it's all water under the bridge

or so the GOP would have you believe...

"It’s a year today since the Minneapolis bridge collapse that killed 13 people, but don’t expect Gov. Tim Pawlenty to showcase the reconstruction."

"Indeed, with the Republican National Convention in St. Paul just a month away and Pawlenty reported to be high on John McCain’s running mate list, Republicans want to drive attention away from the infrastructure disaster that spotlighted the nation’s crumbling bridges and from the criticism the governor faced for what some critics said was a slow response."

“The anniversary of the bridge collapse is this Friday, and the convention isn’t for a month after that. The two things aren’t really related,” said Pawlenty spokesman Brian McClung."

"Republicans say they would rather not dampen the convention by revisiting an old tragedy."

(via Politico.com)

the image above should be plastered all over the Twin Cities during the Republican National Convention & they should shuttle people to the site, not away from it, just to remind everyone who exactly was responsible for the failure of our infrastructure that caused this disaster. I'm just sayin'...