Giuliani Returns to a Familiar Theme: 9/11

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Source: The New York Times

FORT DODGE, Iowa — With his campaign hitting a rocky patch just before the first votes are cast, Rudolph W. Giuliani is returning to the themes that transformed him from a lame-duck mayor of New York City to a popular national figure six years ago and eventually to a leading presidential candidate: the Sept. 11 attacks and the threats posed by terrorism.

Mr. Giuliani’s retooled stump speech compares the Sept. 11 generation to the generation that won World War II. He is running a new television advertisement that shows firefighters atop the smoldering ruins of the World Trade Center site. And this week, Mr. Giuliani, who is seeking the Republican presidential nomination, seized on the assassination of Benazir Bhutto and the suicide bombing in Pakistan to warn audiences that it “reminds us of the kind of world that we live in.”

“For me this is a particularly personal experience,” Mr. Giuliani said in Florida as he discussed the assassination of Ms. Bhutto on Thursday, “because I lived through Sept. 11, 2001, and then I lived through the attacks in London a few years later.”

Mr. Giuliani’s decision to return to the issues of Sept. 11 and terrorism before the Iowa caucuses on Jan. 3 comes after months in which his campaign sometimes seemed to struggle to try to find a way to talk about the attacks without seeming exploitative, while broadening his message to fight the impression that he is a single-issue candidate.

Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/29/us/politics/29giuliani.html

[balantz]

1. Please, let's not return to 9/11,

with the exception of uncovering the facts of the administration's pre-knowledge, or possible involvement.

[NYC]

2. What is the Sept. 11th generation?

What in the world is that supposed to mean?

[uppityperson]

3. Wow. Rudy "lived through Sept.11, 2001"? I didn't know that.

Why parade on a huge failure? I don't get it. Perhaps he is running on the idea that you can fool all the people some of the time?

[astroBspacedog]

12. He also survived the attacks in London.

And so did I.

[madinmaryland]

4. "Returned to"? He never left it, so how could he return to it?

:wtf:

[acmavm]

5. Somebody needs to slap Rudy on the back. His needle is stuck.

[Giant Robot]

6. Giuliani Speach:

Noun, verb, 911. Repeat.

I can't take credit for it, I can't remember who wrote that, but it was hilarious.

[rodeodance]

9. that is biden during the debates

[Giant Robot]

10. Wow Biden said?

I would never have guessed that one.

[Didereaux]

7. A teensy bit of 911 Rudy satire seems in order....(pic)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/didereaux/


;)
btw that choice quote was the product af a DUer, my undying gratitude, its a gem!

[rodeodance]

8. i am reminded that unless the dem candidate is strong on defence we will lose.

[ckramer]

11. Mr. 9/11

wants to go to Washington!

[rasputin1952]

13. One more pathetic attempt to use a tragedy to project himself

as "the savior"...it's not gonna work.

Those that "supported" him gave up when just a few small walk on bags fell off the load of baggage this clown has on his back...:eyes:

[RedSock]

14. WFMU: Rudy Giuliani 9/11 Remix Contest

Last month WFMU held a Rudy Giuliani 9/11 Remix Contest.

http://blog.wfmu.org/freeform/2007/11/rudy-giuliani-9.html

Many of them are quite brilliant.