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http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2010/08/20/what-are-the-republicans-trying-to-hide-behind-the-ground-zero-mosque/
the pot is being stirred, and it is beginning to look like there is a more sinister motive behind the [ GOP ] campaign against the ‘mosque’ than straight-up stoking of racial tension.
You see, in the time immediately before the controversy exploded, a fairly disgraceful piece of politicking took place – the Republican bloc in Congress vetoed a bill that would have provided billions in healthcare for 9/11 responders who have since fallen sick having been exposed to toxic fumes in the aftermath of the disaster.
It was ugly stuff, tempers had begun to flare [...] and the press had just caught wind. It was brewing into something of a PR disaster for the Republicans. Then, without warning, the Ground Zero Mosque appears, and goes nuclear. No other issues are getting past it in the press, and the scandal of the Republican veto goes unquestioned.
It is very tempting to see this as a PR stunt to deflect negative attention away from the 9/11 Health and Compensation Act. Certainly, the GOP’s PR team have time and again shown themselves to be masters of dominating press agendas – trouncing the Democrats and making them look weak and indecisive at every term.
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Republicans get to look tough on Muslims and the public forgets about their awful treatment of the 9/11 responders, who are all considered folk heroes in the States.
the pot is being stirred, and it is beginning to look like there is a more sinister motive behind the [ GOP ] campaign against the ‘mosque’ than straight-up stoking of racial tension.
You see, in the time immediately before the controversy exploded, a fairly disgraceful piece of politicking took place – the Republican bloc in Congress vetoed a bill that would have provided billions in healthcare for 9/11 responders who have since fallen sick having been exposed to toxic fumes in the aftermath of the disaster.
It was ugly stuff, tempers had begun to flare [...] and the press had just caught wind. It was brewing into something of a PR disaster for the Republicans. Then, without warning, the Ground Zero Mosque appears, and goes nuclear. No other issues are getting past it in the press, and the scandal of the Republican veto goes unquestioned.
It is very tempting to see this as a PR stunt to deflect negative attention away from the 9/11 Health and Compensation Act. Certainly, the GOP’s PR team have time and again shown themselves to be masters of dominating press agendas – trouncing the Democrats and making them look weak and indecisive at every term.
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Republicans get to look tough on Muslims and the public forgets about their awful treatment of the 9/11 responders, who are all considered folk heroes in the States.
