There’s been quite a brouhaha today on how the Bush campaign has “politicized” 9/11 in its new ad campaign.
I don’t think that showing an image or two of the momentous event is, in and of itself, “heinous.” [Though it is notable that Bush will show 9/11 body bags in his commericals, yet refuses to allow the media to show body bags coming back from Iraq.] The attacks have shaped the presidency for the past 2 1/2 years and commercials can reflect that.
The real outrage, which the media should be hammering, is Bush’s continued stonewalling of the 9/11 commission. Here we have a candidate trying to portray himself as a “steady” leader who is attempting to weasel out of any accountability whatsoever for his actions. That’s what people should really be talking about.