Ad Nags: Democrats Try to Use Katrina as G.O.P. Used 9/11

[Rose Siding]

I'm sure we all remember how the press constantly ragged on goopers for when they "used 9/11". The poor dears could hardly overcome the media's stranglehold on their every attempt to construct a message. :eyes:

NEW ORLEANS, April 21 —Howard Dean, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, toured a house on Friday that the Hurricane Katrina floods wrecked, picking up debris, lamenting the federal response and leaving little doubt of the powerful symbolism his party sees in the ruined neighborhoods here.

As Mr. Dean's well-covered hurricane-cleanup mission suggested, New Orleans may well become for Democrats in 2006 and 2008 what New York was for Republicans after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, an evocative metaphor rooted in tragedy that can potentially be turned to electoral advantage.
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For now, the backdrop has proven politically irresistible to the party. Mr. Dean was one of 100 Democratic committee members who volunteered for community work projects with names like Dems in Blue Jeans, gutting houses, working in parish kitchens and distributing food.

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/22/us/22dems.html?hp&ex=1145678400&en=49a181acfab7d02f&ei=5094&partner=homepage

Um...



Then, irony went ahead and threw itself off a cliff-

"...A spokesman for the Republican National Committee, Tracey Schmitt, was quick to accuse Democrats of "exploiting a human tragedy" after learning of Mr. Dean's remarks."

[Downtown Hound]

1. Um, no

When you have a "president" that is caught on video being warned about the potential damage from the storm before it hits, and then takes off and goes on vacation, then you have a real leadership problem and it definitely becomes a political issue.

And Republicans should know all about exploiting human tragedy for political gain. They practically wrote the book on it.

[Kurovski]

2. Bush also received warnings prior to 9/11 that he ignored...

or possibly worse.

It's always amazed me that 9/11 was not considered an indictment against the administration's capabilities.

This is about removing elected officials whom are--in many ways-- catastrophically dangerous individuals.

[usregimechange]

3. That is the ticket lads

[uppityperson]

4. Disconnect between words and actions is way too obvious

that is what is getting them. 9/11 disconnect is too subtle for many, Katrina one is obvious enough for people to notice.

[lpbk2713]

5. Just point out all their lies and flimsy alibis and the finger-pointing.

Anyone would be foolish to vote rethuglican for the next twenty years at least.