Why weren't bush and cheney at the...

[ChisolmTrailDem]

National 9/11 Memorial Museum's emotional opening and dedication ceremony this morning?

The Obamas were there. The Clintons were there. Ghouliani was there.

Where was shrubco?? Why were they not there???

[irisblue]

1. I want to know that as well

Bush and Cheneys' shame endures for all time.

[jwirr]

2. For the same reason that they never attended any of the funerals of soldiers killed in their wars.

They are guilty.

[ChisolmTrailDem]

4. I wonder if the families have asked that they not be a part of any ceremony that

remembers their fallen loved-ones.

Does ANYONE have any insight or idea about why not a single shrubco representative was there?

[Cha]

76. Good point.. they don't want to be associated with their epic Fail. Think no one will notice. nt

[Hekate]

3. They know that by this time too many survivors are fully aware of their culpability...

... in the deaths of their loved ones. They wouldn't be welcome.

[northoftheborder]

5. Good question

[ChisolmTrailDem]

6. Kicking for responses... nt

[octoberlib]

7. Probably because they were afraid of massive protests. And there would have been.

[ChisolmTrailDem]

10. Protesting what? Didn't a huge cheer go up when shrub hefted the bullhorn? What

has happened to the "united we stand" rhetoric? We aren't "united". But didn't everyone cheer bush up on the pile of wreckage?

[deutsey]

21. Most of us were still reeling from the attacks

I am one of the most dedicated critics of Bush (protested both inaugurations, attended countless anti-war rallies, wrote numerous criticisms of Bush, volunteered during elections (actually co-led the local Dean group in '04), etc.), yet even I wanted to give the asshole a chance to lead us out of the devastation of 9/11.

He blew it, of course. Not that he really tried. He had another agenda to follow.

PS: I think a lot of people now recognize that pile of rubble speech for what it was: a Rovian photo op.

[Louisiana1976]

26. Well said.

[Kber]

60. Yeah, we got played

You and me both. I so wanted a leader I was willing to listen with an open mind and open heart.

May they all rot.

[Blue Owl]

8. Because they knew

n/t

[Terra Alta]

9. Because of LIHOP. Nt

[ChisolmTrailDem]

12. Are we allowed to say that now? Back when I was a lurker, it was not allowed

to even whisper that here.

[Brother Buzz]

25. Perhaps you're thinking of chicken threads

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=3499154

[Ernesto]

31. this is true!!!! n-t

[wildbilln864]

69. MIHOP for Cheney's part! n/t

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[napkinz]

11. because of this ...

[ChisolmTrailDem]

14. Then why hasn't anyone been held accountable for the failures that day or for

the treachery of allowing it to happen (LIHOP)?

[napkinz]

16. well, 9/11 was no BENGHAZI!!!!! ... the latter was a REAL tragedy, ahem

'

[napkinz]

51. ...

[Cha]

77. Thank you for the compelling illustrative graphics on the epic bush-cheney failures before, during,

and after 911, napkinz.

[napkinz]

84. ...

[Cha]

87. Anti-American by their actions. I read something today that said the con media was

blistering bush over this.

Every American should wonder why.. thanks napkinz!

[sheshe2]

73. Failed Intelligence Indeed.

Thanks napkinz!

[napkinz]

86. ...

https://www.facebook.com/TheMarmelPage

[Jamaal510]

13. Because Bush ll was probably too busy painting pictures of his feet.

IDK about Cheney.

[ChisolmTrailDem]

15. "THIS painting is going to be my masterpiece and my legacy, momma!" - shrub

[napkinz]

22. ...

[Leme]

17. This is a private Museum, they just call it "National"

Many entities use "National" in their names. Some are better than others.
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This is a private museum. The above ground may be free, but the Museum is $24.00 I think. They can invite anyone they choose, or not.

[ChisolmTrailDem]

19. So, if they were not invited, why? nt

[Leme]

85. why not?

It's a private organization that made and runs this Museum. Who owns and runs it? I only can guess why people go to an opening of any private museum. Especially this one.
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I don't know if I would ever go to it. If it were a public or National site...perhaps.

[lpbk2713]

18. Darth was at home, counting his money.

And his keepers tried, but they just couldn't get Dumbya dried out.

[ChisolmTrailDem]

20. His wife was hawking her book on Mrs Greenspan's show on MSNBC yesterday in...New York. nt

[treestar]

23. No political gain

to them or the Republicans.

[ChisolmTrailDem]

24. Please elaborate. nt

[treestar]

70. They are pretty much retired

And attention on them at a 911 based event may well be something the Republicans of today wish to avoid. If Republicans would have thought an appearance of Bush anywhere would help today's candidates, they would have him there. That's why he's painting instead.

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

27. They flew him to Omaha instead.

[KansDem]

30. LOL!!!

[center][font size="4"]W's 9/11 Tour[font size="2"]

Gettin' Out of Harm's Way![/center]

I'd like a T-shirt of this!

[ChisolmTrailDem]

34. Haha, is that yours, KansDem? Funny and tragic all at the same time. nt

[KansDem]

61. I believe so!

Got the idea from those rock-band concert-tour t-shirts:

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

38. LOL back at you.

Yes, that would make a good t-shirt.

I'd forgotten he went to Barksdale first.

All the CEOs were at Offutt.

[KansDem]

63. Probably should add this to the t-shirt

9/11 – Sarasota, FL
9/11 – Barksdale, LA
9/11 – Offutt, NE
9/11 – Washington, DC

Like those rock-band concert-tour t-shirts!

[Stellar]

28. The gang of liars were busy

trying to feed B.S. to FOX. You know..how to stick the Dems for not mentioning Benghazi in to it. Or, maybe no one...family/friends wanted them there.

[ChisolmTrailDem]

29. Why wouldn't they want them there? Of course, we know (or suspect) why they don't, but

has there been any commentary at all as to why? I've even been waiting for the observation that they were absent to be mentioned in some of the coverage and follow-up reporting but so far not a whisper about them.

[Stellar]

35. I haven't heard anything on why they weren't there.

It's just me taking a wild guess. If I had peeps that were injured or killed under their watch...I don't think I'd want them there.

[ChisolmTrailDem]

37. But the confederates don't even admit that it took place under shrubco's watch. Even as

late as the past few days the rightwingcult seems to have forgotten all about it. Curious...

So, how do they explain how bushco wasn't negligent in 9/11 or that it didn't even happen on their watch while at the same time they are not welcome at any 9/11 event?

[malaise]

67. ReTHUGs have decided that the only 9/11 that ever happened was

Benghazi. It is no accident that ReTHUGs and Fox hacks repeat ad nauseum that there were no terrorist attaks on home soil during Bushco's tenure.

That is deliberate misinformation being used for revisionist purposes.

[geardaddy]

32. Because they don't want to return

to the scene of their crime.

[ChisolmTrailDem]

39. So is there something to the "Truther" "nonsense", afterall? Are we ready to admit that in GD? nt

[CrispyQ]

33. Also, will the media notice or ask? --nt

[OldEurope]

36. Because ...

...the Republicans want to make everyone believe that there was never any bad things happening in America during a Bush administration. All those atrocities were while Clinton or Obama were busily trying to build up communism.

Or Benghazi.

[ChisolmTrailDem]

43. Welcome to DU, OldEurope, and thank you for your reply! nt

[OldEurope]

48. Thank you for the welcome.

I've been here since 9/11 but I do not often contribute.

[ChisolmTrailDem]

49. OH! My bad, lol! You've been here since before I lurked the first time back in '05. Wow!

Glad my post was able to draw you out of lurk-mode for a moment =).

Note to self: Just because someone's post count is low doesn't mean they haven't been here all along.

[tritsofme]

40. NYT says he was invited, but declined due to "scheduling conflict"

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/05/16/nyregion/obama-dedicates-9-11-memorial-museum.html?_r=0&referrer=

[RoccoR5955]

44. in other words...

They wouldn't show up dead in NYC, because so many who live and work there know that 9/11 was LIHOP!

[ChisolmTrailDem]

45. If we parse the words there, it does not say he was invited, only that he declined a

tour before the ceremony. So we would be assuming he was invited to the ceremony itself. Perhaps he was. I'd like to know for sure and that article doesn't clear it up.

Let's change tack, then. Is there any record of how the 9/11 families feel about shrubco as a collective group?

[JEFF9K]

41. Bush received a memo about the opening, but ignored it!

[RoccoR5955]

42. Simple...

Bush was AWOL, and Cheney got another deferment. As usual!

[ChisolmTrailDem]

47. DUzy! (whatever happened with that flipout thread the other day?) and thread win! LOL! nt

[RoccoR5955]

50. I really don't know

what you are talking about.
What flipout thread? Did I win something?
I dunno.

[ChisolmTrailDem]

52. The guy who does the DUzy threads got pissed off. I'll see if I can find it. nt

[RoccoR5955]

65. well, you know what they say...

It's better to get pissed off than pissed on!

[tblue37]

79. Or just pissed. nt

[Fred Gilmore]

46. Because:

9/11 was a contrived gamble by Buschco, designed to detract from the impending financial disaster that he had created in just his first few months in office. His economic policies were a disaster from the very start, and those with any knowledge of that fact, were desperate to find a way to keep Bushco in office past the 2004 election cycle.

The big problem that resulted from this, was of course, their underestimation of the lengths to which those whom they enabled would go. A couple of hijacked airplanes didn't bother them, but they never imagined that using those hijacked airplanes as weapons of mass destruction would happen.

They (Bushco) have spent nearly 13 years now trying to lie their way out of any responsibility for 9/11, even going so far as to try and have those attacks ignored as acts of terrorists.

[wildbilln864]

88. 9/10

2001. Rumsfeld announce the pentagon can't account for how much again?
"2.3 trillion?
9/11 made everyone forget all about that and also destroyed any evidence against the thieves who took it IMHOOC!

[Historic NY]

53. I would remind people who was responsible for the

largest attack & loss of like on the continental US since the war of 1812.

Reading is fundamental and they flunked when they blew of the Aug 6, 2001 PDB... They thought is was just more smoke from the Clinton administration thanks to Connie Rice.

[Martin Eden]

54. Perpetrators of LIHOP/MIHOP are prohibited. n/t

[hatrack]

55. Bush was tied up at the world premiere of Wes Anderson's "The Pet Goat"

Cheney was in his bunker, eating the liver of a still-screaming eight-year-old boy.

Priorities, people, priorities.

[Oldtimeralso]

58. A World Premiere

Does that mean that shrub will not have to relearn the words from "My Pet Goat"?

[Paladin]

56. Is that warning memo that Condi Rice ignored part of the exhibit?

It damn sure ought to be......

[onecaliberal]

57. Great Point

I think we all know the answer. Their absence speaks volumes. My guess is the families did not want either of those war criminals anywhere near that place.

[Politicalboi]

59. They already made their money on it

And they had their illegal war over something "they" did. 9/11, the joke that keeps going.

[NuclearDem]

62. Because they're rotting in The Hague along with Wolfowitz, Rumsfeld and Yoo.

Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm off to tune up the fusion reactor. Get it out of the way so I can make it to Lennon's show tonight. Cobain's opening for him!

[hughee99]

64. If only they had gone, people could be pissed they were there instead of pissed they weren't. n/t

[Rex]

66. He was sitting in a classroom, pretending to read a childrens book.

[wildbilln864]

68. I have to go with poster number 2...

they weren't there because they're guilty as hell.

[spanone]

71. they would have been pelted with rotten fruit

fuck them

[CTyankee]

72. because 9/11 didn't happen on their watch, don't you remember?

I just saw a posting about how the 9/11 attacks were AFTER GWB 's presidency, which they said was 2002 to 2008. Hello, Orwell!

[madokie]

74. Made it happen on purpose

Let it happen on purpose, whichever.

[eppur_se_muova]

75. 9/11 couldn't have happened without their efforts, or lack thereof ...

they really should have gotten all the credit.

[mylye2222]

78. Because those asses coudnt bear a Barack "HUSSEIN MUSLIN " Obama honor 911 vicitims!!!!!

BUNCH OF STINKY SHITS

[Gothmog]

80. Bush and Cheney are cowards

These cowards know that they use Sept 11 for political purposes

[Enthusiast]

81. Because they intentionally ignored clear warnings of an impending terrorist attack.

They are ashamed. Well maybe not ashamed. Maybe they fear the people will put two and two together.

[Auntie Bush]

82. They were meeting in an outhouse where they were digging up their money.

[napkinz]

83. posted by sinkingfeeling

Wanna know why G.W. Bush didn't attend the opening of the 9/11 museum?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024961609