[Texasforever]

If 911 isn't the defining issue then the American public is dumber than I thought.

[jwalburg]

Excellent article

[Lawgvr1955]

Kerry can regale us with his "heroics" in Vietnam of 30 years ago; yet it is improper for Bush to remind us of the deadliest attack on American soil and his response to it.

Left wing logic at work.

[Snuffington]

As for Democrats, they'd be wise to get over the idea that Mr. Kerry's Vietnam biography will cover them on the defense issue.

Not very likely. This is Democrat freakin' Gospel in 2004. Prepare for absolute freak-out in the press when this is challenged.

On the positive side. It's true. And the press can't make it untrue.

[takenoprisoner]

"For most Americans, 9/11 was the defining event of a generation, and they'll want to hear a serious debate about which candidate has the best policies to keep them safer in the years ahead."

I sure do wanna hear. We've chased the terrorists from Saudi Arabia who prosecuted 9-11 in all the wrong countries thus far.

[thegreatbeast]

The whiners don't have the exclusive license on the pain of September 11, 2001. What happened in NY, Washington and PA happened to America.
BTW, the WTC site doesn't belong to the the complainers either. If they want to determine what is built on that site, they can buy it.

[Viking2002]

Bush was in The Big Chair on 9/11, so it's his issue to seize. 'Nuff said.

[Bonaparte]

How dare you exploit the victories at Vicksburg and Gettysburg in a re-election campaign, Mr. Lincoln!

[Citizen Soldier]

Where, for example, was the tut-tutting about the former President "exploiting" the Oklahoma City bombing by giving an election-year speech there in April 1996?

I hope some smart reporter digs up examples of bill clinton using the OKC bombing during his last campaign!

[Stallone]

Run the ads twice as often.

Phuck the media, the French, John Kerry and the unholy Left.

[budwiesest]

Good article. What's perplexing to me lately is how it has been percieved that limitations on freedom of expression (see shock-jocks, firings, Clear Channel, Janet Jackson's boob, for example) are being interpreted as the result of something coming from the Bush White House.

I try to explain to liberals that individual liberties are of high importance to conservatives (see 2nd ammendment, SUV's, low tax rates, etc) whereas liberals place more weight on the collective's liberties (gun control, EPA, education, higher taxes, etc.)

More than a handful of young people are just experiencing what the Patriot Act has in store for them and they don't like it. Warrantless searches of their cars when stopped at a supposed DUI checkpoint, for instance. "Your Papers, Please"- driver's license, registration, and proof of insurance. These fishing expeditions don't fool anyone, especially the younger ones.

These types of things going on around the state are going to cost Bush a lot of votes come November. What fries me, is trying to explain how much worse things would be if a liberal were in charge. I'm at that point of giving up. Haven't yet, but we individuals on the homefront could use some help from DC.

[EDINVA]

with all due respect for the survivors' loss ... their family members were not attacked on 9/11 .. the U.S.A. was. The victims of that day were irrelevant to those who plotted and executed the attack. The President of the United States at the time, who guided the nation through those insufferable days, was George Bush. He told us he would not tire, nor falter, nor fail. He hasn't. His term has been about protecting this country from another attack. So far, thank God, he's been successful.

[Salman]

bump

[ladyinred]

911 is THE issue as far as I am concerned, which is why I am more frightened than ever about this election. The defeat of President Bush would mean an end to the war on terror, and we would be in more danger again than we are now.

[goldstategop]

I am of the American generation that lives the day after 9-11. The Democrats live before that day. That's why the Democrats hate this commercial. It shows exactly the side of President Bush, the inspiring, principled, and compassionate side they don't want the voters to see. The President should ignore them and remind the American people the Democrats cannot be trusted with power since they won't make our country secure. We're still at war and we need a President who will finish the job at hand. And that man is President Bush.

[The Raven]

ping

[longtermmemmory]

It is absolutly an issue.

Kerry is saying we "angered our alies" and he wants to rebuilt what was lost.

IOW he wants to kowtow (and all that historically implies) to the French and the Germans and anyone else who wants to see the USA as less important.

I want a president who makes sure the USA is the MOST important country. Not first among equals, First head and sholders ABOVE the other nations.

[OESY]

Democrats are embarrassed about disregarding threats of attacks on the American mainland. They had no problem with Khobar, our embassies abroad and USS Cole -- though they had to ignore the 1993 bombing of the WTC. (The bomb was meant to topple the building not burn it, right?)

So, Kerry and his party activists are bound determined to turn 9/11 into a campaign issue. I say, Let them.

Just as Abe Foxman's feigned paranoia over "The Passion of the Christ" helped turn Gibson's film into an overnight blockbuster that guarantees a sequel, Dems will move 9/11 onto the center stage of the election campaign where it belongs.

Poor mindless urchins. They've been duped by Moveon.org and Soros's money once again. (At least it gives them something to whine about. I always thought their Midnight Basketball programs for National Defense were too noisy.)

What's disturbing is that so many of my fellow New Yorkers, after voting for Gore, immediately received $20 billion from President Bush for rebuilding, while grieving families received federal compensation of between $250,000 and $7.8 million. (In contrast, families of our soldiers lost in combat receive $6,000 in burial cost reimbursement.)

These Dem Party activists who are still complaining are the ones who dishonor their lost loved ones, not President Bush.

[StriperSniper]

BTTT!

[dfwgator]

Is 9/11 an Issue?

It's not just an issue, it is "the" issue.