Making Baby Jesus Cry

[Replaced_Texan]

Originally posted by Gattigap
Yesterday, the Pentagon announces a massive march and country music concert celebrating our freedom. On, ah, September 11.

It's certainly true that I am not a Bush supporter, and as a matter of mental exercise and fairness, I am trying to avoid a reflexive distaste for everything that this Administration does. I am also mindful that September 11 has become the third rail of American politics, such that saying ANYTHING about it will draw criticism.

All that said, is it just me, or is this in shockingly bad taste? Support the troops, yes, but using this particular date seems purposefully designed to wrap the Administration ever tighter in the American flag, an anatomical feat I presumed impossible at this point.

Can't we just have another photo op of Bush in South Dakota, where his mug appears adjacent to the other four presidents on Rushmore, and be done with it?

Gattigap

I swear to god I thought that this was an Onion article. *sigh*