whole thing about W.M.D. and that Iraq is somehow tied to 9/11, I just don’t believe it.”

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“I have been a Republican all my life, but we have just gotten to the point where we may need a change,” said Shannon Abote, an Arvada resident who was stopping at Starbucks for a coffee on Monday morning.

Many residents said they were aware only in general terms of Mr. Bush’s recent speeches and his decision to bring high-level terrorism suspects to trial before military tribunals. They acknowledged that the terrorist threat often seemed distant, far removed from their busy lives in the shelter of the Rocky Mountains. Fewer than 20 people turned out Monday morning outside the Elks Club in Arvada to mark the fifth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks.

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2. some real beautiful quotes in that article.

“I have been a Republican all my life, but we have just gotten to the point where we may need a change,” said Shannon Abote, an Arvada resident who was stopping at Starbucks for a coffee on Monday morning.

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“I think it is the only card they have got,” said Floyd Ciruli, a longtime Denver pollster, referring to the national Republican focus on terrorism. “Will it make a difference in Colorado? Absolutely not.”

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“My job is to make sure that people remember that all this was brought out in ’04 and ’02,” said Mr. Perlmutter. Republicans are resurrecting the “same old plays from the same old playbook,” he said. “The war on terror is clearly an important subject, but they have made a mess of it.”

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“I think it is a calculated attempt on the part of the president and Karl Rove to push terrorism before the election,” said Patrick Bassett, a Democrat and software developer from Golden who was visiting a mall in Aurora. “All these issues could have been brought up at an earlier time.”

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3. Politicizing terrarizm(SP) NAh! Bush!?

Really? The Commander in Chimp using politics to keep people afraid?
To tell people to do as they are told and not as they know is right?
To tell people not to think?
Politicizing terrorism, no, he'd never do that! :sarcasm: :nuke: :evilgrin:

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4. Heaven forbid!

"...How dare you, Mr. President, after taking cynical advantage of the unanimity and love, and transmuting it into fraudulent war and needless death, after monstrously transforming it into fear and suspicion and turning that fear into the campaign slogan of three elections? How dare you - or those around you - ever "spin" 9/11?"...

Keith Olberman, 9/11/06 commentary