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03-13-04, 11:55 AM
by ELISABETH BUMILLER and DAVID M. HALBFINGER
New York Times
March 6, 2004
WASHINGTON, March 5 — Facing intense criticism for using images of the destroyed World Trade Center in his campaign commercials, President Bush will attend the groundbreaking for a Sept. 11 memorial in Long Island next week, the White House announced Friday.
Mr. Bush is to attend the ceremony for the memorial in Eisenhower Park in East Meadow, N.Y., on Thursday. Less than three hours later, he is to attend a political fund-raiser at the Carltun restaurant, in the same park, where he is expected to raise as much as $1 million for his re-election campaign.
The Kerry campaign harshly criticized Mr. Bush on Friday for what officials said was a tactless coupling of a ceremony for the dead with a political fund-raiser. "Is President Bush going to use the money that he raises on top of this 9/11 memorial to pay for his ads that make political hay out of that very tragic day?" asked Stephanie Cutter, the Kerry campaign's communications director. "This adds insult to injury."
New York Times
March 6, 2004
WASHINGTON, March 5 — Facing intense criticism for using images of the destroyed World Trade Center in his campaign commercials, President Bush will attend the groundbreaking for a Sept. 11 memorial in Long Island next week, the White House announced Friday.
Mr. Bush is to attend the ceremony for the memorial in Eisenhower Park in East Meadow, N.Y., on Thursday. Less than three hours later, he is to attend a political fund-raiser at the Carltun restaurant, in the same park, where he is expected to raise as much as $1 million for his re-election campaign.
The Kerry campaign harshly criticized Mr. Bush on Friday for what officials said was a tactless coupling of a ceremony for the dead with a political fund-raiser. "Is President Bush going to use the money that he raises on top of this 9/11 memorial to pay for his ads that make political hay out of that very tragic day?" asked Stephanie Cutter, the Kerry campaign's communications director. "This adds insult to injury."