TPM:
A Rudy Giuliani supporter has managed to create a 9/11 theme for a fundraising party that even the campaign doesn’t like. For tomorrow’s official campaign event of grassroots house parties across the country, Hoover Institution fellow Abraham Sofaer of Palo Alto, California, is asking for a suggested donation of $9.11.
“These are two volunteers who acted independently of and without the knowledge of the campaign,” said Giuliani spokeswoman Maria Comella. “Their decision to ask individuals for that amount was an unfortunate choice.”
Close, but no cigar, Rudy. You may be trying to “distance” yourself, but did you ask them to stop or change the amount? Imagine the outrage from Giuliani’s camp if the Senator from NY did a similar fundraiser. Chris Dodd’s campaign sent a statement asking Giuliani not to exploit 9/11 for fundraising and PERRspectives has some ideas for other Guiliani fundraising events.
In more Giuliani exploitive machinations, WaPo asks if Giuliani shouldn’t fork over the higher ad rate that MoveOn agreed to pay for his anti-MoveOn/Hillary ad.
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VULTURE
first!
Ben @ 2:
bah, second =[
I dont think so Ben. lol
Is there no depth of douchebaggery too low for this creep to plumb?
No fair, treat him better than that. I heard he asked that the amount be changed. To $911.08!
The people who thought up this grand scheme are heartless bastards. Are they the same ones who came up with the purple heart band-aids? Sure sounds like the same mentality.
I agree, why isn’t rudy required to pay the difference in his ad’s cost too. Where is the outcry about that?
Between rudy jumping the shark with the calls from his wife and this fund raising idea, rudy is jumping not only sharks, but oceans.
I hope the next time Hillary speaks she begins her speech by saying, “I told Bill not to call me when I’m working so I don’t need my cell phone now.”
That’s all he’s got going for him, nationally. Rudy, the Big Hero of 9/11 (ha). I can’t believe he’s a frontrunner. Really shows the weakness of the Repub field.
Rusty, he may very well be the best candidate they have so far. How pathetic is that? Newt may jump in and then the repubs can choose between rudy, mitt and newt. Sounds like the names of a group of tiny reindeer or something.
Rudy - 911 = 0
Guiliani’s a sham and a shill. There’s absolutely nothing there between the ears. His only claim to fame is that he happened to be in place on 9/11 to reap the benefits of exploiting it. Other than that, 9 out of 10 New Yorkers prefer Bloomberg any day of the week.
Just wait till Mike Bloomberg blasts into the race in early Spring! By then Guiliani will be totally out in left field and sulking on the sidelines. Can’t wait to see it all unfold!
“I was down at the WTC as much as the workers”
The Lying King http://www.flickr.com/photos/2.....130284120/
Stupid petty idea.
It should have been for $911.
If their going to be stupid at least they should make it pay.
The Republicans cannot be happy with the prospect of running Rudy against Hillary. Am I the only one who remembers the 2000 New York Senate race? Rudy was doing so badly he had to drop out! And this time he can’t even throw the Carpetbagger claim around. Does he really want 9/11 to be a wholly owned Republican trademark? It may work for fear and loathing, but to paraphrase Ricky Ricardo “Rudy, you got some ’splainin to do!”.
pissed off patricia @ 9:
Gingrich - that would be awesome. He makes Clinton look like a choirboy. So much to choose from: the check-bouncing, the intern-banging, the hospital divorce papers, the deadbeat dad-ism, “oral sex isn’t sex…”
Can I donate $6.66?
I keep expecting Giuliani to go on a 9/11 tour:
“Come See Live! The Recreation of 9/11 by America’s Mayor Giuliani! (with full live orchestra playing renditions of Wagner)
A full stadium in the dark with the sounds of jet planes in the distance as they rumble close a shot of the twin towers goes up on the giant screen behind Giuliani who is all in back with his back turned to the audience.
As the planes impact 9/11 Giuliani starts gyrating and choreographing the tragedy.
As the lights slowly go up scences of the tragedy flash across the screen while Giuliani starts bragging about how he was first on the scene, how America’s Mayor saved the day. Be breathed more ground zero air than anyone. He save the most people. He prevented the most terror attacks..
oh wait, he has never prevented a terror attack. In fact one happened on his watch.
And we expect he’ll be able to protect us next time?
We’ve been calling him
“Ghouliani”
for many years.
how ’bout adolf ghouliani
i can think of 911 reasons not to elect adolf ghouliani.
Honestly, what does lisping Rudy have to run on outside of 9/11? This fundraiser is an insult to the living and the dead!
What’s next, Rudy? Scrapping plans for a new building on Ground Zero in favor of erecting a 200 ft. bronze statue of yourself, finger pointing to the Heavens, a determined look chiseled onto your face in mock hero stance, a monument to your act of delusional heroics that awful Tuesday morning?
You’re a sniveling weasel who has NOTHING else to run on except one very, very awful day. And even your participation in that is now becoming a global joke! You’re nothing more than a cheap trash copy of Bush, determined to destroy the democracy of this country (and the world) with your pathetic faith in the Neo-Con movement and your even more pathetic “crazy eyes” theatrics on the talk show circuit that pander to your fellow right wing nut jobs (i.e. your Larry King appearance, freak boy!).
You suck, Rudy! And as to your claim that your campaign had nothing to do with the $9.11 fundraiser….MY ASS!!
Morso, Benito Ghouliani
Hmmmm… which is worse: A despised foreign leader wants a cheap photo op by laying wreath at Ground Zero…
or
this…?
Rudy’s pissed about the amount, not because of the symbolic amount, but because of the decimal placement.
He’d wanted it to be $911 a head.
Forgive me for going OT, but the Prez of Iran just blistered the US in his speech before the UN. He never said “the US” instead he used words like “certain powers”. Sadly what he described could only be the US. He talked about wire tapping, opening personal mail, secret prisons and abuse of human rights. He also talked about invasion and occupation of other countries. Damn, it stung to know who he was talking about our country without him even having to say so. If you heard what he said and knew he was talking about Russia or China you would have thought to yourself, what a horrid country that is. Some say he is a crazy man, but what he was saying about our country was spot on.
The group that walked out this morning during bush’s speech was the Cuban assembly.
Excellent question, Quakerdave #23
$9.11
That really says it all, doesn’t it?
Subtle. Very subtle.
rudy: The politics of fear: 9-11/24-7.
Hmmm…we seem awfully pissed off at Joe Lieberman.
Didn’t the Democratic party nominate him for some major office or another a while back?
Wasn’t everyone who voted AGAINST him vilified as an enemy of goodness and righteousness?
I don’t seem to recall him running on a “Let’s Don’t Attack Iran” platform at any point.
Tell me again about voting strategically?
I just got an email from Joe Biden’s campaign regarding Rudy’s ghoulish tactic, asking to donate $20.08. I don’t count myself as a Joe Biden voter (at least not yet), but the message is too great! So, I donated $20.08 to get rid of these bums in 2008!
Did they nix the idea of an Ghouliani-autographed picture of the WTC burning as a thank you for a donation?
Just how big an asshole does a person have to be to join the Hoover Institution?
I wouldn’t give him 9 freekin cents, let along 9 dollars and 11 cents for every piss poor idea he ever had… Fuck, I wouldn’t spit on him if he dying of thirst in a desert. Prick gives crossdressing a bad name too……………..JD
douchbag allows 911 to happen and collects money off it, time to squash this piece of shit!
Ladies and Gentlemen, Guiliani is the one person who could potentially
top the current jackass as WORST PRESIDENT EVER.
please; for the love of God, let’s leave Dubya that legacy ‘cuz he
deserves it so much.
Melton @ 31:
biddens a bum t oo!
Guiliani is the one person who could conceivably take the mantle
of WORST PRESIDENT EVER away from Chimpy, so let’s not deny
Shrub his legacy ‘cuz he’s more than earned the title.
“what’s your plan for taxes?”-reporter
“9/11″-Rudy
“what’s your plan for health care?”-reporter
“9/11″-Rudy
“what’s your plan to stop global warming?”-reporter
“9/11″-Rudy
That’s just tacky.
Wow! How typical is that! Its like a Jon Stewart skit.
I
Wow, the Daily Show really called it on Monday. They did a quick PSA for a malady they’re calling “9/11 Tourette’s,” where the afflicted says “9/11″ every other word.
without 9/11 he has nothing…..no foreign policy,domestic policy….except..”Hey I’m Gonna Cut Taxes”…….no environmental policy……nothin!
jr @ 38:
There was a Family Guy episode where the wife was running for something and no one was responding…then she started pulling a Rudi and the sheeple gave her a standing ovation…
Can’t shell out $9.11 for the bum but will Ghouliani accept feces in the shape of F.U.?
“a suggested donation of $9.11.”
That’s just fucked up.
IdahoMoe @ 1:
Took the word right out of my mouth. What a slime he is. It’s a smack in the face to all who perished or got hurt that day. F you Rudy Poo.
Andy @ 44:
Lois is one of my favorite characters. That episode was hilarious. The sad thing is people actually act like that in real life. ReThugs say “9/11″ and expect people to fall in line and stop questioning Bush.
This man does not hesitate to capitalize on the blood of others.
Separated at birth?
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The lady in the background looks like Hillary
Maybe a more appropriate amount would be $6.66
Let’s let the Republicans have the 9/11 brand. I like the 7/04/1776 better, myself.
R: 9/11
D: 7/04
How much money has Giuliani made off of pimping 9/11???
Anyone know?
JohnnyBravo @ 48:
Are you guys referring to this excellent & absolute description of ‘undecided voters’ from Family guy:
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/.....ng_points/
Skip to 1:00 (for the good stuff)…btw…Fox took the youtube vid down
Discount Republicanism?
Blue light specials on defense contract in aisle 13…blue light specials on defense contract in aisle 13.
Nothing surprises me with this gayor ruuuby giuliani. check out this link of him on youtube entitled ” WE HATE BLACKS AND HISPANICS “.
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