PITTSBURGH, Sept. 28 -- Before Sept. 11, 2001, all Kristen Breitweiser wanted in the way of worldly responsibility was to tend to her garden and care for her infant daughter, Caroline.
"After watching my husband get murdered on live worldwide television," she said, everything changed.
Democratic vice presidential candidate John Edwards listens to Kristen Breitweiser, 33, of Middletown, N.J., whose husband died in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the World Trade Center, at a stop in Manchester, N.H. She was helping Democrats in swing states.
On Tuesday, the 33-year-old New Jersey widow was stumping in swing states with Democratic vice presidential candidate John Edwards for the second day in a row.
It's here that Breitweiser's fresh face and emotional story are becoming an integral part of an effort to convince "security moms" that the Democratic ticket of Sen. John F. Kerry (Mass.) and Edwards can make them safer and that four more years with President Bush is dangerous.
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"President Bush is dangerous." --- I think after hearing Curt Weldon speak of Able Danger Kristin Breitweiser and her three cohorts ought to get their minds right.
There is a large anti war movement in Monmouth County (where Middletown is located).
It is just my speculation; but I think that was a contributing factor in closing the Fort Monmouth base.
It does illustrate my point about partisanship from yesterday. Everybody knows that their own party bears some of the blame and they will let the other side slide to avoid getting any mud on themselves.