What more can George Bush to do screw with the 9/11 families? It's bad enough that Bush stayed on vacation even after learning on August 6, 2001 that Bin Laden was "determined to attack in US." No, now he's trying to rub salt in their wounds by not inviting any of the families to the signing of the bill implementing the 9/11 Commission recommendations. (That's legislation the GOP Congress would never ever enact.)
Christ, even Lieberman tried to reason with his best friend to no avail. CQ Today (sub. req.) has the story:
Family members of Sept. 11 victims are unhappy they were not invited to Friday’s signing ceremony for legislation implementing recommendations of the commission that investigated the terrorist attacks.
Lawmakers who steered the measure through Congress will be on hand for the White House event, but expressed concern that family members who lobbied for the legislation will be absent.
“We would very much like to be by the president’s side as he shows his support by putting his signature on the bill,” said Carie Lemack, president of Families of Sept. 11. Her mother, Judy Larocque, was killed when the hijacked American Airlines Flight 11 crashed into the World Trade Center.
Joseph I. Lieberman, D-Conn., chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, appealed unsuccessfully to the White House on Thursday for a last-minute invitation to family members, according to Leslie Phillips, a spokeswoman for the senator.
No wonder Bush very much doesn't want to be anywhere near the 9/11 families. After all, Bush never caught the guy who masterminded the attacks. And, Al Qaeda, which Bush promised to destroy, has only gotten stronger.
We've all learned that invoking "September the 11th" and Al Qaeda are just political lines for Bush.
