Rudy Giuliani: "We Had No Domestic Attacks Under Bush; We've Had One Under Obama."

[jefferson_dem]

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[DrDan]

1. won't be the last time we hear that

if they play those games - we should counter that it was a "failed attack" - (regardless of why it failed).

[ImOnlySleeping]

65. let's say the shoe bomber

is approx. the same level of threat and damage.

So Bush is still up by 9/11 + anthrax + Bush's two terms of terror.

[wordpix]

91. Ghouli's rewriting 9-11 history--maybe the teabaggers will believe it

[driver8]

2. All I can say is, "WTF"??

What planet are these assholes living on? Do they think that the whole freakin' world has forgotten who was pResident during 9/11??

These dickheads never cease to amaze me.

[rainlillie]

5. What amazes me is, the press won't call them out on their lies.

[Berry Cool]

8. Oh, Keith Olbermann will.

He, or whatever proxy he has on his show tonight, will be on THIS. For sure.

But, I edit to add: I too am amazed that in the middle of an interview, the interviewee never says: "Wait--stop..."

[V_Byl]

25. Only problem with that is...

Olbermann is considered a lefist pundit by the main stream, or at least that's what the MSM tells them to think, so it'll just be irrelevant noise.

Meanwhile this utter bullshit goes unchecked by the MSM... it'll be the truth before long, and to say otherwise in 2013 under President Palin will be reason for the Thought Police to put you in jail.

War is Peace, or is it Peace is War... I forget... ah screw it.

[NewJeffCT]

37. And, Giuliani would never go on with Olbermann, Maddow or Schulz

maybe Chris Matthews, but who knows?

[Enthusiast]

81. Yeah.

They always try to categorize Rachel and Keith as Limbaugh and Beck equivalents. Of course we know that nothing could be further from the truth.

The M$M is the greatest problem.

[Hissyspit]

71. VIDEO & TRANSCRIPT: Lawrence O'Donnell Blisters Giulianis Lie

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x421168

Please recommend so others will see.

[Hissyspit]

72. GRAPHICS Comparison of Terrorist Attacks & Fatalities: Bush, Clinton & Obama

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x7426670

[sulphurdunn]

32. If the press called them out on their lies,

they would no longer be useful stooges and cheerleaders for the idiocracy.

[Ticonderoga]

61. Exactly right.

That paid RNC shill Stephawhatshisface just sat there and let the turd slip into the punchbowl.

[stray cat]

3. A former NY mayor who forgot the events of Sept 11, 2001?

[Berry Cool]

6. The guy who built his own PERSONAL political career on 9/11?

No. He. Didn't. :wtf:

[Number23]

57. Amazing, isn't it? And the fact that he was not IMMEDIATELY called on that

by whomever was interviewing him is sick. Disgraceful.

[stlsaxman]

66. Let's ask Joe about Rudy and 9-11...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DteDRD6cbbM

[struggle4progress]

67. Rudy's personal life is probably very complicated. Who can blame him if he forgets little details?

What Giuliani's Sleazy Sex Life Tells Us About Him
By JoAnn Wypijewski, TheNation.com. Posted December 18, 2007

... He announced his new love, and concomitant dumping of the old, at a 2001 press conference, thus informing Donna their marriage was over at the precise moment that any New Yorker listening to 1010 WINS learned of it.

Then he tried to push her and the children out of Gracie Mansion so he could get on with his life ...

Jimmy Breslin back in 2000 .. wrote about a cop nicknamed Wrong Way because once while pulling into Gracie Mansion with Judi in the backseat he almost collided with the cop pulling out of the mansion with Donna.

Wrong Way was later part of a five-car police detail assembled simply to get the king and his court to the ballgame: one car for Rudy, one for Judi, one for Andrew, one for Donna and one for the Other Girl he's said to have kept on the side, the two girlfriends given separate corporate seats at Yankee Stadium ...

http://www.alternet.org/story/70906/

It's natural to suspect a lot of his time and energy nowadays still involves logistical labyrinths

[rainlillie]

4. Yeah, Rudy and you never cheated on your wife.

[RedCloud]

47. or approved faulty fire code violations at the WTC!

[NJmaverick]

7. WOW! Just wow

so 9/11, the shoe bomber and the Anthrax attacks happened under a different president? Only if you are one of those that know that Bush stole the 2000 election and technically Al Gore was President.

[Sanity Claws]

9. What domestic terror attack under Obama?

The Christmas bomber came from overseas. Have I forgotten something?

As for Bush, we had several domestic terror attacks. For example, we had a few anthrax attacks in late 2001 but I don't recall the total. Three? Four?

[CrownPrinceBandar]

26. I think Rudy's talking about Ft. Hood.............

and forgetting all the anthrax mailing that happened under *'s watch.

[CLANG]

49. and the Beltway Snipers

[NewJeffCT]

38. There was nearly one domestic terror incident a month in Bush's 8 years

There were near constant attacks on family planning clinics & doctors at the rate of nearly 1/month. But, maybe the Bush justice Department didn't count those since they were perpetrated by white Christians? (the small j in Justice was intentional)

[stlsaxman]

10. ... and Little Geogie Stenographolos just lets it roll by.

[Enthusiast]

82. Zactly. nt

[nightrain]

11. do you actually expect mainstream media to do real journalism? They used to.

[smoogatz]

12. Who's the worthless POS who's "interviewing" him?

How can you not follow up on such an obvious mangling of extremely recent history?

[marmar]

13. Rudy Giuliani is about one breakdown away from a room with padded walls at Bellevue.....

[TheCowsCameHome]

14. Overdosed on teeth whitener again, eh Rudi?

[catbyte]

15. Stephanopolous is quite the hard-hitting truth-seeker

:sarcasm:

He gives me the creeps. I'm not sure why, but I just want to take a shower every time I see him. :shrug:

That's become quite the talking point lately--first Cheney, then Matalin, then Perino, and now Mr. 9/11. They're insulting our intelligence and I'm really sick of it. I'm also furious that no "journalist" has called any of them out on it. I know I shouldn't be surprised, but this is such a blatant lie that I was hoping SOMEONE would say bullshit.

God, I hate the M$M, especially the morning shows. Matt Lauer was harder on that Balloon Boy's father this morning than he was with all those Republican liars the past few days. Arrgh...

Diane

Anishnabe in MI

[Enthusiast]

84. It's not YOUR intelligence

they're concerned with. They are talking to someone easier, more gullible, potential voters in 2010 and 2012.

And there are no longer any "journalists". Besides they have written us off already.

I'm feeling just a bit post apocalyptic.

[ananda]

16. OK, what do you call..

.. the systematic attacks on the poor and working people
of this country?

.. the successful attacks on morality and ethics by
the corporate and financial institutions of this country?

Answers on a postcard please...

[Guilded Lilly]

17. The truly billious part of this

is not that this man makes such ignoramous comments but that no one looks him in the eye and calls him out for the disgusting liar he is. He is repulsive on several levels.

It isn't just the politicians who are maliciously despicable, it is the gutless media who pander to this type of utter bullshit and refuse to smack them repeatedly in the face with the facts.

But it doesn't end there. There is a third element to this unspeakably DUMB partnership. Those who hear this, and blindly believe it in the face of all things intelligent to the contrary.

[napi21]

18. Doesn't the shoe bomber count? What about the anthrax stuff?

Rudy is just an AH!

[robinlynne]

46. and... the world trade center, the pentagon and pennsylvania?

[Hippo_Tron]

73. He's not counting 9/11

Which is ridiculous logic in itself but rather than arguing about the logic it's easier to point out that even under his definition he is still wrong.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

19. Excuse me Mr 9/11?

Obama has had no domestic attacks. What about the shoe bomber, Mr 9/11?

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

20. Matalin, Perino and now Rudy.

Meme-aliscious!

:patriot:

[Lorien]

21. A sad, desperate attempt to rewrite history

what a pathetic little man.

[Torn_Scorned_Ignored]

22. AssHole

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sjqpZsCWEnU/RcfUdzyGx6I/AAAAAAAAAGk/WxcEy-_1znI/s400/Bush+Giuliani.jpg

[liberal N proud]

23. And they will repeat that meme for weeks

The sheeple will buy the propaganda and come fist to cuffs if you call them out on their bull shit.

[wryter2000]

24. Why in bloody hell do the interviewers let this crap stand?

WTF is wrong with them?

[Enthusiast]

86. Isn't it apparent by now?

"WTF is wrong with them?"

The media is completely controlled and they have an agenda. The agenda is to promote the Reich Wing talking points. For the last 20 years or so we have been victims of the greatest propaganda effort in history. It is continuing full force.

[and-justice-for-all]

27. ....

:crazy:

[Uben]

28. I'm glad 9/11 never happened!

HAd it actually occurred, the GOP would be responsible for the worst terror attack on U.S. soil in American history! I'm glad we didn't really have an anthrax attack, either!

Since neither of those ever happened, the GOP has a clean slate! We should all vote for them because they kept us so safe. And, thank god they had the wherewithal to make sure we purchased duct tape and plastic or we'd all be dead!


Where the hell did they hide the WTC buildings, anyway?

[stray cat]

29. Where did all the people disappear who we thought were killed?

:shrug:

[Uben]

30. What people?

I know nussing!

[JackInGreen]

42. the snark!

It BURNS!! THE SNARK BURNS!

[stlsaxman]

63. That is BRILLIANT! Forgive me in advance for stealing it from you!

:thumbsup:

[tavalon]

31. Well, except for that little thing that happened back in 2001

Do we have a little premature senile dementia going on here or is he just a crass politician hoping we won't notice his sleight of hand? Twin Towers, now you see them, now you don't!!!

[TwilightGardener]

33. We are totally down the rabbit hole now. He wouldn't get challenged

if he insisted that the sky is red and the sun revolved around the earth--nor would any other Republican. They are officially free to lie at their whim, completely unchecked by reality.

[sakabatou]

34. Rudy must be channeling Dana Perino

She said the same thing.

[Hulk]

35. Was the commentator, or host, absent when this dick was jabbering??

I can't believe anyone would let this dick head get away with saying such a stupid ass thing...especially since HIS WHOLE WORLD evolves around the ONE BIGGEST FUCK UP in our history....9/11.

[V_Byl]

36. Pulled these off Wikipedia...

...way to let these slide George...

There are others, thwarted and failed attacks... but these happened under Bush. Sorry if the formating is hard to read.

United States, September 11 2001: Attacks kill 2,997 , and many more later from exposure to toxic dust in a series of hijacked airliner crashes into two U.S. landmarks: the World Trade Center in New York City, New York, and The Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia. A fourth plane, originally intended to hit the United States Capitol Building, crashes in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, after an apparent revolt against the hijackers by the plane's passengers.

United States 2001: Anthrax attacks on the offices the United States Congress and New York State Government offices, and on employees of television networks and tabloids.

United States, December 12: Jewish Defense League plot by Chairman Irv Rubin and follower Earl Krugel to blow up the King Fahd Mosque in Culver City, California, and the office of Lebanese-American Rep. Darrell Issa, foiled

***United States December 21, 2001: On December 21, 2001, Richard Reid attempted to board a flight from Paris to Miami, but his boarding was delayed because his disheveled physical appearance was suspicious to screeners. He also did not answer all of their questions, and had not checked any luggage for the transatlantic flight. Additional screening resulted in his being re-issued a ticket for a flight on the following day.***

***United States December 22, 2001: He returned to the airport on December 22, 2001 and boarded American Airlines Flight 63 from Paris to Miami, wearing his special shoes packed with plastic explosives in the hollowed-out bottoms. Not found until he tried to ignite his shoes and the smell gave him away.***

United States, May 2002: Luke Helder injures 6 by placing pipebombs in mailboxes in the Midwest. Motivation to protest government control over daily lives and the illegality of marijuana and promotion of astral projection (I know it isn't a Muslim act of terror, but if you're going to use the term...)

United States, July 4 2002: An Egyptian gunman opens fire at an El Al ticket counter in Los Angeles International Airport, killing two Israelis before being killed himself.

United States, October 2002: John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo conduct the Beltway Sniper Attacks, killing ten people in various locations throughout the Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area from October 2 until they are arrested on October 24. (I'm not sure I would consider this an act of terrorism, but it sure fits the def. from the right-wingers)

United States, March 3, 2006: Mohammed Reza Taheri-azar, an Iranian-born graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, drives an SUV onto a crowded part of campus, injuring nine.

USA July 28th, 2006: A woman was dead and five others were hospitalized this afternoon after a shooting at the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle building in downtown Seattle by a man who declared he was "angry with Israel."

United States August 30th, 2006: An Afghani Muslim hit 19 pedestrians, killing one, with his SUV in the San Francisco Bay area.

United States December 22nd 2006: Federal Agents disrupt Derrick Shareef’s attack on an Illinois shopping mall planned for December 22nd. His intent was to commit “violent jihad” just before Christmas. (Thwarted... but wasn't the underpants bomber - well at least a failure.)

USA February 12th, 2007: A teenage gunman kills five bystanders and wounds four more in a popular shopping center before being shot dead by police in the Trolley Square shooting in Salt Lake City, Utah.

[niyad]

39. thank you for this handy little list. thankfully, I don't encounter a lot of these idiots, but

always good to be prepared.

maybe you could post this as a separate thread, so we can rec it, as well?

[V_Byl]

40. Done

Hope I put it in the right area, not a lot of experience here, and there are a lot of rules here ;)

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=103x508529

[niyad]

41. thank you--if it is in the wrong place, the mods will likely move it, but not a problem.

by the way, belated welcome to DU

[Fearless]

78. +1

[DallasNE]

85. Shootings Would Also Include

Virginia Tech attack that killed roughly 25.
Von Maur shopping center attack in Omaha that killed roughly 7.
Shooting in Wisconsin that killed about 5.

This is just from memory. There are probably more.

Wisconsin and Virginia Tech shooters both used same online gun dealer.

[county worker]

43. Hey Rudy, does shoe bomber ring a bell?

How about 9/11?

[demi moore]

44. they would have lynched ya for blaming bush weeks after 9/11

i recall hearing that it was journalistic suicide to blame him. or... was that to accuse him of direct involvement... i cant remember

[robinlynne]

45. bullshit.

[mzmolly]

48. What's worse is no one corrected him. What ever happened to "never forget?"

Seems-sh' Rudy forgot?

[jeremyfive]

50. Rudy Giuliani is insane.

Does Rudy Guiliani reall think we don't remember George W. Bush's cowboy rhetoric prior to '911'? His "c'mon and hit us" idiocy?

What about the many subsequent terrorist attacks under Bush--the shoe bomber being the most notable?

Has Guilani gone rabidly senile?

Republicans think that if you lie enough, people will believe it.

[DesertFlower]

51. is he senile? what about 9/11?

[lyonspotter]

52. He can't possibly be senile about 9/11...

The man has uttered the phonemes, "nnnn... eye... nnnn ... eeee ... leh... veh ... nnn" more times than any other human being on the planet.

He's a revisionist. And all he has to say is the statement in the above video, and invariably some unaware people will start to parrot it and uphold its falsehood as fact. It is shocking, but if you randomly ask folks on the beach what year 9/11 took place, a surprising amount of these won't know the answer... or if you ask who ran in 2000 in the Presidential election...they don't know! There are many videos on the web that document and reveal this shocking fact about our culture.

[cstanleytech]

53. I vote for mandatory drug testing before any TV interview

because its clear Rudy has shown its needed here.

[winyanstaz]

54. Rudy rudy rudy...you lying piece of ****

I think his nose is growing...I am sure of it.
And whats that aroma of burning pants when Rudy is in town?
How is this man still being allowed to talk in public?
Shouldnt his mouth be duct taped shut by now?

[SlingBlade]

55. This sums it up perfectly

[liberation]

56. what a walking talking piece of shit.... what about 911 you useless motherf*cking a**hole?

Now that you are done exploiting it, you don't even remember... right?

And why on earth can these assholes say these bald faced lies in national TeeVee, and no one, I mean no one of the f*cking "journalists" in that room calls him on it.


Sorry for the language, but this is just too f*cking much.... what the f*ck is going on in this country? It feels like I am stuck in a chapter of 1984 and I am seeing NewSpeak and history being rewritten in front of my eyes. I guess everything did change in 911, even the concept of truth and historical record...

[Blue Owl]

58. So 9/11 was an inside job then

Thanks for the clarification, Rudy.

[lyonspotter]

59. Interesting inference! NT

[Maccagirl]

74. So the MIHOP or LIHOP folk are on to something after all

Allright!!

Also George Stephanopolous=Epic Fail!!!

Also-Way doesn't anyone bring up the suicide bombing murder of over 200 Marines on October 23, 1983. Who was prsident then...umm...could it be Reagan???

[Tiggeroshii]

60. He is growing senile, I believe

[BEZERKO]

62. Wow,

damn, just damn!

[greiner3]

64. The asshole needs to spend his life in the confessional.

[Chulanowa]

68. I'm surprised that nobody's pointed it out yet...

But the dearth of domestic terrorism under Bush was because the domestic terrorists are on the GOP's side. For fuck's sake.

[scentopine]

69. Why do they keep giving this whack job air time???!!! Arrrrrggg!!!!

[Zoeisright]

70. Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire.

In other words, a Repuke.

[Presidentcokedupfratboy]

75. So who was president on 9/11/2001?

He sure bears a strong resemblance to our Worst President Ever, GW Bush.

[trusty elf]

77. .......

[backscatter712]

76. F. See me after class.

Rudy needs to be sent to a class on remedial lying, because he's not very good at it.

[Fearless]

79. Jeez, I hope this doesn't impact his speaking tours!

[Matariki]

80. Deliberate crazy-making strategy.

The Republicans are resorting to a campaign of insanity. Of simply telling untruths so obvious and absurd that the motive seems to be exactly that of an abusive domestic partner. There is no way to have reasoned discussion with them - nor is that what they want.

This isn't just stupidity. It's a deliberate attempt to just keep the wheels uselessly spinning and short circuit any sane political policy from happening while the Democrats have the majority.

It's a tactic the fringe of the party has used for a long while now - JUST LIE! - and we've always assumed they were just dumb. But I think it's been deliberate all along, and now their party leaders are playing the same game.

A unified strategy to deal with this bullshit would really be useful.

[Enthusiast]

87. You've got it.

Mainstream Republicans have adopted the tactics of the insane fringe Reich Wing like Beck and Limbaugh. "Deliberate crazy making."

[DallasNE]

83. The List Under Bush Is Quite Extensive

1. 9/11
2. Anthrax letters
3. DC snipers
4. Shoe bomber

All were political and resulted in dead Americans except the shoe bomber.

[jennied]

88. This pisses me off so much...

[cooolandrew]

89. This is easily debunked just draw up a few posters saying 9/11 and anthrax 2 major attacks under

Bush's watch. This sort of thing has to be shot down real quick because the gullible eat it up. They're hoping if they tell the big lie long enough it will become accepted and make the President seem weaker. The truth must out these little bleeps because they turn the nation inside out with them.

[Wizard777]

90. He should be doing the things Bush did right. Bush did something right?

The man is obvious insane!