[Cicero]

Same thing with the War on Terror. The Daily News ran a front-page hit piece saying that Bush offended people by running an ad that mentioned 9/11.

Obviously the Democrats would prefer to forget 9/11. It's not a decent subject to talk about.

I have news for them. We will never forget. Especially we won't forget when our enemies are out there trying to do it again.

Kerry might like us to forget. Or change the subject. Not on your life.

[Wolfstar]

With all due respect, those who lost family members in September, October and November 2001 to the terrorist hijackings and anthrax attacks (which I never leave out) DO NOT OWN THOSE EVENTS. September 11, 2001 and the anthrax attacks were perpetrated against the United States of America.

They were epoch-altering events. This November, the American electorate will be divided along the lines of those who still have not grasped this fact and those who do.

The presidency of George W. Bush (as well as the man, himself) was forever marked and altered by those events, which were the defining moments of the GWB presidency. His response during that gut-churning time is not part of his record, but CENTRAL TO his record.

Anyone who says he should avoid mention of 9/11 in his ads, or any other time during his campaign, is actually trying to prevent GWB from running on his record. Near as I can remember, this is the first time a president's political opponents want to avoid a discussion of his bona fide record. Gee, I wonder why...