Posted on 08/29/2007 4:18:11 AM PDT by Liz
Rudy Giuliani will speak at the sixth anniversary commemoration the of the 9/11 attacks - bringing protests from his critics.........firefighter families charge that he is being allowed to exploit the event for political gain.
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
According to archivists who preserve the memories of those killed on 9/11, no avowed presidential candidate has ever spoken at the annual commemorative Ground Zero ceremony. In fact, candidates running for NYC local offices have reverentially suspended campaigning on Sept. 11.
Like it or not he WAS the mayor on that day.
Gee, I wonder if the HelleryCare War Room is behind this??
Pray for W and Our Troops
I agree, this attack is lame. Rudy lost friends that day too.
Weak. Really Weak.
If Rudy had declined the invitation, he’d be castigated for turning his back on the victims & survivors of 9/11.
I can't fathom that being the case. I can't fathom why anyone would trust either of them to handle the war on terror. Some one remind me again why either of them has all this WOT credibility? I must have missed a meeting somewhere, again. When I look at the so-called "top tier" of either party I don't get the idea American's even know we are at war. They certainly don't seem to be looking for a CiC.
True. But he should leave his politics and retinue behind. He would have no class if he refers to his candidacy or asks for support.
Firefighters were the only people killed at WTC? I love and respect you guys and gals but you dont own exclusive rights to that day in history. Like him or not but Rudy was the Mayor and a great leader through it all.
I would give him credit for being a little smarter that to stoop that low.
And he wont... He is going to be reading a portion of the names as he has done in the past and will continue to do for the rest of his life.
This is perhaps the lamest attack FR could put onto Rudy.
Ask any American who the primary figure was on 9-11, and I bet a huge majority would say Rudy. He was the mayor of the city and performed extraordinarily well under pressure that day and in the aftermath. I think he has a right to participate in the events as he has in previous years.
Well the good news is that clearly it isn't ALL of FR (yet anyway). Clearly there still is some intellectual honesty left here as can be seen by some of the comments in this thread.
Agreed. Let's hear what he has to say, first. If he turns it political (Although, when it comes to public figures EVERYTHING is inherently political) then he can be condemned.
With Giuliani having “front runner” status in the GOP by my estimation that makes him a target for attack from all sides.
These “firefighter families” that have cropped up to attack Rudy G. (who I think is too liberal) need to be investigated like those “Jersey girls” that Ann Coulter exposed as frauds and Demohacks.
I think Rudy G. is a target for the Hillary Smear Machine, even though I disagree strongly with Rudy on many issues.
Actually it’s the firefighters association that is trying to exploit the situation for political gain—i.e. to damage an opponent of their chosen candidate.
If Rudy did not participate, the media would go on for days about his “conspicuous absence.”
No firefighters have booed Rudy G, but were booing Her Heinous' speech. I heard it, and it's on tape.
True. Also - don't forget that Rudy was also a victim that day. He was nearly killed and he directly lost many friends. I was a victim that day (having been at work in the city and having to deal with the horror of it all directly rather than watch it on the TV)but luckily everyone I knew who was down by the towers made it out alive. Rudy (and thousands of others) isn't lucky enough to be able to say the same.
You anti-Rudy people are completely over the top.
“Rasmussen Polling found New Yorkers trust Hillary Rodham Clinton more than Giuliani to handle the war on terror”
Lots of Democrats in New York City. And many of them would prefer that the war on terror just go away. Hillary could deliver the illusion that it has.
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