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Good morning, lysie.

On september 11, 2001 I was at home by myself. I was watching Fox when the second plane hit.

I tried to get on FR, but as most of you knew, it was overloaded and so all I could do was read the posts of those who did manage to get on. My husband was at work, as was my son. My daughter was in school.

I have never felt so isolated and honestly, quite frightened. I went out to fill the car up with gas and buy some bottled water, because I felt like I had to do something. The streets were pretty empty, and the people in stores kept asking me what I knew about what was going on.

Over the next few weeks (until after we went into Afghanistan) the country was very united. Even my democrat sister told me she was proud of president bush.

And then Hillary waved that headline “Bush Knew” in the well of the Senate, and the chipping away at President Bush, his administration, and our military began.

The democrats mocked and criticized. They ranted and called President Bush a liar. Some said he could have prevented the attack. They systematically destroyed his reputation with the public. And not just him; they went after anyone with ties to him: Cheney, Condi, Rumsfeld, aides, relatives, you name it.

And yet that wasn’t enough. Kerry, Durbin, and others went after the troops themselves, accusing them of atrocities and nazi-like behavior. They grilled generals and forced them to listen to humiliating accusations. They were called liars and betrayers as well.

So hear we are, 9 years later. We have a man in the presidency who hates this country and loves Islamic dictators. Our nation has been divided. Our troops were robbed of public praise. And our children have been robbed of heroes to look up to instead of high-paid athletes and rock stars.

Most harmfully, the war has been prolonged because these horrible people have told the Muslim world, through their words and deeds, that if the terrorists hang on long enough, we will weaken and give up. The reason this has been the longest war is because of the democrats.

So now, on September 11, 2010, the media (who aided and abetted the democrats) will stand and spend a moment talking about 9/11, mostly about how it affected THEM.

I haven’t forgotten September 11, but I haven’t forgotten what the democrats did, either.