Posted on 02/24/2007 2:11:42 AM PST by Jim Robinson
TULARE, Calif. (AP)--It didn't take a soil scientist to detect that former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani was on unfamiliar turf Feb. 13 at the 40th World Ag Expo.
Dressed in a black suit, sweater vest and penny loafers, Giuliani joked about his lack of agricultural know-how at the farm equipment show where even the crowned and glittery Dairy Princess wore jeans and boots. But he vowed to be well-versed on the subject by the end of his campaign for president.
"This is not an area where I claim to be an expert, but I do understand how agriculture is critical to our nation," said Giuliani.
The farm show is an annual event in the San Joaquin Valley. Inventors, salesmen and farmers from around the globe flock to the fair to peddle mammoth harvesting machines, crop insurance and other products to an estimated 100,000 visitors.
So it was a natural stop for Giuliani as he makes his way across the country reaching out to a cross-section of voters.
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Though clearly out of his urban element, Giuliani sought to reassure growers he had their interests in mind.
"The American farmer is the most innovative in the world," he said. "You feed us. You take care of us. Each of us kind of helps the other."
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Been farming long?
He's smart enough to accomplish it.
After Giuliani lost his first bid for New York City mayor, he boned up on city government, big time. He worked hard at it and by the end knew it inside and out. He stated he would work hard to earn the privilege to me mayor, and he did.
I think he might better be a tad bit busy studying up on the art of warfare.
Farming is a lot more complicated a science than many think, so Rudy may have his work cut out for him....
Reckon he can learn to shoot a possum in the henhouse? I hear he doesn't like guns!
Sounds like he "knows" enough to be honest about how much he knows about farming and it's importance than most people give him credit for.
I think he might better be a tad bit busy studying up on the art of warfare.
= = =
INDEED.
Including the shredding, FOSTERIZING that
HARXIST (SHRILLERY) unleashes so routinely on her opponents.
There once was a Yankee named Rooty
Couldn't tell a pig's snout from patootie
But he's wantin' your vote
So he'll check out your goat
Like a new staffer who had a nice bootie
We don't hire a farmer, we hire a president.
Although, Carter did know peanuts.
Rudy to his staff: "Youz guys go find out as much as you can about animals and shrubs and like that uh, uh...vegetation stuff and report back to me quick"
Julie-Annie.....what a boob.
Arnie can teach him all about farming. They's two peas in a pod.
Carter was a governor. Carter was a farmer. Carter got good grades in school and was supposed to be smart.
Carter was an atrocious president.
I will say this he already has produced a great deal of manure.
"Farming is a lot more complicated a science than many think..."
No kidding... just ask Oliver Wendell Douglas.
Oh, good one!!
He also had a science degree from the USNA, and he did a good job of managing the White House Tennis Court sign up sheet.
He's dead, jim.
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