To all of you folks around the country who support Giuliani for President, I suggest you research his record very closely. As Mayor of NY he became one of the most divisive and vindictive people to ever hold that office. It seemed that anyone who disagreed with his policy found themselves being either ousted or investigated by Giuliani's hit men. The majority of his decisions were over ruled by the courts. His close association with Bernard Kerick should be enough to keep him out of the White House. His consulting business made million as a result of him using 9/11 as his cause celeb. The only honest thing he did was to let his comb-over hairdo take its natural
course. I lived in New York for sixty six years so I feel that I have my facts right.
If the Hispanic population in Florida think they have a friend and ally in Rudy, Ya better think again.

A better question would have been "Should Mexican illegal enterants be treated the same as Cuban illegals?" That way rootie would have had to make a choice of which illegals to support .

Stick a Fork in Him.

Russert was asking why Cuban refugees are treated differently from refugees from other countries.

Giuliani answered correctly. The policy was made in the 60s that Cubans who reach the US would be uniquely presumed to be political refugees.

Wet foot/dry foot is a modification of the Cuban policy, and has nothing to do with how Cubans are treated as compared to Mexicans, North Koreans, etc. The hundreds of Mexicans who arrive on US soil (dry foot) daily are not considered political refugees.

Rudy is obviously NOT depending on any historians to get his facts straight - and he doesn't seem smart enough to research the facts. Not a great combination for someone looking to be Prez.

Facts I have always thought meant something supportive of the truth, guess I got my facts wrong. But Rudi has not really ever paid much attention to facts he just spews something and hopes the hearing with be as blindly believing as the speaker. He believes what he says and expects that is has to be the truth he's speakiing.

Pardon me, I meant there should be precision in the question.

The problem is not with Rudy's answer it's with Russert's question. Wet/Dry Foot was implemented in the 90s. But the Cuban Adjustment Act that treats Cuban political refugees differently than economic migrants from other countries HAS been around since the 60s. It's not the Wet/Dry foot policy that creates the difference between Cubans and Mexicans, Guatemalans et al, it's the underlying Cuban Adjustment Act. If you want precision in the answer then there should be precision in the answer.

Nice try though.

Like most prosecutors, Fruity Rudy hears one or two facts and adds his own prejudices and misunderstanding to create an alternate reality. Prisons are full of innocent men and women because of people like Rudy, and the way they see the world.
He has boundless faith in his understanding of the world, without bothering to find out the whole story about anything. This infantile certainty that every one of his snap judgments is correct has kept him from ever considering, or respecting, the opinions and rights of others. It's responsible for the unashamed, and unrestrained, viciousness he's shown towards anyone who dares to disagree with him. He makes Nixon look like a real quaker.
He is one of the vilest human beings ever to hold the office of Mayor of New York City; and considering our history, that's quite an accomplishment (or an anti-accomplishment, actually).