Are The Republicans Afraid It Might Collapse, Again?

Michelle Malkin wrote about this on her blog. Trying, in the ham-fisted style that she is so proud of, to blame this tragedy on "illegal-immigrants" is just further proof that she is - for lack of a more appropriate term - bat-shit crazy.

But now, the GOP is probaby going to just forget that this ever happened. Even though they are having their convention just 10 miles away from it next month.

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 governor’s staff reports there are no plans to hold any events near the site of the bridge collapse, about 10 miles from the convention hall. And GOP convention planners have organized hundreds of buses to ease the congestion expected when some 45,000 conventioneers, guests and media commute to the hall.

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