Campaign AdWatch: What Matters To Rudy

In Rudy Giuliani's new campaign spot, the candidate wants voters to know that "It Matters." It matters that he fought corruption, fixed broken government, opposed crime. Oh, and you know what else matters? 9/11, 24-7, 365, of course! Of that date, the narrator intones, "And when the world wavered, and history hesitated...he never did." I don't remember the world doing a lot of "wavering," and the anthropomorphic representation of "history" could not be reached for comment on its "hesitation," but one thing's for sure: Rudy didn't waver or hesitate to try to cancel the law and call off the upcoming mayoral election in New York City so that he could remain Mayor of New York City!

Should that matter to anyone? Should skipping out on the Iraq Study Group matter? Should recommending the mobbed-up Bernard Kerik for the top job at the Department of Homeland Security matter? What about Thomas Ravenel? Or Alan Placa? His petty jealousies? Taxi terrorists? Any of that "matter?" I guess not!

Comments

[NeoLiberal]

10:29 AM on 01/20/2008

Desperately pandering to the afraid, insecure and uninformed.

Mentioning Sept. 11, 2001 in these contexts is the epitomy of negative campaigning.

Enjoy the spectacle now. His segment of "Fear Factor" goes off the air on Nov. 4th, if not sooner.

The sad part about this whole affair is that there are citizens who actually fall for this stuff. That should tell you right there that our problem with security is the education and awareness levels of our people, not terrorists.

[BUSHsurvivor]

09:51 PM on 01/19/2008

I wonder if former NY Governor George Patacki is cursing himself because he decided not to run for prez since Rudy was running?

[serialcoma]

05:36 PM on 01/19/2008

Rudy didn't DO anything until AFTER thousands of lives were lost - then he played cheerleader for New York. That makes him qualified to protect us? Not me...

[Seamus]

02:44 PM on 01/19/2008

Gouhliani is one sick pooch.

[KarenZipdrive]

12:56 PM on 01/19/2008

Giuliani has played the 9/11 card nonstop since 9/12.
ANY mayor would have seized the opportunity to wade through the rubble and attend funerals if his or her city was attacked.
For Giuliani to expect praise (and votes) for simply doing his goddamned job is the most disgusting kind of pandering.
What has he done since then?
Nothing.

[NYC07]

11:10 AM on 01/19/2008

Giuliani is sleaze. He walks over the corpses of the dead to feed his own egotistical needs. He is morally bankrupt. What’s next for the ghoul ? Will he take photos of the dead and put captions on the saying “ I died on 9/11, Vote for Giuliani, Only he can protect us!”

[MajorKong]

11:08 AM on 01/19/2008

I must have missed the part where Rudy ran into the burning towers and rescued people.

[CindyKay]

09:50 AM on 01/19/2008

Rudy Giuliani , A Legend In His Own Mind.

Hey if by some Major Election Fraud He Happens to be our next Asshole in the White House can We Call His Wife Americas First Whore ????

[Tankan]

05:52 AM on 01/19/2008

The mentality of Rudy The Rat!

Invoking memories of how he failed fallen heroes!
Showing total disregard for the suffering of families!

This excuse for a man is beneath contempt!

[VOTER]

01:11 AM on 01/19/2008

An Ad In Support of the 9/11 Victims and Their Families

NEVER TO BE FORGOTTEN OR FORGIVEN

RUDY - WAITED.

RUDY - WAVERED.

RUDY - DIDN'T GET WORKING RADIOS FOR THE NYC FIREMEN.

AND THEY DIED.

[kennedy]

11:52 PM on 01/18/2008

Iowa, NH, South Carolina, Wyoming and Nevada didn't want you Rudy. GO HOME!! If you think Florida is going to be your redeeming grace, you are high as a kite.

[kennedy]

11:46 PM on 01/18/2008

Thank God Rudy showed his true colors early. To many people believe anything a used car salesmen tries to pawn off.

[Drewkowski]

11:32 PM on 01/18/2008

9-11? Huh? What happened on 9-11 again? Can someone remind me?
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Oh... Thank F'ing GOD Rudy!
I would have forgotton, were it not for your 30-seconds of necrophilic prostitution, you sick, twisted creep.
Someone who fetishises tragedy does not deserve to be president of a herpetic leision. Such a shame your prostate wasn't your downfall.

[samuraijack]

09:34 PM on 01/18/2008

Dear Rudolfus: You shameless whore, you piece of filth. How dare you campaign using this as your backdrop. You're an evil, ugly, sinister, aged pimple on a pig's ass.

[imsosure]

08:56 PM on 01/18/2008

He stars in this movie too, he's like the dark force that undermines what ought to have happened but didn't, you'll see,

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1656880303867390173