So, because a guy’s son died in 9-11, he must be right?
Can’t you do better than this?
Look, I didn’t call the firefighters in general “mean-spirited” or anything else. And even if some 9-11 heroes are part of this union attack on Rudy, it’s still possible that they’re mean-spirited. Even heroes can be. And even if Rudy isn’t a hero, it doesn’t mean that their criticisms of him are justified, let alone appropriately expressed.
Battalion Chief Jim Riches was there saving lives on 9-11. As a battalion chief he knows waht went wrong. It isn’t something he read about in a book or in the paper.
His son and many of his fellow firefighters are dead because of Rudy’s management and judgement failures. It’s not mean-spirited to point to those failures in a man who is trying to be president. The public should know about Rudy’s judgement and management ability.
Just because a union that backed Rudy twice, and backed Bush twice, is helping get the message out doesn’t mean the message is wrong, or that they are all liberals.