No domestic terror attacks under Bush, claims Giuliani

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Not exactly godawful, but definitely WTF?!

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Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani set off a tempest about terrorism Friday with his claim that this nation "had no domestic attacks" under President George W. Bush.

That's odd. I could have sworn Bush was president on September 11, 2001. [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.] Hey! Come to think of it, wasn't Giuliani the mayor of New York City at the same time--and subsequently became known as "America's Mayor"?

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"We had no domestic attacks under Bush," Giuliani said. "We've had one under Obama."

That statement set off waves of protest in the blogosphere. And it echoed a recent claim by former Bush press secretary Dana Perino. GOP strategist Mary Matalin also recently said the Bush administration "inherited the most tragic attack on our soil in our nation's history," implying that the 9/11 attacks resulted from mistakes by the Clinton administration.

Yes, it was definitely the fault of the president who had left office almost 8 months before 9/11. After all, we all know that al-Qaeda was completely silent about it's intentions after Clinton left office.

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When Giuliani was questioned later Friday about his statement, he explained to CNN's Wolf Blitzer that he misspoke.

"I usually say we had no domestic attacks, no major domestic attack under President Bush since Sept. 11," he said. He said after all the warnings of more attacks that came immediately after Sept. 11, many were surprised that this country avoided another major terrorist attack.

Giuliani said: "I did omit the words 'since Sept. 11.' I apologize for that."

Shoe bomber Richard Reid tried to bring down a trans-Atlantic flight from Paris to Miami in December 2001 using similar methods to the Christmas Day attempt. In both cases, quick action by courageous passengers and crew members helped avoid catastrophe.

Mr. Giuliani, I know it's popular for Republicans to compare themselves to Reagan, but I think you're imitating him a little too closely here. Just a thought, but when you go to an interview and forget one of the most important events in recent history, there's a problem.

Well, 9/11 wasn't committed by Americans, so I guess that counts for something. Oklahoma City was committed by Americans.

But Giuliani is an idiot on many levels.

Maybe he doesn't count 9/11 as an attack because it was set up by the administration as an excuse to invade Iraq?

Harley Quinn hyenaholic wrote:

Maybe he doesn't count 9/11 as an attack because it was set up by the administration as an excuse to invade Iraq?

This should be good.

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FURRIES DID 9/11

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Don't the anthrax attacks count as domestic terrorism?

Never mind. Carry on.

Knorg wrote:

FURRIES DID 9/11

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It was Bigfoot! [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

GOTCHA!

Glen wrote:

Don't the anthrax attacks count as domestic terrorism?

9/11.

The anthrax attacks, which were even committed by an American.

The shoe bomber.

The DC sniper who we just executed two months ago.

DAMN YOU, BILL CLINTON!

Maybe he doesn't count it if nobody died.

Harley, you know you meant it. Now go away. And take Mikey with you.

atleast he hasn't claimed to have visited all 57 states.

Still,well done, Mayor Giuliani, well done [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

FryingPan wrote:

atleast he hasn't claimed to have visited all 57 states.

Still,well done, Mayor Giuliani, well done [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

Cool proxy, Skillet.

FryingPan wrote:

atleast he hasn't claimed to have visited all 57 states.

Still,well done, Mayor Giuliani, well done [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

Judging by your links, you are using a proxy via Hidemyass, Skillet.

theweirdkind wrote:

FryingPan wrote:

atleast he hasn't claimed to have visited all 57 states.

Still,well done, Mayor Giuliani, well done [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

Judging by your links, you are using a proxy via Hidemyass, Skillet.

I did not hear such a truth!

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FryingPan wrote:

theweirdkind wrote:

FryingPan wrote:

atleast he hasn't claimed to have visited all 57 states.

Still,well done, Mayor Giuliani, well done [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

Judging by your links, you are using a proxy via Hidemyass, Skillet.

I did not hear such a truth!

:saleh:

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Your avatar makes it even better, Weirdy.

Find another proxy, Unsk. It'll only take me another second to ban that proxy, too.

I was going to give Giuliani the benefit of the doubt. I mean, every politician makes flubs and doesn't realize it until later (Bob Dole's infamous "Brooklyn Dodgers" moment comes to mind).

Until he went on CNN and spun the anthrax attacks and Richard Reid as not counting as terrorism because only "Islamic terrorism" should count (the logic used to reach this brilliant conclusion is quite tortured).

At that point, he can go take a seat with Dana Perino for trying to drop the last 8 years down the memory hole.

Lady Anne wrote:

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Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani set off a tempest about terrorism Friday with his claim that this nation "had no domestic attacks" under President George W. Bush.

That's odd. I could have sworn Bush was president on September 11, 2001. [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.] Hey! Come to think of it, wasn't Giuliani the mayor of New York City at the same time--and subsequently became known as "America's Mayor"?

August 6, 2001: President Bush is given a Presidential Daily Briefing (PDB) which states clearly: BIN LADEN DETERMINED TO ATTACK INSIDE US. As this PDB is given during one of Bush's many "working vacations" at the Crawford Ranch, it is summarized and largely ignored.
September 11, 2001: Bin Laden attacks inside US.
April 8, 2004: Condoleezza Rice defends the lack of action regarding the PDB, saying that it was just a "historical document."

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That statement set off waves of protest in the blogosphere. And it echoed a recent claim by former Bush press secretary Dana Perino. GOP strategist Mary Matalin also recently said the Bush administration "inherited the most tragic attack on our soil in our nation's history," implying that the 9/11 attacks resulted from mistakes by the Clinton administration.

Yes, it was definitely the fault of the president who had left office almost 8 months before 9/11. After all, we all know that al-Qaeda was completely silent about it's intentions after Clinton left office.

Remember the old reliable Republican fall-back: "When in doubt, blame Clinton. If that somehow doesn't work, blame Carter. Nobody remembers that guy, they just vaguely know they don't like him, and he was a Democrat. This is why it's particularly effective to call Obama 'Carter II'."

Also, he's probably referring to that erroneous-yet-persistent report that Clinton had the opportunity to bomb bin Laden and didn't. SPOILER ALERT: The opportunity wasn't there.