Overwhelming conclusion on Yahoo msg boards: GOP is exploiting 9/11

[tedoll78]

I was surprised, given how they seem to be teeming with GOP idiots.

Perhaps this is a good sign as to how the general public will react to this GOP gravetop tap dancing?

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

1. Duh!!!!

[tedoll78]

3. I know,

it's apparent to us. But I wasn't sure how a more non-Democratic audience would react to it, so I went to the first place I could think of.

It's reassuring. And wouldn't it be nice if this convention were to hurt Bush?

Then again, it'll probably end-up like the State of the Union address this year. Bush hit that one terra terra terra note over and over again, and he go absolutely no bump from it. Perhaps he hasn't learned yet.. that'd be great for us.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

5. My hope is it'll be a replay of the 1992 RNC.

I mean it worked so well back then. Is Pat Buchannan scheduled to speak?

[PROGRESSIVE1]

2. Wahoooooooooooo!

The public has seen the light!

[Proud2BAmurkin]

4. Yup. Karl miscalculated when he made the NYC plans 2 years ago

Dumbass advisor for a dumbass candidate

[Cha]

8. I'm guessing he's not the political visionary

everyone thought he was.

[Feanorcurufinwe]

14. The guy loses one Presidential election and he's declared a genius?

:wtf:

[WI_DEM]

6. This will backfire on them

How can a man run on the record that his one shining achievement as president was hugging a firefighter at ground zero?

[Frank Rose]

7. On that shining moment,

he is standing on a grave, with a bullhorn, hugging a retired firefighter, when 'some group' starts chanting USA USA... has anyone else wondered if this was staged? anybody know who started the chant? Sorry if this is too critical of a solemn setting, but after the carrier landing, and plastic turkey, I've really wondered if this was a Rove job.

[Cha]

9. It was staged ...no one can convince me otherwise..

not after 3 years of staged events..since.

[Sparkly]

10. It was over-the-top disgusting -- a new LOW in politics

I am INFURIATED by that. How dare they use the deaths of thousands of people. Those people didn't grant permission, they didn't die for George W. Bush, they weren't even all Republicans and I dare say, in NY City most were probably NOT Republicans.

Sickening.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

13. One out of six wasn't even a U.S. citizen

That's nearly 500 non U.S. citizens who died on 911, representing 90 foreign countries.

[tedoll78]

11. May I make a suggestion?

Go to Kerry's campaign site and email them asking them to call the GOP on this bullshit. Either Kerry or Edwards themselves has to say this aloud - the media seem to not want to bring this idea up at all, but our ticket saying it aloud would force the media to cover it.

www.johnkerry.com

[qanda]

15. I think they're doing such a good job digging their own grave...

Why interrupt them?

[iwantmycountryback]

12. Is the media saying anything about this?

It's painfully obvious they are exploiting 9/11 when this was what they were supposed to avoid doing. Somehow I doubt CNN's saying anything about this.

[rullery]

16. What else can they do?

With the economy in shambles, huge deficits, jobs lost, more people without health insurance, American prestige abroad plummeting, the war Bush initiated in Iraq going so badly, what else can the republicans do? They are playing the only card they have, recalling how the nation and indeed the world united behind us following the 9/11 attack. That was a moment when the nation rallied around our president, a moment when he had sudden and unprecedented popularity.

Small wonder that they wish to recall that shining moment and exploit it. Unfortunately for Bush we have all moved on from that time. His blunders led us into attacking Iraq with only limited backing from a few other nations, on the pretext that Saddam Hussein had WMD and was prepared to use them against us. - What? No WMD found? Never mind; Saddam was a bloody tyrant and deserved to be overthrown. - While that is true, since when has the U.S. had the right to decide which sovereign nation should be overthrown by us, when there has been no attack against us to justify it?

We ought to deride the republicans for exploiting 9/11, but Kerry should stay on message. There is plenty for him to criticize on the domestic front, to present his own positive message and plans for improving life for all Americans. He need not be drawn into squabbling over who would be the biggest bully, ready to go to war against Iran and North Korea, the other two members of Bush's "axis of evil", IMO.

[NewYorkerfromMass]

17. I hope this is true! nt