“a Failure of Human Understanding….”

The Boston Globe this morning reports:As fog shrouded the State House steps, Governor Deval Patrick led a solemn ceremony this morning to mark the sixth anniversary of Sept. 11, calling the terrorist attacks of 2001 “a failure of human understanding.””We meet to honor the lives of the 206 sons and daughters of our community who were lost six years ago,” Patrick told a group of 200 people, including officials and victims’ relatives, gathered at the flag pole on the Capitol lawn. “Our tribute is for each of them, and our condolences are with each of you.”While “The Star-Spangled Banner” was sung, the flag was raised to the top of the pole and then slowly lowered halfway back down. Two men played “Taps” on trumpets.A crowd of 75 onlookers gathered at the bottom of the steps, watching the ceremony from the opposite side of the black, wrought-iron fence.

Well, that figures… the moral equivalence nonsense still prevails among Democrats, apparently. Idiots.

Radio Equalizer notes the same story and reports that Howie Carr’s show was quite busy afterwards.

Hours later, local talker Howie Carr pounced on the governor for his poor choice of words, which strongly implied the United States at least partly brought 9-11 upon itself. Callers quickly joined in to denounce Patrick.

As well they should.

Carr, by the way, is in the last week of his show at 680/WRKO. Rumor has it, he will be moving to 96.9/WTKK, Boston’s FM talker. How that situation plays into Carr’s outrage, I’m not sure, (publicity in a move situation is usually desirable, after all) but knowing him, he’d do it anyway. And in this case, he’s quite correct.

And you know…  when you see the Boston Herald agree…

If only Osama bin Laden had been hugged more as a child.

If only the 19 wild-eyed jihadists who hijacked our airplanes and murdered 3,000 of our brothers and sisters six years ago had some kind of “human understanding” of the people they set out to systematically torture and kill.

Then, Gov. Deval Patrick, would we all be sitting around together sipping tea?

We’d like to believe that a few of Patrick’s lines at yesterday’s 9/11 memorial ceremony at the State House were the product of first-time jitters, or perhaps a truly clueless speechwriter.

Unfortunately, the governor’s fuzzy recollection of that terrifying day seems to be in keeping with a certain “blame us” mentality that so many of his supporters embrace, along with a failure to acknowledge the continuing threat of evil that Americans face.

Indeed. Now, when the Herald can actually have the guts to say  not just Deval Patrick’s supporters, but DEMOCRATS, they may actually cut close enough to the truth to be of use.