Posted on 04/28/2007 1:39:09 PM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
NEW YORK, New York (1010 WINS) -- Rudy Giuliani ripped into the head of the Democratic Party yesterday for getting personal by suggesting Giuliani's family life poses a "serious problem."
The shot earlier this week by Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean marks the first time Dems have openly targeted Giuliani's messy past.
During a CNN interview, Dean said the GOP presidential front-runner "has a lot of character issues that he has to answer for."
"We've begun to reach out to evangelical Christians, and that's a real problem for him," Dean told CNN. "His personal life is a serious problem for him."
Dean refused to say what he was referring to, although the former mayor's marriage to his third wife, Judith Nathan, in 2003 followed a bitter, public breakup with wife No. 2, Donna Hanover.
Giuliani's team fired back hard yesterday in a Daily News article, calling Dean's verbal grenade a desperate ploy to divert attention away from the Democrats' wavering on Iraq, a theme Giuliani has clearly decided is working for him.
"Last night, the Democratic candidates for President once again made clear they just don't understand the terrorists' war on us," Giuliani communication chief Katie Levinson said, referring to the Democrats' Thursday night debate. "So sadly, it yet again comes as no surprise that the political leader of the Democratic Party - in a desperate effort to once again change the subject - resorted to a personal political attack."
The back-and-forth seemed to underscore growing concern among Democrats about Giuliani, who is the only Republican who beats all top Democrats in key battleground states, a poll showed this week.
“It looks like the Democrat candidates....”
They’re scared of ruudee, all-right......PLENTY of democrats would vote for him.
It is not uncommon for surrogates of either party to speak for their slate of candidates, and against candidates of the other.
Do tell.
He sure is. Why do people support a guy like him?
They sure do, if you read the comments by liberals they think he's wonderful...
Reach out all you want, Howie, expect to get your hand slapped. Rudy, with all his warts is still better than the Liberal Dems.
I think John is busy writing a book about Watergate. ;)
Somebody made preparations. If the first attack on the towers had suceeded, probably 5.000-10,000 peopole would have died. If oyu recall, that was about the first projection of fatalties on 9/11. Most of the people in those buildings got out. I’m not for Guilani, but this sort of finger-pointing is not acceptable to me. Fact is that some terrorists attacks are going to succeed.
Dean called him out on his train wreck of a personal life.
It looks like Rooty is the one that is desperate to divert attention from the subject Dean called him out on.
Poor Rooty. A leftwing liberal with the morals of a garter snake can’t even debate Dean.
Or a democratic mole. Using Giuliani for the divide and conquer strategy.
If the ROTC rejected Rudy for physical reasons, he probably wouldn't pass the Army physical, since the requirements are the same. See Army Regulation 40-501. Looks much more thorough than your yearly physical at your family doctor.
Then using a quote from a 18 year old article by Jimmy Breslin, one of the chief Clinton bootlickers? This is a loser arguement.
Hey, how about printing Howard Dean’s military record?
If you can't see what the Dems are doing, then your IQ must be in the single digits.
Why should I waste my time breaking it down to you? You're still going to shill for Rudy anyway.
That's dehumanizing garter snakes. At least they're not poisonous. :-)
Giuliani “fires back” at Dean re family life, whatever that is.
But you won’t hear Rudy, or any other Republican, hit the Democrats over immigration, big government, the welfare state, excessive taxes, the United Nations, individual responsibility or political corruption.
The presidential campaign in 08 is shaping up to be another non-issue campaign. Neither party will promise to lower taxes significantly, honestly confront socialism, lower spending, enforce immigration laws, cut pork, or run the crooks out of politics.
Where am I wrong? Anyone?
the impromptu fortitude of the cops, firemen, and the occupants of the WTC’s is all that went right on the morning of 9-11.
Everything that (by Sep 2001) could have reasonably expected to be in place so far as equipment, plans, management, etc, was conspicuously absent after 7 years of Giuliani’s term as Mayor.
But he showed up with his bullhorn, as dependably as al sharpton.......both in the street and on Saturday Night Live.
A variety of commissions etc have made inquiries and reports on this since....and some of them have even been made public.
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