George Bush, you big CHICKEN!!!!!!!!!! Won't face NYC firefighters!

[Bluebear]

Ha ha ha ha meeting with firefighters in ELMHURST! My big brave hero is afraid to go to a Manhattan fire station! The NYC firefighters are only good for his 9/11-exploiting ads, evidently. What a putz.

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- It was the defining moment of his presidency, and for his first stop in the convention city, President Bush chose a New York audience that will evoke memories of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

Bush was to meet Wednesday night with firefighters in Elmhurst, N.Y., about 10 miles from where terrorists crashed two airliners into the World Trade Center nearly three years ago. Campaign spokesman Scott Stanzel says conventioneers will be able to watch as Bush talks with the firefighters.

The president planned to rehearse his speech Wednesday at the White House before he and first lady Laura Bush leave for Columbus, Ohio, the final stop of the president's nine-state journey to the Republican National Convention. Ohio is a swing state dubbed Ground Zero of this year's election.

The event with firefighters is aimed at emphasizing the war on terrorism, a central theme of Bush's race for re-election. And it is designed to recall the day Bush visited Ground Zero three years ago - without the president actually visiting the attack site and inviting criticism that he was exploiting the tragedy.

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CVN_BUSH?SITE=1010WINS&SECTION=POLITICS&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

[napkinz]

1. He is NOT a big chicken

He's a little chickenhawk

[Norquist Nemesis]

2. *Whew* For a minute I though it was

in Elmhurst, IL.

[bluestateguy]

3. We were told that the FDNY just adored Bush

That they all listened to Rush Limbaugh, that they hate Hillary Clinton and that they were all big supporters of this Administration's contention that the war in Iraq somehow had something to do with 9/11.

[Cascadian]

4. Uh.... they are a little upset with him right now.

Same with some members of the NYPD. God. This man is a little chicken turd. He would not even respond to the letter the FDNY and NYPD sent him about their pay issues.


John

[sandraj]

5. photo op

Photograph George with some firefighters. Any firefighters will do. The only goal is to "evoke memories of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks."

Who needs reality? A PR stunt is so much easier.

[NewYorkerfromMass]

6. Elmhurst is in Queens and is part of NYC

and these would therefore be FDNY firefighters.
So unless you want to change the thread title to 'Manhattan' then this is not a real story.