Shrewd. Very shrewd.
Sen. Hillary Clinton is opposing a freedom museum planned for ground zero, citing concerns raised by the families of the World Trade Center victims who say the proposed museum would dishonor the dead.
The International Freedom Center last week released a report saying the museum “will tangibly link Sept. 11 and the lives of its victims to humanity’s greatest idea: freedom.”
In addition to the terrorist attacks, its exhibits would deal with events such as the fall of the Berlin Wall, efforts such as the Civil Rights Movement, and documents such as the Declaration of Independence and the South African constitution.
But relatives of some of the Sept. 11 victims say it would over shadow a memorial museum and dishonor the 2,749 people who died there by fostering debate about the attacks.
“I am troubled by the serious concerns that family members and first responders have expressed to me,” Clinton said Friday. “I cannot support the IFC.”
Clinton said she does not think plans should move forward until the rebuilding agency, Lower Manhattan Development Corp., addresses the families’ concerns.
While I agree with Sen. Clinton in this regard, I have serious doubts that we reached the same position for the same reasons.
More on the IFC and the families’ campaign can be found at their site, Take Back the Memorial.
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Take a bright-side look at it. Hillary’s support might finally bring some national coverage to this. All of a sudden, the news outlets can call it a boondoggle, now that a prominent democrat has jumped on board. When it was just ‘knee-jerk reactionaries’ that were opposed, they couldn’t touch it, no matter how valid the argument.