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Giuliani faults war planning on Letterman
NewsDay ^ | May 21, 2007 | AP

Posted on 05/21/2007 7:14:01 PM PDT by Jim Robinson

NEW YORK -- Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani made his 28th appearance on the "Late Show" with David Letterman on Monday, answering hypotheticals about the Iraq war in a friendly exchange with the puckish comedian.

Letterman asked the former New York mayor about the war and its chaotic aftermath.

"I think there would have been a better strategy," Giuliani said. "We kind of didn't plan for that the way we should have."

In response to another question, Giuliani touched upon President Bush's legacy, something that has been hotly debated, with former President Jimmy Carter calling Bush's foreign policy "the worst in history" over the weekend.

"The determination of the kind of president George Bush is will be made by history, and then there'll be big decisions that he made that people are going to look at," Giuliani said. "Harry Truman was, you know, had significant difficulties as great or more than George Bush's but then, in retrospect, when you look back on it, he made the big decisions of his presidency so well that he's become one of our good to great presidents."

(Excerpt) Read more at newsday.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: burningbridges; elections; giuliani
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1 posted on 05/21/2007 7:14:03 PM PDT by Jim Robinson
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To: Jim Robinson

a RINO chatting with a leftist about an globalist’s policies.


2 posted on 05/21/2007 7:18:52 PM PDT by WorkingClassFilth (Current tagline banned under hate speech laws.)
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To: WorkingClassFilth

Rudy’s done like a dinner.


3 posted on 05/21/2007 7:25:26 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (Carry Daily. Apply Sparingly.)
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To: WorkingClassFilth

Rudy will not find the Republican primary votes he needs fielding softballs from a lightweight like Letterman.


4 posted on 05/21/2007 7:26:49 PM PDT by Biblebelter (I can't believe people still watch TV with the sound on.)
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To: Jim Robinson

I blame Letterman too.


5 posted on 05/21/2007 7:27:04 PM PDT by IM2MAD
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To: Jim Robinson

Rudy will hang it on some obscure subordinate : )


6 posted on 05/21/2007 7:28:30 PM PDT by stephenjohnbanker ( Hunter/Thompson/Thompson/Hunter in 08! "Read my lips....No new RINO's" !!)
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To: Biblebelter

VOTE "None of the Above"

7 posted on 05/21/2007 7:29:24 PM PDT by diverteach
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To: diverteach
I've thought about having bumper stickers printed with that very slogan.

Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!

8 posted on 05/21/2007 7:31:00 PM PDT by wku man (Claire Wolfe, is it time yet?)
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To: Biblebelter; ButThreeLeftsDo

Agreed, Rudy is toast...but then, so is the Republican Party. We need a new vehicle.


9 posted on 05/21/2007 7:31:14 PM PDT by WorkingClassFilth (Current tagline banned under hate speech laws.)
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To: Jim Robinson

What? No Top Ten “Giuliani is a RINO” list?


10 posted on 05/21/2007 7:33:01 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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To: WorkingClassFilth

Rudy is a soggy biscuit, enamored by his own slanted smile and the sound of his own voice.

I’m trying to find someone in “republican” party that does not share the same traits.

We do need a “new” vehicle, or we’ll be riding Hitlary as the CINC.


11 posted on 05/21/2007 7:37:56 PM PDT by Hilltop (?)
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To: WorkingClassFilth

F-R-E-D!!

(say it with me)

F-R-E-D!!!


12 posted on 05/21/2007 7:39:08 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (Carry Daily. Apply Sparingly.)
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To: diverteach

I miss Richard Pryor. :-(


13 posted on 05/21/2007 7:41:34 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Would you vote for President a guy who married his cousin? Me, neither. Accept no RINOs. Fred in '08)
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To: fieldmarshaldj

Me as well.


14 posted on 05/21/2007 7:43:23 PM PDT by fantom
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To: Jim Robinson

Geez, when I first read the title I thought ol’ Rudy went from blaming Bush to blaming David.


15 posted on 05/21/2007 7:45:49 PM PDT by mtg
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To: Jim Robinson

Actually, he sounds totally pulled out of context. He said some Iraq war planning could have been done better, and he said George Bush decisions will be judged by history.

Newsday is leftist, loves to make Republicans look bad. And being a Long Island Newspaper, views Rudy as a threat to Democrats. I’m sure it has an agenda to wreck Rudy as much as possible.


16 posted on 05/21/2007 7:51:08 PM PDT by I still care ("Remember... for it is the doom of men that they forget" - Merlin, from Excalibur)
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To: Jim Robinson

I wasn’t aware that Rudy Giuliani had attended a military academy and had become a military strategist. /sarcasm


17 posted on 05/21/2007 7:52:10 PM PDT by TommyDale (More Americans are killed each day in the U.S. by abortion than were killed on 9/11 !)
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To: Hilltop

Did I say “riding” Hitlary?

That could get me banned.

Shudder.


18 posted on 05/21/2007 7:53:39 PM PDT by Hilltop (?)
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To: fantom

We’ve lost so many of our ‘70s/’80s comedic film giants. Pryor, Candy, Belushi, Ted Knight, Dangerfield...


19 posted on 05/21/2007 8:14:44 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Would you vote for President a guy who married his cousin? Me, neither. Accept no RINOs. Fred in '08)
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To: Jim Robinson
The title "Giuliani faults war planning on Letterman" - lol, yeah Rudy, it's all David Letterman's fault.

I don't think a title like that was accidental. Looks like there is one Associated Press editor who doesn't like Rudy.

And on the rest - Rudy is nothing but a big sellout.

20 posted on 05/21/2007 8:27:33 PM PDT by bd476
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