Posted on 11/23/2007 3:14:49 PM PST by ansel12
BRISTOL, N.H. (AP) — Presidential hopeful Fred Thompson said Friday that New York City isn't a model for the rest of the country and that Rudy Giuliani should stop basing his stances on his time as that city's mayor.
Thompson, campaigning at a New Hampshire gun store with stuffed moose and deer overhead, told reporters that Giuliani too often turns to his time as New York mayor to explain his support for stronger gun restrictions.
"He relates everything to New York City. Well, New York City is not emblematic of the rest of the country, I don't think. I think the sentiments of those people in the rest of the country are in support of the Second Amendment — which is where I've always been and I don't think he's ever been," Thompson said.
The former Tennessee senator and "Law & Order" actor badly trails Giuliani in New Hampshire polls, in part because Thompson has spent so little time in the state. On Friday, he planned to attend a town hall-style meeting at a Veterans of Foreign Wars hall.
Thompson is trying to show differences between himself and Giuliani, who trails former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and Sen. John McCain in the latest CNN-WMUR-TV poll conducted by the University of New Hampshire Survey Center. Giuliani polls at 16 percent, far short of Romney's 33 percent support.
Thompson, who fares relatively well in national polls, posted only 4 percent support.
Gun rights is a key issue among libertarian-leaning primary voters in New Hampshire.
"(Giuliani) simply supported just about every gun control legislation that came down the pike. I just disagree with him on that," Thompson said. "I saw he was at bill signing ceremonies with (New York Sen.) Chuck Schumer and President Clinton and others for gun control legislation over the years. Of course, he's not as outspoken about it any more."
Thompson, however, is.
"I used to have my own skeet shoot," Thompson boasted as he wandered through the gun shop and bought his children gifts. "Some of my opponents, you know, have a bad record or no records. I have a solid record. ... I'm not embarrassed to remind anybody of it."
A Giuliani spokeswoman said Thompson should be careful with his rhetoric.
"Coming from a man who lives in the Beltway, who is a Washington insider and lobbyist and who played the role Rudy Giuliani actually lived on a television series, I am not sure what to make of the senator's comments, except to say results are results," Katie Levinson said.
"Time and again as U.S. attorney, the third-ranking official in the Reagan Justice Department and as mayor of New York, Rudy Giuliani delivered, and no amount of political posturing will change that," she said.
Thompson also said the Democrats would do everything they could to end gun rights.
"They were against gun rights for a long time and they paid for it at the polls," he said. "I don't think Americans think taking guns out of the hands of law-abiding citizens makes for a safer America. Just the opposite."
FRed doesn’t sleep on the job.
Unlike Duncan, Myth, and the Huckster, FRed is on the job all the time.
That’s the reason why his is the record they flop to, not flip from!
Presidential hopeful Fred Thompson said Friday that New York City isn’t a model for the rest of the country...
Only a bankrupt fool puts down others and things to build themselves up!
I was in love with NYC since I was a child not because of any Mayor but because of the many historical moments and charm it holds I pray you get Zero votes from NYC!
I heard that!
{”Only a bankrupt fool puts down others and things to build themselves up!}”
ROMNEY: TO ALL GUN OWNERS!
“These guns are not made for recreation or self-defense. They are instruments of destruction with the sole purpose of hunting down and killing people.”
Hmmm, ok.
Please name 5 "typical American cities"?
- John
“Please name 5 “typical American cities”?”
Tulsa, San Francisco, New Orleans, Los Angeles, and El Paso?
Just kidding.
Hey dano1,
Now you crossed the line.
I used to think you were just a whole-hearted supporter of your candidate and would try just to deal with the issues.
But by using the same slimy, unethical tactics that other Fred-bashers have been using you have gone to the dark side.
Good luck with getting a sympathetic ear anymore from anybody with an ounce of objectivity.
I don’t think you are getting it yet.
Your message that Fred’s campaign is floundering or bankrupt is not selling well at FreeRepublic and judging by the polls, is not affecting his national standing at all.
You might want to try another unethical approach to boosting Mitt’s campaign.
What’s the current status of Rudy’s idiotic lawsuit against America’s gun manufacturers?
Do you make that prayer because you love NYC or because your’re a Mittwit?
Bump for you to read
I have been a resident since 1972 and watch all the transitions and “I love NY” always have and my grandparents had a big farm upstate!
You are not getting it I love NY!
Charm? All I remember about NYC is the stench.
Charm? All I remember about NYC is the stench.
Than you were here before Rudy time!
I was there in 1961, but that isn’t the issue. If you want to live in a bee hive, fine with me, go for it, just keep it to yourself. I love bees, they are cool, but the average bee ain’t smart enough to pee down it’s leg if it’s foot catches fire.
I don’t know...
Hey Katie - while your boy Rudy was probably dancing to "YMCA" at 54 Nightclub in the late 70s, Fred was taking down a corrupt TN Governor.
If you want to live in a bee hive, fine with me, go for it, just keep it to yourself.
Hey bud, this is an open forum the last I check who made you monitor!
...and I don’t live in a bee hive, like your self who lives in a swamp!
Thompson: New York Is Atypical City
Gee, ya think?
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