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THE 9/11 WIDOWS Americans are beginning to tire of them (REWIND 4/14/04) by Dorothy Rabinowitz
WSJ Opinion Journal ^ | April 14, 2004 | Dorothy Rabinowitz

Posted on 06/12/2006 1:46:38 PM PDT by beaversmom

"I watched my husband murdered live on TV. . . . At any point in time the casualties could have been lessened, and it seems to me there wasn't even an attempt made."

--Monica Gabrielle

"Three thousand people were murdered on George Bush's watch."

-- Kristin Breitweiser

No one by now needs briefings on the identities of the commentators quoted above. The core group of widows led by the foursome known as "The Jersey Girls," credited with bringing the 9/11 Commission into being, are by now world famous. Their already established status in the media, as a small but heroically determined band of sisters speaking truth to power, reached ever greater heights last week, when National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice made her appearance at a commission session--an event that would not have taken place, it was understood, without the pressure from the widows. Television interviewers everywhere scrambled to land these guests--a far cry from the time, last June, when group leader Kristin Breitweiser spoke of her disappointment in the press, complaining to one journalist, "I've been scheduled to go on 'Meet the Press' and 'Hardball' so many times, and I'm always canceled."

No one is canceling her these days. The night of Ms. Rice's appearance, the Jersey Girls appeared on "Hardball," to charge that the national security adviser had failed to do her job, that the government failed to provide a timely military response, that the president had spent time reading to schoolchildren after learning of the attack, that intelligence agencies had failed to connect the dots. Others who had lost family to the terrorists' assault commanded little to no interest from TV interviewers. Debra Burlingame--lifelong Democrat, sister of Charles F. "Chic" Burlingame III, captain of American Airlines flight 77, which crashed into the Pentagon on Sept. 11, did

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: New Jersey
KEYWORDS: 911widows; jerseygirls
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To: mrsmel

Words well written my friend.

I hope I did not come across at being callous towards their loss because that was not my intent.

The loss of a loved one is hard no matter how, why or when.


21 posted on 06/12/2006 2:20:29 PM PDT by Kimmers
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To: beaversmom

Are you Jersey Girl media whore's still shouting and clapping, once the 9-11 Commission camera's and mic's have been trained on Iraq???


22 posted on 06/12/2006 2:22:19 PM PDT by aShepard (Again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
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To: beaversmom

Are you Jersey Girl media whore's still shouting and clapping, once the 9-11 Commission camera's and mic's have been trained on Iraq???


23 posted on 06/12/2006 2:22:22 PM PDT by aShepard (Again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
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To: beaversmom

But...but...these women suffered a horrible tragedy. Ann clearly went too far and is no better than the libs < /Coulter bashers, apologists, and trolls oh my >


24 posted on 06/12/2006 2:22:36 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (Conservatism is moderate, it is the center, it is the middle of the road)
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To: beaversmom

This showed be posted over and over again. Thanks.


25 posted on 06/12/2006 2:27:17 PM PDT by BlueAngel
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To: Kimmers

You didn't ,I knew what you meant.


26 posted on 06/12/2006 2:51:34 PM PDT by mrsmel (Men possess talent. Genius possesses men.)
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To: mrsmel

BTTT


27 posted on 06/12/2006 3:01:59 PM PDT by Unicorn (Too many wimps around.)
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To: beaversmom
"I watched my husband murdered live on TV. . . . At any point in time the casualties could have been lessened, and it seems to me there wasn't even an attempt made."

You GOT to be kidding me! Is this an actual quote from this dingbat? This chick is on crack, holy sheet!!!

28 posted on 06/12/2006 3:33:23 PM PDT by Screamname (I`ll give peace a chance when it doesn`t need one.)
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To: beaversmom
"Three thousand people were murdered on George Bush's watch."

-- Kristin Breitweiser

Holy smoke sh*t fire save matches is this dingbat a hypocritical effin` punk!! George Bushs watch??! He`s trying to prevent another 911, and what do you Kristin? You try to stop him!! F- YOU! Oh man, to hell with these broads!

Kristen Breitweiser, a 9/11 widow, speaking in support of Patriot Act reforms.

NYCLU Executive Director Donna Lieberman with "spy cam" to illustrate the intrusive aspects of the Patriot Act.

29 posted on 06/12/2006 3:39:02 PM PDT by Screamname (I`ll give peace a chance when it doesn`t need one.)
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To: beaversmom
How many were killed on bill clintons watch. How many people are murdered in the street (over 16,000)? Why do liberals turn their back on the country after the biggest attack since Pearl Harbor? Stupidity?
30 posted on 06/12/2006 4:21:04 PM PDT by mountainlyons (Hard core conservative)
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To: beaversmom

Oh, sure, GWB knew about 9/11 and he didn't try to stop it. And FDR knew about Pearl Harbor, and he didn't try to stop it. And LBJ was responsible for the assassination of JFK.

People will believe anything.


31 posted on 06/12/2006 4:58:36 PM PDT by speekinout
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To: Darkwolf377
Good points, but I am afraid that the President can't do these things now either, even after 911. The scary thing is people are complaining right and left about precautions used by homeland security. Can't even imagine the reaction if any of this had been done before 911.
32 posted on 06/12/2006 5:03:25 PM PDT by ladyinred (In the case of Ann Coulter, the left can't handle the truth!)
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