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September 02, 2004
New York City Firefighters Endorse Bush
This news just came to my attention. (Good lord, I'm up late. Oh well, who needs sleep, eh?)
President Bush won the endorsement of firefighters on Wednesday as he arrived in the city that redefined his presidency after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks -- a theme that has dominated his renomination convention.He did not go to Madison Square Garden where he will accept the Republican National Convention's nomination. Instead, he went to the Elmhurst section of Queens and met with firefighters and the widows of several firefighters who died during the attacks.
Bush's eyes welled up as he accepted the endorsement of the Uniformed Firefighters Association of Greater New York, the city's main firefighters union, which broke with its parent union to back the Republican president.
"It really means a lot to me because the truth of the matter is the inspiration I receive from the firefighters is something I'll never forget," he said.
Posted by Darleen at September 2, 2004 12:04 AM