Democrats: GOP politicizing failed airline bombing

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2009/12/democrats-gop-politicizing-fai.html?wprss=44

Top aides to President Obama are accusing Republicans of politicizing the failed Christmas Day airline bombing in ways they say Democrats did not during prior incidents.

Senior White house adviser David Axelrod said in an interview Wednesday that Democrats did not attack former president George W. Bush when he made no public statement for nearly a week after a similar attempted bombing by shoe bomber Richard Reid.

"It's a contrast -- I think back to when Richard Reid did his deal. You didn't see leading Democrats out there condemning the administration," Axelrod said. "We all have a desire to see the strongest possible security. There are those who want to solve the problem and there are those who want to exploit it."

Democratic National Committee spokesman Brad Woodhouse said: "This episode highlights that on this issue Republicans are simply hypocrites, and it proves what we have said for a long time - there is nothing - no bounds whatsoever - to what they will politicize for their own political gain. What's more telling is that they have no shame in doing it - inconsistency, political opportunism and hypocrisy seem to define the Republican Party and their approach to politics and policy."

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In response, (to Cheney) Axelrod lashed back, repeating his accusation that the Bush administration -- and Cheney -- failed to keep their focus on the fight against terrorism in Afghanistan.

when will the Dems start calling Bush a traitor?