Giuliani fundraiser seeking $9.11 from guests.
Giuliani fundraiser seeking $9.11 from guests.
Tomorrow, a supporter of former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani is hosting a “$9.11 for Rudy” fundraiser, in which guests are asked to give $9.11 donations to Giuliani’s presidential campaign. The campaign has distanced themselves from the fundraiser, but has not asked it to stop. The event has angered the International Association of Fire Fighters, which argues the 9/11 terrorist attacks are being exploited:
The union — already a vocal critic of Giuliani’s — said Tuesday that the fundraiser’s “$9.11 for Rudy” theme is an abuse of the image and symbols of the 2001 attacks.
“It is nothing short of disrespectful to the legacy of the thousands of civilians and 343 brave firefighters who died at ground zero,” IAFF president Harold Schaitberger said.
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What do they expect from a Republican? There are more threads of decency in the proverbial emperor’s clothes than in the whole of the GOP (Garish Old Perverts).
September 25th, 2007 at 5:06 pmThe campaign has distanced themselves from the fundraiser, but has not asked it to stop.
Disgusting….
September 25th, 2007 at 5:07 pmRudy should legally change his name to 911. Can someone tell me exactly what Rudy did in the aftermath of 9/11 that would allow him to take credit for anything, other than posing for the camera and walking around pointing and shouting orders to people off camera who weren’t even there?
September 25th, 2007 at 5:07 pmHey Fruity Rudy , you stupid schmuck ; is this your idea of not politicizing 9/11 like you claimed a week or so ago , jerkoff ?
September 25th, 2007 at 5:09 pmRudy Giuliani, the one trick pony.
September 25th, 2007 at 5:11 pmTacky and offensive. Rudy should tell the organizers of the event to knock it off.
September 25th, 2007 at 5:13 pmRudy will soon fade away. He’s got nothing.
September 25th, 2007 at 5:16 pm“Giuliani supporter Abraham Sofaer is slated to hold the fundraiser at his Palo Alto, Calif., home on Wednesday, when Giuliani backers across the country are participating in the campaign’s “National House Party Night.” Givers at the parties are generally being asked for $25, $50 or $100 and not for $9.11, according to the campaign Web site.”
I hereby nominate for the “National House Party Night) theme song
September 25th, 2007 at 5:16 pm“Burning Down The House” by the Talking Heads.
9/11, it’s a celebration!!
exploitation, plain and simple. and what boggles my mind, is rudy acts like some kind of hero from that day.
there were no hero’s. every single defense system either failed or was shut down that day.
investigate 9/11. i’ll send all the 9.11 checks you need for that one.
September 25th, 2007 at 5:16 pm“National House Party Night.†— Let me guess: lingere theme?
September 25th, 2007 at 5:17 pmCome to Crazy Rudee’s Huge Huge Huge Patriot Day Sale!!! He’s slashing prices not once! But twice! Watch your savings come crashing down!!! Take $9.11 off everything in the store and we’re giving away Crazy Rudee commemorative boxcutters to the first 3000 customers! His prices are INSANE!!!!
September 25th, 2007 at 5:20 pm$9.11 is the amount Rudy pays for his divorces and haircuts , too……
September 25th, 2007 at 5:23 pmIf there’s already Rudy-911 fatigue now, what’s he got left till November 2008?
September 25th, 2007 at 5:23 pm“National House Party Night.†— Let me guess: lingere theme?
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Also featuring fun and games, including the popular Republican Sixty-9, 1-on-1.
September 25th, 2007 at 5:24 pmYa think?
September 25th, 2007 at 5:28 pmI’ll give him nine hundred and eleven pennies, if I can stand by and watch while he picks them up off a piss-soaked Manhattan sidewalk.
September 25th, 2007 at 5:30 pmThis is the problem with a one-trick pony. Once election time comes, what else does he bring to the table - foreign policy problems like Darfur and East Timor? Domestic issues like immigration and health care? All he has is 9/11.
September 25th, 2007 at 5:37 pmSoon Giuliani is going to have 9/11 trademarked:
911â„¢
September 25th, 2007 at 5:38 pmAll he has is 9/11.
Comment by Chris L — September 25, 2007 @ 5:37 pm
And to top it off, it’s all in his head. His actions before 911 had a definite detrimental effect on that day. Since 911, he seems to believe he was New York’s saviour.
September 25th, 2007 at 5:41 pmGhouliani gives tacky a bad name.
Blech.
September 25th, 2007 at 5:42 pmrudy’s just practicing the well-known g.o.p. politics of fear: 9-11/24-7.
September 25th, 2007 at 6:08 pmGiuliani spokesperson Maria Comella disowned the unfortunately titled “$9.11 for Rudy,” pinning responsibility on “two volunteers who acted independently of and without the knowledge of the campaign.” Despite that setback, Giuliani’s campaign has plenty of less controversial themes to choose to from for future fundraisers…
For the details, see:
September 25th, 2007 at 6:17 pm“‘$9.11 for Rudy’ and Other Giuliani Fundraising Events.”
Chris Henick, one of Karls Klones, as you can tell by the talking points, works for Rudy.
September 25th, 2007 at 6:41 pm“It is nothing short of disrespectful to the legacy of the thousands of civilians and 343 brave firefighters who died at ground zero,†IAFF president Harold Schaitberger said.
Read that again and again until you understand it trolls!!
Trudy Julie Annie must NEVER be President of this great country. He’s a loser, facist, Repugniscum, lying assh%le who needs to STFU and go back to screwing his cousins!!!
Yes, Trolls this assh&ole married his 2nd cousin!!
Yikes! Yankees that act like Rednecks!!
September 25th, 2007 at 7:07 pmFrudy doesn’t seem to enjoy much support from the troll contingent, as evidenced here.
My guess is they’re going to throw their “weight” behind frederick of hollywood, who will try to win by being the most incredibly phony, vague, and non-committal candidate since…..well I don’t even know who.
Locally, I’ve already seen a “Fred ‘08″ sticker, affixed to the back of a shitty old suburban, driven by one of those 60-something white guys who never really made it in life, and blames blacks and gays for things that rich white guys did to him. Those guys don’t like Rudy - too “big city” for them. They prefer guys like Reagan, Dubbie, and Fred, who will at least go to the trouble of faking it for them (like their poor wives always have).
September 25th, 2007 at 7:23 pmDid Judy phone him during the $9.11 event.
‘I love You Judy’…Rudy said.
September 25th, 2007 at 7:27 pm“frederick of hollywood”
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LOL
thanks, but it’s not mine - i picked that one up somewhere around here…but i sure do like it.
September 25th, 2007 at 7:57 pmwhen does ghouliani start selling 9/11 tee-shirts and coffee mugs.
September 25th, 2007 at 8:17 pm.
he hasn’t already?
September 25th, 2007 at 9:14 pmSoon Giuliani is going to have 9/11 trademarked:
911â„¢
Comment by dim wit — September 25, 2007 @ 5:38 pm
I think he’d actually have to make that 9/11â„¢.
September 26th, 2007 at 3:07 am911 is the official Emergency Phone number. (Of course, we could all get around the trademark issue by adopting the European date system–11/9. Sure, it’d be confusing at first, but we could adjust.)
Ron, the difference is that the Wellstone funeral was, at its heart, a FAMILY service and EVERYTHING at the funeral was done with the FAMILY’s approval. Then, too, the funeral came much closer to Election Day and no one was asking for financial contributions.
September 26th, 2007 at 3:16 amBut leave it to a neocon to compare apples with oranges. The Wellstone family was generous in allowing the public to participate, but the public (especially the right-wingers who didn’t have a good thing to say about Wellstone when he was alive and were actively working to prevent his re-election from the start) had no right to complain about what the family did. Using 9/11 as a political grandstanding issue–something which affected far more people on a national level than the Wellstone funeral–is a far different matter.
Rudy continues to be RUDE by SHAMEFULLY exploiting 9/11.
http://osi-speaks.blogspot.com/ 2007/ 09/ giuliani-continues-to-exploit-911.html#links
September 26th, 2007 at 10:03 am