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Title: Rudy Flashback
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URL Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com:80/ta ... sh/rudy-flashback_b_40561.html
Published: Feb 7, 2007
Author: Taylor Marsh
Post Date: 2007-02-07 14:29:39 by Brian S
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A Republican presidential candidate in drag. Hmmmm.... why is it that I find this prospect tantalizing? Mind you, I have nothing against drag queens, but then, I'm not a Republican. I can see the commercials now, can't you? But seriously, they're kidding, right? Regardless, Rudy is in... to win. Yeah-yeah. Let's start with this flashback. Rudy blaming the troops so he could provide cover for Mr. Bush. That's tough to defend. Can't wait until the wingnut base finds out Rudy married his third cousin. That's not even popular in the Ozarks, close to where Rush and I hail. But Rudy's got more troubles than just his multiple marriages. However, it will be fun watching Ken doll Sean Hannity's hypocrisy on parade. Sucking up to Rudy, while swallowing his prejudices. Rudy's for gay rights. Choice. That should make Sean's head explode, but it didn't tonight, because the Republican Ken doll is a cafeteria moralist. It's evidently okay that Rudy's cultural values are Democratic. But will Hannity go all the way with Rudy? When I interviewed Kristin Breitweiser last year when her book Wakeup Call was released, she had some very pointed things to say about Rudy's leadership skills. Short version: It's easy to stand in front of a microphone. Who knew how much there was to be gained? Rudy was even for the government investigating itself after 9/11. Sounds like Bush, the sequel, to me. When the twin towers collapsed, the remains of 200,000 tons of steel, 600,000 square feet of window glass, 5,000 tons of asbestos, 12,000 miles of electric cables and 425,000 cubic yards of concrete crashed to the ground and then spewed into the air. To the mix were added 24,000 gallons of jet fuel burning as hot as 1,300 degrees. At The Pile, the air was "darker than a sealed vault and thicker than pea soup," in the description of one deputy fire chief. But officials pronounced that would-be rescuers were safe. As then-U.S. Environmental Protection Administrator Christie Whitman put it in a press release on Thursday, Sept. 14, 2001: "Monitoring and sampling conducted on Tuesday and Wednesday have been very reassuring about potential exposure of rescue workers and the public to environmental contamination." Two weeks later, Mayor Rudy Giuliani said rescue workers faced minimal risk because the air quality was "safe and acceptable." In truth, those who rushed to the scene were at the epicenter of "the largest acute environmental disaster that ever has befallen New York City," according to a 2004 analysis by several dozen scientists in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives But I remember Rudy after 9/11. When Bush was flying around the country Rudy stood up and spoke about the tragedy, taking charge. Good for him. But we need someone who can do more than talk, while leaving first responders hung out to dry. Also take a look at the racial divide in New York under Giuliani. This is serious, regardless of Chris Matthews slobbering all over the "ethnic" Republican whose name ends in "i." Hey, I love Italians, but let's get serious. Rudy is running on a myth. Wait until the people get a load of the man. Does Bernard Kerik ring a bell with anyone? ...and I'm not talking about his nanny problem, either. Then there's the prima donna thing. It's going to be quite a primary death match between he and John McCain, especially since the latter has hired all of Bush's dirty tricksters. But at least Rudy's got clean hands on Iraq. That's his plus.
Kristen Breitweiser interview on 9/11, terrorism, and Rudy
It's also important to note that when the contaminated dust was flying at Ground Zero, Rudy was AWOL. Everything was cool, man. Never mind that it was one big environmental and health hazard that has made firefighters and police officers sick. The big lie The betrayal of the 9/11 responders began with a lie that reverberates to this day.
Blaming the troops to give Bush cover. Then abandoning the first responders without a care in the world. See a pattern here?
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