9/11 images in Bush ads hit

Boston.com ^ | 3/5/04 | Wayne Washington

[Tumbleweed_Connection]

Firefighters and some relatives of those killed during the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks yesterday said they were furious about Bush-Cheney campaign ads featuring fleeting images of a destroyed World Trade Center and of firefighters carrying a flag-draped coffin.

Criticism of the ads, which were aired for the first time yesterday, threatened to blunt the $4.5 million opening salvo of the Bush-Cheney campaign's battle to restore the image of the president, which has been battered during the Democratic nominating process.

[onedoug]

Liberal outrage connotes the ad's effectiveness.

Let 'em stew.

[UB355]

http://www.iaff.org/politics/us/content/images/govaffs%20files/issues%20book%202003.pdf

Firefighters union uses 911 image on their issues paper

[WL-law]

Article equates "firefighters" with "Firefighter's Union". False. Firefighters are made up of democrats and republicans, like any other workforce.

And, like most unions, the Firefighter's Union is run by political operatives who are a fully-owned subsidiary of the Democrat party.

[KellyAdmirer]

Perhaps the Bush campaign is taking the same road as Mel Gibson. Stirring controversy gets free media attention and multiplies the reach of the ads themselves. Expressions of "outrage" often backfire on the "offended" person and their cause. People aren't stupid and know when a comlaint is valid and when it isn't. These complaints clearly aren't valid, at least for most people and non-partisans.

[Paleo Conservative]

Firefighters union uses 911 image on their issues paper

At first I read that too fast. I thought you said tissue paper.

[arkfreepdom]

These ads were perfect and I think missed conservatives missed the intended effect. It certainly changed the subject didn't it? Now the libs have to trot out these dim hacks to criticize a tastefully done ad.

[jaime1959]

What the article didn't say, courtesy of the Baltimore Sun (of all places!).

Democratic officials called attention yesterday to statements from New York firefighters and families of Sept. 11 victims who said they found the commercials offensive. The International Association of Fire Fighters, a powerful union closely allied with Kerry, called for the ads to be removed, labeling them "disgraceful."

In a letter to the Bush campaign, the union president, Harold A. Schaitberger, accused Bush of "trading on the heroism of those 343 brothers of mine who were FDNY members who fell in the terrorist attacks, not to mention the [other nearly] 3,000 people who lost their lives at the World Trade Center." Schaitberger also complained that some of the ads included close-up images of actors in firefighter uniforms.

[jolie560]

It's amazing how many Media articles and Media reports concentrate on anti-Bush comments. It's the same as comments from Iraq--some people in media-land must be seeking out this stuff, and, upon finding it, they publish it.

[Conspiracy Guy]

I will post this everytime. Why doesn't the media interview me? I could tell how offended I am by John Kerry's traitorous activities since coming home from Nam. I could discuss the fact that I have no idea where Kerry stands on any given issue at any given time since he appears to have no stand.

Though I feel for the families who lost someone on 9/11, the attacks are not their private property. The attacks were aimed at every American. I am sick of people acting like because they lost someone, this is private. Their loss is private but the attacks were not. I will never forget that it was an attack on me, my family, my friends, my nation. I take it personal as should every American.

If George W. Bush wants to use 9/11 in his campaign, that is his right. He was attacked too. His response to the attacks shows the character and courage his predecessor did not have when we were attacked so many times during those 8 dark years.

God Bless America and George W. Bush.

Conspiracy Guy 3/5/4

[1Old Pro]

Firefighters and some relatives of those killed during the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks yesterday said they were furious about Bush-Cheney campaign ads

Out of the 20,000 or so directly effected by this tragedy, a few upset amounts to about 0.000001%, yet the media runs with it as if it were a majority. How predicable.

[Howlin]

David Potorti is the Co-Director of September 11th Families for Peaceful Tomorrows (www.peacefultomorrows.org).

[theDentist]

They're mad becuase the only photos of Kerry that day probably show him waiting it out an a bunker, or running for his Limo.

So, let's see if we can find photos of Kerry during the attack. Where was he? What was he doing?

[b-cubed]

Everyone should have to sit down and read this at least once a month.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/fr/520255/posts?page=1,50

[Howlin]

Reports this morning on Fox News say that the UNIONS have been recieving campaign brochures for Kerry's organization with -- you guessed it -- 9-11 photos on them!

[mortal19440]

This Schaitberger clown reminds me of the drowning special forces guy that just happened to show up in IOWA. What a joke. How about getting off Kerry's campaign platform before you start hurling charges. Remember, WE were all attacked, not just relatives of the victims.

[epluribus_2]

One cannot distinguish between the Kerry campaign and the Media. Remember this through November and tell friends.

[Stallone]

More lies from the Unholy Left.

President Bush, DO NOT FALL FOR THIS SCAM.

America supports you wildly on this issue, and the 'Rats are running scared.

RUN THE ADS T*W*I*C*E AS OFTEN, AND PROMOTE SUPPORT FOR THE ADS IMMEDIATELY.

Time for full court press, not retreat.

[mortal19440]

You are 100% CORRECT.

[mortal19440]

You are 100% CORRECT.