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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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.
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???
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???
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 >
This showed be posted over and over again. Thanks.
You didn't ,I knew what you meant.
BTTT
You GOT to be kidding me! Is this an actual quote from this dingbat? This chick is on crack, holy sheet!!!
-- 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.
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.
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