Exploiting 9/11
President Bush’s reelection campaign released their first round of television ads yesterday, and I’m appalled that one of them makes use of 9/11 imagery. Exploiting such a tragedy for political gain is offensive and shameful. Regretfully the strategy extends beyond the single TV spot. The Republican Convention is being held in NYC this year, with its date pushed to Sept. 2, the latest ever in the history of the party. As stated in the New York Times from April 22, 2003 they “chose the date so the event would flow into the commemorations marking the third anniversary of the World Trade Center attacks”.
George Bush has refused to testify in front of the 9/11 commission, set up to determine what went wrong in the lead-up to the attacks. Yet he doesn’t seem to mind using the tragedy to his advantage in political maneuvering. Here is a man who would rather exploit a nation’s grief, then help make sure it doesn’t happen again.
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