# How long will politicians be able to milk 9/11 for political capital? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [February 6, 2006, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-will-politicians-be-able-to-milk-9-11-for-political-capital/343309 "2006-02-06T22:43:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![What\_the](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f4b2a3/32.png) [@What\_the](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_the)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2006, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-will-politicians-be-able-to-milk-9-11-for-political-capital/343309/61 "2006-02-13T11:43:58Z")
Algore keeps pushing !! Gore said Arabs had been “indiscriminately rounded up” and held in “unforgivable” conditions. The former vice president said the Bush administration was playing into al-Qaida’s hands by routinely blocking Saudi visa applications. > **[Newsmax.com - Breaking news from around the globe](https://www.newsmax.com?s=ic)** > > Newsmax.com reports today’s news headlines, live news stream, news videos from Americans and global readers > seeking the latest in current events, politics, U.S., world news, health, finance, and more. Keep it up Al !!! ---
**Author:** ![What\_the](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f4b2a3/32.png) [@What\_the](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_the)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2006, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-will-politicians-be-able-to-milk-9-11-for-political-capital/343309/62 "2006-02-13T12:10:14Z")
Just do provide a little fairness and balancedness… Ann Coulter pushes too: [http://www.spectator.org/dsp\_article.asp?art\_id=9404](http://www.spectator.org/dsp_article.asp?art_id=9404) ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2006, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-will-politicians-be-able-to-milk-9-11-for-political-capital/343309/63 "2006-02-13T15:34:56Z")
> [@What the .... ?!?!](#): > > Algore keeps pushing !! > > Gore said Arabs had been “indiscriminately rounded up” and held in “unforgivable” conditions. The former vice president said the Bush administration was playing into al-Qaida’s hands by routinely blocking Saudi visa applications. > > [http://newsmax.com/archives/ic/2006/2/12/220546.shtml?s=ic](http://newsmax.com/archives/ic/2006/2/12/220546.shtml?s=ic) > Keep it up Al !!! Well, he’s not wrong about any of that, is he? ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2006, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-will-politicians-be-able-to-milk-9-11-for-political-capital/343309/64 "2006-02-13T15:36:44Z")
> [@What the .... ?!?!](#): > > Just do provide a little fairness and balancedness… > > Ann Coulter pushes too: > > [http://www.spectator.org/dsp\_article.asp?art\_id=9404](http://www.spectator.org/dsp_article.asp?art_id=9404) 😛 Are you trying to suggest some equivalency between Al Gore and Ann Coulter? There is none. For one thing, Al Gore has a brain; for another, he has a conscience; for a third, he has credibility. ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2006, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-will-politicians-be-able-to-milk-9-11-for-political-capital/343309/65 "2006-02-13T17:19:24Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > 😛 Are you trying to suggest some equivalency between Al Gore and Ann Coulter? There is none. For one thing, Al Gore has a brain; for another, he has a conscience; for a third, he has credibility. As you can see, he continues to push for…whatever the hell **WT?!?!** is pushing for. He’s just pushing in the opposite direction. But don’t worry, he has a point. As soon as someone makes it for him he’ll be in here with it. -Joe ---
**Author:** ![What\_the](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f4b2a3/32.png) [@What\_the](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_the)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2006, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-will-politicians-be-able-to-milk-9-11-for-political-capital/343309/66 "2006-02-14T09:49:25Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Well, he’s not wrong about any of that, is he? Are you so blinded by hate? Ever considered therapy? So where are all of those Muslims in the U.S. (yes, that’s what he was referring to) we rounded up indiscriminately and held in unforgiveable conditions? That’s what FDR did in WWII. ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2006, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-will-politicians-be-able-to-milk-9-11-for-political-capital/343309/67 "2006-02-14T12:33:50Z")
**TWEEEEEEEEET!** All right. EVERYONE, knock it off with the cheap shots. If you are incapable of discussing the _issue_, go play somewhere else. [/Moderating] ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2006, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-will-politicians-be-able-to-milk-9-11-for-political-capital/343309/68 "2006-02-14T14:17:55Z")
> [@What the .... ?!?!](#): > > So where are all of those Muslims in the U.S. (yes, that’s what he was referring to) we rounded up indiscriminately and held in unforgiveable conditions? Where are they? Federal jails and INS detention facilities, I suppose. (I **hope;** alternative possibilities don’t bear thinking about.) From your link: > [@](#): > > Gore told the largely Saudi audience, many of them educated at U.S. universities, that Arabs in the United States had been “indiscriminately rounded up, often on minor charges of overstaying a visa or not having a green card in proper order, and held in conditions that were just unforgivable.” Now, you might contend with Gore’s assessment of the conditions as “unforgivable,” but you don’t think he’s just making all this up, do you? ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2006, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-will-politicians-be-able-to-milk-9-11-for-political-capital/343309/69 "2006-02-14T14:36:50Z")
> [@What the .... ?!?!](#): > > Are you so blinded by hate? Ever considered therapy? Well, I do know enough about psychology to understand the concept of “projection.” 😉 > **[Psychological projection](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychological_projection)** > > Psychological projection is the process of misinterpreting what is "inside" as coming from "outside". It forms the basis of empathy by the projection of personal experiences to understand someone else's subjective world. In its malignant forms, it is a defense mechanism in which the ego defends itself against disowned and highly negative parts of the self by denying their existence in themselves and attributing them to others, breeding misunderstanding and causing untold interpersonal damag A pro... > [@What the .... ?!?!](#): > > That’s what FDR did in WWII. Wrong then, wrong now. What’s your point? ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2006, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-will-politicians-be-able-to-milk-9-11-for-political-capital/343309/70 "2006-02-14T17:28:00Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Wrong then, wrong now. What’s your point? A Democrat did it once, and therefore a Republican has carte blanche to do it anytime he feels like it. Fair and Balanced! What do you have against fairness and balance? -Joe [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-will-politicians-be-able-to-milk-9-11-for-political-capital/343309.md?page=3)