Reply #26: they know it wouldn't look good to slam the 9/11 families' group ...

[Lisa]

"Peaceful Tomorrows" pays for administrative support which the Tides Center provides -- and someone's been spreading ugly rumors about them, which they recently had to debunk. See how selective that document is, picking on supposed "radical" groups in order to make the Tides people look like they're supporting terrorists! But they left the Peaceful Tomorrows group out ... they know it's far easier to ostracize them as an "anti-war" organization, than as the families of 9/11 victims!

http://peacefultomorrows.org/


I'm sorry that jay-3d has been spammed by that friend. I hope that the person is able to accept criticism gracefully, because I had a similar situation a few months ago with someone who got all bent out of shape after I debunked some jingoistic glurge.

I noted a couple of particularly disturbing things in that piece of spam. First, see the way in which the writer manages to dismiss Mrs. Heinz's background and accomplishments simply by implying that she is "scary". S/he drags in all sorts of details which appear irrelevant to the argument ... until one considers the xenophobic tone. Being born and educated outside the US, speaking several languages, working for the UN -- is it just me, or is the author trying to imply that these are BAD things that make Mrs. Heinz untrustworthy? And why the quote marks around "handsome" like that? A slam at both her and Mr. Heinz?

The piece then moves from implying she is a golddigger, spendthrift, and subversive to boot (through supporting the aforementioned "radical" groups) -- to a not-so-veiled accusation that she is up to no good. A Lady Macbeth type who picked a husband she could manipulate? Sheesh.

And that Snopes link posted by NYCgirl showed a variant on the piece, which makes a VERY weird statement at the end. I can't think of many reasons why anyone would want a healthy 50-ish guy to change his will. There is an awful implication that it was dangerous of the Senator to be married to Theresa ... why? If it's delicately hinting that she had something to do with the crash, that's quite unpleasant.

A very educational document, jay-3d. Thanks for sharing, because it does suggest that some of Bush's people are so paranoid and xenophobic that they make some of the DU "tinfoil hat" speculation look moderate by comparison!