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Giuliani Fights Back Against the IAFF
Human Events ^ | 7/17/2007 | Ericka Andersen

Posted on 07/17/2007 7:20:29 AM PDT by HoosierGirl25

Rudy Giuliani’s campaign is again under attack by The International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) who last week released a video packed with claims against the presidential candidate. Urging citizens not to vote for Giuliani, IAFF purports to speak on behalf of some of 343 firefighters lost on 9/11 by featuring friends and family members in the video. Though IAFF says they are non-partisan, President Harold Schaitberger is a “longtime supporter of Kerry,” and the IAFF endorsed the Kerry campaign in 2004.

Schaitberger introduces the video as “part of our ongoing political education process.” But it’s more than that. IAFF has taken issue with Giuliani in the past for other 9/11 concerns including “his decision to make cops higher in the pecking order when emergency-response and security issues arise,” according to the New York Post.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 911; firefighters; giuliani; iaff

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