John posted yesterday about how Rudy is now “trumpeting his leadership in the wake of 9/11 in campaign mailings to voters in Iowa and New Hampshire” despite claiming all along that he wasn’t running on his 9/11 record. Dan Abrams had on FDNY Deputy Fire Chief Jim Riches, whose group, 9/11 Firefighters and Families, vows to not let Giuliani get away with it.
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Riches: “We are going to follow him around and tell the true story of what happened on 9/11.” … “and get the message out to all of America and every state to let them know that Rudy Giuliani is not Mr 9/11. He’s not a hero. He ran that day.”
What the Giuliani campaign is now outwardly touting as his strength could very well become his achilles heel. This is not the first NYC firefighter group to take on Rudy over his mishandling of 9/11. NYC has just launched an investigation into “how the FDNY ended up using faulty equipment during the terrorist attacks and why Giuliani gave a no-bid contract to Motorola for that equipment.” And it’s not like the Kerik indictment doesn’t strike right at the heart of his 9/11 hero claims too. Kudos to Abrams for his use of videos by TPM and ‘The Real Rudy‘ with proper credit in his show.
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Attack his perceived strength. Unlike the Rovian tactic, this is a legitimate attack because the jackass has no business running as some kind of hero. Because of the radios alone, he’s got blood on his hands. But maybe, like the Rovian tactic, it will work.
Noun verb 9/11
Rudy fled 9/11
Listen, you libruls, 9/11 changed everything.
The majority of firefighters, police, and medics hate Giuliani, yet the media loves to tout him as Mr 9/11.
Lets all make Bush Mr Katrina.
Aw! I was waiting to hear for Rachel.
but this Abrams guy has the nerve to ask “So are you going to go after Rudy as the Swiftboat Veterans went after Kerry?” yeah, except Jim Riches is telling the truth and the swiftboat guys where lying. Like asking if an apple will have a peal like an orange does. What a Putz!
If a Dem can’t make mincemeat of him, they don’t deserve to win.
Gary @ 4:
Sorry Bush is already the Godfather of 9/11, if John Kerry and a single testicle he would have run a commercial with Bush sitting in the class room and showing the look on his face after Andy Card tells him a second plane has hit the WTC with the simple narration “is this what leadership looks like?” and he would have won with such a majority Die Bold couldn’t even have helped Bush!
Giuliani wasn’t doing his job on or before 9/11. If he had done his job, there may NOT have been a 9/11. It’s that simple.
The 9/11 ticket:
GIULIANI/BIN LADEN ‘08!!!
I think it was subtle, but crummy, that Dan Abrams asked if FDNY Deputy Fire Chief Jim Riches if he was going to “put together a political organization like the Swift Boat group did…” There’s a crucial difference: the Swifties were LIARS out to tar the good name and service of a legitimate hero, as opposed to Riches who’s trying to clue America in on Giuliani’s serial lying and self-mythologizing.
Prediction du jour…
The media (especially Faux) will jam down our throats the comparison of 9/11 Firefighters and Families to Swift Boat Veterans For Truth. They’ll say things like “Now, much like the Swift Boat Veterans For Truth tried to discredit John kerry’s military service, the 9/11 Firefighters and Families organization is trying to discredit the reputation of Presidential candidate, and mayor of New York City on September 11, Rudy Giuliani.”
What the media will NEVER mention is
a: Swiftboaters did a pretty dandy job of discrediting Kerry amongst the undecided swing voters, because they never did their effing job and called the Swiftboaters out on their lies. In fact, there’s no evidence Kerry was the kind of soldier SBVFT-ers claim he was, and plenty of evidence to the contrary, he was the kind of soldier SBVFT-ers masturbate themselves to sleep over, wishing they had been more like him when the time called for it.
b: 9/11 Firefighters and Families have plenty of actual evidence that proves their case against Rudy.
And the irony will be lost on all in the media that, as the media pushed that analogy, what they’re really saying is “Hey, remember those bullsh!t Swift boat liars we took on faith back in 2004? Whatever lies they told us about Kerry we tok as gospel and passed it along to you with no vetting process whatsoever? Well, we won’t do THAT again, no sir! We’re taking the pre-emptive step towards not believing 9/11 Firefighters and Families NOW, even though they have evidence that proves their case! No sir, we won’t be fooled again! Coming up next, Cosmetologists for Truth tell us how all the Demicratic candidates succesfully file the ‘666′ off of the back of their heads, and a preacher tells us how rudy Giulani heals people with his mind, after this message.”
Thank you for ending that clip before Fat Pukecannon opened his shitter hole. Also, I agree with Fingerbo Says @ 10.
Should be serving 9-11 with the rest of those criminals.
It’s soo refreshing to hear someone telling it like it is without any bullshit.
We all know from this Abrams clip what Guiliani failed to do on 9/11. Guliani is definitely no “hero” but that is not entirely the way he portrays himself to the public in my opinion. That first Guiliani statement basically says that. Guiliani instead, is touting the attacks themselves as his sole claim to fame almost as much as any Al Qaeda member associated with those attacks would do.
Rudy is running on one strength, 9-11. That’s all he’s got. If the firemen can shoot that down, he’s toast. He’s an empty suit. Swift boaters were hired guns, these firemen know what the hell they are talking about and they are speaking from the heart. Big giant difference.
wonder if that repiglican cumslut called matthews .. the utterly deranged , rabid, drag queen ..will be having an interview with the fire chief anytime soon ? nope, the corporate / repiglican media will continue to invent their story lines including the saint hood of guiliani himself ..
The question is.. will the exposure of Rudy’s failings on 9/11 matter to the conservative populace?
We already know that when faced with an option between reality and a convenient lie painted in patriotic colors, the conservatives of this country will choose the latter nearly every time.
What really scares me is one day the conservatives will drop all the patriotic and spiritual whitewash and come out and admit their policies are based on raping society and screwing over as many people as they can for personal benefit, and the conservatives of this country wont be phased by it one bit.
what will roger ailes do?
I’m so tired of lies and spin. The only candidate, republican or democrat, that hasn’t lied or spun a talking point is Dennis Kucinich, and he is ignored. I NEVER understood the Rudy-hero-9/11 bullshit. What is so heroic about walking the streets with a bullhorn for photo ops?
How sad is it that CNN keeps showing Jim Webb showing up to bang the gavel a few times to an empty room and leaving? What has this country become to have to do this because you don’t trust the pResident?
“Kudos to Abrams for his use of videos by TPM and ‘The Real Rudy‘ with proper credit in his show.”
It’s almost as if the MSM is waking up.
Why wait until April ? This would make an excellent Xmas gift before the primaries and caucuses.
We have to invent a term for “Swiftboating based on truth.”
Slow-boating? Truth-boating?
Oh…yeah!
http://www.light-to-dark.com/rudolphs_twins.html
slappy magoo @ 11:
Thank YOU! Mr. Concern Troll….
Say, are you related to the well-known cartoon character?
Who is this phony firefighter?
he bravely ran away away he bravely ran away
brave knight sir Rudy…
bravely ran away.
I told you so.
He’s Mr. 9-12.
Need anymore evidence?
Channel 4 News’ take on Giuliani…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v.....U&eurl
pissed off patricia @ 16:
Not to be disagreeable, but he’s running against other empy suits so I’m not sure this will finish him.
Anyone commenting here actually from NYC?
Rudy did not CLEAN UP NYC, he SOLD it.
The Full Rudy: The Man, the Mayor, the Myth
Balsac T. Bagher @ 31:
yup.
Go get him Mr. Jim Riches. Mr. Riches, you are doing the country a great service by exposing the Real Rudy Giuliani to the glaring light outside the cave of his propaganda campaign. He is an incompetent yet arrogant bully, in the same league with Bush, Cheney, Rove, Crystal, Rumsfeld, Limbaugh, Bennet, Brown, Fox News, the Enron crew and all those other NeoCon Republicans. They are all arrogant and incompetent bullies, concerned about no one but their own crew. As Bush said, you are either for us or against us. THAT is un-American. Take ‘im down!!!
And please, Abrams, do not compare this to the Swiftboat Campaign. Don’t even mention it in the same paragraph. Please!!
Phony fire fighters.
Ghouli out of the closet - awesome quote.
I would have disagreed with the swift boat comparision because the swift boaters lied, FDNY has the facts and the truth.
Harley @ 36:
Current Deputy Fire Chief a phony? Rrrriiiight.
Blue Lensman @ 39:
That is what they call the Soldiers that speak out.
Phony.
A.Citizen @ 25:
I’m confused. How does my prediction make me a concern troll? I mean, it’s not like I HOPE my prediction comes true; I have just THAT little faith in the media, with the exceptions of Olbermann and more-trustworthy-than-the-real-news of Comedy Central, that I know this is what will happen. I also have faith that, when it DOES happen, sites like this one will catch the media on their horsesh!ttery.
And yes, I get that all the time. I am, in fact, related to the popular Icelandic cartoon character, Slappy Slapperstein.
Mike @ 33:
Its just a horrible place to live these days isn’t it? I’m a born and raised Manhattanite (Upper West) and I used to love going down to TSP and jackin up with some nice Horse. Man those days are long gone. You can’t even smoke crack in a doorway anymore. Now all I can do is find work and walk around after dark with my kids. Sucks.
Curious if you’ve found NYC to be as unlivable in the last 10 years or so.
Harley @ 40:
Who’s “they”?
HA!
I heard (from Chris Matthews) that Rudy did a great job cleaning up NYC’s pee smell.
He’d be a great president if pee smell was the only problem facing America.
It seems apropos that the republican frontrunner is a lying, cowardly sham.
Who’s on second?
Preacher Boob @ 46:
Depends who you ask. Could be Magic Underwear, Crazy Grandpa, Lazy Actor, Gov. Rapturepants, or Dr. Nutzo.
Common folks… this is such a turkey shoot. Everyone… and I mean EVERYONE hates the GOP… Rudy STINKS SO BAD that I almost feel sorry for him… what a schmuck, and to be caught like this in public… I’m turning red for him.
Balsac T. Bagher @ 42:
And you are going to attribute all of that to Giuliani? Interesting. The reduction of crime during Giulian’s tenure didn’t have a whole lot to do with Giluiani. He was the beneficiary of federal funding that added 7,000 police officers to his city. Pretty easy to say you reduced crime when you had much more ammunition than your predecessors.
Not to mention that crime nationwide dropped throughout the 1990’s as well as an economy that was off the charts. But, yeah, credit it all to one guy. Why the hell not