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Walker called out for 'silence' on Giuliani
The Hill ^ | 02/21/2015 | Peter Sullivan

Posted on 02/21/2015 9:03:49 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum

The Washington Post editorial board is sharply criticizing Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) for his "silence" on former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani's controversial comments that President Obama does not love America.

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Giuliani's comments came at a dinner attended by Walker, a likely 2016 presidential candidate, in New York City this week.

Walker later did not condemn the comments. 

 

“The mayor can speak for himself," he said on CNBC the next morning. "I’m not going to comment on what the president thinks or not. He can speak for himself as well."

The Post called Walker out for not making stronger comments, and noted that Walker said he would "punt" on a question about evolution earlier this month. 

"Mr. Walker likes to present himself as a man of courage, based on his record in Wisconsin, but maybe facing down public-sector unions doesn’t tell you all that much about the bravery of a Republican governor," the Post wrote. "On two occasions in recent days, he has proved himself incapable of saying basic truths that might offend some of his potential voters: First, that evolution is real, and second, that an honorable politician criticizes his opponent’s policies, not his patriotism."

The Post meanwhile praised Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), a potential rival to Walker, for saying that “I believe the president loves America."

A spokeswoman for Jeb Bush has likewise said that he "doesn't question President Obama's motives."

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal (R), though, has backed Giuliani, also drawing a response from the Post

"It was particularly pathetic to see Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal (R), another would-be president, scrambling to steal some of the spotlight of Mr. Walker’s cowardice by issuing a statement titled, 'Gov. Jindal Refuses to Condemn Mayor Giuliani,'" the Post wrote. "The only response to that can be, who cares?"


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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I am loving Bobby Jindal lately. He is playing all my favorite songs. Ted Cruz and Jindal would be a great ticket.


81 posted on 02/21/2015 10:04:07 AM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose o f a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: butterdezillion

Does anybody else think it brutally ironic that a man who gets his living by standing up in the front of the country and lying goes by the name of “Josh Earnest”?

Rudy, beware the arsenic, lead, and cadmium cocktail. Earnest “feels sorry” for you, which means the Alzheimer-mimicking potion is just around the corner...

The future must not belong to those who tell the truth, in the world of Obama...


82 posted on 02/21/2015 10:04:47 AM PST by butterdezillion (Note to self : put this between arrow keys: img src=""/ g g)
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To: BlackAdderess

Walker is distancing himself from Giuliani and finding a way to stay out of saying anything one way or another.

Scott Walker is dodging the controversy as advised by the consultants.


83 posted on 02/21/2015 10:04:56 AM PST by Nextrush (OBAMACARE IS A BAILOUT FOR THE HEALTHCARE INDUSTRYes)
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To: shove_it

Walker’s response was fine. Whatever he said would have caused the WP to go nuts. They’re obviously worried about him.


84 posted on 02/21/2015 10:09:40 AM PST by miss marmelstein
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To: Tax-chick

And you just fell into the trap that the MSM set to ensnare gullible conservatives.

This same exact shit happens every four years. The MSM identifies their biggest percieved threat to the democrats, and then proceed to tear that person down, to the point of destroying them with any lame excuse that they can think of. AND, the MSM along with their DNC cronies, can always rely on the conservative circular firing squad to line up and start shooting at the snap of the MSM’s fingers.

The MSM has already settled on JEB to be the GOP candidate, and will start bulldozing anyone who get’s in the way.


85 posted on 02/21/2015 10:10:24 AM PST by factoryrat (We are the producers, the creators. Grow it, mine it, build it.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

So Marco Rubio thinks Obola loves America? Isn’t that special?! Can’t wait to see the photos of Obola, Krispy Creme and Rubio strolling arm-in-arm on the Jersey beach. Rubio is really getting nauseating lately. Gag me!


86 posted on 02/21/2015 10:12:16 AM PST by Tucker39 (Welcome to America! Now speak English; and keep to the right....In driving, in Faith, and politics.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

...which is why....Cruz 2016. Wish someone would ask him


87 posted on 02/21/2015 10:22:06 AM PST by catfish1957 (Everything I needed to know about Islam was written on 11 Sep 2001)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

No one outside the Beltway and Obama’s media palace guard cares.

This “story” says a lot more about the media’s obsessive need to protect Obama than it does Rudy or anyone else.


88 posted on 02/21/2015 10:26:29 AM PST by denydenydeny ("World History is not full of good governments, or of good voters either "--P.J. O'Rourke)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

What a big nothing.


89 posted on 02/21/2015 10:33:29 AM PST by Ray76 (Obama says, "Unlike my mum, Ruth has all the documents needed to prove who Mark's father was.")
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

The media attack dogs move down the block to Walker’s yard.


90 posted on 02/21/2015 10:34:43 AM PST by Luke21
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To: timestax
the fourth estate is simply the fifth column
91 posted on 02/21/2015 10:38:27 AM PST by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -w- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
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To: Travis McGee

THAT needs to be on EVERY Thread!! Even the Cooking threads!!


92 posted on 02/21/2015 10:45:42 AM PST by Ann Archy (ABORTION....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Now he has my full support, and donations.


93 posted on 02/21/2015 11:00:12 AM PST by DPMD
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To: CMB_polarization

What are we expecting Walker to say on the matter? The fax he’s not tipping his hand so readily on someone else’s side issues is commendable. Rudy is quite able to handle answering for himself.


94 posted on 02/21/2015 11:13:20 AM PST by ScottinVA (Communism, liberalism and Islam: Kindred ideologies dedicated to America's destruction.)
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To: 9thLife

Yep, I think ultimately the fact Walker didn’t attend a
Poison Ivy League school will work to his favor.


95 posted on 02/21/2015 11:17:15 AM PST by ScottinVA (Communism, liberalism and Islam: Kindred ideologies dedicated to America's destruction.)
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To: ScottinVA

I can see that. If so, civilization will have reached a milestone.


96 posted on 02/21/2015 11:20:02 AM PST by 9thLife ("Life is a military endeavor..." -- Pope Francis)
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To: Nextrush

Maybe, going back to what you said, it is contrived. The thing is though that President Obama’s apologetics for Islamic terrorism is not sitting well with the voters he is supposed to represent on the world stage. He looks foolish and dangerously naive, furthermore the “official line” is looking suspiciously like propaganda and censorship and even the president looks uncomfortable with the nonsense spewing from his own mouth. Giuliani said what’s on a lot of people’s minds and he knows it.


97 posted on 02/21/2015 11:26:08 AM PST by BlackAdderess ("Give me a but a firm spots on which to stand, and I shall move the earth". --Archimedes)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum; Travis McGee

98 posted on 02/21/2015 11:34:15 AM PST by Grampa Dave (When will Sisi, Bibi, King Abdullah & ?, take out Isis in our White House, AG Dept, CIA, & State?)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

And I am calling out the Washington Post for keeping their silence on Obama.


99 posted on 02/21/2015 11:43:10 AM PST by N. Theknow (Kennedys-Can't drive, can't ski, can't fly, can't skipper a boat-But they know what's best for you.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I love seeing the tizzy the media is in from Guiliani. You would think liberals have absolute love and respect for the office and whoever the president is regardless of party.


100 posted on 02/21/2015 12:09:46 PM PST by Organic Panic
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