Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani has a well-honed arsenal of tricks he uses during his campaigns -- but especially in his encounters with Hillary Clinton. For example, in the midst of his aborted senatorial race against Ms. Clinton in 2000, the mayor attacked the Brooklyn Museum of Art for displaying a painting by a British artist, Chris Ofili, entitled "Holy Virgin Mary" that included clumps of elephant dung. He assailed the museum for using taxpayer dollars to support an "anti-Catholic" exhibit and then tried to cut off all city funding to the institution and evict it from a city-owned building. He was clearly attempting to distract voters from his own unpopularity as mayor and curry favor with his Catholic base and place Ms. Clinton on the defensive with religious voters. It didn't work. Eventually the museum and the mayor reached an out-of-court settlement which renewed city funding and allowed the museum to continue to make its own decisions on its exhibitions. Shortly afterward Mr. Giuliani dropped out of the race.
Now Mr. Giuliani has decided to use the MoveOn.org advertisement against General Petraeus in last Monday's New York Times in the same way against Senator Clinton --to distract right-wing Republican primary voters about his record on abortion and gay rights and gain their support while at the same time suggesting that Senator Clinton's doubts about General Petraeus are unpatriotic and are part of her "political venom." Nobody should be surprised by this sort of calumny. This is part of the demagoguery that this ex-prosecutor has used so often in the past. But this time around, like the last time, this dog won't hunt. And who knows, maybe Mr. Giuliani will drop out again.
I for one am happy that we have Moveon.org to speak our minds - although Democratic candidates should not lower themselves to Rudy's level, we have Moveon.org as our attack dogs.
"One-note Wudy" or "911 Wudy" doesn't quite cover it. At the core, Wudy doesn't really accomplish anything positive or worthwhile - but he's really good with the photo ops, the posing and the symbolism. And if one looks at the qualifications of the current White House squatter - I'd say walking around southern manhattan looking like you know what you're doing in front of the cameras makes you more than qualified. Heck Wudy probably even knows the difference between APEC and OPEC - for that - he's definitely got my vote.....sheeesh....Just when you thought it couldn't possibly get any more absurd.......
Our next President will be Hillary Clinton. Barak Obama may be VP, and Joe Biden will be Secretary of State.
SWIFTBOAT much Rudy?
one word for Rudy....KERICK
The CYAers have gambled all thier bets on "national security'-so they will lie, cheat, kick, and scream to maintain that mirage.
They lose that-they know they have nothing for the upcoming elections.
Why?
It's the truth they are most afraid of.
Swiftboat.
"Velvet Mafia"
When queers get done with Rudy, and all we have on him...the Swift boat amateurs will be laughable.
2nd question is haven't you heard of Dennis Kucinich? Why is he "un-electable"? What about John Edwards or Barack Obama?
WHY THE HECK CAN'T MOVEON ASK WHY THERE WASN'T THE SAME OUTRAGE, WHEN THE SWIFTBOAT LIARS ATTACKED A VIETNAM WAR HERO? WHERE WAS THE GOOD MAYOR THEN? THE DOUBLE STANDARDS FROM THE RETHUGLICAN PARTY IS SICKENING.