9/11 widows group to endorse Kerry--DU the rating!

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http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040914/ap_on_el_pr/sept_11_widows_kerry

WASHINGTON - A group of activist Sept. 11 widows said Tuesday they will campaign for Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry (news - web sites), charging the Bush administration stonewalled their efforts to uncover intelligence failures leading up to the attacks and took the nation into a misguided war in Iraq (news - web sites).


Five widows and a sixth woman who was badly injured in the attack on the Pentagon (news - web sites) endorsed Kerry.

"I have not flown on a plane since 9/11. I have now committed myself to get on a plane and fly wherever I have to fly," said Kristen Breitweiser, of Middletown, N.J.

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Most of the reasons cited by the six women were rooted in their bitter disappointment and anger over President Bush (news - web sites)'s actions since the attacks of 2001, which killed nearly 3,000 people.

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1. Blurb from CNN Inside Politics interview with Ms. Breitweiser

http://www.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0409/14/ip.01.html

WOODRUFF: Some people are going to ask, were you in any way used by this campaign? Are they in any way taking advantage of your obvious and understandable emotions in order to get you to...

BREITWEISER: And I can tell you from my heart, I reached out to the Kerry campaign. I reached out after the Republican convention that was in New York, and I felt that listening to people talk about 9/11 as incessantly as it was done during the campaign -- or the convention in New York, if you're going to use 9/11, use it to make this nation safer than it was on 9/11. And that's not being done. If you're going to use 9/11, if you're going to be impassioned about the lives lost on 9/11, then do so by making us safer. Don't use 9/11 to go to war in a country that had nothing to do with 9/11 -- not on my husband's name. The war in Iraq has increased recruitment of al Qaeda. It has increased animosity and hatred toward Americans.

I want to know that I'm safer. I lost my husband. I want to know that my daughter and I are safer. And President Bush hasn't one that. As much as we have begged and pleaded and screamed to try to get these problems fixed, to try and become safer living in this country, it just hasn't happened.

Kristen Breitweiser, who lost her husband on 9/11, we thank you very much for coming to talk with us today.

BREITWEISER: Thank you for having me.

WOODRUFF: We appreciate it.

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2. what country were the twin tower guys from ? What country financed

them? So how can the others mentioned in this article possibly think Bush is better. He has not yet gone after the country that attacked us

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3. Done.

Rating now at 3.30 with 781 votes.

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