With 9/11 as G.O.P. Backdrop, Families Express Raw Emotions

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http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/29/politics/campaign/29poll.html?th=&pagewanted=print&position=

August 29, 2004

With 9/11 as G.O.P. Backdrop, Families Express Raw Emotions

By JAMES BARRON and MARJORIE CONNELLY

hen the Republicans chose New York City for their national convention, it was clear that the Sept. 11 attacks would provide an emotional backdrop.

Tomorrow, on the first night of the convention, three victims' relatives will address the delegates. So will former Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani, who is expected to single out family members from the stage.

With the third anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks coming little more than a week after the convention, a survey by The New York Times shows that those with the most personal connection to 9/11 - those who lost a loved one - differ from the public at large on some political and national issues: They are more skeptical about national safety and less impressed with the administration's efforts before and after the attacks.

Their views on the way the 9/11 investigation was handled are also complex. About half of the 339 people questioned faulted the Bush administration for not providing "adequate cooperation," but almost four in five said the administration was taking the commission's findings "somewhat seriously" or "very seriously." A majority said the federal government was still not doing enough to prevent terrorism, and almost as many expressed concern about another attack on New York. About half also said the city was not prepared to deal with one.
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1. I guess that ends any debate

about exploiting 9/11.