April 09, 2004
Bipartisan Partisanship
Condoleezza Rice testifies before the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks on April 8, 2004
Partisan politics rears its ugly head again. Whether you are Democrat, Republican or Independent, you heard exactly what you wanted to hear yesterday. Whether what you heard was the truth or not, is obviously like beauty, in the eye of the beholder. It was fairly obvious that was not only true for the general public and elected officials alike, but most unfortunately obvious for the 9-11 Commission themselves.
They want to play the blame game, whether it’s Clinton or Bush. Their official purpose is to “prepare a full and complete account of the circumstances surrounding the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks”. That is to compile information that is relevant to understanding what happened. Additionally, “The Commission is also mandated to provide recommendations designed to guard against future attacks.” Which means they are suppose to help make us safer, and the answer to that is not found in assigning blame.
It is not that bold of a statement to say there is a large amount of bureaucratic waste in our government. Are we foolish enough to believe that did not play a part in what happened on September 11th? The Bush Administration is either taking the high road or the blind road here. They could easily be pointing out, again and again with the bully pulpit, that the previous administration and the current democratic presidential candidate’s actions in the 90’s of dismantling our military and weakening our defense and intelligence abilities played a large role in our unpreparedness on 9-11. The mistake they may be making here is to believe the American people are grown up enough to see through the partisan rhetoric and know how wrong it is for the Left to politicize the War on Terror.
Of course now I’m guilty of playing the blame game too. Ultimately the blame for all this falls on the shoulders of the terrorists. It falls on the shoulders of those nations that harbor terrorists and those people that hate us and want to do us harm. All this energy wasted on pointing fingers at one another, rather than rallying around our Country, our President and our Troops.
I love America and I’m a proud citizen of this Red, White and Blue nation and I don’t believe I should have to apologize for loving my country. Nor do I believe that this country is at fault for the real hate mongers that exist in this world. Love your country, love your freedom, love your ability to choose, but use that ability to choose wisely.
Posted by price at April 9, 2004 12:08 PM