Giuliani's excuse for answering his cell phone during a speech: 9/11

[Joe Republic]

http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/09/28/385338.aspx

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[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

This guy has become a true self-parody.

[Lief 🗽]

Guys, what you're forgetting is that 9/11 changed everything.

[Mr. Morden]

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Not to make sure that she's safe, but just to make sure that they still love each other.  Because the act of riding in a plane can somehow lead to a decrease in marital bliss???

[SPC]

Rudy Giuliani has zero chance of becoming the 44th President of the United States. Even if he somehow is able to win the primary, there is no way the American public is going to be able to put up with "9/11 this" and "9/11 that" for 9 straight months.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Wow, can you imagine him during the debates?

[Boris]

Wow, can you imagine him during the debates?

Debates? I'm thinking more along the lines of the convention speech. I'm sure there they'll be a few drinking games involved with that one.

[MODU]

Well, to be honest, the excuse isn't 9/11.  It's because his wife was flying.  However, she could have easily called 30 minutes earlier before his speech and it wouldn't have been an issue.

[Stranger in a strange land]

Well, to be honest, the excuse isn't 9/11.  It's because his wife was flying.  However, she could have easily called 30 minutes earlier before his speech and it wouldn't have been an issue.

you're obviously missing the point of this exercise: Giuliani would have still found some way to bring in 9/11.

[MODU]

Well, to be honest, the excuse isn't 9/11.  It's because his wife was flying.  However, she could have easily called 30 minutes earlier before his speech and it wouldn't have been an issue.

you're obviously missing the point of this exercise: Giuliani would have still found some way to bring in 9/11.

Yes, and you are assuming that it was for political reasons.  I know many people who make calls before and after their flight to ease the minds of loved ones because of 9/11. 

[○∙◄☻¥tπ[╪AV┼cVê└]

Wow, can you imagine him during the debates?

Debates? I'm thinking more along the lines of the convention speech. I'm sure there they'll be a few drinking games involved with that one.

Too bad for Hillary that her drinking buddy McCain probably won't get the nomination.

[Eraserhead]

This guy has become a true self-parody.

[Likely Voter]

jesus I thought the headline was a joke. If this guy was caught in a hotel room with both a live boy and a dead girl he would find some way to justify it because of 9/11

I used to admire the guy for his post 9/11 leadership, but the way he has exploited that has really got annoying

[Ebowed]

We need to go back to a September 10th worldview.

[Reignman]

Rudy Giuliani has zero chance of becoming the 44th President of the United States. Even if he somehow is able to win the primary, there is no way the American public is going to be able to put up with "9/11 this" and "9/11 that" for 9 straight months.

[Lief 🗽]

We need to go back to a September 10th worldview.

[MarkWarner08]

Mitt Romney: Smooth, charismatic speaker who was a success in business and politics.
Rudy Giuliani: Running on 9/11; supports abortion and gun control.

I still think Romney will win either Iowa or NH, or both, and then sweep to the nomination. Regardless of the national polls, it's hard to imagine the GOP nominating a socially liberal Mayor from New York.

[Ebowed]

I wouldn't consider Giuliani to be socially liberal.

[Inmate Trump]

Before 9/11....actually before he began running for president....Rudy was one of the Democrats' favorite Republicans.  Now that he *does* have a chance at becoming president, they all hate him. 

[Joe Republic]

Before 9/11....actually before he began running for president....Rudy was one of the Democrats' favorite Republicans.  Now that he *does* have a chance at becoming president, they all hate him. 

That was also before he started pandering to all the conservative groups that Democrats obviously hate, in order to potentially win the nomination.

John McCain has also gone exactly the same way; i.e. a relatively high approval rating from Democrats until about two years ago.

[Gabu]

Before 9/11....actually before he began running for president....Rudy was one of the Democrats' favorite Republicans.  Now that he *does* have a chance at becoming president, they all hate him. 

Yes, because, clearly, absolutely nothing has changed between then and now.

[Ebowed]

I guess before it was public knowledge that Giuliani strongly supports torture, secret military tribunals, expanded executive power, etc., he might have seemed briefly appealing.

[Tetro Kornbluth]

I wouldn't consider Giuliani to be socially liberal.

The fact that he is considered that shows how warped the political spectrum is seen by many in the United States.

[??????????]

We need to go back to a September 10th worldview.

Retardation is really spreading like a cancer on this forum.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

I wouldn't consider Giuliani to be socially liberal.

The fact that he is considered that shows how warped the political spectrum is seen by many in the United States.

He'd be socially liberal by Irish standards.