Posted on 10/29/2007 12:53:21 PM PDT by princess leah
...Clinton has told crowds she would send "distinguished Americans of both political parties to travel around the world on my behalf with a very simple message to the governments and the people alike: The era of cowboy diplomacy is over."
(Excerpt) Read more at townhall.com ...
Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani on Sunday blasted Hillary Rodham Clinton for talking about what she would do on the diplomatic front between her possible election and inauguration.
Clinton has told crowds she would send "distinguished Americans of both political parties to travel around the world on my behalf with a very simple message to the governments and the people alike: The era of cowboy diplomacy is over."
Giuliani, pointing to a story in Sunday's Des Moines Register about her statements, said such comments hurt the United States and undermine the balance of President Bush's term, which ends Jan. 20, 2009.
"I think that it's important that we conduct this debate in a way that we don't interfere with the ability of the country to function in a proper way, between the now and (the election)," Giuliani said at the start of a town hall-style meeting in Peterborough.
Campaigning with his wife, Judith, the former New York mayor said Clinton should retract the statements and respect Bush's responsibility.
"The president of the United States is president of the United States. He's going to be president of the United States from now until the time a new president takes over. Until then, he's the only one conducting foreign policy of this country," Giuliani said. "We can have our political debate in this country. ... But nobody should be creating the specter that we're sending emissaries out around the world before someone is actually sworn in as president of the United States.
"I think it would be good for the country if Mrs. Clinton, Senator Clinton would correct that statement now," Giuliani said.
A spokeswoman for Clinton said Giuliani missed the New York senator's point.
"Senator Clinton and Mr. Giuliani have a fundamental disagreement. She will end the war in Iraq, reverse the Bush era cowboy diplomacy and restore America's standing around the world," said Kathleen Strand. "Mr. Giuliani wants to escalate the war in Iraq and supports President Bush's failed foreign policy approach."
Giuliani, who has shaped his primary campaign as a contest against his Democratic rivals and not his Republican peers, said Clinton should remember she first has to defeat a crowded primary field in her own party.
"Well, Hillary is not president-elect, last time I checked. We're going to have something to say about that," Giuliani said to laughter. "Hillary's not even the nominee of her party. It's very, very premature to be talking about sending ambassadors all around the world even before she becomes president to interfere with the foreign policy of the United States."
Giuliani said there are too many dangers in the world to let Clinton's comments go unchecked.
"The country is at war. Sometimes it doesn't feel like a war, because it's far away. ... We have the possibility of attack on America. We know that. It happened before," said Giuliani, who was mayor during the 9/11 attacks.
I have never seen a field of Demo candidates less qualified for the Presidential candidacy. The Demos are truly pathetic.
Rudy blasts Clinton?
My tagline should tell you how impressed I am.
Yet, they continually get elected. Go figure.
“The era of cowboy diplomacy is over.”
Sorry, Hildabeast, but we were tired of the Clinton “bend over and spread your cheeks” style of diplomacy.
We know that. It happened before," said Giuliani, who was mayor during the 9/11 attacks.
He was mayor of New York on 9-11!?! Wow, I didn't know that.
Goes to show, ya learn something new everyday. Last week I learned John Kerry was in Vietnam.
My gosh.. there are lots and lots of cow boys that Americans have looked up to for generations... sorry to say that I cannot say that about her impeached ex president cliton, and surely she jested when she mentioned sending him...with out a chasity belt...
Cowboy diplomacy ?
Hillary is lucky she wasn’t captured and greased up like a pig for the children to tackle at rodeos
what a true POS she really is.
Love him or hate him at least we have 1 Republican who ain’t afraid of the Clinton Chinese Mafia. He’s not afraid of street ball since he plays it better than the co-clintons. Then she actually took the bait and had the War Room have to defend her statements. Way to go Rudy!!
Pray for W and Our Freedom Fighters
In Bizarro World, cowboy diplomacy is a bad thing...
From a PBS panel discussion of presidential character;
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/character/transcript/trans2.html
Hendrik Herzburg: I think these qualities are almost all overrated, humor and all of them. And it depends on — it depends on the results. I was at Harvard actually when LBJ became President. We worshipped him. We worshipped him as — we worshipped all those cowboy traits. You know, he was so much — he had so much more life and spirit than us desiccated Ivy Leaguers.
Liberal cowboy - good
Not so liberal cowboy-bad
With this statement, out of her own mouth, Evita demonstrates that unless we call her unfit, we have to call her treasonous.
“When elected I will send distinguished Republican Americans (there are no distinguished democrats)through out the world with the simple message that the era of Clinton corruption is OVER....the Chineese will have to find other democrats to bribe.”
Sorry, Hildabeast, but we were tired of the Clinton “bend over and spread your cheeks” style of diplomacy.
I believe that would be Brokeback Mountain cowboy diplomacy.
And the Democrat Carter did so well too. I’m almost positive he and Khomeni had a master-slave relationship.
“Yet, they continually get elected. Go figure.”
There is a simple explanation for that - their opposition has no backbone.
I have never seen a field of Demo candidates less qualified for the Presidential candidacy. The Demos are truly pathetic.
what hillie aint qualified? i got 3 reasons why she IS SO..
1. she put up with slick’s shennanigans ...so it’s HER TURN NOW
2. shes a ...well.... a woman?
3. 0
ok only 2 ....but they’re good ‘uns....by golly
arrrrrrgh ask any liberal gal...
“Cowboy”
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Oh, I don’t think that describes Clinton’s foreign policy at all.
They were more like - “what are you going to contribute to my campaign or presidential library and we’ll see what national secrets we can give you”.
and - “if it’s a hard thing to do and it might lower my approval rating, I’ll just ignore it”
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