WHY IS 9/11 OFF THE TABLE??

It happened on THEIR watch. THEY were totally unprepared.

How can THEY be the "national security administration?"

Why isn't this a huge election issue??

And why aren't Kerry and Edwards using this??

in reference to the Iraq war.

The only reason I can think they are not using is they believe it is too sacred to politicize. This shows their true compassion.

But does that mean no one should be held accountable for what happened that day because it's a touchy subject? If they failed to protect us, hold them accountable.

Their argument on this boils down to: we let them Arabs sucker-punch us, so who else can you trust to see it don't happen again?

In my view, the guy who dropped the ball goes straight to the sidelines, since clearly he is not up to the work....

"LET'S GO GET THOSE BUSH BASTARDS!"

My guess is that the Kerry campaign knows they can take Bush down on so many things that to bring 9/11 to the fore is unnecessary. It's also risky. If they say it happened on Bush's watch, then * blames Clinton since it was only 8 months into their administration.

I don't think the public has an appetite for this right now. I think they're wise to steer mostly clear of 9/11. Not that it's sacred, but it contains too much emotional baggage that just isn't likely to help us.

Let's get Kerry elected and then on with the REAL investigation.

that if they use it, win, and then on February 1, 2005 al-Qaida hits LAX with a suitcase nuke, they've just handed the other side a gigantic issue. No politician running for Pres. is so naive as to say/imply that the Pres. should have been able to stop a 9/11. There but for the grace of god....

:shrug:

...to throw this right back in Junior's face when neccessary. Both Junior and Dick made 9-11 references within the first 30 seconds of the debate. No doubt the Idiot Son will do the same thing on Friday, and in the third debate, assuming that ever happens. Kerry should turn it right around on him, possibly mentioning that month long vacation Junior took right about the time a now infamous memo hit his desk.

9/11 was a work in progress for a number of years, so in a sense it happened on Clinton's watch also. Not defending Bush here, I'm just saying it's not as simple as saying it 'happened' while Bush was in office so he gets the blame. The real issue re Bush and 9/11 of course is LIHOP and MIHOP--that's what's really off the table.

But the Repukes are saying Kerry is unfit for command. "Don't elect them - you'll be attacked." is the theme. Why can't we reply with the obvious "9/11 happened on your watch!"

would be a deadly mistake.

Why does this story remain "down the memory hole"? The link actually still works, if you have a username and password to supply to the L.A. Times:

From http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-bremer3may03,1,3598879.story

'May 3, 2004

From Associated Press

BAGHDAD. L. Paul Bremer III, the U.S. administrator in Iraq, said Sunday that he regretted a statement he made more than six months before the Sept. 11 attacks that the Bush administration was "paying no attention" to terrorism. Bremer said any implied criticism that President Bush was not acting against terrorism was "unfair." Ahead of the November election, Bush is facing criticism he didn't make terrorism his No. 1 priority before the attacks on the Pentagon and World Trade Center, and then weakened the war on terrorism by invading Iraq and shifting the focus from Osama bin Laden's Al Qaeda network. The resurfacing of Bremer's comments added to the administration's frustrations.

AT A MCCORMICK TRIBUNE FOUNDATION CONFERENCE ON TERRORISM ON FEB. 26, 2001, BREMER SAID, "THE NEW ADMINISTRATION SEEMS TO BE PAYING NO ATTENTION TO THE PROBLEM OF TERRORISM. What they will do is stagger along until there's a major incident and then suddenly say, 'Oh, my God, shouldn't we be organized to deal with this?' "That's too bad. They've been given a window of opportunity with very little terrorism now, and they're not taking advantage of it." Bremer made the speech after he had chaired the National Commission on Terrorism, a bipartisan body formed by the Clinton administration to examine counterterrorism policies.'