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Old 03-05-2004, 05:42 AM   #13 (permalink)
Sparhawk
Dubya
 
Location: VA
All politics is personal, and the firefighters are pissed:

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Resolution Calling Upon the BUSH Campaign to Pull Political Advertisements Utilizing Images of Ground Zero and Fallen Fire Fighters

Whereas, President Bush is airing advertisements in which the images of Ground Zero and Fallen Fire Fighters are utilized to promote his image as being strong on Homeland Security by trading on the heroism of those 343 FDNY members who fell during the terrorist attacks of 9/11, and

Whereas, President Bush is calling on the biggest disaster in our country’s history, and, indeed, in the history of the fire service to win sympathy for his campaign from patriotic Americans, and

Whereas, the President’s record on Fire Fighter and First Responder issues is one of failure and neglect---including: opposing the creation of a Department of Homeland Security, cutting $700 million in first responder funding from his FY 05 Budget, reducing appropriations to FIRE Act grants by $250 million, and refusing to fund the Bi-Partisan SAFER Act that would put 75,000 desperately needed new Fire Fighters on the streets of our Hometowns, therefore

Be it resolved that the IAFF Executive Board calls upon the Bush campaign to discontinue the current advertisements using the image of fallen fire fighters and Ground Zero, or any similar ads during the course of the campaign, and

Be it further resolved that President Bush apologize to the families of fire fighters killed on 9/11 for demeaning the memory of their loved ones in an attempt to curry support for his re-election.
I suppose I can't blame 'em, I'd be pissed if they come out with a campaign ad of Bush preening on the flight deck of the Enterprise.
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