I thought Bush wasn't going to exploit 9/11?

[Poiuyt]

Didn't Bush say that? He would never exploit 9/11 for political purposes. Does anyone have a link to an actual quote for that statement? It would make a great moveon.org ad about flip-flopping!

[NightOwwl]

1. Here's a link:

From Fox News:
In January 2002, just a few months after nearly 3,000 people died in the attacks, Bush told House and Senate leaders in a meeting at the White House that, "I have no ambition whatsoever to use this as a political issue" that election year.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,113367,00.html

The original quote is from an Associated Press story during January 2002. It's in the archives, but you have to pay for it.

[Dimsdale]

2. He says he won't then he'll do it anyway.

Then he'll just say, "That's politics"..
The lying sack of shite. How does anybody support this asshole?

[0rganism]

3. You didn't really think that, did you? C'mon....

Really, what else can he run on?

[Connie_Corleone]

4. That's all the Bush and the repugs will do this week.

9/11 will come up everyday of this convention. Can you imagine if the Democrats had politicized 9/11 during their convention? We would STILL be hearing the repugs wailing and howling about it.