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.
“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.
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!!
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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.
And the Democrat Carter did so well too. I’m almost positive he and Khomeni had a master-slave relationship.
“Cowboy”
The world’s best known marque of excellence for over 150 years.
“cowboy diplomacy?”
The first time I ever heard of that phrase was on the Star Trek episode when Picard met Spock.
“distinguished Americans of both political parties to travel around the world on my behalf . . . “
She’s making it clear that she will resume her practice of pointless world junkets, not just for the `First Hound’ but for FsOH, and all on the public dime again.
Now this:
We know that. It happened before," said Giuliani, who was mayor during the 9/11 attacks.
Do tell Rooty. We had no idea you were mayor on 9/11.
Rather have a cowboy than go back to a naive Doormat
Pray for W and Our Victorious Troops
Rather have a cowboy than go back to a naive Doormat
Pray for W and Our Victorious Troops
What does he want her to correct? Queen Hillary's statement was disgusting, as is most everything coming out of her mouth, but I don't think she believes any of it to be inaccurate. Is Rudy really suggesting that any discussion of how candidates would implement foreign policy should wait until after the election? That makes no sense.