The NYT and the Washington Post, what the Right construe to be liberal papers, featured op eds in the past two weeks from the Republicans, notably those involved in the "Project for New American Century" and the lawyers who enabled W's appointment to the Presidency by the Supreme Court. The people who caused are troubles are NOT punished, but are given time on TV and space in the papers to tell us why W was heroic and our wars in Afghanistan and Iraq were good. In speaking and writing, they blame 9/11 on Bill Clinton and thank the Lord for W since Gore would NOT have protected us; that nonsense is repeated over and over on Fox and talk radio without end.
It's a rewriting of history that's false. NONE of it is true. Does anybody think Al Gore would have ignored six months of warnings culminating with daily briefings in late August and early September saying "Bin Laden determined to commit a violent terrorist act on the US"? That’s what W did.
Al Gore was in charge of the US response to Y2K. All public firms, state and local governments were required to make detailed plans to deal with potential problems -- which were fortunately ALL dealt with in advance.
After 9/11, Wall Street and public firms were able to recover quickly because they pulled out the planning books prepared in 1999 if 1/1/2000 proved disastrous.
By the way, there were Millennium Bombings planned for 1/1/2000 all over the world, but Clinton and Gore STOPPED that from happening. I don't recall any on the Right thanking Clinton and Gore for that success.