The memorial for the victims of the Sept. 11 attack on the World Trade Center should not be a time for pushing politics, but, according to an editorial published in the New York Times, many people feel as though that will happen on this Tuesday.

All of the controversy surrounding the former mayor of New York City, Rudolph Giuliani, is due to the fact that he is running for president. Many feel that he is exploiting Sept. 11 as way to make is way to the top of the Republican party in the presidential race. 

New York City firefighters are especially outraged with the fact that Giuliani will be speaking, questioning the leadership of Giuliani before Sept. 11 and how that could have affected the outcome of many of thier peers. 

Although Mayor Michael Bloomberg said that he has only invited Giuliani to read a passage, not make a campaign speech, many feel that is just what will happen. The same invitation has been extented to former governor, George Pataki. Other political leaders have been asked to be a part of the memorial also, but only to stand silently in the audience. Among those asked are Sen. Hillary Clinton, also a presidential candidate.

Many believe that the only way that this memorial should happen is for the present mayor and governors to read the prepared texts and names of the victims, and that Giuliani and Pataki should sit quietly in the audience along with the other politicians.

For more information, visit the editorial at the New York Times website.