Around the Horn Friday: Rudy Comes to DE – the serial edition.
Part 1: The big story
Rudy Guliani came to Delaware and he was even more brazen about disgustingly slurping, sucking and gumming the 9-11 teet than I ever imagined he could be.
Get a load of this…
“Before Sept. 11, I only wore a flag [lapel pin] rarely,” he said. “I started wearing it every day. Each time it reminds me of Sept. 11. The flag was very, very important to me that day.”
Giuliani recalled the moment he knew the country would come through — when he saw the photograph of the firefighters raising the flag above the steaming pile at Ground Zero. “It looked just like Iwo Jima. I said to myself, the spirit of America is still the same. I’m running for president because I want to keep the spirit of America still the same,” he said.
E-gads!
Say what you will about the Flipp Romney lovers, but any fool who falls for this transparent bullshit is simply brainless.
(Psst…Celia Cohen fell for it. Just sayin’)
Yes Cohen joined in with a bunch of Republicans slurping and sucking on Rudy’s slurping and sucking and that got under the skin of our Flipp loving FSP.
But ever the gentleman, Burris stops short of calling Celia Cohen an elfin headed twit for her utter lack of journalistic integrity. Link
Dave is more diplomatic than me since he knows that he has a 68% chance of turning up in any given Cohen column (having a Delaware political genealogy and being an insider). If Burris had ever worked for Bill Roth he would have a 92% chance of being one of Cohen’s sexless lovers.
Menawhile, Tommywonk was onto Rudy befor he even rolled in. Linking to this leadership gem: “We may be successful in Iraq; we may not be. I don’t know the answer to that. That’s in the hands of other people.”
This is the begining of “Around the Horn”(tm) I’ll get to the rest of yooz as the day rolls by so hurry and finish that brilliant post you are working on.
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“Rudy Guliani came to Delaware and he was even more brazen about disgustingly slurping, sucking and gumming the 9-11 teet than I ever imagined he could be.”
Yeah. It was total BS. I really doubt 9/11 means anything to him. I mean sure…he was there…and was there when the towers fell..and he knew so many of the people that died…and went to the funeral for nearly every police officer and firefighter killed…and had to lead a city through this small event. But I mean, lets not blow it out of proportion. It was only a handful of buildings and just a small percentage of the total city population that died.
No reason to get all mushy about it.
SLURP AWAY!!
Besides Jase, you mean he doesn’t know that 9/11 was a disaster planned and executed successfully by the Bush Administration and Halliburton?
All you need to know about what 9/ll means to Giuliani is when he tried to cancel/postpone the NYC election, since he considered himself as the only person who can do the job….
“All you need to know about what 9/ll means to Giuliani is when he tried to cancel/postpone the NYC election, since he considered himself as the only person who can do the job….”
Nice spin. But I believe the real reasoning was that a chunk of Lower Manhattan was still a disaster zone, and a bunch of power-hungry politicians running all around the city trying to get face time was an unwarranted distraction until things could have stabilized.
Are you naturally this bonkers? Or is it something you ate (certainly a bunch of crap that you have swallowed).
Oh yeah, I found this and I wanted to share.
Giuliani claims he tries to be like Bush in regard to fighting terrorism (which really means just keeps saying they’re tough but actually do nothing or implement policies which make us less safe). He also claims only the GOP can save our scared, little sheep souls from the big, bad islamofascists.
Well, take a look:
President Clinton led the fight against terrorism over strong opposition from Republicans in Congress and the pro-Republican Media. Here’s a partial – yet incredibly long – list of accomplishments against terrorism for which the Clinton Administration gets almost no credit or even recognition. President Clinton:
— sent legislation to Congress to TIGHTEN AIRPORT SECURITY. (Remember, this is before 911) The legislation was defeated by the Republicans because of opposition from the airlines.
— sent legislation to Congress to allow for BETTER TRACKING OF TERRORIST FUNDING. It was defeated by Republicans in the Senate because of opposition from banking interests.
— sent legislation to Congress to add tagents to explosives, to allow for BETTER TRACKING OF EXPLOSIVES USED BY TERRORISTS. It was defeated by the Republicans because of opposition from the NRA.
When Republicans couldn’t prevent executive action, President Clinton:
— Developed the nation’s first anti-terrorism policy, and appointed first national coordinator.
— Stopped cold the planned attack to blow up 12 U.S. jetliners simultaneously.
— Stopped cold the planned attack to blow up UN Headquarters.
— Stopped cold the planned attack to blow up FBI Headquarters.
— Stopped cold the planned attack to blow up the Israeli Embassy in Washington.
–Stopped cold the planned attack to blow up Boston airport.
— Stopped cold the planned attack to blow up Lincoln and Holland Tunnels in NY.
— Stopped cold the planned attack to blow up the George Washington Bridge.
— Stopped cold the planned attack to blow up the US Embassy in Albania.
— Tried to kill Osama bin Laden and disrupt Al Qaeda through preemptive strikes (efforts denounced by the G.O.P.).
— Brought perpetrators of first World Trade Center bombing and CIA killings to justice.
— Did not blame Bush I administration for first World Trade Center bombing even though it occurred 38 days after they had left office. Instead, worked hard, even obsessively — and successfully — to stop future terrorist attacks.
— Named the Hart-Rudman commission to report on nature of terrorist threats and major steps to be taken to combat terrorism.
— Tripled the budget of the FBI for counterterrorism and doubled overall funding for counterterrorism.
— Detected and destroyed cells of Al Qaeda in over 20 countries
— Created a national stockpile of drugs and vaccines including 40 million doses of smallpox vaccine.
— Robert Oakley, Reagan Counterterrorism Czar says of Clinton’s efforts “Overall, I give them very high marks” and “The only major criticism I have is the obsession with Osama”
— Paul Bremer, Bush’s Administrator of Iraq disagrees slightly with Robert Oakley saying he believed the Clinton Administration had “correctly focused on bin Laden. ”
— Barton Gellman of the Washington Post put it best, “By any measure available, Clinton left office having given greater priority to terrorism than any president before him” and was the “first administration to undertake a systematic anti-terrorist effort.”
Here, in stark contrast, is part of the Bush-Cheney anti-terrorism record before September 11, 2001:
— Backed off Clinton administration’s anti-terrorism efforts.
— Shelved the Hart-Rudman report.
— Appointed new anti-terrorism task force under Dick Cheney. Group did not even meet before 9/11.
— Called for cuts in anti-terrorism efforts by the Department of Defense.
— Gave no priority to anti-terrorism efforts by Justice Department.
— Ignored warnings from Sandy Berger, Louis Freeh, George Tennant, Paul Bremer, and Richard Clarke about the urgency of terrorist threats.
— Halted Predator drone tracking of Osama bin Laden.
— Did nothing in wake of August 6 C.I.A. report to president saying Al Qaeda attack by hijack of an airliner almost certain.
— Bush – knowing about the terrorists’ plans to attack in America, warned that terrorists were in flight schools in the US – took a four week vacation.
— By failing to order any coordination of intelligence data, missed opportunity to stop the 9/11 plot as Clinton-Gore had stopped the millennium plots.
— Blamed President Clinton for 9/11.
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Wow, nice work Von Cracker!
Here is a great take on Rudi’s 12 steps:
http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/06/14/promises-promises/
“I will ensure that every community in America is prepared for terrorist attacks and natural disasters.
I will direct every municipality in the country to install an emergency response center in the biggest possible target for terrorist attacks that they have.”
THAT’S FORESIGHT FOR YA!!!
Thanks for the laugh, Nancy!
VC
“– Tried to kill Osama bin Laden and disrupt Al Qaeda through preemptive strikes (efforts denounced by the G.O.P.).”
Was offered him gift-wrapped by the Sudanese and turned them down. How different things would have been had he taken him them.
Hmmm. Chris, are you secretly Sean Hannity?
Out of ammo, Chris? Only one bogus talking-point?
“Then how about getting with the program? Why don’t you jump on the team and come on in for the big win?”
– Pogue Colonal, Full Metal Jacket
“Nice spin. But I believe the real reasoning was that a chunk of Lower Manhattan was still a disaster zone, and a bunch of power-hungry politicians running all around the city trying to get face time was an unwarranted distraction until things could have stabilized.”
You wouldn’t be referring to individuals like Hillary Clinton, stepping over the debris and taking pictures while firefighters and volunteers worked to clean the place up, would you?
Also note to Von Cracker… I skipped over your entire post and all the comments that followed- learn to shorten things up in blogs- or write your own post.
Hmmm. Chris, are you secretly Sean Hannity?
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heh
Also note to Von Cracker… I skipped over your entire post and all the comments that followed- learn to shorten things up in blogs- or write your own post.
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nothing like an anony telling someone to get off of someone else’s blog because they can’t handle the truth/:-)
“nothing like an anony telling someone to get off of someone else’s blog because they can’t handle the truth/:-)”
Nothing like Nancy Willing using the word ‘truth’ like she has some idea of the concept.
Sour grapes FSP?, eh?
You cherry pick facts, distort and obscure the truth as good as any GOPer in my experience.
er, …as well as… *sigh*
TO: abovethecanalpolitics
From: Von Cracker
GO F yourself!
Sort enoung for ya! 🙂
vc
And, of course, I kid, i kid…