Democrats Break Promise to Implement 9/11 Commission Recommendations

As expected the Democrats are already breaking a solemn vow they made to the voters during the campaign to implement the recommendations of the 9/11 Commission. This was one of the key components of the Democrats' bid to take over Congress, citing President Bush's failure to implement all of the recommendations.

Now that the Democrats have won Congress, apparently they feel they can put a key component of their campaign on the back burner.

A key recommendation of the 9/11 Commission is a reorganization of Congress in order to bring about a more effective oversight of the nation's intelligence agencies. The Democrats obviously have no stomach for such a massive reorganization, no more so than their Republican counterparts.

But it is the hypocrisy of the Democrats that is the issue.

The decision will almost certainly anger commission members, as well as families of victims of the Sept. 11 attacks, many of whom have pressed hard for implementation of the recommendations.

"The Democrats pledged to implement all the remaining 9/11 reforms, not some of them," said former representative Timothy J. Roemer (D-Ind.), who served on the commission.

Carie Lemack, whose mother was in one of the jets that hit the World Trade Center, echoed that sentiment: "It wasn't a Chinese takeout menu, the 41 recommendations. You have to do all of them."

As we have seen repeatedly in the weeks since the midterm elections, the Democrats are backtracking from campaign promises and proceeding with an agenda that is set by Leftist extremists within the Party instead of listening to the will of the voters who clearly chose more conservative Democrats.

This is just one more example of the type of leaders Americans have chosen to lead Congress.