Why do they always invoke 9/11...?

[imax2268]

Anytime the republican't party is under investigation or have been caught lying...they always invoke 9/11 as some type of justification...

Man that pisses me off...!

It's so convienient for them to use that day to hide behind...

[meegbear]

1. If you question why they invoke 9/11 ...

the terrorists will have won.

[liberal N proud]

2. In case you haven't heard it today "But 9/11 changed everything"

I am so sick of that excuse that I could choke someone, any repuke will do.

[Ready4Change]

15. But it is true.

9/11 was the day Al Queda turned the United States of America into a fascist nation.

Or, if this administration keeps going unchecked, that is how history will view it.

[guidod]

27. No, it began long before 9/11

It was about 30 or 40 years ago.

[yourout]

3. It's all they have.

Everything they have touched has turned to shit and they are in deep trouble and this is the only thing they THINK can save them.

[Vanje]

4. They would be nothing without 9/11

its all they've got.

[acmavm]

7. And they don't really have that. n/t

[STALIN4TIME]

5. question?

what's 9/11?

[The_Casual_Observer]

8. September The Eleventh....Two Thousand And One

The day that 19 box cutter guys changed EVERYTHING. Didn't you hear?

[STALIN4TIME]

10. no.

it wasn't in any news paper i read.

[CJCRANE]

30. What planet do you live on?

[xultar]

6. AG's testimony - transcript.

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[MADem]

22. Testimony? More like a bucket of spit,seeing as he ain't under oath

Gee, if any of us were called to testify, do ya suppose they'd make taking that oath OPTIONAL?

Funny how the "Republic" Party seems to like to skip that part when it is one of their cronies in the hotseat....

[izzie]

9. Remember Pearl Harbor? It is jingoism

Most countries do it.

[STALIN4TIME]

14. ???

what's pearl harbor?

[FrenchieCat]

11. It's their "TRUMP CARD", that's why.....

and it has been working hard for them ever since.


And it will continue!

Politicizing an American tragedy is their only strategy! Unfortunately, it's like the Energizing Bunny....it keeps going, and going, and going....

[Kalisiin]

12. The Reason, You Ask??

Because...once you have a people scared, it gets easier and easier to KEEP them scared.

They are doing their level best, playing psych-ops...to keep us scared...so that we, the sheepul, will not question anything they do...after all, they are the ones who are gonna save us from the boogeymen...the big, scary, swarthy-skinned Arab folk who "hate us for our freedoms."

No, let me make it clear to you Repukes: THEY HATE US BECAUSE OF OUR FORIEGN POLICY OF EXPLOITATION AND IMPERIALISM!!

THEY HATE US BECAUSE THEY LIVE POOR, MISERABLE LIVES, MANY OF THEM ON THE EDGE, OR BELOW POVERTY LEVELS...THEY LIVE IN SQUALOR. Part of the blame for this can be laid at the feet of their leaders, true enough...but their leaders are astute politicians themselves, and know how to harness the anger of their populace...and direct it exactly where THEY want it.

They play the game as well as American politicians....no, do not look at the man behind the curtain...look over HERE!! HERE is the source of all your sufferings...right HERE I tell you...

[Maraya1969]

13. Imagine what the people who lost loved ones on 9/11 feel?

"We do this because of you're father's death"

"We have used your dead husband as a reason to kill thousands of people"

"Because of your dead wife we can excuse not using warrants to eavesdrop on whoever we want whenever we want"



There is a word for this type of behavior and I can't think of it.

[Kalisiin]

16. I Can!!

The word you are looking for is D-E-P-R-A-V-E-D!!!

[Maraya1969]

21. All those dead people are being used as scapegoats. It is truly sick.

It is one thing to erect memorials and have services honoring the dead. It is completely different when you use them as political fodder.

[WinkyDink]

17. It's what Fascism requires: A national, on-going crisis.

[Burning Water]

18. They do it because

it works for them. Can't really expect anything different from them. If they ran on our issues, they would lose, so they developed their own. And then 9/11 was handed to them.

What we need is someone who can articulate a clear proposal to protect national security better than the Repukes, and protect our civil rights at the same time. Until that proposal is forthcoming, or we determine some other way to even the playing field on that issue, we're gonna have a very hard time moving the issues where we rule back to the forefront.

I'm thinking Clark is the guy that can do it.

[FrenchieCat]

20. You should read

this post in particular, as it is right on the point that you are making!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=2441520&mesg_id=2441652

[Burning Water]

24. Good ole Wes Clark.

That's why I'm leaning that way for 2008.

For all those who have other candidates, I can still be persuaded, except for Gore, Kerry, or Hillary. Can't go there for the primaries.

[lukasahero]

19. Interestingly

the post right above your's as I scrolled this forum is "Bush's most effective political tool is fear." Sounds like the answer to your question...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x2441299

If only the fearful would "get it".

[Arkansas Granny]

23. Without the fear that they can invoke with 9/11, this administration

would not have any talking points. 9/11 is the reason for their existence and the only way they can get their supporters to continue their blind infatuation with a failed President. Bush would never have been "elected" to a second term without it.

[Hell Hath No Fury]

25. It's the same reason ad agencies use "tits"...

to sell men beer/cars/underwear/deodarent/burritos/you name it --- because it WORKS. Men see "tits" and glaze over -- the RW hears "9/11" and glazes over -- all the better to take away your rights and get away with murder, my little pretty!

[guidod]

26. It's all about fear.

I found this link on Thom Hartmann's blog which explains why the repukes use fear to manipulate the citizenry. It takes about 45 minutes to an hour to watch but is well worth it. As Thom Hartmann said, these are not his exact words, he's never seen an article explain the republicans use of fear with such clarity as this one does.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/video1037.htm

[AtomicKitten]

28. Drama, pure and simple.

They are tugging at the heartstrings of a part of America that doesn't catch on too quickly.

[Nutmegger]

29. Fear, FEAR!!!

Anybody can get away with anything if fear is invoked.

[Radical Activist]

31. The same reason they invoked communism.

Fear and foreign enemies have always been used by oppressive and dishonest regimes to manipulate the people.

[CJCRANE]

32. Considering

the 9/11 operation cost $500,000, it was certainly a good investment for the people who benefitted from it.