Boston.com
One of the most enduring taboos in American politics, the airing of graphic images from the September 11 attacks in a partisan context, died today. It was nearly seven years old.
The informal prohibition, which had been occasionally threatened by political ads in recent years, was pronounced dead at approximately 7:40 CST, when a video aired before delegates at the Republican National Convention included slow-motion footage of a plane striking the World Trade Center, the towers' subsequent collapse, and smoke emerging from the Pentagon.
The September 11 precedent was one of the few surviving campaign-season taboos. It is survived by direct comparisons of one's opponents to Hitler.
Well played assholes.
And that shit eating grin!! He's not even sure when to use it anymore. He's smiling after everything...even if it's not intended to be funny. "I'll get rid of judges who legislate from the bench" is followed by a toothy grin as if he just finished a "how many liberals does it take to screw in a lightbulb". And when he giggled about his "fighting" with trial lawyers...I had to change it.
Speaking of jokes, did you hear the one about McCain raising 1 million clams after Sarah Palin's speech? You did? Well then you must've heard the punchline... Obama raised 10 million.
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