For the past four years, Democrats have ceaselessly attacked Republicans for "exploiting" the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

 When President Bush showed his support for rescue workers at Ground Zero, Democrats cried "exploitation!"

 When the Bush administration launched a long-overdue global war on terror, Democrats cried "exploitation!"

 When Bush signed the Patriot Act, Democrats cried "exploitation!"

 When Republicans held their national convention in New York City last year, Democrats cried "exploitation!"

 And when Karl Rove gave a speech to New York conservatives pointing out the Democrats' passive counterterror strategy, Democrats cried "exploitation!"

 But when an investigative reporter exposes Democrats raiding federal homeland security grants and turning 9/11 money into a party slush fund, where, oh where, are all the indignant liberal watchdogs to protest such clear and unconscionable political exploitation?

 Can't find a single barking hound on the Left. Just chirping crickets.

 This week, Newark Star-Ledger reporter Rick Hepp revealed that the office of acting Democratic New Jersey Gov. Richard Codey "played a key role in doling out millions of dollars in state homeland security grants this year to legislative districts controlled by his party," contrary to his public denials. The federal funds had been originally sent to the state for vital counterterrorism purchases -- things like first-responder equipment that small towns might not have been able to afford. Democrats control both houses of the New Jersey legislature, as well as the governor's office. Continued...