Posted on 09/14/2004 6:47:40 AM PDT by areafiftyone
(CNSNews.com) - A 9/11 widow who has called the terror attacks a colossal government failure plans to endorse Sen. John F. Kerry for president on Tuesday -- along with four other 9/11 widows, press reports said.
The widows were holding a Tuesday afternoon press conference in Washington.
We will be speaking from the heart and speaking from our conscience, said Kristin Breitweiser of New Jersey, co-chair of a group called Sept. 11 advocates.
Breitweiser and another widow, Monica Gabrielle of Conn., reportedly have agreed to campaign on Kerry's behalf.
Ever since the 9/11 attacks, Breitweiser has been deeply immersed in finding out how such a thing could happen and what should be done to prevent another attack. She was instrumental in demanding an independent commission to investigate the attacks, and now that the commission has reached its conclusions, she is pressing the government to adopt all of the panel's recommendations.
Two years ago, Breitweiser was selected by Sept.11 families to testify before the Joint Committees on Intelligence. At that hearing on Capitol Hill, Breitweiser questioned National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice's statement that no one could have predicted that people would take airplanes and slam them into the World Trade Center.
The historical facts illustrate differently, Breitweiser told members of Congress.
According to Breitweiser, September 11th was the devastating result of a catalogue of failures on behalf of our government and its agencies.
Were any of our governmental agencies doing their job on that fateful morning? she asked. Perhaps the carnage and devastation of September 11th speaks for itself in answering this question.
At the conclusion of her Sept. 2002 testimony, Breitweiser said people should be held accountable for their failures. We need leaders with the courage to take responsibility for what went wrong, she said.
Breitweiser does not speak for all the Sept. 11 families, some of whom support President Bush. "
They are just useful idiots which is what Zell Miller would call them.
pitiful deluded ladies. Best to ignore them.
Will the West ever wake up and stop repeating this lie??
They must have seen the other 9-11 widows during the RNC...
It sounds like the Kerry campaign is trying to exploit the 9/11 atrocities for political gain. Isn't that disgusting!
Why don't they take their TaxPayer paid 1 Million dollar life insurance payouts and STFU.
Talk about the worse of society. I hope someday they realize they are living off money someone making $4.58 an hour had to pay.
ALL OF THEM? TODD BEAMERS WIFE ALSO?
Of course, the MSM will make this out to seem like they are speaking for all 9-11 victims. If they, however, endorsed the RNC, the MSM would say they are politicizing the tragedy.
She lives five minutes from my house. My whole county is basically divided between wealthy Kerry voters like her and middle class Bush voters.
Of course, add unions into the mix as well as the captive black vote and you have Senator Kerry probably winning my county by 2-4%.
Nope, just 4.
They've got their money and it's time for them to shut up.
Uhhh, that's five (5) FIVE (cinco) widows - out of 500+, I would guess.
And this is news WHY?
Why are these partisan women given such a high profile? They sure are exploiting tragedy...
MISLEADING HEADLINE! sounds like a cBS screwjob!
Four out of a couple thousand? May the national election go so well!
She claimed she voted for Bush in 2000.
Definitely Democrats. They admit they will not be speaking from the brain.
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