Posted on 05/16/2002 6:21:44 AM PDT by Retired Chemist
It may be a sign of desperation that leading Democrats and left-leaning pundits would lambaste the president for using a particular photograph to promote a Republican Party fundraiser.
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Democrats, most particularly former vice president and potential 2004 presidential candidate Al Gore, took the opportunity to make a personal attack, wildly proclaiming that Bush sunk to a new political low by using the September tragedy in a fundraising effort.
``While most pictures are worth a thousand words, a photo that seeks to capitalize on one of the most tragic moments in our nation's history is worth only one - disgraceful,'' Gore said. ``I cannot imagine that the families of those who lost their lives on Sept. 11 condone this - and neither should the president of the United States
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The use of emblematic moments as a fundraising gesture may indeed be, as one writer put it, ``cheesy,'' but it seems to us it would be odd if the most fateful day of Bush's presidency were not included as part of fundraising efforts.
Inasmuch as the Democrats have not been able to significantly undermine Bush's high approval ratings, they are taking shots where they can.
But for Gore, who would do almost anything, ethical or otherwise, to cash in for his party and his ambition, to label the president's actions disgraceful is truly disgraceful. And not a little pathetic.
The GOP giving the photo set as a "thank you" to party contributors is no different than your local PBS giving you a mug as a "thank you" for a pledge. The dots just don't connect.
The Democrats all believe in their hearts that they speak for the little guy - yet the bulk of their support comes from a handful of multi-millionaires.
For them to see the Republicans take in $45 million in 900,000 individual $50 contributions causes them no end of cognitive dissonance.
I already have the photo in a 9/11 mag I bought from the bookstore months ago.
I'm sending that one to Daschle.
I suggest you all do the same.
What's really pissing them off is that the RNC has raised $45 million.
They will take this up as a call to arms and go forward into battle. When it is all said and done, the demoMORONs will attempt to say, "IT WAS PRESIDENT BUSH THAT PLOTTED THE ATTACKS THE WHOLE TIME!" or some other claptrap.
All of this ranting will only point out to voters how inept these all-ranting-all-the-time, emotion-filled morons really are. G_d willing, the people will recognize that the warnings that the President received were relatively begign in nature at that time.
We can 20/20 anything. Hell, I know alot of people, after 1997 and the "Monica-gate", that truly realized (in hindsight) how scumy the RAPIST, Bill Clinton, really was.
It is truly an exercise in futility:
If someone were to tell you, on September 10, "Hey you know flying in a plane is risky business. Don't you know one of those things could get hijacked? Doesn't that bother/concern you?" Well, you were given a warning. And, if on September 11, you were to have board one of those fateful flights, would it be your fault? After all, you did received a warning, didn't you?
Which gets to the central problem that we all face: we are all looking to blame someone. Unfortunately, we are not laying blame at the one place that it should be laid: THE TERRORISTS!
I'm gonna "defend" Bill Clinton here for a second. Yes, he could have done more (like taken the Sudanese deal and capturing Osama bin Laden), but the planes could have very well flown into the WTC and the Pentagon on Sept 11, 2000. I know their would be catterwalling that he knew (a lot of which would eminate right here at FR). And, while that assertion is more plausible than W knowing, it still doesn't hold water.
SH*T HAPPENS! as the saying goes. It is how you handle yourself after that makes the difference.
What gets me is the Democrats characterizing any fund-raising effort as "low". But, then again, they ought to know.
I bet demand for the photos has gone through the roof....
Keep up the good publicity work dems.
PS it also makes them look mean, trivial and out of touch...(we knew that)
Gotchya. I am becoming a really great Democrat. The cognitive dissonence is tough, but when I hit this joint really hard, it's easier to deal with.
I will never vote for a democrat for any office ever, including school board, dog catcher, and waster-water treatment manager.
WE NEED TO GET CONTROL OF THE SENATE!!! AND KEEP THE HOUSE!!! THAT'S THE BALL GAME HERE AND WE NEED TO PLAY IT FOR KEEPS!
I'm with ya on that. Prior to November 2000 I was a Republican, but I didn't pay any closer attention to politics than catching the sound bites on the evening news, when I watched. I would vote for whoever I thought was best, regardess of party.
I was outraged at both the fact that Al Gore was blatently rigging the election in broad daylight right in front of the world and the fact that the American people weren't screaming bloody murder about it.
From that point on I have been a political junkie and I have seen and heard so much crap from the democrat party that I am now, thanks to the democrats, a broken-glass republican. In fact, I would crawl over broken glass to vote against a democrat. Voting Republican is secondary to voting against a democrat as far as I'm concerned.
Bottom line: first things first. We cannot give them the options. We have to take the options away from Democrats first, then we can try and allow the luxury of chosing the right winger we want.
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