http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/newssentinel/news/editorial/9652868.htmWhat bothers me is not the seven minutes President Bush stalled on Sept. 11, 2001, reading “My Pet Goat” to grade schoolers. It’s the three years that came after the seven minutes:
Three years of stonewalling every attempt to identify mistakes.
Three years of exploiting grief and fear for political gain.
Three years of terror prevention on the cheap.
Throughout the Republican National Convention, we heard endlessly about Bush’s brief shining moment. Yes, he visited Ground Zero on Sept. 14 (as if no other president would have been so bold). Yes, he hugged a firefighter. Yes, through a bullhorn, he promised, “The people who knocked down these buildings will hear from all of us soon.”
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