It's ads like these that make people cynical of the election process. When you see attack ads, you have to assume that they are full of lies or at best half-truths.
The union representing New York City firefighters is running a misleading video blaming former Mayor Rudy Giuliani for the deaths of more than 100 firefighters at the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. We agree that Giuliani bears some responsibility for the widely documented failings of the fire department's radio communications on 9/11. It is true that the effective functioning of the fire department is a major responsibility of any mayor, and Giuliani had been in office since 1994. However, the video goes too far when it implies that bad radio communication was the only reason that 121 firefighters failed to clear the North Tower of the Trade Center after the first tower collapsed. To the contrary, the 9/11 Commission stated in its final report that the technical failure of fire department radios "was not the primary cause of the many firefighter fatalities in the North Tower." Other aspects of the video are misleading, including:
an allegation that Giuliani "blamed the victims" for not following evacuation orders, when his comments were in response to a question about heroism on 9/11;
a statement that Giuliani pulled firefighters off recovery efforts, when he had reduced, not eliminated, the number of workers;
a claim that Giuliani had protesting firefighters arrested, when arrests were minimal and most charges were dropped, as requested by the mayor
Sunday, July 22, 2007
Firefighters Vs. Giuliani
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You can assume that they are full of half truths and or lies, but if you investigate their claims (as the right wing media has refused to do, as opposed to the swift boat liars), and the claims turn out to be true, as they have in this case, then you can't honestly go on assuming that they are half truths and or lies, can you?
Didn't you read the link...these are at best, half-truths.
Dude?
It's the truth.
If you lived here, you'd understand that Giuliani was despised here, for his manner of operating, his philandering in front of his children, and for bringing crooks like Kerik in.
We were very united in spirit in the days following the 9/11 occurrences, and Giuliani attempted to exploit that, but it has backfired, particularly down South.
He, Romney, and McCain are finished.
He was so dispised he would have beaten Clinton in the last election...
And this link I provide is from a non-partisan group...
You guys are once again simply SAYING things hoping that they magically become true.
I have an independant group saying these things are at best slightly true...
Do I come to Milwaukee and tell you what is true and what is not?
One place, and only one, that I think Giuliani could make it big time, is northern California, where Repubs are very pro-choice, pro-equality, and think of themselves as progressive Republicans...
The Midwest and the South? Never.
The Republican vote is, as of now, hopelessly split...the best you can hope for is that Thompson gains traction, and Gingrich doesn't bark his way in.
Giuliani is far too polarizing a figure....the Repug Party themselves will gladly throw him under the bus for a candidate that has more (for whatever reason) universal appeal.
I was saying the add is false...
What you are saying is atleast possibly true...
No doubt about it, right now NO Republican candidate is exciting conservatives...
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