Stopping by New York: why Bush won't linger

[RamboLiberal]

http://www.iht.com/articles/535190.html

More than a year ago, when Karl Rove and President George W. Bush began planning the Republican National Convention, they picked New York City in early September so that the event would flow into the third anniversary of the World Trade Center attacks.

Some Republicans said then that Bush might even visit ground zero, despite the risk of appearing to make political use of the tragedy. Most others said the convention's timing would remind voters of what the campaign considers Bush's finest hour - the moment he grabbed the bullhorn in the rubble at the tip of Manhattan and shouted that the people who had knocked down the buildings would hear from him soon.

But now it turns out that Bush may not spend a single night in the city that helped transform his presidency. At this point, the unofficial plan is for him to arrive in New York sometime on Sept. 2, the final day of the four-day convention, deliver his acceptance speech that night, then leave immediately for a midnight rally in Pennsylvania.

Campaign officials say the schedule could still change, and that Bush may have a brief New York sleepover in the end.

[hatrack]

1. The bullhorn photo-op was his finest hour?

Shit, they're even more deluded than I thought.

[July]

3. That was my first response!

What was fine about it?

[DinahMoeHum]

2. Methinks the 9/11 families and New Yorkers have tar and feathers

waiting for B*sh and Cheney if they show a hair of their assholes anywhere near Ground Zero.


:evilgrin:

[gratuitous]

4. When opposition reared its head, George bravely turned his tail and fled

Brave, brave, brave, brave Sir Georgie!