Transcript: Rudy Giuliani addressed the Republican National Convention

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[An American!]

NEW YORK (CNN) -- Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani addressed the Republican National Convention on Monday night. This is a transcript of his remarks.

Thank you. Welcome to the capital of the world.

New York was the first capital of our great nation. It was here in 1789, in lower Manhattan, that George Washington took the oath of office as the first president of the United States.

And it was here in 2001, in the same lower Manhattan, that President George W. Bush stood amid the fallen towers of the World Trade Center, and he said to the barbaric terrorists who attacked us, "They will hear from us."

Well, they heard from us.

They heard from us in Afghanistan and we removed the Taliban.

They heard from us in Iraq, and we ended Saddam Hussein's reign of terror.

And we put him where he belongs, in jail.

They heard from us in Libya, and without firing a shot Gadhafi abandoned his weapons of mass destruction.

[An American!]

AWESOME Speech!!!!!
Go here for full text: http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/08/30/giuliani.transcript/index.html

[An American!]

I forgot to post my favorite part:

My point about John Kerry being inconsistent is best described in his own words, not mine. I quote John Kerry, "I actually did vote for the $87 billion before I voted against it."
Maybe this explains John Edwards' need for two Americas.
One is where John Kerry can vote for something and another where he can vote against exactly the same thing.

[ladyinred]

I loved every minute of it. He was awesome!

[Just Lori]

I wanted to hug Rudy just like that construction worker at ground zero hugged W!

[RightField]

bump for keeps !

[bpjam]

This speech rocked. The entire crowd was rocking with this speech. Rudy could have announced that he was going to be the new VP and people would have cheered. He just mocked Kerry repeatedly, not really visciously, but humorously and with some bite. He was classic NY. He put on gloves, but he bloodied Kerry's nose repeatedly. And he stuck it to the euro-weenies by pointing out that for the past 30 years they have never prosecuted terrorists and that W would never let the euro's dictate when and how we fight.

After the magnus opus from McCain (the best speech he ever gave), this one lightened up the mood dramatically and threw the jabs at Kerry that McCain wouldn't do. It was one hell of an opening day, certainly about 3X the opening night for the demorats.

[risk]

"I agree."

[Rebelbase]

Thanks for posting the transcript. I fell asleep during McCain.