Great thread!
Posted on 04/26/2007 3:03:19 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
April 26, 2007 -- Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama laced into Rudy Giuliani yesterday after the GOP front-runner sparked an uproar by declaring America would be more vulnerable to a terror attack with a Democrat in the White House.
Former Sen. John Edwards and the Democratic National Committee also joined in on the anti-Rudy romp, accusing him of politicizing the war on terror in a daylong brawl.
Giuliani chuckled about the swirl of Democratic outrage about his comments, which put the media focus squarely on his strongest point - his 9/11 performance.
"It sounds like I hit at least a triple," Giuliani told radio host Sean Hannity. "I was trying for a home run, but I think I got at least a triple - meaning I have got the three leading Democratic candidates attacking me."
The flap started after Giuliani said in a speech in New Hampshire on Tuesday night that the nation will defeat terrorism no matter who wins in 2008, but that the Democrats want to "wave the white flag."
He told the Web site Politico.com that America will be "safer with a Republican president."
... Giuliani insisted he wasn't questioning the Democrats' patriotism, but added, "Everything I said is absolutely true - they want to retreat in Iraq."
He claimed that the Democrats "do not seem to get the fact there are . . . really dangerous people who want to come here and kill us. That, in fact, they did come here and kill us twice, and they got away with it because we were on defense, because we weren't alert enough to the dangers."
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
Bump!
LOL. He isn’t concerned about their self-esteem.
Me too...
All he has is 9/11, not even that really, since he was nothing more than a grief counselor.
Which is why he's already played his Ace of Spades.
His negatives were climbing so he panicked and went to his trump card. But you can only milk an issue so far. See John Kerry, who tried to run exclusively on his 3-month Vietnam service.
Fred Thompson has already written an essay outlining the history of appeasing Islamofascism and the consequences of doing so. That's way deeper than Rudy, who suddenly became concerned about terrorism after 9/11 (Rudy never mentioned or said anything after the original WTC bombing in 1993 in the Mayoral campaign)
The Democrats are already directly responsible for more of our troops being killed or wounded.
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Thank you for your kindness, Cincinatus’ Wife.
And Thank GOD for today’s Internet Saber of CLARITY.
Something we Vietnam Veterans just didn’t have available to us to combat the U.S. Media’s LIES about our Fight for the Freedom of others long ago.
NEVER ever AGAIN.
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Great transcript!
“....We got all of these people, the Democrats out there, mad at Rudy Giuliani, warning about future attacks, and yet everything the Democrats are saying and do indicates that they damn well know there’s going to be another attack. Listen to their proposals. And, by the way, they can propose anything. They’re not the minority anymore in Congress, and yet in most instances they act like they are, other than this war funding business, because they know they need us to lose. They cannot withstand politically a victory by the US military. ...”
Worth repeating.
I’m listening to Rush and he’s doing it again with half his brain tied around his back.
He always does! Me, too...great stuff on the debates.
“At least he is taking the fight to them unlike other Republicans with no spines or balls.”
I do not support Mayor Giuliani for the same reasons I do not support other socialists, regardless of the capital letter they happen to place in parentheses behind their name.
He is correct, however, in bringing the fight to the opposition. That’s a basic strategic insight that most of the GOP seems incapable of grasping.
“Hillary (if she manages to win the nomination) needs someone as flawed as Guiliani to run against so she can minimize the impact of her own high negative numbers.”
We have a winner ladies and gentlemen!
The lamestream media is trying it’s best to select it’s favorite candidates for the election. In a contest between socialists, socialism wins.
“....Democrats can not be allowed to take the White House!”
Change the first word to socialists, and even I’ll agree with it. You forget that not all Democrats are socialists.
So he’s a fighter.
“So he’s a fighter.”
Yes. I usually question what he is fighting for, but I recognize that he has the instincts of a pugilist. Most politicians in the GOP do not.
If Mayor Giuliani was a conservative, I would support him. But unfortunately he is not.
LLS
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