cheney disinvited from nyc 9/11 ceremony

[zimv20]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=584&ncid=584&e=14&u=/nm/20030910/pl_nm/sept11_cheney_dc


At the urging of New York's major, Vice President Dick Cheney (news - web sites) scrapped plans to attend Thursday's ceremony at the site of the fallen World Trade Center towers marking the second anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks because his security arrangements could be disruptive.

[...]

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said in a statement that he requested the change due to "concerns that the increased security measures required for vice presidential travel would have inconvenienced or delayed family members."


does the reason bloomberg gave strike anyone else as a cover?

[Sayhey]

Originally posted by zimv20
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=584&ncid=584&e=14&u=/nm/20030910/pl_nm/sept11_cheney_dc



does the reason bloomberg gave strike anyone else as a cover?

It could be that there are too many pissed off people in NYC, around such things as the EPA/White House handling of the toxics following 9/11. I don't think they want to have any pictures of angry people shouting at Bush or Cheney on 9/11.

[zimv20]

Originally posted by Sayhey
I don't think they want to have any pictures of angry people shouting at Bush or Cheney on 9/11.

because that would mean the terrorists had won

edit: forgot this ;-)

[Sayhey]

Originally posted by zimv20
because that would mean the terrorists had won

no, because the administration wants to do everything it can to associate itself with the patriotic response of the American people to the tragedy of 9/11. If folks, especially in NYC, are mad at them, they can hardly use those images to project the idea of their "heroic leadership."

[zimv20]

Originally posted by Sayhey
I don't think they want to have any pictures of angry people shouting at Bush or Cheney on 9/11.

i think this is the best proof we're gonna get of that:

Blocks from Ground Zero, Attorney General John Ashcroft ignored angry protesters yesterday in an evangelical pitch for expanded law enforcement powers to fight terror.
(9/10/03)


http://www.nydailynews.com/news/local/story/116233p-104847c.html

[mactastic]

Who knows. Perhaps Bloomberg made the request to keep the event public without the need for massive security.

There will be protests at the Rep. convention in NY next year for sure though.

[Sayhey]

Originally posted by mactastic
Who knows. Perhaps Bloomberg made the request to keep the event public without the need for massive security.

There will be protests at the Rep. convention in NY next year for sure though.

I hope you're right. It is too easy to get cynical with Karl Rove's campaign tactics seemingly orchestrating every move.

[mactastic]

Originally posted by Sayhey
I hope you're right. It is too easy to get cynical with Karl Rove's campaign tactics seemingly orchestrating every move.

I know. It just seems like a very legitimate reason. The 9/11 memorials are for the public, not the polititians. I'm sure Rove made the political calculations, and just decided that any benefit from Cheney being there would be outweighed by bad press if the public couldn't have the kind of access it would get if he wasn't there. They would have thought about the possibility of protesters already anyway. I'm guessing this originated with Bloomberg, not the WH. Just my gut feeling though, doesn't mean I'm right.