first off, let me clarify this for anyone in doubt: i am not a "bush basher" and i am not "pro kerry." okay? hope that's clear now.
no, i did NOT "already know the answer" to this question.
what i posted was what was on the news tonight -- no commentary by me at all. i was and am curious to hear what OTHERS think of it. but here's my take:
i think that this WAS tastefully done. they could have used images a HELL of a lot more disturbing -- that would have evoked a lot of emotions and could well have stirred up more votes for GWB. it could have swung the other way, too, and made for an outcry of the ghoulishness of it all.
i saw the four seconds in question. i see NOTHING wrong with it whatsoever. it is not gory. it is not ghoulish. it is not disrespectful in ANY way that i can see. so i actually SALUTE GWB's campaign for including what was, absolutely, a defining part of his presidency. well done.
as for the FF's comments -- i, too, would like to see the numbers. it's a hefty accusation to level against the president. if anyone has the actual numbers and unbiased info, i'd definitely like to see it.
finally, i think that anyone who whines about these four seconds as using an atrocity for political gain has an awfully damned biased, myopic view of 9/11 and an even thinner skin.
9/11's events happened to ALL of us. there is no property trademark on the events of that day. it belongs to ALL OF US -- INCLUDING GWB.
sorry if i disappointed anyone with my supportive viewpoints. :P