Bush ads stop to tour 9/11 memorial on L.I.

New York Daily News ^ | 3/06/04 | THOMAS M. DeFRANK and KENNETH R. BAZINET

[kattracks]

WASHINGTON - President Bush will visit a Sept. 11 memorial on Long Island next week after families of victims slammed him for using Ground Zero images in campaign ads.

Bush's visit Thursday will come a week after his campaign bought millions of dollars of airtime for ads that have come under fire for using the image of a Ground Zero victim's remains in an attempt to woo voters.

The unexpected trip is fresh evidence that Bush has taken a stiff political hit over the campaign ads, which also feature a shot of the burnedout World Trade Center facade.

Bush aides have claimed that they always expected the Democrats to criticize the ads, but one Bush official conceded yesterday that campaign strategists miscalculated the potential for controversy from the 9/11 footage.

"We didn't think we'd be playing defense like this," the official said.

Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) said yesterday Bush should show more compassion toward the victims of Sept. 11.

"The President has said in the past that he would do nothing that would politicize this terrible tragedy," Clinton said. "I hope that they would be more sensitive going forward."

Bush's visit to the Nassau County 9/11 memorial in East Meadow will be followed by a campaign fund-raiser later that night, the White House said. Bush also will tour USA Industries in Bay Shore, aides said.

With Austin Fenner

Originally published on March 6, 2004

[kattracks]

The unexpected trip is fresh evidence that Bush has taken a stiff political hit over the campaign ads..

I believe it's just the opposite. I think President Bush is demonstrating that will not allow the media, and their manufactured controversy, to alter his actions and decisions.

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The Prince of Tides- Bush ads, Kerry ads, the Tides Foundation, and so much more...

[bogdanPolska12]

God Bless Him.

[G.Mason]

"The unexpected trip is fresh evidence that Bush has taken a stiff political hit over the campaign ads, which also feature a shot of the burnedout World Trade Center facade."

In other important news, a three headed frog, recently found, is evidence that God does not exist. Further developements at 6.

[dawn53]

I agree, if he was afraid of criticism, he wouldn't be going anywhere near the place.

[AppyPappy]

The Teresa Heinz funded "survivors" have promised to make trouble at any 9/11 visits by Republicans.

[kattracks]

Bring it on!

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

fresh evidence that Bush has taken a stiff political hit

Claims that fresh evidence that "Bush has taken a stiff political hit" are precisely what you would expect to hear from Terry McAwful. In fact, I'd say that's exactly who you are hearing from--a fax from the DNC pasted directly into an "objective report."

[Moonmad27]

I think you're completely right. I was surprised to hear he was going there in the very midst of all this controversy. What Dem politician would go from the frying pan to the fire like this? Voters will see through the Dem-manufactured furor - hopefully.

[The Wizard]

everytime this cow criticizes GWB it gains points...

[Diogenesis]

"Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) said yesterday Bush should show more compassion toward the victims of Sept. 11."

PARTIAL LIST OF TERRORIST ACTIVITIES

1968 Robert Kennedy assassinated
1972 Munich Olympic Massacure Sep-5,1972 (Black September)
1976 Entebbe Hostage Crisis, June 27, 1976
1979 Iran Hostage Crisis, Nov. 4, 1979 444 days
1979 Grand Mosque Seizure, Nov 20,1979
1981 Assassination of Egyptian President, Oct 6,1981
1982 Assassination of Lebanese Prime Minister, Sept 14, 1982
1983 Bombing of US Embassy in Beirut6, April 18,1983
1983 Bombing of Maring Barricks, Beruit, Oct 23,1983
1984 Hizballah Restaurant Bombing, April 12,1984
1985 Egyptian Airliner Hijacking, Nov 23,1985
1985 Rome Airport murders
1985 TWA Flight 847 hijacked, U.S. Navy diver murdered
1985 Achille Lauro hijacking, Homacidal maniac lived in saddams Iraq
1986 Aircraft Bombing in Greece, March 30, 1986
1988 Pan Am 747 Flight 103 Bombing, Lockerbie, 100's murdered
1988 Berlin Discoteque Bombing, Dec 21,1988
1992 Bombing in Israeli Embassy in Argentina, March 17,1992
1993 Attempted Assassination of Pres. Bush Sr., April 14,1993
1993 First World Trade Center bombing, February 26th, 7 Killed, Hundreds injured, Billions
1994 Air France Hijacking, Dec 24,1994
1995 Attack on US Diplomats in Pakistan, Mar 8,1995
1995 Saudi Military Installation Attack, Nov 13, 1995
1995 Kashmiri Hostage taking, July 4,1995
1996 Khobar Towers attack
1996 Sudanese Missionarys Kidnapping, Aug 17,1996
1996 Paris Subway Explosion, Dec 3,1996
1997 Israeli Shopping Mall Bombing, Sept 4, 1997
1997 Yemeni Kidnappings, Oct 30,1997
1998 Somali Hostage taking crisis, April 15,1998
1998 U.S. Embassy Bombing in Peru, Jan 15, 1998
1998 U.S. Kenya Embassy blown up, 100's murdered
1998 U.S. Tanzania Embassy blown up, 100's murdered
1999 Plot to blow up Space Needle (thwarted)
2000 USS Cole attacked, many U.S. Navy sailors murdered
2000-2003 Intifada against Israel - 100's dead and injured
2000 Manila Bombing, Dec 30,2000
2001 4 Commercial airliners hijacked, 250+ murdered
2001 World Trade Center attacked, 2800+ murdered
2001 Flight 93 murders
2001 Pentagon attacked, 180+ murdered
2002 Reporter Daniel Pearl, kidnapped and murdered
2002 Philippines American missionary, Filipino nurse killed
2002 July 4, El Al attack Los Angeles LAX, several murdered
2002 Bali bombing - 200 dead, 300 injured
2002 Yemen, French Oil Tanker attacked
2002 Marines attacked / murdered in Kuwait
2002 Washington D.C. sniper
2002 Russian Theater attacked, 100+ dead
2002 Nigerian riots against Miss World Pageant, 200 dead, dozens injured
2002 Mombasa Hotel Attacked, 12 dead, dozens injured
2002 Israeli Boeing 757 attacked by missiles, fortunately no one injured
2002 August Hotel bombing in Jakarta, Indonesia. 12 dead, dozens injured.
2003 Rusian concert bombing
2003 Phillipines airport and market bombing
2003 Foiled SAM plot in the USA
2003 UN Baghdad HQ Bombing

[longtermmemmory]

Let us not forget that CNN and their cronies used to read Saddam's press releases verbatin.

I wonder if we could freep the advertisers of the news shows?

Too bad FNC is going so Milquetoast all of sudden. What happened to them?

[demlosers]

Bush ads stop to tour 9/11 memorial on L.I.

The sycophant press wishes the president's tv ad to stop. We have another lying headline from the press.

[alwaysconservative]

Too bad FNC is going so Milquetoast all of sudden. What happened to them?

I don't know, but it is so bothersome to me, I won't even watch Shepard Smith parroting the DNC talking points anymore, and probably won't watch the business block this morning. FOX will lose a large block of my viewership with this kind of intellectual laziness. Shep may be eye-candy, but NO WAY do I have to listen to more Bush-bashing disguised as news.

[kattracks]

The sycophant press wishes the president's tv ad to stop.

Exactly. They know that any reminders of the attack on the US, and President Bush's response to it, will be devestating to Kerry

[Carolinamom]

In the interest of accuracy as to the content of this column, ahouldn't the newspaper's headline read "ADDS" instead of "ADS"?

[BigWaveBetty]

THOMAS M. DeFRANK and KENNETH R. BAZINET...With Austin Fenner

It took three people to put this drivel together?

one Bush official conceded yesterday that campaign strategists miscalculated the potential for controversy from the 9/11 footage.

"We didn't think we'd be playing defense like this," the official said.

"Will you walk into my parlor?" said the spider to the fly. (We're supposed to believe a Bush ad team didn't check those ads three ways to Sunday? ha!)

The unexpected trip is fresh evidence that Bush has taken a stiff political hit [It is?!]

Bush's visit to the Nassau County 9/11 memorial in East Meadow will be followed by a campaign fund-raiser later that night, the White House said. Bush also will tour USA Industries in Bay Shore, aides said. [But Tomas, Ken and Austin told us a couple of paragraphs up that the trip is unexpected, hmmm.]

I want to be a journalist in the liberal media so I can write ficton too.

[Conspiracy Guy]

I wrote and posted this yesterday.

We Remember

We saw the look upon his face,
Through whispers he was told.
We knew he felt just what we felt,
We wouldn’t sit here cold.
We knew this time that we would act,
And not just turn our head.
This time we’d go and we’d go big,
We wouldn’t bomb some shed.
He called them faceless cowards,
He vowed we'll hunt them down.
We watched as he spoke to us all,
Sincerely, not some clown.
His eyes assured us he’d not rest,
Until they paid the price.
Yes we’d turn over every stone,
Until they were on ice.
He warned the battle would be long,
That many would forget.
That some would say, let’s just move on,
Not him, his mind was set.
We backed him then, we back him now,
The fight must still go on.
We can’t back down, we can’t let up,
Until the threat is gone.
God Bless our troops as on they fight,
Each day for them we pray.
We thank them all, for all they do,
“They are the best”, we say.
We will support our President,
He’s proven he will stand.
We’ll vote for Bush this coming fall,
We will protect this land.

Conspiracy Guy 3/5/4

[longtermmemmory]

rumor has it that he may "play for the other team".

He may have a personal reason to oppose FMA.

OF COURSE this is only a dark rumor I have seen here on FR. I have nothing to back that up. (other than his exhuberant use of camera makeup)

[CGVet58]

Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) said yesterday Bush should show more compassion toward the victims of Sept. 11.

"The President has said in the past that he would do nothing that would politicize this terrible tragedy," Clinton said. "I hope that they would be more sensitive going forward."


This, from the POS who lied about visiting with 9-11 families???

When the day comes that this unscrupulous, power hungry communist gets her comeuppance, I will fall on my knees where I stand and give glory and thanks to God.

J

[longtermmemmory]

If Heinz funded "survivors" and they are going specifically against Bush, then they have to register as a 527.