Nothing is bared in a world where John McCain and Sarah Palin start using 9/11 videos to campaign for US Presidency. Decency and good taste has been abandoned.
John McCain & Sarah Palin aired footage of a plane crashing into one of the towers on September 11th, 2001. It was featured in one of the videos shown at the Republican National Convention.
The Wall Street Journal noted, "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."
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John McCain & Sarah Palin Use 9/11 in Ad
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