Rush Limbaugh Accuses 9/11 Widows of Bei ng "Coache

“Looks like there is plenty of evidence to support Rush's argument.

ELECTION 2004
Kerry's wife funds critics of Bush ads
Non-profit group behind 9/11 families tied to Heinz charitable contributions

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Posted: March 6, 2004
11:47 a.m. Eastern


By Joseph Farah
© 2004 WorldNetDaily.com


WASHINGTON – The non-profit, tax-exempt organization representing the families of September 11 victims who are critical of campaign ads by President Bush is a project of the Tides Center, which has received millions of dollars in charitable contributions from foundations chaired by Teresa Heinz Kerry, WorldNetDaily has learned.

"September Eleventh Families for Peaceful Tomorrows" is a pacifist organization that has opposed not only the war in Iraq but the war in Afghanistan as well. It is a project of the Tides Center, one of the pet causes of the Howard Heinz Endowment and the Vira Heinz Endowment, both directed by Mrs. Kerry, the wife of Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry.

The group delivered up to the New York Daily News Thursday seasoned spokesmen Monica Gabrielle, Mindy Kleinberg and others to attack President Bush's re-election campaign ads. None of the critics of the ads in that original story were identified as members of Peaceful Tomorrows.

The Peaceful Tomorrows activists charged the campaign ads exploited the September 11 terrorist attacks for political advantage.

That story in the New York Daily News touched off a national media firestorm. By Thursday night, the Peaceful Tomorrows activists were on every national television news show, often identified simply as relatives of the victims of the September 11 attack rather than members of an activist organization, supported with tax-exempt Heinz funds, with a specifically anti-Bush agenda.

Peaceful Tomorrows is much more than an independent group of grieving survivors. It is a stridently antiwar organization that has ferociously criticized the Bush administration since it was founded about a year after the attacks.

Peaceful Tomorrows claims to represent 120 families of the nearly 3,000 victims of the Sept. 11 attacks. Following the media blitz by the organization's activists, John Kerry himself weighed in on the controversy.

In New Orleans, Kerry said Bush was trying to "scare America" and "change the subject" with the ads.

"You can understand why he's doing that," Kerry said. "He can't come out here and talk to you about jobs. He can't come out here and talk to you about protecting the environment. He can't talk to you about balancing the budget."

The Bush ads contain only fleeting imagery of the Sept. 11 attacks. ABC News' George Stephanopoulos acknowledged that in his own report on "World News Tonight": "You'll have to look very closely to see what all the fuss is about. Blink twice and you'll miss it. But those four seconds set off the first firestorm of this new campaign, when some 9/11 families cried foul."

As WorldNetDaily reported last month, the Tides Foundation, a 28-year-old grant-making institution, is one of Teresa Heinz Kerry's favorite distributors of charitable funds. It sponsors to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars radical groups that, among other things, protest the U.S. invasion of Iraq, demand open U.S. borders, provide the legal defense of suspected terrorists and promote the spread of Islamist ideology in the U.S.

Heinz Kerry, worth an estimated three-quarters of a billion dollars, working through the Howard Heinz Endowment, oversaw the donation of more than $4 million to the Tides Foundation between 1995 and 2001. For a fee, Tides protects the anonymity of donors by directing tax-deductible contributions to specific groups.

Heinz Kerry not only serves as chairman of the Howard Heinz Endowment, she also sits on the board of the Vira I. Heinz Endowment.”

“Another thing
that drives me crazy, and I hope I don't offend anyone here,
is WAL-MART. They destroy communities."


Teresa Heinz Kerry
wife of J. Ketchup Kerry, who neglected to mention that she
owns more than $1,000,000 in WAL-MART stock...”

“and that has what to do with what?”

“Go piss up a rope, dwedtarts, WalMart pays my salary... ;-)”

“...and what the hell is 'coache', anyway. Do you mean 'gauche'????”

“maybe he means cache”

“We could all use a little extra cash...




Hey, are you experiencing an identity crisis? You posted as 2Scoops on another thread...”

“So now Richard Mellon Scaife is going after Teresa Heinz Kerry?

What a classy move.

After watching more than 8 years of Hillary bashing, Dems have completely left the Stepford First Lady alone but the right wingers want everyone to believe that Democrats are the haters?”

“What does this have to do with backpacking???”

“"Dems have completely left the Stepford First Lady alone"

maybe cuz she hasnt come up with any idiotic slogans like "just say no"”

“fatherG, I wasn't dissing Walmart man. I was dissing Mrs Kerry. crud man, I live in the world headquarters of Walmart. they, along with tyson chicken and JB hunt trucking practically made this place.”

“walmart serves a purpose. it provides a place for fat housewives in curlers, polyester plaid shorts, and tube tops a place to flock”

“It takes a Real Man like Strat to go after someone's wife.


Scaife? He should slide under a #&%!$ing bus, <SPIT>”

“storm.....dun be dissin ma plaid polyester shorts......”

“Giuliani defends Bush's use of 9/11 images
Thursday, March 4, 2004 Posted: 10:54 PM EST (0354 GMT)
Former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani NEW YORK (CNN)

Former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, who won worldwide acclaim for his handling of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks that devastated his city, said Thursday that using images from that day in campaign ads for President Bush is both "appropriate" and "relevant."

"The reality is that President Bush played a very, very big role in bringing our country through the worst attack in our history," he said. "So it's an appropriate thing for him to point out as part of his record, just like Democrats are going to attack parts of his record and say, 'We think it should have been done differently.' "

Giuliani is a Republican and a supporter of Bush's re-election.

The ads, which began airing Thursday, outline a series of challenges that the United States has faced since Bush became president, including the 9/11 attacks. The tag line is that Bush presents "strong leadership in times of change."

Some family members of people killed in the terrorist attacks object to the use of images from the tragedy in montages in the ads, including a brief shot of a firefighter carrying away a flag-draped victim.

"We can't help but look at the failures of that day," said Patty Casazza, whose husband died in the World Trade Center. "We lost loved ones, and anyone in our shoes would have to have a more critical view of the president."

But other victims' families said they see nothing wrong with the ads.

"It shows you firefighters carrying a brother out, and it shows you the American flag waving over the Trade Center," said Joe Esposito, a firefighter who lost both a brother and a cousin in the attacks. "I have no problem with that."

A local firefighters union, which has endorsed presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry, also charged that the ad goes too far.

"I don't think the death of any citizen, particularly firefighters, should be used in anyone's campaign," said Capt. Peter Gorman of the Uniformed Fire Officers Association.

But Giuliani told CNN "It would almost be false to list the challenges that President Bush had to face and not list as one of those challenges the worst attack in this country."

Asked if he would use similar images if he ran for office again, Giuliani said "that would be hypothetical" -- but he added that his record in handling the tragedy would be a legitimate matter for voters to consider.

"September 11th is part of my record," he said. "It would be unrealistic, if I was ever evaluated, for someone not to look at that."

White House spokesman Scott McClellan also defended the ads Thursday.

"It is vital to our future that we learn what September 11th taught us," he said. "September 11th changed the equation in our public policy. It forever changed our world, and the president's steady leadership is vital to how we wage the war on terrorism."

David Gergen, a former adviser to presidents of both parties, said using September 11 in campaign ads is acceptable within limits.

"They have to be careful not to exploit the emotions of the families," Gergen said. "But how can you tell the story of the Bush administration and leave out 9/11? That's the core of what happened. If he's re-elected, the single reason why is because of the days and weeks following 9/11."

CNN correspondents Jason Carroll and Dana Bash contributed to this report”

“S'okay, strat, I was jus' pullin' yer laig...”

“So Rudy Giuliani, the man who brought his girlfriend to live with him while his wife and children still lived there, sees nothing wrong with using dead bodies as campaign props? How illuminating.”

“J.B.
Has
Us
Nitwits
Truckin'”

“oh we must pretend 911 didn't happen . . . ..never mention it again

let's not show the video of the buildings burning either, or the planes slamming into them because it might hurt the democrats.


maybe WWII was just a bad dream also? we better not politicize it!

liberals = idiots one and all”

“Good morning, cupcake!”

“Whay would have been so f_king hard about simply using a vision of the buildings to generate the 9/11 image? Huh? I was down there, Strat! I don't need to see flag draped coffins of firefighters to remind that, "Oh yeah! What a neanderthal dumbass I am! I forgot that happened!" If he has down just that, I would not have said a word about this tacky, classless, self-serving political double standard he used. Yeah, double standard. Remember that the press wasn't allowed to show pictures of coffins coming out of Iraq. Remember, it was part of the "sensitivity" a "compassionate conservate" has!!! Blow your jihad out of yer ass!”

“........2,000+ amputees from Dubya's war........”

“Oh and BTW. This is not Guiliani talking. Or the families of the victimes. This is a caring New Yorker that acted in a way I will always be proud of.

Jihad Treebeard!”

“You dirty liberal!”

“Freak!”

“Ha ha ha”

“Ungreedy unselfserving a-holes!”

“liberals = idiots one and all
stratdewd
07:42:11 AM
03/09/04

Wow. Just like recess in elementary school. If you can't make a valid point, do something childish. Nice touch, stratdewd.”

“Democrats after another terrorist attack on U.S. soil, "Well another 3,000 dead, it's a good thing we didn't invade anyone's homeland and get American soldiers killed."
"God knows the only way to fight a war on terrorists is to make sure no American soldiers are killed, just American civilians on U.S. soil."

8)”

“Really believe that, UP?”

“this is Extremely Old News.....

No proof links Iraq, al-Qaida, Powell says

Put down the crackpipe.”

“"Teresa Heinz Kerry
wife of J. Ketchup Kerry, who neglected to mention that she
owns more than $1,000,000 in WAL-MART stock........."



This coming from a "man" that asks what wrong with Repubs making money. It's the American way......Shesh, good going Strut.”

“using the horrifying images of 9/11 for political gain is completely innappropriate. bush does not have a copyright on 9/11. that sad day belongs to the victims, the heroes, the firefighters and policemen; it is a sad day deserving solemn rememberance, not political exploitation.

i am very dissapointed in the bush campaign for exploiting that tragic day. hopefully, kerry won't as well; if he does, he also deserves criticism.”

“"Democrats after another terrorist attack on U.S. soil,......"

ULTRA P

If we don't get Dubya out of the Whitehouse there may be another attack.
They blew it big time in Septemter '01.”

“What did Bush know about the bin Ladens and when did he know it?


(I mean, other than they were Friends Of The Family...)”

“Dubya's grand pappy got in trouble for Trading With The Enemy in '42......hmmmmmmmmm”

“Did anyone ever get to the bottom of specifically WHO expedited bin Laden family members' hasty exit from the US immediately following the 9-11 attacks?”

“I'd say treebeard basically told Strat the way it is. Anyone who had any shame would feel ashamed.”

“I don't see what the problem is.”

“It's cheap-ass tactics, Mutt. And I hope it backfires on him...”

“I wonder what would be said were Kerry the one to bring out an ad like this. Hmmmm...I think I know.”

“The 'Shrubs' dad also had some dealings with the enemy.”

“Yeah... 'The Clydesdale Group' LOL”

“9-11 was a political act in every way. the governments #1 job is to protect it's citizens. abe lincoln(a republican) understood this. if there is no country, nothing else matters. what? you don''t think we're threatened? you think 3,000 is no biggie cuz we have sop many here? it's ludicrus to think it shouldn't be brought up...being the most significant event of ....well, since vietnam, i'd have to say. it's a big deal....nothing bigger. there are people who think it's appropiate. i actually believe that all the nashing of liberal teeth is because of the add's effectiveness. read this article.....





9/11 Kin Back Bush Ground Zero Ads

Sat Mar 6,10:51 PM ET


NEW YORK - More than a dozen families who lost relatives in the Sept. 11 attacks released a letter Saturday declaring their support for President Bush (news - web sites) and his use of images of the destroyed World Trade Center in campaign ads.


There is no better testament to the leadership of President Bush than Sept. 11," the letter states. "In choosing our next leader we must not forget that day if we are to have a meaningful conversation."


The "Open Letter to America," signed by 22 people who lost loved ones in the trade center, comes as other victims' families asked that the ads be pulled from the airwaves. The spots also show firefighters carrying a flag-draped stretcher.


"In the November election we will have a clear choice laid before the American people," the letter reads. "President Bush is rightly offering us that choice and the images of Sept. 11, although painful, are fundamental to that choice. The images in President Bush's campaign television ads are respectful of the memories of Sept. 11."


When asked about the ads on Saturday, President Bush said he will "continue to speak about the effects of 9-11 on our country and my presidency."


"How this administration handled that day, as well as the war on terror, is worthy of discussion. And I look forward to discussing that with the American people," he said.


Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry (news - web sites) told Fox News Channel on Saturday that he personally believed that the ads were inappropriate.


Jimmy Boyle, former president of the Uniformed Firefighters Association, said he came up with the "Open Letter to America" after hearing that the president was being criticized for the ads.


"I don't think he's taking advantage of Sept. 11 and I feel that he's given us the leadership that we need," said Boyle, who said he will be voting for a Republican president for the first time in November.”

“You can't even answer a simple question without a huge cut and paste, can you? I asked you why the point could not be made with a picture of the buildings standing there? No, sensationalism and then shrug it off as being f_ing Super Patriot! The point could have been made this way and you are too obtuse to even address it. You are free to cut and paste more BS now!!!”

“9-11 was a political act in every way

For once, stratdewd is correct. It doesn't get any more political than 9/11. Al Qaeda wasn't killing Americans as an end in itself. It was a means to an entirely different end.

I saw the commercial this morning, and I don't see why anyone would be offended. I suppose state governors shouldn't show scenes of natural disasters to remind voters how well their administration handled it?”

“Can't refute a simple point without clouding the water either. I think I am done here.”

“Lighten up Francis

Different images probably could have been used. But they weren't and it dosen't matter. You would have complained anyway.

I don't really care much for Bush or Kerry for that matter but I guess I hope Kerry wins because if he dosen't, you and Red are going to have a stroke.”

“"The most important thing is for us to find Osama bin Laden. It is our number one priority and we will not rest until we find him."
- G.W. Bush, 9/13/01

"I want justice...There's an old poster out West, as I recall, that said, 'Wanted: Dead or Alive,'"
- G.W. Bush, 9/17/01, UPI

"...Secondly, he is not escaping us. This is a guy, who, three months ago, was in control of a county [sic]. Now he's maybe in control of a cave. He's on the run. Listen, a while ago I said to the American people, our objective is more than bin Laden. But one of the things for certain is we're going to get him running and keep him running, and bring him to justice. And that's what's happening. He's on the run, if he's running at all. So we don't know whether he's in cave with the door shut, or a cave with the door open -- we just don't know...."
- Bush, in remarks in a Press Availablity with the Press Travel Pool, The Prairie Chapel Ranch, Crawford TX, 12/28/01, as reported on official White House site

"I don't know where bin Laden is. I have no idea and really don't care. It's not that important. It's not our priority."
- G.W. Bush, 3/13/02

"I am truly not that concerned about him."
- G.W. Bush, repsonding to a question about bin Laden's whereabouts,
3/13/02 (The New American, 4/8/02)”

“treebeard. you are a trip dood. if i show an article to back up what i say, you defile me as an idiot with no mid of my own. if i simply state my opinion, you accuse me of maliciously spreading lies because i never show proof of what i say.

dood, you are throwing a fit. waht "simple" question have i avoided. you mentioned a political double standard and suggested that bush shouldn't have used the images he used.

i answered with, it's a political act, and bush used it to remind you how he handled it, and then i showed a differing opinion than your's which proves not all people think it's inappropriate.

like muttly said, you would disagree with anything he says or does or shows or farts or swallows or flies anyways. thus proving my last point which is; to you, this election is a jihad. an all out, desperate holy war. a suicidal asault on a man you despise. your seething, irrational hatred is akin to radical islam and if that bothers you so badly, why don't you change your tactics?


JIHAD BUSH, MUTHA PHUKAH!”