NY Post Claims Giuliani Has Not ‘Mentioned’ 9/11 ‘Prominently’
NY Post Claims Giuliani Has Not ‘Mentioned’ 9/11 ‘Prominently’
Today the New York Post has a front-page article slamming Rudy Giuliani for “playing” the “9/11 card” in his presidential campaign. It highlights criticisms from 9/11 families and firefighters who charge that Giuliani is “distorting the truth” with his new mailings to voters in Iowa and New Hampshire touting himself as “America’s Mayor.”
Giuliani’s exploitation of 9/11 for political gain is nothing new. The New York Post’s Carl Campanile, however, is just discovering it:
In one piece, Giuliani is hailed as “America’s Mayor” who displayed “Strength through Leadership.”
While Giuliani’s supporters have long boasted about his performance after the attacks, he himself had not, until now, mentioned it as prominently.
“After the worst attacks on US soil, Rudy Giuliani went to work rebuilding New York City and faith in America,” reads the mailing, which features a photo of the former mayor set over the city skyline.
Giuliani, it says, “led the largest rescue and recovery operation in US history.”
Giuliani has made 9/11 the focus of his campaign. In October’s Democratic debate, Sen. Joe Biden (D-DE) said that there are “only three things he [Giuliani] mentions in a sentence: A noun and a verb and 9/11.” Giuliani has, for example, claimed that he was inspired to run for president while leading New York City after 9/11. “I remember having this sense that I can do this,” Giuliani told ABC News last week. Some other examples:
“For me, every day is an anniversary of Sept. 11.” [9/7/07]
“And, you know, you can disagree with the message, ultimately, but September 11 is part of our debate. We can’t — we’d be putting our head in the sand if we took September 11 out of the debate.” [10/17/07]
“Each time I wear it [my flag lapel pin], it reminds me of Sept. 11.” [7/07]
“I support security at the borders. I think security is enormously important in the post-Sept. 11 period. I think we have to know who’s coming into this country.” [2/07]
TPM has put together a video with instances of Giuliani’s 9/11 exploitation:
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9iu11ani playing the 9/11 card?
SAY IT AIN’T SO!!!!
November 19th, 2007 at 12:13 pmGod help us if Judy is elected.
November 19th, 2007 at 12:16 pm“For me, every day is an anniversary of Sept. 11.â€
Beware the dangers of a one-track mind.
November 19th, 2007 at 12:16 pmWhen I talk with conservatives they tell me that Rudy is a ‘head case’, and I agree.
The man is dowright scary.
November 19th, 2007 at 12:16 pm“For me, every day is an anniversary of Sept. 11.â€
So on his calendar, the other 364 days of the year are also September 11th? That must be terribly confusing. No wonder he keeps getting divorced.
November 19th, 2007 at 12:20 pmInsannity is trying his best to convince Neo-Christians that Fruity Rudy is a good choice…it’s a hard sell.
Bernie will be his Albatross, & when Judith Regan starts providing details, Rudy will be hard pressed to come up with enough excuses.
This man is bought & paid for by Rupert Murcoch & Roger Ailes.
Voter Beware!!!
November 19th, 2007 at 12:20 pmpravda….uhhh….i mean….NY Post
Fourteen Defining Characteristics of Fascism
#6. A controlled mass media. Under some of the regimes, the mass media were under strict direct control and could be relied upon never to stray from the party line. Other regimes exercised more subtle power to ensure media orthodoxy. Methods included the control of licensing and access to resources, economic pressure, appeals to patriotism, and implied threats. The leaders of the mass media were often politically compatible with the power elite. The result was usually success in keeping the general public unaware of the regimes’ excesses.
November 19th, 2007 at 12:24 pmNEW YORK POST: “and in other breaking news — George W. Bush appoints Alberto Gonzales to fill the Attorney General spot vacated by John Ashcroft…”
November 19th, 2007 at 12:28 pmThe sad thing about it is that it works. A majority of Americans have no idea who Guiliani is or what he stands for other than his being “America’s mayor” (barf!!) This is why his poll ratings are as high as they are. Once the country truly knows Rudi and what he stands for, He will tank in popularity.
November 19th, 2007 at 12:28 pmAnd they mocked Hillary so when she said there was a right wing conspiracy.
November 19th, 2007 at 12:29 pmRudy can be reached for comment at 1-911-9119.
The Guiliani campaign is also accepting donations in the amount of $ 9.11, $911.00 and $9,119.11. -Comment by BARTLEBEE
Thanks. Well, Bartlebee has proof, folks, Fruity Rudy would never, ever, no way, in a million years exploit 9/11!
Maybe Rudy & Novakula should arrange a meeting to tell each other how great they are…they could talk forever & spare us the pain.
November 19th, 2007 at 12:31 pmyesterday, while going to the bathroom at 2:36 in the afternoon, JulieAnnie did not mention 9/11 even once.
November 19th, 2007 at 12:36 pmBiden was so unfair to Rudy. Lots of Guiliani sentences combine adjectives and adverbs with 9/11.
November 19th, 2007 at 12:37 pmPersonally I try to down play the disasters on my resume.
November 19th, 2007 at 12:38 pmOnce the country truly knows Rudi and what he stands for, He will tank in popularity.
Comment by bilbobaggins
And what “liberal” media is going to tell the people about Trudy? They all tow the NeoCon propaganda line.
Bush/Cheney
Hague Trials ‘09
Buck Fush
November 19th, 2007 at 12:45 pmI’m a Yankee Mayor Dandy
A Yankee Mayor, Now Has-Been
A real live embarrassment for my Uncle Sam
Re-born on September eleven
I’ve had some Yankee Dandy sweethearts
November 19th, 2007 at 12:47 pmWho gave me Yankee Dandy joy
Yankee Dandy came to DC
Just to wear a ball gown
I am the Yankee Dandy Boy
This is only happening because Ruppert is in hot water from the Judith Regan suit. He’s just trying to pretend he is not in bed with Rudy. The Post just simply doesn’t wake up and start criticizing Republicans, ESPECIALLY on his weakest point, exploitation of 9-11.
If he performed so admirably on 9-11, why does the city he supposedly saved hate his guts?
November 19th, 2007 at 12:49 pmThe Rudy/Rudia 9/11 card is so tiresome like worn out shoes. And where is Osama?
November 19th, 2007 at 12:53 pmWhat happened on 9/11?
November 19th, 2007 at 12:54 pm9/11 = the new Groundhog Day.
Barf.
November 19th, 2007 at 12:55 pmWhat happened on 9/11?
Comment by pinhut
Some people in New York City forgot how much they detested their fascist mayor.
November 19th, 2007 at 12:57 pmWhat happened on 9/11?
Comment by pinhut
Our beloved country was taken from us and replaced with the monarchy of king george I. I’m trying to remember if something else significant happened on that day. Oh yeah, I remember now.
November 19th, 2007 at 12:57 pmRight now, every Republican in America is on his knees, praying for another big domestic terror attack.
“Please Lord,” they’ re saying. “I don’t care how many people get killed, so long as it hurts the Democrats.”
That’s how much the right love America.
November 19th, 2007 at 12:59 pmAnd what “liberal†media is going to tell the people about Trudy? They all tow the NeoCon propaganda line.
Comment by Buckie Boy
It won’t be the “liberal” media. It will be his fellow Republiscum running mates. They are going to start a media blitz soon and when they are done, Rudy will be out of the race. Then there’s always Ms. Regan standing in the wings……
November 19th, 2007 at 12:59 pmI think G would look great in an orange jumpsuit and with the latest of accessories : bright, shiny shackles.
November 19th, 2007 at 1:00 pmJesus H. Christ, Rudy, for the love of GOD — shut the fluck UP.
Gah.
November 19th, 2007 at 1:00 pmRight now, every Republican in America is on his knees, praying for another big domestic terror attack.
Comment by Perry logan
They aren’t worried. They all know that Cheney is just waiting for the right moment.
November 19th, 2007 at 1:04 pmbilbobaggins
You are probably correct about repukians eating their own on Trudy.
Bush/Cheney
Hague Trials ‘09
Buck Fush
November 19th, 2007 at 1:04 pmI can’t reconcile your headline with the actual piece in the NY Post. It appears that the NY Post is running a front page story about Giuliani’s constant flogging of “September 11″. They may be late to the story, but they do seem to be running it.
November 19th, 2007 at 1:13 pmSeptember 11 is Rudy’s favorite day. He loves September 11. September 11 is his ticket to the White House. Oh thank heaven for September 11.
November 19th, 2007 at 1:19 pmThe NY post attacking Rudy??? I wonder if this is a result of Judith Regan’s lawsuit, an attempt by Newscorp to say “see look, no bias from our company”, in relation to Guiliani
November 19th, 2007 at 1:35 pmUmmm, the TP headline makes no sense then.
November 19th, 2007 at 1:46 pmBecides the wacky statement that previously “rudy has not mentioned 9-11″ which is obviously wrong, a FRONT PAGE story mocking Rudy’s “Mr 9/11) positioning is astonishing , comming from the NY post and News corp.
Even though the premise that Rudy never mentioned 9-11 previously is obviously wrong, The NY post running a negative piece on Rudy has to be a first!!! It must have something to do with the lawsuit
November 19th, 2007 at 1:50 pmRudy Giuliani ordering in a restaurant:
“I’d September 11th like September 11th my September 11th steak September 11th medium September 11th well September 11th done September 11th. Oh September 11th can September 11th you September 11th please September 11th tell September 11th me September 11th where September 11th the September 11th restroom September 11th is September 11th. And September 11th waitress September 11th, for September 11th me September 11th it’s September 11th always September 11th September 11th September 11th.”
November 19th, 2007 at 1:52 pmI am sorry, but I believe the search and recovery operation after Katrina would have been bigger. The recovery operation also encompasses far more.
The Republicans live in their own dream world, disconnected from reality or responsibility for doing more than listening to their party propaganda.
November 19th, 2007 at 1:53 pmBy “before now”, perhaps the Post is saying “in the 6 years prior to his candidacy”?
Which is still kinda specious, given Guiliani made significant bank cashing in on 9/11 with his “i’m a terror/security expert” position.
November 19th, 2007 at 1:55 pmpravda….uhhh….i mean….NY Post
Comment by rastaman — November 19, 2007 @ 12:24 pm
Except Pravda has more truth than the NY POSt. What a rag!
Here’s what the Post should stick with:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/2b/NYPost.jpg
November 19th, 2007 at 2:16 pmGhouliani’s answer to everything:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSk4SUpWVuY
November 19th, 2007 at 2:21 pmRupert Murdoch is so blatant with his desire to control the world through his political appointees. Blatant AND brazen. Even diehard Rudy supporters would have to admit that he brings up 9/11 ALL of the time. They wouldn’t mind it as much as we do, mind you, they appreciate the reminder as to why Rudy is such a great man. And when you’re talking about the NEW YORK POST, chances are anyone reading it is more familiar with all of Giuliani’s peccadilloes & peculiarities than the average potential supporter; nothing about the man is news anymore in the tri-state area.
But for the Post to claim that Rudy barely mentions 9/11 is the Post’s, and Murdoch’s, way of saying “Eff Yoo” to anyone who would bothered by their lies, and a borderline-lecherous “wink wink” to anyone who finds comfort in those lies. They’re spinning their own reality, as they & the Bushies have so many times these past 7 years. You can either agree that their reality is the way it ought to be, or you can STFU and accept it anyway, because that’s they way it’s going to be.
November 19th, 2007 at 2:31 pmSince we are on the subject of September 11, here’s a little historical context
* 9 - Battle of the Teutoburg Forest ends.
November 19th, 2007 at 2:39 pm* 506 - The bishops of Visigothic Gaul meet in the Council of Agde.
* 1185 - Isaac II Angelus kills Stephanus Hagiochristophorites and then appeals to the people, resulting in the revolt which deposes Andronicus I Comnenus and places Isaac on the throne of the Byzantine Empire.
* 1226 - The Roman Catholic practice of perpetual adoration begins.
* 1297 - Battle of Stirling Bridge: Scots led by William Wallace defeat the English.
* 1541 - Santiago, Chile, is destroyed by indigenous warriors, lead by Michimalonko.
* 1609 - Henry Hudson lands on Manhattan island.
* 1609 - Expulsion order announced against the Moriscos of Valencia; beginning of the expulsion of all Spain’s Moriscos.
* 1649 - Siege of Drogheda ends: Oliver Cromwell’s English Parliamentarian troops take the town and execute its garrison.
* 1683 - John III Sobieski of Poland arrives on Kahlen Hill, leading to the Battle of Vienna the next day.[1]
* 1697 - Battle of Zenta
* 1708 - Charles XII of Sweden stops his march to conquer Moscow outside Smolensk, marking the turning point in the Great Northern War. The army is defeated nine months later in the battle of Poltava, and the Swedish empire is no longer a major power.
* 1709 - Battle of Malplaquet: Great Britain, Netherlands and Austria fight against France.
* 1714 - Barcelona surrenders to Spanish and French Bourbon armies in the War of the Spanish Succession.
* 1773 - The Public Advertiser publishes a satirical essay titled Rules By Which A Great Empire May Be Reduced To A Small One, which is written by Benjamin Franklin.
* 1776 - British-American peace conference on Staten Island fails to stop nascent American Revolution.
* 1777 - Battle of Brandywine - Major American Revolutionary war victory for British in Chester County, Pennsylvania.
* 1786 - The Beginning of the Annapolis Convention.
* 1789 - Alexander Hamilton is appointed as first United States Secretary of the Treasury.
* 1792 - Hope Diamond is stolen along with other crown jewels when six men broke into the house used to store the jewels.
* 1802 - France annexed the Kingdom of Piedmont.
* 1814 - The climax of the Battle of Plattsburgh, a major United States victory in the War of 1812.
* 1847 - Stephen Foster’s most well-known song, Oh! Susanna, is first performed at a saloon in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
* 1857 - The Mountain Meadows Massacre: Mormon settlers and Paiutes massacre 120 pioneers at Mountain Meadows, Utah.
* 1869 - Work completed on the Wallace Monument.
* 1888 - Death of the Argentine politician Domingo Sarmiento, after whom the Latin American Teacher’s Day was chosen.
* 1891 - The Jewish Colonization Association is established by Baron Maurice de Hirsch.
* 1893 - First World Parliament of Religions conference held.
* 1897 - After months of pursuit, generals of Menelik II of Ethiopia capture Gaki Sherocho, the last king of Kaffa, bringing an end to that ancient kingdom.
* 1903 - First race is held at The Milwaukee Mile in West Allis, Wisconsin. It is the oldest major speedway in the world.
* 1906 - Mahatma Gandhi coins the term Satyagraha to characterize the Non-Violence movement in South Africa.
* 1914 - Australia invades New Britain, defeating a German contingent there.
* 1915 - The Pennsylvania Railroad begins electrified commuter rail service between Paoli and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, using overhead AC trolley wires for power.
* 1916 - The Quebec Bridge’s central span collapses, killing 11 men. The bridge initially collapsed in toto on August 29, 1907.
* 1919 - U.S. Marines invade Honduras.
* 1921 - Nahalal, the first moshav in Israel, is settled.
* 1922 - The British Mandate of Palestine begins.
* 1922 - The Treaty of Kars is ratified in Yerevan, Armenia.
* 1922 - One of the Herald Sun of Melbourne, Australia’s predecessor papers The Sun News-Pictorial is founded.
* 1926 - An assassination attempt on Benito Mussolini fails.
* 1931 - Salvatore Maranzano is murdered by Charles Luciano’s hitmen.
* 1932 - Franciszek Żwirko and Stanisław Wigura, Polish Challenge 1932 winners, killed in a plane crash as their RWD 6 crashed into the ground during a storm.
* 1940 - George Stibitz pioneers the first remote operation of a computer.
* 1940 - World War II: Buckingham Palace is damaged during a German air raid.
* 1941 - Ground broken for the construction of The Pentagon.
* 1941 - World War II: U.S. Navy ordered to attack German U-boats.
* 1941 - Charles Lindberg’s Des Moines Speech accusing the British, Jews and FDR’s administration of pressing for war with Germany.
* 1943 - World War II: German troops occupy Corsica and Kosovo-Metohija.
* 1943 - World War II: start of the liquidation of the Ghettos in Minsk and Lida by the Nazis.
* 1944 - World War II: the first allied troops of the U.S. Army cross the western border of Nazi Germany.
* 1944 - World War II: RAF bombing raid on Darmstadt and the following firestorm kill 11,500.
* 1945 - World War II: Liberation of the Japanese-run POW and civilian internee camp at Batu Lintang, Kuching, Sarawak on the island of Borneo by Australian 9th Division forces. Over 2,000 prisoners, including women and children, were due to be executed on September 15.
* 1948 - Henri Queuille becomes Prime Minister of France.
* 1955 - Dedication of the first Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Europe, the Bern Switzerland Temple.
* 1956 - People to People International is founded by President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
* 1960 - Young Americans for Freedom meeting at home of William F. Buckley, Jr. promulgates the Sharon Statement.
* 1961 - Formation of the World Wildlife Fund.
* 1961 - Hurricane Carla strikes the Texas coast as a Category 4 hurricane, the strongest storm ever to hit the state.
* 1965 - The 1st Cavalry Division of the United States Army arrives in Vietnam.
* 1970 - 88 of the hostages from the Dawson’s Field hijackings are released. The remaining hostages, mostly Jews or Israeli citizens, are held until September 25.
* 1970 - The Ford Pinto is introduced.
* 1971 - The Egyptian Constitution becomes official.
* 1972 - Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) in San Francisco, California begins regular service.
* 1973 - A CIA backed coup in Chile headed by General Augusto Pinochet topples the democratically elected President Salvador Allende[2]. Pinochet remains in power for almost 17 years.
* 1974 - Eastern Air Lines Flight 212 crashes in Charlotte, North Carolina, killing 69 passengers and two crew.
* 1978 - U.S. President Jimmy Carter, President Sadat of Egypt, and Prime Minister Begin of Israel met at Camp David and agreed on a framework for peace between Israel and Egypt and a comprehensive peace in the Middle East.
* 1981 - A small plane crashes into the Swing Auditorium in San Bernardino damaging it beyond repair.
* 1982 - The international forces, which were guaranteeing the safety of Palestinian refugees following Israel’s 1982 Invasion of Lebanon, left Beirut. Five days later, several thousand refugees were massacred in the Sabra and Shatila refugee camps.
* 1985 - Baseball: Pete Rose gets his 4,192nd career base hit, breaking Ty Cobb’s record which stood for over 60 years.
* 1987 - Twelve people die in a shoot-out in Jean-Bertrand Aristide’s church in Haiti.
* 1987 - Dan Rather walks off the set of the CBS Evening News over disapproval of the handling of a major event being interrupted and postponed by a sports program, leaving six minutes of dead air.
* 1989 - The iron curtain opens between the communist Hungary and Austria. From Hungary thousands of East Germans throng to Austria and West Germany.
* 1990 - U.S. President George H. W. Bush delivers a nationally televised speech in which he threatens the use of force to remove Iraqi soldiers from Kuwait, which Iraq had recently invaded. He mentions the term “New World Order” in this speech for the first time, which is also named “Towards a New World Order”.(full text of the speech)
* 1992 - Hurricane Iniki, one of the most damaging hurricanes in United States history , devastates the State of Hawaii, especially the islands of Kauai and Oahu.
* 1994 - Frank Eugene Corder steals a Cessna plane, intending to crash it into the White House.
* 1996 - Union Pacific Railroad purchases Southern Pacific Railroad.
* 1997 - NASA’s Mars Global Surveyor reaches Mars.
* 1997 - After a nationwide referendum, Scotland votes to establish a devolved parliament, within the United Kingdom.
* 1998 - Independent counsel Kenneth Starr sends a report to the U.S. Congress accusing President Bill Clinton of 11 possible impeachable offenses.
* 1998 - Opening ceremony for the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Malaysia was the first Asian country to host the games.
* 1999 - Tennis: Serena Williams, 2 weeks short of her 18th birthday, wins her first Grand Slam tournament when she became U.S. Open champion, becoming the first African American woman to win a Grand Slam tournament since Althea Gibson in 1958.
* 2000 - Activists protest against the World Economic Forum meeting in Melbourne, Australia. See S11.
* 2001 - Coordinated attacks resulting in the collapse or severe damage of several skyscrapers at the World Trade Center in New York City, destruction of the western portion of The Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, and an intentional passenger airliner crash in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. In total, 2,974 people are killed in these coordinated attacks .
* 2002 - Through extreme and coordinated effort, The Pentagon is rededicated after repairs are completed, exactly one year after the attack on the building.
* 2003 - Swedish foreign minister Anna Lindh dies after being assaulted and fatally wounded on September 10.
* 2003 - The Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety enters into effect.
* 2004 - All passengers are killed when a helicopter crashes in the Aegean Sea. Passengers include Patriarch Peter VII of Alexandria and 16 others (including journalists and bishops of the Greek Orthodox Church of Alexandria).
* 2005 - The State of Israel completes its unilateral disengagement from the Gaza Strip.
* 2007 - Russia tested the largest conventional weapon bomb, the Father of All Bombs.
Dayum!
You mean something else actually happened on 9/11?????
~~falls to floor in dead faint~~
November 19th, 2007 at 3:30 pmOh, dear, NY Post, that’s Miss 9-11, not Mr. 9-11, sorry for the confusion. And boy, does he “miss 9-11″… Thank heaven for 7-11, oops, sorry, make that 9-11.. The preventable terror attack that keeps on giving for the Bush crime family and wannabes like Ruby…
Miss Ruby is like those obnoxious radio sportscasters who manage to weave in commercials for corporate crap in almost every other sentence they speak…
November 19th, 2007 at 4:15 pmNo wonder readers of Think Progress have poor English comprehension skills. Even the writers at Think Progress can’t understand simple English.
Amanda, let’s take a look at the NY Post phrase again:
While Giuliani’s supporters have long boasted about his performance after the attacks, he himself had not, until now, mentioned it as prominently.
None of your quotes provide any instance in which Giuliani boasts about his performance after 9/11. It doesn’t say that Giuliani never talks about 9/11, it says that he doesn’t often mention his own performance after the attacks.
I’ll chip in some money so Amanda can go back to school and learn English. Anyone else want to chip in?
Comment by DreamCrusher — November 19, 2007 @ 6:43 pm
Uh, DC, Ghouliani has done nothing but talk about 9/11 since 9/11. He is a phony that stood on a mound and looked important with the Idiot in charge. I can’t wait until the firefighters and police gang up on him before the election. He will be sliced Sausage. As much as I am not a big Hillary fan, she will obliterate him.
November 19th, 2007 at 11:41 pmThis weblog, or “blog”, post is nothing but inflammatory, liberal rhetoric. Without even having seen the New York Post article in question, I can state uncategorically that there’s no way it says what you Commie pinkos say it does.
For one thing, “prominently” has four syllables.
November 21st, 2007 at 9:27 am