Rudy Guiliani forgot to mention 9/11??! :grin: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100109/ap_on_en_tv/us_terrorism_giuliani WASHINGTON – Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani set off a tempest about terrorism Friday with his claim that this nation "had no domestic attacks" under President George W. Bush. Giuliani somehow neglected to mention the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks as he was contrasting President Barack Obama's handling of terrorism with that of Bush in light of the failed Christmas Day attempt to blow up a Detroit-bound flight. The Sept. 11 attacks toppled New York's World Trade Center, killed nearly 3,000 people in New York, Washington and Pennsylvania and earned Giuliani accolades as "America's mayor." The Republican said of Obama on ABC's "Good Morning America" that "what he should be doing is following the right things that Bush did." While saying he believes Obama "turned the corner" on understanding the nature of terrorism when he publicly declared the U.S. at war, Giuliani added that Obama has plenty of room to improve on terrorism. "We had no domestic attacks under Bush," Giuliani said. "We've had one under Obama." That statement set off waves of protest in the blogosphere. And it echoed a recent claim by former Bush press secretary Dana Perino. GOP strategist Mary Matalin also recently said the Bush administration "inherited the most tragic attack on our soil in our nation's history," implying that the 9/11 attacks resulted from mistakes by the Clinton administration. Bush replaced Clinton in the White House on Jan. 20, 2001, or almost eight months before the al-Qaida sponsored attacks. When Giuliani was questioned later Friday about his statement, he explained to CNN's Wolf Blitzer that he misspoke. "I usually say we had no domestic attacks, no major domestic attack under President Bush since Sept. 11," he said. He said after all the warnings of more attacks that came immediately after Sept. 11, many were surprised that this country avoided another major terrorist attack. Giuliani said: "I did omit the words 'since Sept. 11.' I apologize for that." Shoe bomber Richard Reid tried to bring down a trans-Atlantic flight from Paris to Miami in December 2001 using similar methods to the Christmas Day attempt. In both cases, quick action by courageous passengers and crew members helped avoid catastrophe. Concerning Friday's interview, GMA's George Stephanopoulos said he should have asked Giuliani what he meant. "All of you who have pointed out that I should have pressed him on that misstatement in the moment are right," he wrote on his blog. "My mistake, my responsibility."
"We had no domestic attacks under Bush," Giuliani said. "We've had one under Obama." That statement set off waves of protest in the blogosphere. And it echoed a recent claim by former Bush press secretary Dana Perino. GOP strategist Mary Matalin also recently said the Bush administration "inherited the most tragic attack on our soil in our nation's history," implying that the 9/11 attacks resulted from mistakes by the Clinton administration. They are the living embodiment of all that is wrong in American politics today. Giuliani, who is certainly intelligent to know just what he was saying and the implication of his remark, and Perino, who's a tool, merely repeating the latest talking point, like the "good little girl" that she is, an embarrassment to women everywhere with a modicum of intelligence. Matalin is like Giuliani, who knew exactly what she was saying, that it was a pathetic lie, and simply doesn't care. The "best and the brightest" of the GOP? God help that party and the country, should they return to power under the leadership that sailed the ship of state right onto the rocks. Right onto the ****ing rocks, in their greed and incompetence. How they can turn out this crap and not choke passing all understanding.
Here's a full list of muslim domestic terrorist attacks that occured during Dubya's error that Giuliani missed. http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-m...ni-says-there-were-no-domestic-attacks-durin/
Sorry to be picky but the anthrax attacks haven't been proven to be tied to Islam. Anyway those still prove Giuliana wrong since they were a domestic terrorism. Also if we are including all domestic terrorism the V-Tech massacre should be included.
Rudy is a liar. It's plain and simple. I just can't believe he would insult people by expecting them to believe a lie that is so easily seen for the dishonesty that it is. basso has been insulted by people he supports before, so it isn't surprising that he will probably go on supporting Rudy.
This is so full of FAIL. Well, maybe he meant no terror attacks after 9/11. Nope. Well, maybe he meant no terror attacks after 9/11 perpetrated by Muslim extremists. Nope, still wrong. Well, maybe he meant no terror attacks after 9/11 perpetrated by Muslim extremists on an airplane. Nope, unless strapping a bomb to your junk is terrorism and putting a bomb in your shoe isn't.
The WTC was bombed for the first time 3 months after the first Bush left office. And the Unabomber wasn't caught til Clinton.
Another reason to hate politicians, only out for their party. Anyone else think its a little inappropriate for politicans to use terrorism as a way to bash the other party? I don't remember any Democrats criticizing Bush for the 9/11 attack. Do people not understand that no matter how hard we try, terrorists will always find a way to kill?
i remember plenty of people criticizing bush for his failures leading up to 9/11, and rightfully so. but that is way different than ghouliani and his ridiculous, easily disproven claims.
source Terror Attacks Under Bush: 22 Deaths: 3010 July 27, 2008 - Jim David Adkisson shoots two persons in a Unitarian Church May 5, 2008 - Pipe Bomb detonated outside Federal Courthouse in San Diego March 7th, 2008 - Bomb detonated at Times Square Recruiting center in NY. December 6, 2007: Chad Altman and Sergio Baca were arrested for the arson of Dr. Curtis Boyd's clinic in Albuquerque. May 9, 2007: Unidentified person deliberately set fire to a Planned Parenthood clinic in Virginia Beach, Virginia. April 25, 2007: A package left at a women's health clinic in Austin, Texas contained an explosive device capable of inflicting serious injury or death. April 16, 2007 - Virginia Tech Shootings. September 13, 2006 David McMenemy crashed his car into the Edgerton Women's Care Center in Davenport, Iowa. He then doused the lobby in gasoline and then started a fire. McMenemy committed these acts in the belief that the center was performing abortions, however Edgerton is not an abortion clinc. March 2006 - Mohammed Reza Taheri-azar, an Iranian-born graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, drives an SUV onto a crowded part of campus, injuring nine. December 12, 2005: Patricia Hughes and Jeremy Dunahoe threw a Molotov cocktail at a clinic in Shreveport, Louisiana. July 4, 2005: A clinic Palm Beach, Florida was the target of an arson. October 1, 2005 - Joel Henry Hinrichs III detonated a bomb near the packed football stadium at the University of Oklahoma in Norman, Oklahoma killing himself in the process. October 2002 - John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo conduct the Beltway Sniper Attacks July 4, 2002 - An Egyptian gunman opens fire at an El Al ticket counter in Los Angeles International Airport, killing two Israelis before being killed himself. May 2002: Luke Helder injures 6 by placing pipebombs in mailboxes in the Midwest. January 5, 2002 - 15yo Charles Bishop, expressing sympathy for bin Laden, crashes his Cessna into a Tampa Florida Skyscraper June 11, 2001: Tacoma, Washington bombing destroys a Clinic Wall December 12, 2001 - Jewish Defense League plot by Chairman Irv Rubin and follower Earl Krugel to blow up the King Fahd Mosque in Culver City, California, and the office of Lebanese-American Rep. Darrell Issa, foiled. December 22, 2001 - Richard Reid attempts to bomb flight 63 November 2001 - Clayton Waagner mails powder-laden envelopes to 550+ Clinics, is convicted on 51 counts in 2003. September 2001 - 5 People Killed, 17 Infected by Anthrax laden letters, $250million spent cleaning up postal facilities. September 11, 2001 - 15 Saudis, 2, UAEs, 1 Egyptian and 1 Lebanese Hijackers kill 2,973 persons, cost billions of dollars, and cause permenant, irreparable damages to modern societies freedoms to the United States citizens.
Ottomaton presents great evidence, and I think this may be the most idiotic statement of 2010 thus far. Rudy's claim to fame is his so-called role following the attacks. Realistically, though, he didn't do anything. He's used a tragedy for years to hype his political persona. He's about as worthless as Sarah "Paris" Palin.
