McCain is shockingly like Bob Dole was--tough-talking BEFORE they became presidential candidates.
I disagree with Giuliani on many things, but I think he could wipe the floor with this guy in a debate. "I've run a city that was a target of terrorists on 9-11 and worked for the justice department prosecuting gangsters, what the hell have YOU ever done? Huh? Speak up, we're not in Chicago anymore, you don't get patted on the back just for showing up."
Giuliani would be bad for this. Obama- or any other Dem- would just deflect any and all of his 9/11 and mayoral experience by citing his irresponsible scandal and affair as corruption and moral failings. Should’ve picked someone else, not Giuliani.
Yep. I’m having fantasies about what Guiliani would say to this little vainglorious wimp in the debates. It would be epic.
McCain will tuck his tail between his legs and let Obama and his media thugs intimidate him.
“I disagree with Giuliani on many things, but I think he could wipe the floor with this guy in a debate. “I’ve run a city that was a target of terrorists on 9-11 and worked for the justice department prosecuting gangsters, what the hell have YOU ever done? Huh? Speak up, we’re not in Chicago anymore, you don’t get patted on the back just for showing up.””
Hindsight is 20-20, ain’t it?
Giuliani was a scrapper with both his political opponents and the press. He LOVED “the fight”, and even though he didn’t win every one that he was in, he at least _tried_. He wasn’t afraid to make assertations that would cause both the media and his political enemies to howl. Good on him.
McCain seems to envision himself as a “compromiser” willing to “work” with the other side. As much as I respect his years of service and confinement, he seems afraid to go for the jugular, or for any other artery, for that matter.
I would to see McCain to turn this around, but - short of some sort of seismic shock that even the media can’t avoid covering up - I sense that he has lost the election.
I can’t say that Rudy would have won in his stead. This has been a near-impossible year for Republicans, and nearly everyone fears attacking Obama because of the race factor. (Aside: I have posted openly about that factor here on FR, when few others were willing to address it.) And we know how folks who loudly supported Giuliani were treated earlier this year in this very forum.
But one thing is for certain:
Rudy is a political warrior.
McCain - his heroic military past notwithstanding - is not.
- John