9/11 Families Slam Hearings
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| Wed, 04-14-2004 - 5:55pm |
Forty relatives of 9/11 victims are slamming the so-called independent investigation into the Sept. 11 attacks, saying that too many on the panel are using the probe to "grandstand for political gain" in a bid to damage President Bush in an election year.
In an open letter released to the New York Post on Tuesday, the 9/11 relatives blamed the commission for fostering "the incredible notion" that President Bush knew 9/11 was coming and did nothing.
"I see the commission going partisan and that's not the way it's supposed to be. If it does that, it will be nothing but a political disgrace," former United Firefighters Association chief Jimmy Boyle, whose firefighter son Michael died on 9/11, told the paper.
Instead, said Boyle, Bush deserved praise for the way he's conducted the war on terror since 9/11, saying, "It's a whole new world as of Sept. 12 and I believe President Bush is the right man."
The letter also praised National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice, saying: "We believe Dr. Rice when she says that the president 'would have moved heaven and earth' to prevent a terrorist attack had he known such an attack on our homeland was imminent. Any suggestion otherwise is incredible and inflammatory."

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Your statement/opinion:
"I voted for the $.50 gas tax because I knew it was right for America."
Kerry has no idea of where he stands on an issue. He is the scariest type of politican. He only says what the voters want to hear. He waffles more on issues than my box of Eggo's in the freezer.
When he finally settles on a position, I will listen. Until then, he needs to realize that he is doing nothing for himself politically, by going back and forth.
Surely, even Gandalf the Grey must see that.
And as far as the hearings go, they backfired on the Dems. Condoleeza Rice handed them their ball$ for breakfast. Good for her!
Also please study the facts about how we got out of the Great Depression. The statement that the New Deal was responsible is patently incorrect and revisionist history. The New Deal threw our country into an even greater depression. It was the war that brought us out of it.
You have also helped to make my points stronger by bringing up Strom Thurmond. He was a segregationst Repbulican - he fought the civil rights movement and he LOST among Republicans. This is one man who I am not a fan of to say the least, but a majority of his partymembers disagreed with him or he wouldn't have lost. You have to admit this.
He has done nothing to convince me to vote for him. I agree with regards to Lieberman, since he seems to be a moderate, I would have listened to what he had to say, and perhaps voted for him depending on his viewpoints.
I voted for Bush based on the fact that he campaigned as a moderate, which disappoints me a little as he has been moderate on some views, but has gone to extremes on others.
If the Democratic Party was hoping for a new look by having John Kerry as their choice, the only thing that they showed me was that the party is leaning more to the left, instead of the center.
By going to the extremes, both parties are failing to realize that more of the country is coming to the center, and are leaving a lot of people unaccounted for.
I cite the most recent poll numbers from earlier this week:
While George Bush's approval ratings have fallen, he has increased his overall lead on John Kerry in many of the new polls.
My theory in this phenomenon is that people are not totally pleased with how Bush is doing his job, but they would still prefer him over John Kerry, and that does not bode well for the Democrats in my opinion.
I disagree, I think that people who have been in the Senate for 20 years will likely have been on "both sides" of many issues.
James
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I think Lieberman is about the worst candidate the Democrats had last year, while Kerry was not my choice for Democratic candidate, he is far better than Bush and much closer to center than Bush will ever be for my tastes.
Most of the polls show Kerry/Bush neck and neck or one slightly ahead of the other (I have seen just as many with Kerry at a 4% lead as Bush with a 4% lead).
James
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He appears to be the most left of anyone in Congress today, which I thought amazing considering he is attempting to sell himself as a centrist.
This could be why even though Bush's approval numbers are falling, so are Kerry's numbers in a head to head matchup with Bush.
--Most of the polls show Kerry/Bush neck and neck or one slightly ahead of the other (I have seen just as many with Kerry at a 4% lead as Bush with a 4% lead).
Most of the major polls this week show Bush with a lead of between 1% and 6%, where the same polls from six weeks ago show Kerry had between a 2% and 8% lead. I know that it is still too early to rely on the polls, but I did find that fact interesting.
Bush is a Religious right winger, who campaigned in 2000 as a moderate, and Kerry is a left winger, trying to do the same. I think some voters are thinking, fool me once shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me.
Bush is as divisive along party lines as Clinton was.
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