"Which child would you pick up on 9/11"?????

[Bluebear]

WTF, Bush is expoloiting 9/11 AGAIN in his latest ad. "I can't imagine the agony of a mom or a dad deciding which child to pick up on 9/11!"

[Poiuyt]

1. I could have sworn that Bush said he wouldn't

exploit 9/11. I must have been mistaken. We know that Bush wouldn't flip-flop.

[cynatnite]

5. Sophie's Choice all over again

Oh, the agony :hurts:

Cyn:)

[LynneSin]

34. I was thinking the same exact thing

:puke:

[AmerDem]

45. Explain " Sophie's Choice"

I'm no movie buff and it would be appreciated. Thanks

[Shopaholic]

48. Sophie's Choice

A brilliant novel by William Styron and a very good movie with Kevin Kline and Meryl Streep. Streep plays a Polish woman named Sophie, who ends up in a German concentration camp and is told by a SS officer that she has to chose which one of her children she wants to live. (Of course, the Nazis kill both of them anyway). The novel and the movie are two of my all-time favs.

[AmerDem]

51. Thanks for the info

it figures Rove would pull a lowlife stunt like this.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

6. He has nothing else

The economy sucks.
The latest terror alert has been so mangled that the spooks of other countries say they won't share intelligence with us any more.
The Swift Boat Liars have created a resentful backlash and placed a spotlight on Shrub's own 'military' record.

[blue neen]

2. That ad reminded me of a ventriloquist

sitting there with her dummy.

[Bluebear]

4. Welcome to DU neen

And you're right. I wish she would take her monkey husband back to Texas, he's embarrassing himself.

[blue neen]

17. Thanks!!! She sits there with that deer-in-the headlights look,

not even opening her mouth. Meanwhile, we get to listen to him stumble through yet another lame attempt to show us what a "strong"
leader he is. Pitiful.

[blondeatlast]

8. I got this pin at the Flagstaff rally, I think you'll like it!

http://www.tigereyedesign.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=TED&Product_Code=SBT13164

I figure the link is okay since it sends you right to the order page!

Edit: Welcome to DU!

:toast:

[blue neen]

19. Oh my God! I just looked at the pin!

It's hilarious. I have to order one.

[faithnotgreed]

32. is a ventulequist the same as a venTOOLequist (without the cap letters)?

where did i veer off the road

[oasis]

39. How many had their kids in the twin towers while they were working?

Chimpyboy is quite the dunce. :dunce:

[Dirty Hippie]

3. Which child would you send to fight in this ##%#*@ war? nt

[clydefrand]

7. He should send his own daughters.

They look like they could handle those militant Iraqis. Why don't we all send him an email pleading for him to send his daughters and to Cheney for his also to go.

[Paradise]

9. pitiful! n/t

[Jade Fox]

10. Huh? Doesn't sound like it even makes sense....

Of all the thoughts people have said they had that day, that's the first
I ever heard of this particular one. Sounds like it came directly from
Bush's head and his discombobulated world view.

[Bluebear]

11. I agree, but there it is.

He's putting together words that he thinks sound solemn and ominous and can get 9/11 in there.

[hlthe2b]

12. Really... Can anyone imagine hesitating for one moment....

You'd simply go based on logistics. I'd think unless there were road closures, I start with the closest one, grab that child and move on. No guilt, no decision--just action and common sense (something Bush* clearly doesn't have as evidenced 9/11 in that classroom).

[Piperay]

14. Yeah

:wtf: this doesn't make any sense at all. :shrug:

[democratreformed]

50. To me, he is trying to equate 9-11 to the end of the world.

He is assuming that there was mass hysteria and panic and that everyone wanted to run and hide (with their families) like he and Cheney did.

[ContraBass Black]

13. Huh? What?

[flpoljunkie]

15. Yes, Olbermann said it "creeped me out!" Said * jumped in "waist deep"

to 9-11 exploitation, compared to his original "9-11" ad.

By the way, it really irks me to hear people say 9-1-1! It's 9-11--you know, the number that comes after 10!

[canuckybee]

16. This one is going to backfire also

Man, they are making so many bad moves. And while I cheer each time, it sure has me scratching my head. Can they really be that stupid? That out of touch?

[Bluebear]

18. Was this a big problem on 9/11, New Yorkers?

Were parents all over the place agonizing on which child to pick up or did I miss something, for it to be the centerpiece of Bush's big ad?

[Chelsea Patriot]

24. Carrying kids out of The Towers!!! The Utah Family !!

In the days after the Massacre, I remember hearing about a large, multi-child family from Utah who had made the effort to be the first people on The WTC Observation that morning, and must have, then,experienced the whole thing real up close...

I feel no reason to doubt this story. My friend who told me this was a Mormon from Utah, whose father knew Cheney and thought him, "A Good Guy."

As I write,I grow more and more convinced that this ad is aimed at Bush's base in Utah,and whom else may know about this family..

I am so sickened.

This Piece of Shit and his Killer Wife are two Sick Fucks.

But they're going to get theirs....

[The Magistrate]

38. Any Confirmation That Actually Happened, Mr. Patriot?

It has the ring of "urban legend" to me. My recollection either of the extensive coverage of human interest angles at the time, or of the New York Times accounts of all the dead, does not include mention of any such family.

The reference struck me as purely bizarre, without any reference whatever to reality. that is a thing, after all, that intersects that wretch's life at very few points....

"LET'S GO GET THOSE BUSH BASTARDS!"

[Hamlette]

40. I'm from Utah, I never heard that story

I vote urban legend.

[farmbo]

20. Buffy at Hathaway School for Girls or Brad at Smythe Academy?

Sorry Mr Prez...people who send their kids to public schools can pick them both up at the same time... at the same under-funded, dilapidated public school.

[Bluebear]

30. WELL SAID!

[Windy]

21. That ad is deplorable

Bush is beneath contempt by airing it..by playing to the worst fears of the american public. Fear that something will happen to their child. Let him air it. It will (should) backfire on him.

[Generator]

22. I saw a snip but had it muted but just to let y'all know they used 9/11 in

ANOTHER "soft" ad here in Oregon. I only saw it twice but he showed a snip of a flag hanging over WTC ruins in the we have faced tough times as a nation rap. This was just a couple days ago. (different than the one that caused the uproar)

I cannot tell you how this disgusts me. Even if there were no war for false reasons, no destruction of the environment and no tax cuts for the rich, THIS would be enough alone for me to vote for anybody but Bush.

It's explotation of grief for something he is guilty of at least doing nothing to prevent.

[Sydnie]

23. Besides the despicable nature of the ad itself

what grabbed me right away was the little smirky smile that danced across his face as he talked about "the agony". I was outraged that he seemed to enjoy SAYING IT!

[cynatnite]

25. Using the Flag

I do temp work from time to time and at one very conserv. office I worked at, they said that Kid Rock was unpatriotic for treating the flag as he did during the superbowl. It didn't matter that the guy is one of the most patriotic rockers out there and it didn't matter that he's a major supporter of the troops with all the time he's given to the USO.

But I guess it's okay if you want to exploit the flag in the name of patriotism. Give me a break!

Cyn:)

[Justice]

26. What Does That Mean??

"I can't imagine the agony of a mom or a dad deciding which child to pick up on 9/11!"

I don't get it - what is he saying?

[Hamlette]

42. as a mom, I am clueless as to what in the hell he's saying

or what group he's trying to reach.

MISERY? Over which child to pick up first? Yeah, I wanted to know where my kid was (I don't even live in NY or DC) but MISERY?

It's the strangest ad I've ever seen.

It does sound like something he would say off the cuff but for Rove to let him make an ad saying that? Anybody at the wheel here?

[DoYouEverWonder]

27. Anybody have a link to this thing?

I sounds like W has jumped the shark, again?

[Bluebear]

28. Click on "Solemn duty" if you can stand it

http://www.georgewbush.com/

[DoYouEverWonder]

29. Yes, I'm a sucker for punishment

that really made my skin crawl.

Thanks for the link, I think? :puke:

[Justice]

44. Thanks for The Link

Now I understand - it is not me that is having trouble figuring out what he said -- what he said makes no sense. he is an idiot.

[Catherine Vincent]

31. According to the Patriot Act, you wouldn't be able to "pick up" any child.

My sister works for Galena Park School District near Houston and a couple of my family members were sent a letter telling them that in case of any emergency, natural disaster, terrorist attack etc., they will not be able to pick up their kids from school. If and when that ever happens, all hell will break loose!

[bobbieinok]

33. did the letter say why not?+ what is the connection with the 'patriot' act

[Catherine Vincent]

36. I think it has to do with emergency responses or something.

I assumed it had to do with that patriot act thing, but I could be wrong. Like I said, all hell will break loose if there is some disaster while kids are in schools and the parents will not be able to pick up their kids. The administrators assume the kids will be safer in the basement of their schools instead of out and about waiting for their parents.

[faithnotgreed]

35. ok. now that just makes absolutelynosense. along with all the other things

that make absolutelynosense

[Bluebear]

37. Well, they're....consistent....

That's the absolute best I can say.

[cidliz2004]

41. THIS IS PERFECT

THIS SHOULD BE SHOWN BY THE DEMS WITH AN ADDITION OF BUSH THEN SITTING IN A CLASSROOM READING MY PET GOAT AFTER HE WAS TOLD THAT WE WERE UNDER ATTACK. THEY SHOULD ALSO SHOW A CLOCK TICKING AWAY AS HE SITS THERE. THEN MAYBE, THEY SHOULD SAY . ."NOW WE KNOW WHAT PRESIDENT BUSH WAS THINKING ABOUT FOR 7 MINUTES, WHEN THE UNITED STATES WAS UNDER ATTACK!"

[Dem2theMax]

43. I saw the ad on Olberman.

I was so disgusted at * for using 9-11 yet again to play on people's feelings to get votes.

And the question, 'which child would you go get first?'
How is THAT going to make anyone look at * in a good light? To me, it would make a parent feel very uncomfortable to begin with. Then on top of that, they would have to relive 9-11 to put themselves in the frame of mind the ad suggests. BAD move Rove and gang. BAD, BAD move.

And Stepford Wife just sat there while * prattled on and on, as though it was a normal every day conversation one would have.

'Oh Honey, if the plane were going to hit our house, which child do you think we should try to save first? And maybe there won't be enough time to save the rest, so which one do you want to keep over the others?' GAG. Sick, bad, stupid, utterly devoid of anything resembling true character and a HEART.

I think Rove has spent way too much time around *.
* is really starting to rub off on him.

[unfrigginreal]

46. Disgusting ad...played here this morning

They're trying to play off the same sentiments that were so disturbing in the movie Sophies Choice. The irony is that the fucking Nazis are running this ad.

Note: Apologies in advance to anyone unhappy with the comparison but that's how I saw it.

[Cocoa]

47. you should have made this a poll

Jenna or Barbara?

[Shopaholic]

49. How do we protest this ad?

Who can we write or call to complain about the explotation of 9/11?

[elehhhhna]

52. I thought the choice was between a child vs. frozen fertilized embryos.

my bad.