Is it 2004? Posted by Moira Whelan

The Republican National Convention just showed a video invoking 9-11. I’d link to it here, but it’s probably one of the most horrific displays of playing politics with national security—and the murder of 1800 Americans-- I have seen to date in this election.  Is it 2004? Will the Republicans succeed in scaring Americans into sticking with them?

Interestingly, there was no mention or picture of George W. Bush in the video. It, like the rest of the convention, pretends as if the last 8 years never happened.

Also interesting, the woman who introduced the film spoke about the Murrah Building in Oklahoma City…a domestic terrorism incident that occurred on US soil under the Clinton Administration. In that incident, the first responders and FEMA did a great job because the Clinton Administration let them do their jobs. We also convicted those who killed Americans that day. Contrast that with Katrina under Bush, and the lack of convictions--or even finding--the 9-11 terrorists, and you have a very different story from the Republican leadership on terrorism: an agenda that was fully supported by John McCain.

All in all, the RNC and John McCain owe an apology to the families of the victims of 9-11, and to all Americans for invoking this horrific act in the name of political gain. I’m sure they’d much rather see you actually do something about it instead of starting wars in countries that had nothing to do with it in the first place.

UPDATE: Keith Olbermann apologizes to America...

"I'm sorry, it's necessary to say this, and I wanted to separate myself from the others on the air about this. If at this late date any television network had of its own accord, showed that much video tape and that much graphic video tape of 9/11, and I speak as somebody who lost a few friends there, it, we, would be rightly eviscerated at all quarters, perhaps by the Republican Party itself, for exploiting the memories of the dead and perhaps even for trying to invoke that pain again. If you reacted to that video tape the way I did, I apologize. It is a subject of great pain for many of us still and was probably not appropriate to be shown."

Comments

[repsac3]

I had the exact same reaction... Using the lives lost on 9/11 for partisan political gain is shameful, no matter who does it. The Republican party should be held to account for such callousness.

[K-Town Chris]

I was watching it live. I was sitting there thinking, "What kind of tribute is this? It feels more like something they are trying to use to instill fear in people." Then I remembered I was watching the GOP convention. It was to be expected. It really was a disgusting display. I've never seen a "tribute" like that before and I hope I never will again.

Peace

[HS]

I am sad to say that I saw this travesty unfold tonight. I sat with my wife and for the first time she saw me shed tears. I knew a good man who died in the World Trade Center attack on 9/11. I cried because of how these people have misused his death and the death of so many others. Shame on them all.

[Henry C. DeBey]

This is an example of the same style of Bush misinformation. The initial words of the video are: “The first attack occurred in Iran” accompanied by video from the Iran hostage crisis.

The video then immediately jumps forward 19 years to images of Al Qaeda's attack on our embassy in Nairobi. This video attempts to link Iran with Al Qaeda and to imply that all Moslems seek the destruction of the USA. I don’t believe there have ever been any links shown between Iran and Al Qaeda but for the sake of his campaign John McCain connects them.

I used to respect John McCain but this dishonesty greatly diminishes him. Perhaps this is a lead-in to his song Bomb bomb bomb Iran song:

Link to the 9/11 tribute video: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/26551523#26551523

Link to the Bomb Iran song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAzBxFaio1I

[Heath]

"Fear First."

[John McSame]

Man... just shameless... John McSame.... Why would they show that much graphic footage of 9/11? That's just nakedly manipulative.

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