After 4th Place NIght, Giuliani Gives Us 9/11-Filled Op-Ed

Former Mayor Rudy Giuliani is busy trying to rally support in Florida, one of many big states with primaries in the coming weeks. He didn't really focus on the Iowa caucus (where he placed fifth - after Ron Paul) or New Hampshire (so he claims; he managed to place 4th, ahead of Ron Paul) and flew out of the Granite State before the polls were closed.

His poor showing in the first two political showdowns makes his Wall Street Journal opinion column all the more interesting. Today, Giuliani outlines "A blueprint for homeland security" in "The Resilient Society". And yes, September 11 gets name-checked a number of time in the 3500+ word essay. Here's part of it:

One reason New York City was able to withstand the 9/11 attack was that we were prepared to meet 21st-century security threats. As mayor of New York, in the spring of 1996, I established the Office of Emergency Management. We drilled and planned for various threats--anthrax, chemical weapons, hurricanes and airplane crashes. And while we didn't anticipate the specific scenario of 9/11, the constant practice, and the relentless follow-up from actual emergencies, certainly helped in its aftermath.

Huh. Let's review our interview with FDNY Deputy Chief Jim Riches, who emphasized, "[There were n]o drills at WTC from 1993 to 9/11/01. Radios failed in 1993 and again in 2001. Command center at 7 WTC. No unified command, No interoperable radios FD and PD. 911 operators telling people in South Tower to stay put even before plane hit South Tower, yet FD commanders at scene were calling for its evacuation."

ThinkProgress also tackles the inconsistencies between Giuliani's column the other reports. And in related Republican presidential race news, Mitt Romney is pulling ads from South Carolina, where the primary is January 19. The Republican candidates are debating in SC on Thursday.

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By Jen Chung in News on January 9, 2008 6:00 PM

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Nick S

ron paul is a racist fucknut.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/5/15/124912/740

CatherineH

I would like to see how many times the other candidates mention 9/11. I'll bet it's not that big a difference.

Tim N.

Resistance is futile, my friend. :>)

Snoopy

I knew he had no control when at his first inauguration that piece of shit son of his was a total asshole. If you can't control your own five year old kid, how are you going to manage older people like pre teens and above?

nivek

Oops, I mean when she ran for mayor of Quahog.

nivek

It's sooooooooooooooooooooo like when Lois ran for the education position in Family Guy.

S.D.

I...Must...Resist...Calling...him...

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Arrrrggghhhhh!!!!!!

Damm!!! He's SUCH a 9/11 Whore...

(sigh)

I tried but it's Soooooo descriptive.

redhookreject

This is the cool Rudy, and the sort Giuliani didn't want in Manhattan.

http://www.johnrozum.com/images/rudy.jpg

rtd2101

Giuliani is becoming a parody of himself. And people outside of New York seem to be realizing what us New Yorkers already know. That he's a hack, a one trick pony who is using fear mongering and false claims of heroism to scam the country.

westernqueensland

Il Giuliani is a weasel. He is a publicity hungry wannabe. His first job was to deny Haitian Boat People legal status by okey-doking the Duvalier regime so that they could claim Haitians were Economic refugees. When he put on the biker drag while D'Amato wore a ups uniform and made costumed fools of them selves. Pure Self Satisfying Weasel.

blablanyc

Holy crap! How much credit does he think he deserves!

HughGass

dude, you like golean too?

sweet. i love it.

nivek

I sure wouldn't mind that. How much for a box of GOLEAN? 0.005oz of gold? Sweet.

JacqueMehoff

ron paul the guy who wants to go back to the gold standard and get rid of the federal reserve system beat out rudy.

nyc_863

what an idiot, hanging grimly onto his one plank but he knows the end and the oblivion of bottomless water beckon.

read this:

http://www.craigslist.org/about/best/sfo/526482501.html

"Grand Moff Giuliani

We need a president who has experience running a large, unwieldy government. Like the Empire. "Hey, they said it was unmanageable, ungovernable... a large majority wanted to leave and live somewhere else," his campaign ads say. Well, Giuliani certainly turned things around... he built the Death Star! "By the time I left office," he continues, "the Death Star was the best example of conservative government in the galaxy!" Some folks might disagree with his foreign policy, though, consisting as it does of pretty much blasting whole planets into rubble."

Tim N.

Oh, yeah, we were ready. That's why 343 firemen died.

Maybe the 9/11 Whore ought to worry about beating Ron Paul by more than a percentage point.