[ladtx]

Guess we can expect complete coverage of this on Dan Rather tonight.

[StrictTime]

Well, good. Now Chrissy Matthews can have a group of these 9-11 family members on his show for "balance"...Holding my breath...still holding...

[Badeye]

I think we are finally beginning to see the rise of true outrage, not just as a result of the Commission's obvious partisanship, but also as a result of the media's behavior last night during the press conference.

bout time....

[blackie]

We are winning ~ the bad guys are losing ~ trolls, terrorists, democrats and the mainstream media are sad ~ very sad!

~~ Bush/Cheney 2004 ~~

[Conspiracy Guy]

But what about the four widows? Don't they speak for all victim families? I am outraged that the real families back Bush. This is so political. </sarcasm >

[socal_parrot]

Wait. I thought the 9/11 families were about to march on the White House with pitchforks and torches.

[finnman69]

The anti-Jersey girls....NOT coming to Hardball any time soon.

[kcvl]

The New York Post

NATIONAL DISGRACE


April 14, 2004 -- The national 9/11 commission has been hijacked by political shills -- men and women eager to subordinate truth to partisan advantage; who hold a transitory victory on Election Day more dear than American victory in the war on terror.

Tawdry ambition has eclipsed sacred duty; all Americans are diminished, but none more than the families of the 9/11 victims -- who expect better from the commission, and certainly deserve it.

Unless it is the thousands of young Americans now under arms in Iraq and elsewhere; their bravery and devotion to duty is inspirational. How shameful that the commission attack dogs hold their sacrifices so cheaply.

And John F. Kerry, who presumes to the presidency, acquiesces. What a disgrace.

Yesterday, Democratic shills Richard Ben-Veniste and Bob Kerrey hectored Attorney General John Ashcroft. They implied he was a coward for travelling on government aircraft at a time of heightened pre-9/11 security - if not, in fact, a scoundrel in possession of advance notice of the attack.

Last week, it was National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice in the Democrats' dock; she was a fool, a filibusterer, a liar.

"Isn't it a fact, Dr. Rice, that [President Bush was] warned against possible attacks in this country?" demanded Ben-Veniste.



Funny thing about that warning. Ben-Veniste was speaking of the now-famous Aug. 6, 2001, presidential daily briefing paper - suggesting that it proved the White House had failed to comprehend al Qaeda's threat to America.

Yesterday, it came out that someone had indeed gotten it right.

George W. Bush, who had directed that the briefing paper be prepared.

In a 13-page report titled "Threats and Responses in 2001," the commission staff paints a picture of alarm bells going off throughout Washington in the months before 9/11 about an imminent "spectacular" terror attack by Osama bin Laden.

But the intelligence reports all talked about attacks occurring against targets overseas.

And the fevered reports, in the summer of 2001, of possible threats "seemed to be focused on Saudi Arabia, Israel, Bahrain, Kuwait, Yemen and possibly Rome, but the danger could be anywhere . . . "

So the CIA prepared the Aug. 6 memo, "summarizing its understanding of the danger."

In sum: The briefing paper was written specifically for the president in direct response to an order from the president!

Obviously, the CIA's "understanding of the danger" was deficient.

But it clearly was not "a fact" that Bush was "warned against possible attacks in this country."

It is clear, now, that the entire briefing-memo "scandal" was sewn from whole cloth. But will there be an apology from Ben-Veniste, Kerrey & Co.?

Not a chance.

Why not.

Because, to the Democrats, the enemy is not just al Qaeda.

It is also the George W. Bush White House.

So they cross the bounds of acceptable political discourse, twisting the truth and bending the facts to produce a product that will advance their political ambitions.

To hell with the 9/11 families.

And to hell with eight young Americans reported killed in action in Iraq just yesterday; to the 65 who died over the past week - and to the hundreds who have laid down their lives for peace and freedom since 9/11.

All to defeat Bush.

John Kerry could shut it down in a heartbeat, simply by saying: "Stop it!"

Kerry needs to do just that. He must state the obvious: that 9/11 was the work of Islamist fanatics, and that the danger will not have passed until those who make war on America are either killed or in captivity.

It is simply disgraceful that he hasn't already done so.

[wingnutx]

ping

[Two-Bits]

Hi, Please take a moment and either call the President or send an email to let him know we, the American people back him. Also, if you could just tell one person to do the same and ask them to tell another, than God willing, we will flood the switchboard with calls and faxes like they have never seem. This is one way we can take it direct to the President and it can not be misled by the media or stupid polls.....
Please call or email and God bless:
Comments: 202-456-1111 Switchboard: 202-456-1414 FAX: 202-456-2461 E-Mail President George W. Bush: president@whitehouse.gov Vice President Richard Cheney: vice.president@whitehouse.gov

[Republicus2001]

Bush fault

[Republicus2001]

Bush fault

[oldcomputerguy]

I for one am sick of all the 9/11 families.
Who are these people anyway?

They are simply ordinary people who were standing around when their loved ones were killed. They are no better nor worse than anyone else in this country who has lost a loved one in a car accident, thr fight in Iraq or a fire.
We could argue:
Why wasn't the traffic light installed there?
Why wasn't the tank armor better?
Why wasn't the sprinkler system installed?

The point is that they have had their 15 minutes and while I have enormous sympathy for them as I do for anyone who loses a loved one before their time, I am tired of everyone kissing their butts. Besides, many are millionaires now while loved ones of soldiers killed are barely making ends meet I suspect, maybe our sympathy can be distributed a little more.

[GottaLuvAkitas1]

A PROTEST wouldn't be a bad idea here. It might send a message to the panel that we see the biased they are trying to push on the public, and we won't stand for it.

What do you guys think?

I'll also contact my group leader from Protest Worrior and see what he thinks.

[EdReform]

Bump

Gore 1996 Airline Commission brought to the attention of the 9/11 family members (DC Chapter Report)

The 9/11 Widows

[jmstein7]

Call on Jamie S. Gorelick to Resign from the 9-11 Commission (click here)

[JulieRNR21]

Good to see them speaking out......but will any in the media except for FOX NEWS let Americans know?

As always we must spread the word via emails & letters!
And nobody does that better than FReepers!

[Old Grumpy]

The OTHER side of the coin, finally.