Posted on 09/28/2006 7:45:46 AM PDT by veronica
Former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani characterized Bill and Hillary Clinton's recent criticism of President Bush's efforts to stop Osama bin Laden before 9/11 as a "mistake" and said it's time to "stop this blame thing" over who is responsible for the September 11 attacks.
"I think the comparison is the mistake," Giuliani told NewsMax and other media during a luncheon Wednesday in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., while on a campaign stop for Congressman Clay Shaw, R-Fla., who is seeking re-election.
"I don't think the Clinton people should be saying somehow it's more President Bush's responsibility," Giuliani said when asked about Hillary's recent statements about Sept. 11.
On Monday, Sen. Clinton said she defended her husband's outburst on Fox News over criticism he has received for his handling of Osama bin Laden and al-Qaida.
"I'm certain that if my husband and his national security team had been shown a classified report entitled ‘Bin Laden Determined to Attack Inside the United States,'" Sen. Clinton said, "he would have taken it more seriously than history suggests it was taken by our current president and his national security team."
The remark was a direct swipe at President Bush, because in August of 2001 he was given such a report prepared by the CIA. The CIA report, however, never indicated how al-Qaida might strike U.S. targets.
"I know President Bush doesn't say that about President Clinton," said Giuliani. "I think the reality is that any American president, if they had known about an attack, would have done everything they could to stop it."
The real fault for 9/11, Giuliani says, lies squarely with the Islamic terrorists. He added, "I think we should stop trying to blame our presidents for 9/11."
Frequently mentioned as a potential Republican candidate for president in 2008, Giuliani characterized the latest war of words over who is responsible for 9/11 as a distraction. "We should stop this blame thing," he said. "There's no blame to be cast on President Bush or President Clinton."
Giuliani added that he thinks we should stop getting distracted by trying to figure out what American is responsible for the terrorist attacks, saying "Americans didn't do Sept. 11, the Islamic terrorists did."
In his remarks during the campaign stop, Giuliani credited President Bush's aggressive anti-terror policy for the fact the U.S. has not been attacked since 9/11.
"The reality is, thank God, we haven't been attacked in five years," Giuliani said. "None of us thought that was possible. We all thought that after 9/11 we would be attacked. I personally thought many times."
((((SIGH)))) Its just been one of those days! ;-)
Not good enough for this crowd.
Actually if you think about it Rudy is saying exactly what Bush was saying - there is no time for this sort of bickering back and forth - the real enemies are out there!
Yep, there will be many more of them. But at least it motivates me. In fact nothing motivates me more. ;)
Yep, they have a lot in common, they bonded over 911. I am reading Rudy's book. LOL over his first approach to golf. Funny!
I heard his son Andrew is an avid golfer now! Wow! I remember when Andrew was a little boy!
Man Shocked Trying to Steal Electric Wires wsbt ^ | 09/28/06 | samuel king Posted on 09/28/2006 11:54:06 AM EDT by hoosierboy (WSBT) A South Bend man was hospitalized with severe burns after he suffered an electrical shock trying to steal copper from a underground power line. It happened on Sample Street, behind the old South Bend Lathe Building, where the man works. That's where crews are tearing down the old Studebaker Factory. Police say the man didn't know the lines were charged, and that's why he went ahead and tried to steal the wire. "The incidents of metal theft have really spiked in the last six to eight months," said David Mayne, spokesman for Indiana Michigan Power. "In the case, of stealing wire off the electric distribution system, you could die for just a few dollars." At last check, the man was in a Fort Wayne Hospital with serious burns to his arms and face. He has not been identified
He's at Duke, playing golf.
Well he just wanted A SAMPLE ya know!
Oh now that's funny!
YIKES!! I'm getting old! LOL
We all are.
Good post, but prepare for the incoming.
He seems to be connected to Americans when other politicians are astoundingly disconnected.
Well said.
I have been working on a biography of Rudy's professional life - it's really amazing - incredible accomplishments.
I will start to post it soon - the problem is it's long - so I have to get it down a little.
Good point, dirtboy. However, the abortion thing is actually BACKFIRING on the libs. If you can find the September 17 San Francisco Chronicle (a newspaper left of Pravda), even THEY admit that the abortionists, most of whom are Lie-berals, are turning themselves into a permanent minority because of it.
Talk about the Law of Unintended Consequences...!
Most here are parents and can feel the anguish of the parents whose children go off to school every morning.
Imagine this pervert having to send his wifey out to defend him every time he gets into trouble AGAIN.
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