Posted on 09/14/2004 3:03:10 AM PDT by kattracks
Washington, DC, Sep. 13 (UPI) -- Five widows whose husbands were killed in the Sept. 11 attacks will endorse John Kerry for president on Tuesday, United Press International has learned.[snip]
Breitweiser and the others have become increasingly outspoken critics of the administration recently, especially since the launch of the war in Iraq.
"That was not about making the country safer," she said of the war.
The five have been criticized as partisan opponents of President Bush, after speaking out earlier this year against his use of imagery from Ground Zero in election ads.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
On the contrary; the issue is why does UPI bring this up?
Why is the headline "Sept. 11 widows...." instead of "a few 9/11 widows"?
With 3000 dead, there would have to be 1000 widows, I would guess. Is this attitude prevalent among them?
How about widowers?
Why dig up five against, when there are five hundred for?
Unless you have an agenda, of course...
I am shocked!
It offends me how much money they were given (as pointed out by Rush). Compare this to the survivors of Oklahoma City and the families of our military men killed in action defending this country.
Under a hanoi john flip flopping kerry osoma bin laden the man who ordered the killing of their husbands will sit in a federal prison for the rest of his life, AFTER we give him a kidney transplant.
August 9, 2004
Beneath waffling, Kerry opposes death penalty
As a mother who is surviving the unimaginable pain of losing a child to murder, my opposition to John Kerry is very personal. In his acceptance speech, he never mentioned the death penalty.
Kerry opposes it, even for those who murder children. Not surprisingly, he has flip-flopped for political purposes and now claims to support the death penalty for terrorists who kill Americans. But does he really? And if he does, how can he justify executing terrorists who murder Americans but not the monsters who live among us and murder our children?
Kerry is on record that he will impose a moratorium on the federal death penalty. He favors Osama bin Laden being tried in a U.S. court. That would be a federal trial. Would the moratorium apply to the man responsible for the most horrific mass murder in our history?
Kerry brags about his record as a tough prosecutor, but he prosecuted white-collar criminals, not violent offenders. We can reasonably judge what people might do by what they have done. Kerry will be soft on crime. He will nominate leftist, weak federal judges. He defended the Michael Dukakis furlough program that allowed convicted murderer Willie Horton to murder again.
Kerry will NOT get this family's vote. It is very personal.
I'm Gail Keasling, mother of murder victim Jeremy Flachbart (16) and I APPROVE this message.
Under a hanoi john flip flopping kerry the osoma bin laden the man who ordered the killing of their husbands will sit in a federal prison for the rest of his life, AFTER we give him a kidney transplant.
August 9, 2004
Beneath waffling, Kerry opposes death penalty
As a mother who is surviving the unimaginable pain of losing a child to murder, my opposition to John Kerry is very personal. In his acceptance speech, he never mentioned the death penalty.
Kerry opposes it, even for those who murder children. Not surprisingly, he has flip-flopped for political purposes and now claims to support the death penalty for terrorists who kill Americans. But does he really? And if he does, how can he justify executing terrorists who murder Americans but not the monsters who live among us and murder our children?
Kerry is on record that he will impose a moratorium on the federal death penalty. He favors Osama bin Laden being tried in a U.S. court. That would be a federal trial. Would the moratorium apply to the man responsible for the most horrific mass murder in our history?
Kerry brags about his record as a tough prosecutor, but he prosecuted white-collar criminals, not violent offenders. We can reasonably judge what people might do by what they have done. Kerry will be soft on crime. He will nominate leftist, weak federal judges. He defended the Michael Dukakis furlough program that allowed convicted murderer Willie Horton to murder again.
Kerry will not get this family's vote. It is very personal.
I'm Gail Keasling mother of murder victim Jeremy Flachbart (16) and I APPROVE this message.
Concerning the money: And there were millions of other people in this country who lost their livlihoods as a result of 9/11 and who still haven't recovered. They received no compensation -- nor were they asking any. A professional gimmee, gimmee culture has sprung up amongst some of the widows that is quite unattractive.
I know what you're thinking.
You're thinking holy cow! Five widows, who had husbands killed in the 9-11 attacks, all endorsing John Kerry.
Five women who, before 9-11, were, no doubt, staunch Republican supporters, home schooling their children, taking them to church and giving them the foundation nessessary to become responsible American citizens.
Five widows all now separated, by death, from their Knights in shining armour, by a dastardly deed, committed by GWB, which enabled the terrorists to kill their spouses.
Yes folks ... it is only a trickle of five widows now, but it will soon be a raging torrent of thousands, nay, hundreds of thousands, that will soon open the flood gates to all things pure and sweet.
A Kerry victory in November.
And to think it was UPI that brought us this news that enabled us to know about those five widows, that made us see the light and vote for John F. Kerry, which saved the United States of America.
I stand in awe of the widows five, for they are the real hero's
Their rightful name is the 9-11 Hags.
Some people make a career out of widowhood, I seem to remember a widow who took her husbands Senate seat,Sarah Brady isnt quite a Widow, but she has made a career of her husbands handicap after the shooting, I am sure there are many other examples of widows who got a taste of their 15 minutes of fame and nursed it for the rest of their lives.
Thats what these women are doing nursing their 15 minutes.
I call them ATTENTION WHORES... Nothing more.
"It offends me how much money they were given..."
That was all done to prevent a tsunami of lawsuits, the litigation of which would make Dickens "Bleak House" look like a half-hour sitcom.
I work for a law firm in nj, and I do think it had some good effect. A lot of people just took the money NOW, as opposed to suing.
But, otoh, I'd agree it was probably a bad precedent.
One thing I think was really missed by President Bush was a chance to really rally the populace. There was too much encouragement to go back to "normal". Now, of course, some are surprised that the dims, for one group, took the administration up on that offer. I do think most people in the country realize we are still a long way from "normal" and won't be seeing that place for a good long time. Some of us may never see it again.
Welfare Widows
Breitweiser, and her band of sisters are very naive and, quite frankly, ignorant. Moreover, they have all become useful fools for those who want to bring down this country.
we need to get past this ....this is what the DEMS want..a side track.....EXPOSE KERRY, Bush can defend himself, he knows more than just 5 of 1000 loved ones support him.!!
this new article about kerry's silver star ...has longer legs regarding the truth about kerry, but press is killing time on this ALREADY BELEIVED TO BE A FORGERY....
**** this is a no brainer...DNC wants Bloggers consumed on this, so swiftvet, and Truth about KERRY DIRECTLY doesn't get presssed *****
Man, did he finally swallow Tipper?
Couldn't Whoopi have mentioned Slimfast or something?
I am anxious to see who these are. I think it may be the Jersey women.
I'll never forget an interview I saw of one of the women (I don't know if it was one of these) a few months after 9/11. She was from Jersey, lived in a HUGH house and all she could talk about was how she was not going to be able to live in the "style and comfort she was used to". That is a quote. I will never forget that. More regret about losing the lifestyle then the husband.
Sad really.
She basically used him as a living breathing ATM.
Thank you. This is exactly why I am supporting Thune with $$$. Daschle, his airline lobbyist wife, and Gore built a tangled web on airline security/safety. 9/11 blood on their hands IMO. I want to see Daschle go down in flames.
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