April 22, 2003
Just Another Marketing Opportunity
It just gets more and more disgusting. The 2004 Republican Convention will be scheduled around 9/11 (link from Oliver).
The convention, to be held in New York City, will be the latest since the Republican Party was founded in 1856, and Mr. Bush's advisers said they chose the date so the event would flow into the commemorations of the third anniversary of the World Trade Center and Pentagon attacks.
Maybe they can make it fun for the delegates. After a hard day of conventioneering, they can all take a bus tour down to the World Trade Center crater. Maybe they can get their picture taken in front of the buildings that are still uninhabitable. And Bush can make another rousing speech and talk about how 9/11 is the reason we're going after Syria...or Uzbekistan...or whatever country has joined the Revolving Axis of Evil by then (hey, in 16 months, maybe we'll be down to Micronesia and Wales). And then they can get all the Republican Senators to sing again. Should be quite a party.
And why not? Why should 9/11 still be a somber memory, just because they haven't rebuilt anything at Ground Zero? Just because for thousands who lost a loved one that day, and for millions who didn't, it's still too freaky to think about what happened that day for more than a few seconds? Just because we still really don't know who set up the attacks, or if and when we're going to catch them? Hey, there's a party to be had and a President to re(elect*).
Mark my words; we're four years away from the first September 11th Anniversary Used Car Sale.
Posted by michaelf at April 22, 2003 12:29 AM | TrackBack
