Should President Bush use images of 9/11 in his campaign ads?

[Guest $iLk]

The Democrats have little going to politicize it... considering that it just reaffirms terrorist as a threat to our safety - and they don't have a good track record.

[Charles Lindsey]

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Let's see if John Kerry starts politicizing the bombing in Spain after lambasting Bush over using images from 9/11.

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Somehow I doubt that. Hope not at least.

Just for a FYI this poll is in a lot of the stories from AP and reuters. You can tell from reading some of the other statistics they post. But this New York times article was the only to talk about 9/11 images.

I hope I was fair enough by posting the number of participants.

[Ben Somerset]

With the way this election is going right now, I've almost half a mind not to go vote because I'm not too terribly fond of either candidate.

I agree with Bush's actions in the war on terror in that we got the Taliban out of Afghanistan because they were harboring the terrorists in the first place. I also agree that Sadaam Hussein needed to be removed from power in Iraq, but I don't agree with the reasoning the government used at the time. There's been more than a little talk in this thread about whether or not there were WMD's in Iraq, but I'm not going to believe it until I see someone in uniform standing next to a confirmed chemical or biological weapon. Thus far, the military hasn't found anything. Doesn't mean they won't but it does mean that one of the main reasons the government had for justifying the war was inaccurate. And no, don't tell me that was because the intel we got from the Brits was wrong. What do we have the CIA for? I'm also still waiting on that wonderous tax break he spent so much time talking about. Uncle Sam is still getting about 20% of every one of my paychecks. When you only make ~23000 a year, that's a helluva lot of money. I'm also a wee bit wary of some of those "Patriotic" laws that have been put into place. The Fibbies aren't ever going to want my financial records, but it doesn't sit well with me that they can get them any time they want without a court order. What in hell ever happened to something called privacy?

As for Kerry, he has yet to show me why exactly he'd be a good choice for President. What are his foreign policy goals, how is he going to stimulate the economy, and how can I get some of that patented John Kerry "Stay Put" hair? Yes, I applaud and appreciate his service to our country, but just serving doesn't automatically qualify you to run for President.

As for whether Bush should use 9/11 images in his campaign ads, that's what history is going to remember him for. It was definitely a moment when he shined as President and of course they believe it's important for the public to be reminded of that. In a time of crisis for the country the President stood tall and spoke for us all. Is it wrong? I don't think so, as long as it doesn't show disrespect to the event or the lives lost in it. From what I've seen it doesn't.