April 15, 2004

SCANDAL OF THE 9/11 PANEL: THE NY POST SENDS A POWERFUL WAKE-UP CALL TO THE LEFT.

Yesterday I noted:

The Left has been on the wrong side of history. In fact, it’s becoming so evident, that I would not be surprised if the Left were to start to wake up.

I’m on the West Coast, but the New York Post is distributed near me. Last night I saw this NY Post front page headline:

Per Al Rantel last night on his radio show, New York is traditionally 4 to 1 Democratic. Yet the following is from this front page editorial:

April 14, 2004— The national 9/11 commission has been hijacked by political shills—men and women eager to subordinate truth to partisan advantage; who hold a transitory victory on Election Day more dear than American victory in the war on terror.

Tawdry ambition has eclipsed sacred duty; all Americans are diminished, but none more than the families of the 9/11 victims—who expect better from the commission, and certainly deserve it.

...John Kerry could shut it down in a heartbeat, simply by saying: “Stop it!”

Kerry needs to do just that. He must state the obvious: that 9/11 was the work of Islamist fanatics, and that the danger will not have passed until those who make war on America are either killed or in captivity.

It is simply disgraceful that he hasn’t already done so.

This is powerful wake-up call to the Left. I would venture to guess that many who would have been tempted to vote Democratic will heed articles such as these. But the leadership of the Left will stick to the self-destructive course they’re currently on in the hope that they will win the Presidential election.

Patterico has noted that “the famous PDB was prepared in response to a request from Bush.” The NY Post editorial backs this up:

In sum: The briefing paper was written specifically for the president in direct response to an order from the president!

Read the whole thing.