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I wrote this letter after the following line appeared in the Week's End Section of the Editorial page of the Richmond Times Dispatch on September 15, 2001.
"Another prospectively positive accomplishment of the 18 hijacker/ terrorists: rendering nearly certain Bush's re-election."
They didn't publish it.
On September 15, four days after the darkest single day in American history, you opined, "Another prospectively positive accomplishment of the 18 hijacker/terrorists: rendering nearly certain Bush’s reelection." In doing so, you not only displayed an ignorance of history but also incredible insensitivity to the families of victims who might have been Democrats.
Three years can be an eternity in politics, and President Bush’s reelection depends, as it always has, on how he handles himself over the next three years. His father enjoyed tremendous support during the Gulf War and lost to Bill Clinton two years later.
The Times Dispatch finds itself in the undoubtedly familiar company of Jerry Falwell, who has also used this tragedy to try to further his own political agenda. This is not a time for division and politics as usual in the United States.
President Bush has, and deserves, our strong support as a nation during this crisis. Comments like the one in Saturday’s Week’s End section only serve to undermine this support.
As of August 7, 2004, I would say that I was more prophetic than the esteemed editors of the Richmond Times Dispatch. Bush's reelection is certainly possible, but it is far from certain.