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Surely GOP isn’t using Sept. 11

The Republican convention will undoubtedly be a sight to see next fall.

The nominating convention will be held in New York City, and, according to The New York Times, President Bush is scheduled to make his acceptance speech Sept. 2 — just nine days before the three-year anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon. It will be the latest nominating convention in the Grand Old Party’s history — a full month after the Democrats are to nominate their candidate — but it will surely be breathtaking.

The president is expected to hop back and forth from the convention and memorial services at Ground Zero, according to the Times. There will be undoubtedly be plenty of flag waving and confetti that will bring back memories of the president standing at Ground Zero, his arms around a firefighter, vowing to get revenge. (It wouldn’t surprise us to see footage of that defining moment at the convention.)

Advisers to the president say the GOP is scheduling the convention so late, the Times reported, in order to take advantage of public financing laws. Candidates who accept public funds, which both candidates are expected to do, have $75 million to spend between the convention and election day. By scheduling the convention in September, Republicans can unleash a concentrated advertising blitz that could wipe out the Democratic candidate.

Of course, we all know the president isn’t trying to capitalize on the trauma of Sept. 11.
Surely our president wouldn’t do a thing like that.