WHY HAVEN'T WE HEARD FROM RUDY GIULIANI??

[Imagevision]

IS IT BECAUSE MCCAIN WILL GET THE REPUG NOD IN 08?

[bemildred]

1. Is this a trick question? nt

[TheCowsCameHome]

17. He's out having his front teeth sharpened.

[txindy]

2. Because he's a private citizen and has nothing to contribute to discussion

What do I win? :shrug:

[Oreo]

3. Maybe he is there..

and is trapped in an attic somewhere.

He seems to be around for most major catastrophes

[JHB]

4. Be thankful you haven't heard from Rudy

Rudy's Hero-mode only lasts about 48 hours after a disaster. He's already past his shelf life.

[NNN0LHI]

5. He does not want his name associated with this disaster in any way n/t

[tk2kewl]

6. McCain in '08...

He doesn't dare!

[myrna minx]

14. Let them eat cake in '08.

:puke:

[Tyler Durden]

7. Because he is a RICH, WHITE, rePUKE PIG.

Trick question, right?

[pbartch]

8. Because he doesn't care

Maybe I'm being mean here......I'm sure he does care. He is a "person of influence" and should be adding help where he can.

[malta blue]

9. He's been on vacation

Spotted him in my hometown on Sunday...

[Ganja Ninja]

10. If Rudy wants to run in 08 the best thing he can do now is ...

stay as far away from Bush and the current administration as possible.

[ck4829]

11. Because all he would say is "9/11, 9/11, 9/11, 9/11, 9/11, 9/11, 9/11"

[Canuckistanian]

12. He doesn't want to go near this one...

Politically, it's radioactive....

[Dr Batsen D Belfry]

13. I am guessing that

1) He knows he only lost a few major buidings in the attack, no major residential areas, and had a finite number of dead.*

2) Nearly all his city infrastructure and support mechanisms were still intact. He also had the support of the remaining metro area of around 11 million + people. New Orleans, Mississippi, and Alabama affected areas have nothing.

3) He knows the mental and physical toll involved in working a disaster the size of NY 9/11 and probably wants non of the experience of Katrina, which requires one hell of a lot more effort.

*I am not trying to imply that 9/11 was any less important or devastating, but in terms of scope of devastation, there is no comparison.

DBDB

[SledDriver]

15. He's busy planning the next MIHOP

:tinfoilhat:

[Imagevision]

16. I wish I could see what Rudy's response would have been with Katrina

don't think there's any comparison...!

[Rainscents]

18. Rudy would NOT had been able to handle it... You cannot compare

this to 9/11. Katrina was MAJOR diaster (very wide spead and effected million people homeless and no job) where as, 9/11 was localized and not many people was homeless.

[Malikshah]

19. Because he's a useless tool

What's he gonna do, bring his security dude... (you know the criminal thug that almost got Chertoff's job...)

[Doctor_J]

20. Any shrewd pol should stay clear of this one

the stink is going to linger for a long time.

[livetohike]

21. He has nothing to add

He wouldn't have a clue what to do if Manhattan was all under standing water.

He wouldn't know how to evacuate the entire city. This is nothing like the 9/11 disaster.

[bullwinkle428]

22. Rudy got the smackdown from the WH when his own

hand-picked choice for Homeland Security chief got scuttled (Bernie Kerik), so he's probably secretly enjoying seeing what Chertoff and Brown and experiencing now...

[underpants]

23. Bernie was on Geraldo's show this weekend

I have no idea what he said or why he could possibly be needed in at this time but he was on the phone talking to Geraldo.

-I was trying to get the baby to stop crying, watching TV with the sound turned down-

[Simeon Salus]

24. No one's offered to pay for his valuable opinion.

To GOPS, if there's no backend, there' no reason for concern.

[Justice]

25. I think he does not want to be associated with this situation,

he will be forced to criticize the WH - and that will hurt him. He would also be forced to acknowledge that this situation is bigger - in terms of the number of people involved - than 9/11 - and that he might not have been able to handle it.