Posted on 03/30/2007 10:35:08 AM PDT by areafiftyone
There's a new video up on YouTube showing clips of Rudy Giuliani endorsing Mario Cuomo, which everybody expected would be used against him. But if you'll notice, the video is carefully clipped in the middle, and that's to make Rudy's statement seem worse.
Here's the spliced together quote from the YouTube video, as reported by Hotline:
(Excerpt) Read more at spectator.org ...
((((RUDY PING)))))
Can we edit Fred Thompson's wifes age to make the age difference between them less that 24 years?
Dowdification of quotes is just wrong, no matter how much you like or dislike the person who's quote is mangled.
It's hard to imagine a Cuomo endorsement could be made to look worse, but whoever doctored this video seems to have done so.
There's enough wrong with Rudy to need to resort to distortions. Pathetic.
BTTT...
8734 ballots cast
First Choice:
F. Thompson 3406 (39%)
Giuliani 1386 (15.9%)
Romney 1091 (12.5%)
Gingrich 977 (11.2%)
Hunter 449 (5.1%)
Tancredo 420 (4.8%)
(none) 360 (4.1%)
McCain 241 (2.8%)
Obviously someone edited it who doesn't understand that liberals often criticize tax cuts by claiming they will "force" the liberal to raise other taxes to make up for the lost revenue.
Still, bad form editing people's statements. Let their entire words speak for themselves, and explain it to the people so they understand.
We get this "if you cut taxes at the state level, we will have to raise them at the local level" all the time. In fact, to the degree it is true, that is exactly what should happen, so people who benefit from spending at a local level pay the taxes for that spending.
Why should people in Buffalo pay higher taxes so that people in New York City can have more services without higher property taxes?
Of course, since Rudy was mayor of New York City, he was responsible for protecting his people. So you wouldn't expect him to be FOR cutting taxes at the state level.
It's the same as the discussion yesterday about the commuter tax. As a Mayor, why would Rudy want to cut the commuter tax paid by people he does not represent?
Of course, this also belies the notion that being a good Mayor and being able to "cut" a hopelessly bloated budget by growing it slightly less than the rate of local inflation is really a good sign of what they could do at a national level.
After all, where is Rudy going to find the "non-residents" to raise taxes on to help him balance his budget?
Liberal Rooty looks like liberal Rooty, no matter how you slice it. Thanks for highlighting that fact.
What language are you reading this article in? FRENCH?
You are grasping at straws. There are entire news conferences on Youtube, with no edits, that show him to be the leftwinger he now claims not to be.
But instead this author focuses on the one that has been edited. Did you really care what Kerry said after he said "I voted for after I voted against it". No one cares what the exceses are.
NO ONE cares what excuses Rudy had for supporting a communist like Cuomo.
I suspected these were manipulated via editing, by the way, and posted that notion in the last few days....
Who changed it?
There was a reason why Rudy supported Cuomo. He know something about Pataki we didn't and surprise we found out later on. Wacki Pataki was just that WACKY!! NYers know that too bad you don't. So if Pataki ran for president you would support him?
That is the $64,000 question.
Good one.
Wacky Patiki is slightly right of Rudy. Cuomo is a certified socialist anti-american dirtbag.
Trying to justify support for such a vermin like Cuomo is pathetic. It would be the equivalent of me endorsing Ted Kennedy over Rudy.
What I'm curious about is why the boomlet for Fred Thompson. He certainly doesn't act like a guy seriously interested in running for Pres. And if, three month ago, someone had asked the question, "Who would make a strong candidate in '08?", I doubt Thompson would have been at the top of anyone's list.
Yeaaaa riiiight! Keep going on that one. You guys trashed Pataki when he was in office so you have no leg to stand on.
BOO HOO
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