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Originally Posted by Ustwo
As for 'loving' 9/11 you may wish to use a different choise of words. I'm damn glad that Bush was president and not Gore at 9/11, we didn't need harsh words and vassilation, but don't lump me or most conservatives with the 'agenda above country' mentality which has infected so much of the left as of late.
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Always gotta get your counterpunch in, hunh, Ustwo? You should train a monkey to type "No, YOU!" so you can go outside and get some fresh air.
I chose my words quite deliberately. And I did chose them in part to provoke. Nothing has provided the right with more traction than 9/11. I don't believe they orchestrated it or had anything to do with it, but they have leveraged it HARD for political ends. If it hadn't been for 9/11, there's little question Bush would have been a one-termer. Bush wasn't headed anywhere good--perhaps it was inevitable that his approval would end up where it is--until 9/11 turned everything around for him. Hell,
I liked him right after the attacks.
So: do I think that for large segments of the right, the political usefulness of the attack has eclipsed the tragedy of it? I absolutely do.
I'm not talking about you, Ustwo, or any other conservative here at TFP. I actually think that non-politicians of any political leaning largely have their heads on straight about this. I'm talking about the actual people in power, the ones whose jobs are on the line in November, and their political advisors and handlers.