In a powerful special comment, Keith Olbermann gives it to John McCain and the rest of the Republicans for using the tragedy of 9/11 like a slogan, a trade marked slogan, that only republicans can use of course, because only republicans can save everyone from the terrorists…right?

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Speech from Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani at the 2008 Republican National Convention.

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Remarks As Prepared for Delivery by Mayor Rudy Giuliani on Wednesday, September 03, 2008:

Almost exactly one year ago during a Republican presidential debate in Durham, New Hampshire, I said that if I weren’t running for President myself, I’d be supporting John McCain. Well, I’m not, and I do.

Every four years, we are told that this Presidential election is the most important election of our lifetime. This year – 2008 – IS the most important.

This has already been historic. It is the longest Presidential campaign in history. And it sometimes felt even longer.

The American people realize this election represents a turning point. In two months they will decide the future direction of our nation. It’s a decision to follow one path or another.

‘We the people’ – the citizens of the United States – get to decide our next president … not the media, not Hollywood celebrities, not anyone else.

This is a time for choosing – and to those Americans who still feel torn in this election, I’d like to suggest one way to think about the choice you have to make in 2008:

You’re hiring someone to do a job – an important job that involves the safety and security of your family. Imagine that you have two job applications in your hand – with the names and party affiliations taken off the top. They’re both good and patriotic men – with very different life experiences that have led them to this moment in history.

You’ve got to make this decision right. Who would you hire?

On the one hand, you’ve got a man who has dedicated his life to the service of his country. He’s been tested time and again by crisis. He’s passed every test.

Even his adversaries acknowledge that he is a true American hero. He loves America as we all do – but he’s sacrificed for it as few do. As a young man, he joined the military … and being a “Top Gun” kind of guy, he became a fighter pilot. He was on a mission over Hanoi when his plane was shot down.

He was tortured in a POW camp, but he refused his captors’ offers of early release. Because this is a man who believes in serving a cause greater than self-interest. He came home a national hero.

He had earned a life of peace and quiet, but he was called to public service again, running for Congress and then the Senate as a proud foot- soldier in the Reagan Revolution. His principled independence never wavered. He stood up to special interests, fought for fiscal discipline, ethics reform and a strong national defense.

That’s one man.

On the other hand, you have a resume from a gifted man with an Ivy League education. He worked as a community organizer, and immersed himself in Chicago machine politics. Then he ran for the state legislature – where nearly 130 times he was unable to make a decision yes or no. He simply voted “present.”

As Mayor of New York City, I never got a chance to vote “present.” And you know, when you’re President of the United States, you can’t just vote “present.” You must make decisions.

A few years later, he ran for the U.S. Senate. He won and has spent most of his time as a “celebrity senator.” No leadership or major legislation to speak of. His rise is remarkable in its own right – it’s the kind of thing that could happen only in America. But he’s never run a city, never run a state, never run a business.

He’s never had to lead people in crisis.

This is not a personal attack … .it’s a statement of fact – Barack Obama has never led anything.

Nothing. Nada.

The choice in this election comes down to substance over style. John has been tested. Barack Obama has not.

Tough times require strong leadership, and this is no time for on the job training.

It’s about who can answer that crisis call – yes, Hillary, at 3:00 in the morning.

Well, no one can look at John McCain and say that he is not ready to be Commander in Chief.

So, our opponents want to reframe the debate. They would have you believe that this election is about ‘change versus more of the same.’ But that’s really a false choice. Because “change” is not a destination … just as “hope” is not a strategy.

John McCain will bring about the change that will create jobs and prosperity. He will lower taxes so our economy can grow. He will reduce government spending to strengthen our dollar. He will expand free trade so we can be even more competitive. He will lead us toward an America that will be independent of foreign oil by an all-of-the-above approach, including nuclear power and off-shore drilling.

This is the kind of change we need.

And he will keep us on offense against terrorism at home and abroad. For 4 days in Denver and for the past 18 months Democrats have been afraid to use the words “Islamic Terrorism.” During their convention, the Democrats rarely mentioned the attacks of September 11.

They are in a state of denial about the threat that faces us now and in the future.

You need to face your enemy in order to defeat them. John McCain will face this threat and lead us on to victory.

Look at just one example in a lifetime of principled stands — John McCain’s support for the troop surge in Iraq. The Democratic Party had given up on Iraq. And I believe, ladies and gentlemen, that when they gave up on Iraq they were giving up on America. The Democratic leader in the Senate said so: “America has lost.”

Well, if America lost, who won? Al Qaida? Bin Laden? In the single biggest policy decision of this election, John McCain got it right and Barack Obama got it wrong.

If Barack Obama had been President, there would have been no troop surge and our troops would have been withdrawn in defeat.

Senator McCain was the candidate most associated with the surge. And it was unpopular.

What do you think most other candidates would have done in that situation? They would have acted in their own self-interest by changing their position.

How many times have we seen Barack Obama do that?

Obama was going to take public financing for his campaign, until he didn’t.

Obama was against wiretapping before he voted for it.

When speaking to a pro-Israel group, Obama favored an undivided Jerusalem. Until the very next day when he changed his mind.

I hope for his sake, Joe Biden got that VP thing in writing.

John McCain said, ‘I’d rather lose an election than a war.’ Because that’s John McCain.

When Russia rolled over Georgia, John McCain knew exactly how to respond.

Having been to that part of the world many times and having developed a clear worldview over many years, John knew where he stood. Within hours, he established a very strong, informed position that let the world know exactly how he’ll respond as President. At exactly the right time, John McCain said, “We’re all Georgians.”

Obama’s first instinct was to create a moral equivalency – that “both sides” should “show restraint.” The same moral equivalency that he has displayed in discussing the Palestinian Authority and the State of Israel.

Later, after discussing it with his 300 foreign policy advisors, he changed his position and suggested that the “the UN Security Council,” could find a solution. Apparently, none of his 300 advisors told him that Russia has a veto on any UN action. Finally Obama put out a statement that looked … well, it looked a lot like John McCain’s.

Here’s some free advice: Sen. Obama, next time just call John McCain.

Like Ronald Reagan, John McCain will enlarge our party. He’s the candidate with the real record of bi-partisan cooperation. He’s the candidate who can credibly reach out for the votes of Independents and Democrats.

In choosing Governor Sarah Palin as his running mate, John McCain has chosen the future. Governor Palin represents a new generation. She’s already one of the most successful governors in America – and the most popular. And she already has more executive experience than the entire Democratic ticket. She’s led a city and a state. She’s reduced taxes and government spending.

And she’s actually done something about moving America toward energy independence – taking on the oil companies while encouraging more energy exploration here at home.

Taxpayers have an advocate in Sarah Palin – she even sold the former governor’s private plane on E-Bay.

And as a former U.S. Attorney, I am impressed by her success in combating corruption – when she found unethical and illegal behavior among the power- brokers of her own party, she did not hesitate – she acted courageously and independently. That’s the kind of reformer we need – she shook up Alaska. She’ll shake up Washington.

And we sure need that.

And as we look to the future never let us forget that – when we are at our best – we are the party that expands Freedom. We began as a party dedicated to freeing people from slavery … And we are still the party that is willing to fight for freedom at home and around the world. We are the party that wants to expand individual freedom and economic freedom … because we believe that the secret of America’s success is not central government, it is self-government. We are the party that believes in giving workers the right to work. The party that believes parents should choose where their children go to school.

And we are the party that believes unapologetically in America’s essential greatness – that we are a shining city on the hill, a beacon of freedom that inspires people everywhere to reach for a better world.

So my fellow Republicans and my fellow Americans – over the next 8 weeks, remember that the results of this election are in your hands. You get to determine America’s future. You can decide America’s direction.

Thank you very much. And God Bless America.

Rudy expected to drop out, endorse dead horse McCain

Paul Joseph Watson
Prison Planet
Tuesday, January 30, 2008

Rudy Giuliani, who is widely tipped to drop out of the Republican race today and endorse John McCain, admitted yesterday that “Ron Paul won all the debates” because of his resonating message of individual liberty and personal responsibility.

“Ron Paul won all the debates,” stated Rudy Giuliani in his speech conceding defeat in the Florida Primary to John McCain. “Government works best when it empowers people to take responsibilities for their own lives.”

Such an admission is rare considering the size of Giuliani’s ego and his numerous spats with Paul on the campaign trail.

The two famously clashed during the second debate on Fox News in May of last year, when Giuliani challenged Paul’s assertion that U.S. foreign policy increases the risk of terrorism.

The Texas Congressman also slammed Giuliani’s support of a national ID card on an MSNBC appearance a month later.

Despite the fact that one vote per IP and phone number text polls consistently showed Ron Paul to be the winner in almost every debate, establishment hacks, Neo-Libs and Neo-Cons routinely denied the fact that the Congressman had come out on top.

Ron Paul’s prediction that Rudy Giuliani would fail in Florida and be forced to quit appears to have been borne out by the former New York Mayor’s poor showing in the Sunshine State.

Giuliani is set to back his fellow establishment Neo-Con McCain with the understanding that he would be rewarded by a role in a potential future McCain administration.

However, with Hillary Clinton being the elite’s anointed one with the added luxury of favorable rigged voting machines, it seems McCain’s role will be to act as a stooge and ensure the Clinton-Bush dynasty continues for at least another four years.

You Tube
Friday, December 14, 2007

Keith Olbermann discusses with Arianna Huffington the millions Rudy Giuliani has made by more unsavory business tactics. His connections with terrorist countries, indicted aides and now his willingness to violate American’s privacy rights lobbying (possibly illegal) for a data mining company come to light.

“I do not talk to people who accuse me of corruption” Says Former New York Mayor

JonesReport.com | November 29, 2007

A recently surfaced video of Rudy Giuliani in June 2001 while still Mayor of New York displays Giuliani’s strange and rude demeanor as he refuses to listen to charges of corruption in regards to the Mayor.

“Once you mention corruption,” Mayor Rudy purports, “the conversation is over,” he states as he very openly and aggressively labels a group of disgruntled bus drivers as “idiots” and “irresponsible” bus drivers during a City Council meeting. He concludes, essentially, that he will ‘hear no evil, see no evil,’ when accusations are put forward about his own actions.

Rudy seems to behave the same way now on his campaign trail where challenges to his official 9/11 fairytale (which he himself often contradicts) are met with bitter contempt and illusionary denials that contrary evidence exists at all.

That attitude goes for 9/11 truthers, who point out that Giuliani’s lies denying prior knowledge of the towers’ collapse contradict his public statements, to Ron Paul, who points out that Giuliani’s simplistic understanding of 9/11 fails to reconcile with the 9/11 Commission’s official story.

The controversy that resulted from Giuliani and Paul’s clash over 9/11 explanations during a GOP debate led Ron Paul to challenge Rudy Giuliani to a reading list to educate him on the official motives of terrorism in the Islamic world, according to sources in the intelligence community.

Now there is a November 30th money bomb (www.RudysReadingList.com ) urging the former Mayor to meet the reading challenge, just as Ron Paul threatens to pass Giuliani’s $10 million 3rd quarter fundraising total only two-thirds of the way through the 4th quarter.

Giuliani, mirroring the city council video, refers to “absurd explanations” of 9/11 during that debate– revealing his defensive position of attacking the messenger and refusing the message.

In the 2001 city council video, Giuliani immediately refuses to hear the “totally ridiculous” “false and irresponsible” charges, and labels his accusers as “stupid” “immature idiots.” He tells the bus drivers, who obviously think they have substantial evidence of improprieties in the bus relations, that “you all look too irresponsible to be bus drivers,” concluding that “kindergartens do a lot better than these morons.”

After his life-changing experience as the ‘hero of 9/11,’ Giuliani seems just as ready to marginalize and ignore the firefighters and their numerous ground zero-related grievances– despite the fact that such issues are substantiated by mainstream press and official actions which are admitted but abhorrent. The remains of 9/11 victims were hauled off in mass to a trash dump and even used to fill potholes.

Mainstream coverage of admitted lies about the EPA toxic dust reports clearly substantiate suspicion in regards to not only the EPA, but the Bush Administration and the Mayor’s Office.

Nevertheless, Giuliani is more than happy to plug his ears and refuse to look in the mirror– his mental image will stand, and the man who would be president will ‘hear no evil and see no evil.’ That goes, apparently, for small-time city corruption as well as his handling of the worst day in the nation’s history: for Giuliani, the conversation will simply end.