Giuliani: Too Busy for America's Fighting Men and Women

Newsday reported that the former New York City mayor quit the Iraq Strategy Group in May 2006 after just two months due to "previous time commitments." He failed to attend a single meeting in those two months. He did, however, manage to make $11.4 million in speaking engagements. (Priorities.)

Rudolph Giuliani's membership on an elite Iraq study panel came to an abrupt end last spring after he failed to show up for a single official meeting of the group, causing the panel's top Republican to give him a stark choice: either attend the meetings or quit, several sources said.

Rudy Giuliani: Too Busy for America's Soldiers." Sounds like a winning message.

But the Giuliani camp disputes the report that the former mayor did not attend any meetings.

Giuliani's campaign said that the former New York mayor did participate in Iraq Study Group activities but refused Newsday's repeated requests to explain how.

Well, I mean, c'mon, Newsday. Give the Giuliani people a little bit of time to get their bogus stories together. We all saw how poor damage control can really snowball things. The guy didn't even attend the "kick off"event. Furthermore, the "working sessions" were not so frequent that they were overbearing. They had nine -- three of which during Giuliani's short time in the group.

They were only dealing with the most important issue (and biggest strategic blunder) of our day. But, hey, there were millions in campaign seed money that needed to be made.

Cross-posted at The Right's Field