Local TV reports that Repubs picked NYC "Well before 9/11"

[underpants]

Here is my e-mail to them.
http://www.wwbt.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=WWBT/Page/WBT_ContentPage&c=Page&cid=1059969234870

You might want to inform your reporter Mike Porter that the Republican National Committee didn’t decide on New York for their convention “well before the tragic day 9/11” it was announced in January of 2003. Are you all taking your marching orders from the daily Fox News memos? Even they are willing to stretch the truth that much and that is saying something.



http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,129703,00.html

One veteran of many Republican conventions said that when the convention was first announced in January 2003, Bush was up in the polls and public approval was strong for going to war with Iraq. Some analysts even speculated that Bush could actually draw some votes out of New York in 2004.
"But then came the Iraq war, which soon split the country in two, putting New York well out of reach for the Republicans," said the source who asked not to be named. "The convention itself is planted in hostile territory in the middle of a war. The front page of the New York Times every day these days is a grim, above-the-fold photo from Iraq."

They whole point of their selecting New York was to further milk the deaths of 3,000 people and take credit for the worst failure of national security in this nation’s history. I am sure you knew that.

[Florida_Geek]

1. Tampa was in the running

well after 9-11.... what liars

[NewJeffCT]

2. oh please

Next thing they'll tell us is that they planned not to mention 9/11 at all during their convention, but since the Democrats did it so much during their convention, that the Republicans felt obligated to honor 9/11, too.

[underpants]

3. They are OPENING the convention with a tribute to 9/11

or atleast opening the prime time coverage with one. Surely they are just going to do it once. :eyes: