Giuliani Lauds Obama’s Election: It Makes America ‘An Honest Nation And Not A Hypocritical One’
Giuliani Lauds Obama’s Election: It Makes America ‘An Honest Nation And Not A Hypocritical One’
In an interview with Sky News, former NYC Mayor and Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani said the election of Barack Obama will help America’s image abroad.
“Even those who voted against him, like me, say ‘We’re very thankful this has happened. This is the consolation prize’,” he said. “If you look at America – which I believe is a great nation… one of the terrible marks against us is slavery and racism, and I think that’s a great thing for America to have overcome.” He said of Obama’s victory:
I believe that will gain us a tremendous amount in the world community. We can now be an honest nation and not a hypocritical one.
Watch it:
Giuliani also lauded Obama’s early personnel selections. “I think he made very good choices for his Cabinet. Very bold choices,” he said.
Giuliani’s new laudatory tone is a surprising shift from the ferocious attack dog he played during the campaign:
He worked as a community organizer. (Laughter). What? I said, ok, ok, this is maybe the first problem on the resume. He worked as a community organizer.
After first claiming to “respect” Obama for his honesty in discussing his past drug use, Giuliani later attacked: “God forbid somebody would do some reporting on Barack Obama’s use of drugs.” Giuliani also criticized Obama on the anniversary of 9/11, claiming Obama would take “softer” approach to terrorism. And he ripped Obama as being “too close to the presidency not to have formed views about” Israel.
Indeed, Obama’s election has helped reveal hypocrisy — the hypocrisy of Giuliani’s baseless and shameless fearmongering during the campaign.
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good for you rudy, thats the first thing you’ve said in 8 years that has made sense. you are still a dick though.
December 7th, 2008 at 11:37 amRudy must be in therapy as he did not mention 9/11 once in this article, although TP did mention it.
December 7th, 2008 at 11:40 amGiuliani is a pathetic loser, really nothing more to say about this huge d-bag
December 7th, 2008 at 11:43 amThe Cons have nothing but lies, slander and fear-mongering.
It was probably hard for Guiliani to attempt, miserably, to be contrite, but we all know it’s simply political pandering and not a genuine statement, otherwise he would have had to call the will of 65 million voters a ‘consolation prize’….
December 7th, 2008 at 11:48 amIndeed, Obama’s election has helped reveal hypocrisy — the hypocrisy of Giuliani’s baseless and shameless fearmongering during the campaign.
No, the real hypocrisy comes when Guiliani and Assoc’s tries to lobby the Obama administration for government contracts.
December 7th, 2008 at 11:50 am“It Makes America ‘An Honest Nation And Not A Hypocritical One’”
Says the hypocrite.
December 7th, 2008 at 11:51 amAnd getting government contracts is the main reason Guiliani is acting all magnanamous, and shit.
December 7th, 2008 at 11:53 amWow, Guiliani is in a good mood, huh? He must have gotten another $100 MILLION no-bid contract from George Bush again. Spit.
December 7th, 2008 at 11:54 amHe’s admitting that even the republicans are embarrassed by bush.
December 7th, 2008 at 11:55 amholy crap, rudy…
just the headline made me L O L…
and he really thinks america has now “overcome” racism???
hoo boy… now, back to read the rest…
December 7th, 2008 at 11:57 amoh yea… and consolation prize ???
fook you, rudy.
December 7th, 2008 at 11:58 amActually, the world is not necessarily happy about Obama’s election because he is black, but more because he is a grown up and the world is fairly sure that he is not going to continue any of the Bush Crime Family dictates like torture and rendition.
December 7th, 2008 at 11:59 amGiuliani also lauded Obama’s early personnel selections. “I think he made very good choices for his Cabinet. Very bold choices,” he said.
The same people who will be in a position to advocate for (or against) Guiliani and Associates, when those government contracts are let.
Cynical, down to his taxpayer funded socks.
December 7th, 2008 at 11:59 amIndeed, Obama’s election has helped reveal hypocrisy — the hypocrisy of Giuliani’s baseless and shameless fearmongering during the campaign.
not just rudy’s hypocrisy…
good one, faiz.
December 7th, 2008 at 12:00 pmNOW he tells us.
¶ AIO
December 7th, 2008 at 12:02 pmbarfly Says:
No, the real hypocrisy comes when Guiliani and Assoc’s tries to lobby the Obama administration for government contracts.
yep… you KNOW that one’s coming…
December 7th, 2008 at 12:03 pmpretty obvious that’s what this is all about…
This from NOUN-VERB-9/11?
December 7th, 2008 at 12:12 pmIt’s very possible Rudy is in-the-know about the next 9/11 attack on our nation via the Bush Regime and wants to go on record as loving the new president, Barack Obama, when really, he’ll be making another fortune off the backs of dead Americans because of the new attack. Spit.
December 7th, 2008 at 12:12 pmKay – sounds like you too understand that the first one was an inside job.
December 7th, 2008 at 12:21 pmIf Giuliani is on your side is that god or bad…?
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December 7th, 2008 at 12:24 pmThe guy is actually trying to convince people that he is HAPPY that Obama won? Give me a break! He is one of these smug, self-righteous right wingers that went out of their way to contemptuously spread manure, attacking not only Obama’s policies but his character and ethics, and now they claim that it was just “typical politics” (you listening, Sarah Palin?).
Essentially, he is admitting that most of what he was spewing during election campaign was a pack of lies. So why should be believe him now? Sounds like more “typical politics” to me.
December 7th, 2008 at 12:27 pmOT – NBC names kkkarl rove’s dance partner to lead Meet the Press.
December 7th, 2008 at 12:33 pmDavid Gregory host of ‘Meet the Press’
Either the Rudester is lobbying for contracts for Guiliani & Assoc, as other posters have noted, or he’s backtracking off the rightwingnut cliff in preparation for a run for the Senate or NY governor in 2010.
December 7th, 2008 at 12:34 pmMore likely, CParis, he is just helping the MSM send his previous lies down the memory hole so that he can be a more effective liar to attack and lie, allowing the same MSM to “catapult the propaganda.”
December 7th, 2008 at 12:35 pmIs Trudy now trying to say that he has a “Black Friend”?
December 7th, 2008 at 12:35 pmHey, Another Joe. You can add me to that particular list also. What some people will do for money. It’s criminal, at least.
December 7th, 2008 at 12:36 pmWow–can you imagine if a Democrat implied that, until a month ago, America was hypocritical and dishonest?
December 7th, 2008 at 12:41 pmShorter Rudy: Noun, verb, 9/11, hypocrisy
December 7th, 2008 at 12:41 pmYep. It was either an inside job with forces such as Dick Cheney helping the attack to go smoothly on the morning of 9/11 or the attack was allowed to happen with the likes of Dick Cheney helping the attack to go smoothly. See?
Just like 9/11/01 and the anthrax attacks, the next 9/11 on American soil won’t be a surprise thanks to 8 years of the Bush Regime and will come directly from them! How many nukes have they stolen over the years in addition to stealing TRILLIONS?
December 7th, 2008 at 12:44 pmEverytime he opens his mouth to speak, he shows us what a hypocritical, exploitative, loathsome person he is.
December 7th, 2008 at 12:45 pmOT
Kevin Phillips just called George W. Bush a “Nitwit” on c-span 2.
Mr. Phillips is Live and taking calls. Check it out.
December 7th, 2008 at 12:45 pmThese post-election-only fans of Obama are all scared. They realize that he has the public’s support and the ability to make things happen. If they don’t get on the bus, they won’t be able to do anything for the next eight years.
I expect they will have trouble actually getting on the bus, the record before the election will continue to come back as proof of what they really believe.
December 7th, 2008 at 12:48 pmMUST SEE VIDEO of giuliani telling a reasonable group of constituents that they are all a bunch of morons!
LOL
Please scroll down, video is embedded near the top of the page.
December 7th, 2008 at 12:54 pmSorry Rudy, no job for you.
December 7th, 2008 at 12:58 pmOT, but there’s no Pearl Harbor Day thread…
Read the Story of a Great White Ship, the USS Solace. nwmuse has posted the story, with her mother-in-law’s photos, taken while she served on the Solace after the attack on Pearl Harbor.
December 7th, 2008 at 12:59 pmWow…the ignorance of this guy….consolation prize, America has overcome rascism. Who actually takes this man seriously?
December 7th, 2008 at 1:28 pmDaflava08 – please don’t kid yourself, you bring up good points. Remember, the mainstream media shapes perceptions today in ways many would never have imagined years ago.
Noun-Verb-9/11 Rudy has some utility to his masters because his image is permanently associated with that tragic event.
Please don’t underestimate the ability of the media to flush things down the memory hole and “catapult” a whole new set of lies.
IMHO, we are just seeing rudy setting himself up to be an “objective” voice in the future. His lies from the past will be forgotten.
This will allow him to spin an entire new set of lies when it serves his and his master’s purpose.
Yes – we will probably see him run for office again. The neocon/repugs cannot afford to write off this “asset”.
December 7th, 2008 at 2:00 pmI am an independent in New York City, and have always been an independent. This gives me vantage point of seeing hypocrisy wherever it may be, rather than from only one ideological perspective.
Yes, Rudy Giuliani is posturing. But so are all of you phonies who lambast him, but FAIL to mention the hypocrisy in all the things Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama said to each other vis-a-vis where we are now! Ditto for ALL the other candidates on both sides.
And btw, I hate to disabuse some of you nitwits, but the fact is that Giuliani happens to be extremely bright … just not as smooth as Clinton or Obama.
But PUH-LEASE don’t moralize here … not with the ample crop of parasites in both parties … unless you dish it out fairly … or unless you just like hearing the sound of your own voice.
So instead of highlighting hypocrisy by spreading even more of your OWN hypocrisy, why don’t some of you braintrusts have the guts to call all of them for what they truly are … opportunistic weasles … and try tohonestly, rather than along the myopic view from your party line.
December 7th, 2008 at 3:08 pm“Giuliani Lauds Obama’s Election: It Makes America ‘An Honest Nation And Not A Hypocritical One’”
Ginger Guiliani is beyond nauseating. And how is his BFF indicted Bernie Kerik doing lately?
December 7th, 2008 at 3:22 pmMr 911 must need some insider government contracts. That’s the only way his recent statements make any sense. He’s heavily invested in the “security” business and realizes there’s gold to be made if only one makes nice with the new guys in power.
December 7th, 2008 at 3:50 pmdo you feel better now, NYindy? … good… now run along back to your rudy doll…
we’ve heard it all before… didn’t take long to figure out the facts and the truth…
and the fact is, truth – and reality – has a liberal bias.
thanks for the reinforcement.
December 7th, 2008 at 4:18 pmOH BOY! That’s all Obama needs is the approval of Riccochet Rudy. Everything Rudy touches turns to s__t!
December 7th, 2008 at 6:16 pmAnd the reason Ghooliani still gets airtime is ??????
And is there any chance that his statements may be tied to trying to make income for his consulting business ?
December 7th, 2008 at 7:16 pmNo, Trudy Juliannie. Obamas win makes you a liar and a loser!!
December 7th, 2008 at 7:35 pmMr. Giuliani,
Thank you for your kind comments. I would reassure you sir that yes the sun will continue to do its appointed duty and the moon will certainly continue to do its too. And I think that you will find President Obama as reliable as the aforementioned physical phenomenon.
Now Mr. Giuliani, kindly GO AWAY!
December 7th, 2008 at 7:55 pmYou mean people listent to rotten rudy.
What a champion POS!
rudy the adulter. Conservanazi pervert.
December 7th, 2008 at 8:05 pmOH Trudy,
Please sir, tell us again…Why did you put your Emergency Command bunker up 15 stories int he sky in Building #7 of the World Trade Center AFTER the first WTC bombimg? ANd against ALL emergency command personnel’s reccomendations? Oh regale us again with your egotistical self-deluded feelings of self-import you stupid fcuking fascists pig. Please please tell us of your relationship with the Felonw Bernie Kerick/
We all need a good laugh and cry thinking that you were actually responsible for millions of lives on 9/11. You sorry excuse for a package of protoplasm.
F UCK YOU RUDY!
December 7th, 2008 at 8:19 pmARREST, TRY AND HANG THE TRAITOR!!!
I am sure he would wear a nice dress for the hanging.
December 7th, 2008 at 8:22 pmRudy should join with Sarah and just ride off into the sunset. I cannot stomach hearing any more of their idiocy. Please, please Rudy (and Sarah) go away – far, far away to a place more deserving of your talents – the Arctic perhaps.
December 7th, 2008 at 9:38 pmSomewhere, a luau is missing its Giuliani.
December 7th, 2008 at 10:02 pm______
labman57 Says:
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The guy is actually trying to convince people that he is HAPPY that Obama won? Give me a break! He is one of these smug, self-righteous right wingers that went out of their way to contemptuously spread manure, attacking not only Obama’s policies but his character and ethics, and now they claim that it was just “typical politics” (you listening, Sarah Palin?).
Essentially, he is admitting that most of what he was spewing during election campaign was a pack of lies. So why should be believe him now? Sounds like more “typical politics” to me.
December 7th, 2008 at 12:27 pm
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Yeah, politicians really need to be careful about slamming opponents in campaigns, then turning around a few weeks after the election and saying just the opposite:
Peter Baker:
“Thank you, Mr. President-elect.
You talked about the importance just now of having different voices and robust debate within your administration. But, again, going back to the campaign, you were asked and talked about the qualifications of the — your now — your nominee for secretary of State, and you belittled her travels around the world, equating it to having teas with foreign leaders; and your new White House counsel said that her resume was grossly exaggerated when it came to foreign policy.
I’m wondering whether you could talk about the evolution of your views of her credentials since the spring.”
PRESIDENT-ELECT OBAMA: Look, I’m in — I think this is fun for the press, to try to stir up whatever quotes were generated during the course of the campaign…”
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/12/7/123444/498
The “heat of the campaign” is a poor excuse no matter who uses it.
December 8th, 2008 at 12:12 amWhy are all the life-long republicans now ashamed to be called republicans, and so call themselves “independents”?
And this concern troll thing is just way too much.
I laugh.
December 8th, 2008 at 9:07 am_____
CageyCretin Says:
I laugh.
December 8th, 2008 at 9:07 am
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But after you are through laughing, you do admit that this statement can apply to both Giuliani and Obama, correct?
labman57 Says:
Essentially, he is admitting that most of what he was spewing during election campaign was a pack of lies. So why should be believe him now? Sounds like more “typical politics” to me.
December 8th, 2008 at 11:23 amDecember 7th, 2008 at 12:27 pm
why is this jerk Jew-lew-annie so obsessed with Israel. Maybe he should emigrate there.
December 8th, 2008 at 2:51 pmFascinating how some people just don’t listen … to reason, or ANYTHING, for that matter.
Who?
Katy [comment: December 7th, 2008 at 4:18 pm] … and
CageyCretin [comment: December 8th, 2008 at 9:07 am} ... btw, the screen name says it all.
I don't know who you narrowed-minded bigots have in mind, but I for one AM an independent and have been my entire life. I have voted for people running under nearly every party banner.
So don't lecture ME, morons.
Why don't you read my post and take it in the spirit in which it was said ... A HOPE that we as a nation can call things fairly all the way around - hold ALL our leaders responsible - and not be so quick to condemn only those we despise, for whatever reason.
Too libertarian for you neurologically challenged goons?
That's a rhetorical question - Katy and [the aptly named] CageyCretin.
The answer is: Apparently so.
December 8th, 2008 at 4:18 pm