Posted on 05/15/2007 8:49:20 PM PDT by West Coast Conservative
On defense for much of the evening, Giuliani switched to the attack nearly an hour into the debate, challenging Rep. Ron Paul's suggestion that the U.S. bombing of Iraq had contributed to the terrorist attacks of 2001.
As someone who lived through 9/11, the man who was New York mayor at the time, Giuliani said sternly, "I don't think I've ever heard that before, and I have heard some pretty absurd explanations."
His rebuke to Paul drew some of the loudest applause of the night from the partisan audience at the University of South Carolina campus.
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“Paul will get less than 5% in the race for the republican nomination if he is lucky”
I think his total will be more like .05%!! He certainly comes across as a first class jerk.
Wow, you have CNN—which hates the war—on your side. Whoopdi-frickin-do.
But then again, I'm a real patriot. I don't just play one on the Internet.
I dont know what Ron Paul was smoking tonight, but somebody needs to test his blood and urine for crack, PCP, LSD etc.
No, remember the Libertarian creed: ‘Drugs are a VICTIMLESS CRIME.’ Not really!!
Anyway, Ron Paul, you are the reason WHY the Libertarian can’t win!!! I was a LIBERTARIAN - and on some issues I am STILL, but post 9/11, we need to KILL the bad guys!!
Mr. Ron Paul, please check yourself into a mental health clinic. You are getting senile!!
You and I donât agree. I believe that countries have the right to pursue their interests and arrange their affairs in the best interest of their countrymen. While I understand that behavior has consequences, Iâm tired of the argument that Americaâs pursuit of its self-interests is the cause of its problems. Thatâs the root of the blame America first crowdâs belief that we got our just deserts on 9/11. Iâve watched libertarian affairs for at least a decade now, and Iâve decided that Iâm firmly a republican, with a small r. Smoking dope and being an isolationist just doesnât hold my interests. P.S. What’s Israel’s having a star on their flag got to do with us?
Maybe you can convince Giuliani to read the report when you finish.
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/911/pdf/sec2.pdf
Those who were absurd on Tuesday night were the ex New York Mayor & pseudo-Conservative talking head Sean Hannity, who pretended to take umbrage at Dr. Paul’s daring to try to introduce background factors, relevant to our foreign policy.
The only two participants in the Debate who showed any real familiarity with the U.S. Constitution were Paul and Tancredo. From the perspective of this lifelong Conservative, they were the only two candidates worth considering.
Interrupting Paul's answer just to say that it is absurd without providing any supporting information is not hitting it out of the park. It is running around the bases after hitting a foul ball.
--Rudy Guiliani
And you people are saying that RON PAUL is an idiot? My God, are the neocons really that gob stopping STUPID?
Guiliani was emotionally brilliant in the play to the crowd on that one, twisting the reasoning WHY the arabs attack us into a "blaming ourselves" slur, which Ron Paul did not mean. Give Guiliani credit, he did good on that one, whether he was honest or not. However, the statement he gave for why the Muslims DID attack us has got to go down as one of the most thoughtless brainless, asinine comments I have heard from anyone.
Neocon decerebrates lap it up like water, too.
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