Giuliani's Nasty Robocall For McCain: Obama Soft On Sex Offenders, Drug Dealers

The McCain campaign and the RNC are launching a new robocall effort attacking Barack Obama for being soft on crime and suggesting that he would not keep the streets or families safe.

Readers in Colorado and Wisconsin write that mid-day Wednesday he received a recorded message from Rudy Giuliani that says Obama does not support mandatory prison sentences for certain kinds of crimes like drug offenses and murder. The call, the reader notes, was paid for by the RNC and McCain/Palin '08.

At the same time, a reader in Minnesota writes that she too was the recipient of a call alleging that Obama was soft on street crime and criminals. That call was not automated as it is against state law.

Hi, this is Rudy Giuliani and I'm calling for John McCain and the Republican National Committee, because you need to know that Barack Obama opposes mandatory prison sentences for sex offenders, drug dealers, and murderers. It's true, I read Obama's words myself. And recently, Congressional liberals introduced a bill to eliminate mandatory prison sentences for violent criminals -- trying to give liberal judges the power to decide whether criminals are sent to jail or set free. With priorities like these, we just can't trust the inexperience and judgment of Barack Obama and his liberal allies. This call was paid for by the Republican National Committee and McCain-Palin 2008.

Greg Sargent at TPM has posted audio.

The call is the second in as many weeks to paint Obama as possible dangerous to national interests. The first such effort told recipients that the Illinois Democrat was friendly with former domestic terrorist Bill Ayers.

The current call comes, it seems, from a Washington Times article which reported that in October 2003 NAACP debate, Obama said he would "vote to abolish" mandatory minimum sentences. "The mandatory minimums take too much discretion away from judges," he said.

It should be noted, however, that Obama has clarified that position while on the trai. The Senator said he would "immediately review sentences to see where we can be smarter on crime and reduce the ineffective warehousing of nonviolent drug offenders." His stance is bolstered by several studies of criminal behavior which show that "mandatory minimum sentences are less effective than discretionary sentencing and drug treatment in reducing drug-related crime."

Comments

[FloridaDem]

How low can the Republican National Committee and McCain-Palin go? This is just sick. Obama-Biden '08

[gatlingun6]

Let me see Mr.noun a verb and 9/11 who is an adulterer appointed Bernie Kerik to police chief who is a criminal. So by McCain's standard he pals around with criminals. We need to know the full extent of this relationship :). Of course wingnuts would cry foul if anyone ever said that.

Wingnuts ought to remember "no lie lasts forever" so said Rev. King

[jeanrenoir]

This is really rich, isn't it? Giuliani, the king of "family values"--in all THREE of his "families"­--attackin­g Obama, whose family is the most beautifully functional we've seen in either major party in decades. The absurd hypocrisy of the Republicans is finally wearing a little thin, even with a big chunk of the "low information" Americans who used to swallow this crap so easily, before the threat of Depression concentrated their minds, at least a little bit.

[lagumbo]

Remember when Rudy lived with the gay guy? What's with that.

[Agent420]

What a horrible little man.

[BlackWidowPilot]

The hypocrisy of the self-proclaimed 'party of conservative Christian family values" knows no bounds:

http://www.armchairsubversive.org

Hypocrisy, thy name remains GOP.

Yeeeach.

Leland R. Erickson

Citizen

[BigSurf]

Adultery is a felony and sex offense in several states, see:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&rls=com.microsoft%3A*&q=sex+offender+adultery

That would make both Giuliani & McSame offenders.

[jeanwny]

Amazing that Rudy didn't include "9/11" along with the nouns and verbs.

[BrandNu]

OK forgive me if I appear a bit slow on the uptake - what's with the whole dress-up thing - I never read about it anywhere - was he ever caught wearing one, where did that story come from?

[SimJack]

that's right rudy, you cleaned up times square in nyc but haven't done a lick (npi) to resolve the human trafficking for sex/drug issue anywhere else in the world. way to hang your cape, mighty superhero!

[crutnacker]

I can hear Rudy now. Barack is "Thofth on Thexth Offenderth!"

There is a special place in hell for this entire bunch.

[grantlingel]

Hey, Mayor 9/11... GO AWAY! As a New Yorker I am so disappointed in the horrible person you have become.
http://grantlingel.blogspot.com

[AlaskasRevenge]

I bet you a robocall that Sarah Palin and Judy Giuliani were the same dress size.

[westernvoter]

I just received one of these calls a few minutes ago. I live in Colorado, a battle-ground state. It is the fourth of these nasty robocalls I have received from the McCain campaign, even though I am a registered Democrat. I have had enough. I donated $40 to Obama's campaign -- $10 for each call I have received. I also emailed both campaigns letting them know that I done this and that I would donate $10 to the Obama campaign for every negative robocall I receive in the future. I encourage all of you to do the same. Let the McCain campaign know that, not only are these calls not working, but they are benefiting Obama. These calls appeal to the lowest of the low – intending to incite racism, fear and suspicion. It’s a tactic that should backfire on those who are using it.

[Denjudge]

I've been sending emails about this and other issues to the McCain campaign every single day....som­etimes multiple emails a day. I also send them to Hannity and O'Reilly and some newspapers.

McCain likes to say that Obama is spending more money on negative ads than any one in history, but they are not these hateful, despicable type ads he is using, ads which do incite racism, fear, and suspicion.

Disgusting. I used to like and respect McCain until this campaign. No longer.

[Northwest02]

Who was the one in John McCains campainge that came up with idea to use Rudy in the last two weeks to election? During the primaries he would go into a state and his polls would crash as people got to know him. This guy is one of the most obnoxious people you could have making annoying calls to the electorate. Are you crazy?