This Is Where I Give Up

It's clear from this that Mayor Bloomberg, Governor Pataki and President Bush (and Rudy Giuliani for that matter) just aren't paying any attention to what is going on at Ground Zero. They are all nominal Republicans but they can't seem to be able to muster the attention to keep the WTC Memorial from becoming the province of left wing kooks. Malkin says Tom Bernstein is an old college classmate and business crony of the President. Is this another instance of social connection trumping shared values?