Posted on 09/14/2007 3:33:14 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
(CBS) NEW YORK -- Ever since Rudy Giuliani aborted his race for Senate against Hillary Clinton in 2000, the political world has been hungering for a re-match between the political titans.
On Friday, with both candidates running for president, we got a taste of what could be.
Suddenly, it's Rudy versus Hillary all over again.
Giuliani plunged head-first into a growing controversy over the activist group Moveon.org.
"Hillary Clinton should be ashamed of herself for that," Giuliani said.
The organization publicly mocked Gen. David Petraeus this week as "General Betray Us." On Friday, Giuliani tried to link Clinton to that comment by purchasing his own ad in the New York Times.
"These times call for statesmanship, not politicians spewing political venom," it reads.
But Clinton had nothing to do with the Moveon ad. Instead, Giuliani cites her comment this week during Petraeus' testimony.
Clinton said, "...this requires the willing suspension of disbelief."
Giuliani then swooped in: "I'm not sure what she was trying to say ... but she was saying that he wasn't telling the truth."
On Friday, Clinton's campaign shot back, saying:
"It's hardly surprising that Mayor Giuliani is running the first negative ad of the '08 campaign, given his inability to justify his unqualified support for President Bush's failed Iraq strategy."
Giuliani's move comes as Fred Thompson is eroding the ex-mayor's lead in the race. This could be Giuliani's way of seizing the momentum again.
"He'd love nothing more than for her or members of her campaign to respond in an agitated way to what is clearly at best a very dubious linkage between what Moveon does and what Hillary Clinton says," said David Birdsell, professor at Baruch College.
With the war debate intensifying, some anti-war protestors descended upon Clinton's Manhattan office Friday. But fewer than two-dozen protestors showed up.
As the poor turnout over this rally shows, it hasn't been easy to tarnish Clinton over the war issue. But a lot of people are still very eager to try.
Let’s just say that the GOP gloves are off. There will be many more attacks like this to come. It’s early yet.
No, I couldn’t let it go.
My first problem is they use Clinton’s first name and Giuliani’s last name. That’s not right. Second, they had plenty of room for the “MoveOn.org”, which wasn’t necessary. Third, I’m sick of every other headline sounding like WWF commentary. It looks like something you would read on the cover of a teenage gossip mag.
“Hillary Responds to Rudy’s NYT Ad”
“Rudy’s NYT Ad Draws Fire From Hillary”
“Giuliani and Clinton at Odds Over MoveOn Ad.”
Five-letter synonym for “slams” my butt.
If you need a longer list than that, you need more help than I can offer.
LLS
I was speaking about Hillary. Just because NY isn’t considered conservative, you ‘just accept’ her ‘large majority’ is a given. Her actions deceived you and many others. But that’s her deal - to deceive.
Take your meds and call your doctor — jerk.
I heard that McCain hit Hillary even harder, he asked how Hillary could be expected to stand up to Osama Bin Laden, when she can’t even stand up to MoveOn.Org radicals.
The woman is a skank. In the truest sense of the word.
She doesn’t know how to be ashamed ...I find her beyond disgusting.
Man, can that witch get any more shrill or ugly? Who on earth thinks she is electable? Godzilla has more charm.
Hillary Rotten Clinton is a walking “dirty AD”
How much Corrupt, Treasonous Chi-Com Money will She spend defending Her “Integrity?”
the real Laugh is that the NY Times gave Moveon commie rats a discount to print their Seditious insults, so Ruddy demanded and got the discount also, setting Precident? for all future ads? causing millions of dollars to be lost in profits for the NY Times Rats....Ironic Justice.
Hillary is so dizzy I think she herself doesn’t know what she said.
You forgot to include “frozen tundra” when referencing Green Bay.
I was going to point this out but I figured I would read on to see if anyone else already did. Rudy no doubt will bring this point up. She took the bait.
1. I have always respected Hillary Clinton’s ability to detect when a man is lying to her.
2. I also see her as the one potential President who wouldn’t tolerate cheating. For example, if Iran or North Korea said they were only helping that woman with counseling, Hillary Clinton would discern that no cheating was involved.
Hillary Clinton for President - You can’t be serious.
every time I see one of those headlines, I click on the link and realize the comments were extremely mild.
Yesterday Bill Bennett mentioned that “willing suspension of disbelief” is from Coleridge meaning the willingness of a reader to accept as true the premise of a work of fiction.
Amen! I can only think of voting for the Hildebeest under a complete suspension of sanity.
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