| Wednesday, March 14, 2007 |
| What's new, pussycat? |
 Rudy's latest scandal: his firm lobbies for Citgo ... that's Venezuela / Hugo Chavez oil to you!
And now, for more flap with the firefighters:
John McCain will be there, as will Hillary Rodham Clinton, John Edwards and half a dozen other presidential candidates. But when firefighters hold a candidates' forum today in Washington, Rudolph W. Giuliani, the contender most closely identified with their profession, will not attend.
In the past several days, a private tussle over Giuliani's participation — he was out, then in, then out again — has turned into a public spat with the International Association of Fire Fighters. That, in turn, has highlighted an uncomfortable paradox of Giuliani's campaign.
Since the Sept. 11 attacks, when he was mayor of New York City, he has been linked in the public mind to firefighters and police officers, whom he regularly hails as heroes as he campaigns around the country.
Yet the firefighters and police officers who know Giuliani best, those in New York City, have mixed views of him, ranging from admiration to outright hostility.
That has filtered through to leaders of their national associations accusing Giuliani of trying to cut short the effort to find victims' remains in the trade center wreckage.
They also contend that his administration mishandled the development of a radio system that could have saved lives on 9/11, and that he blundered in putting the city's emergency command center in the trade center. Not a good start, Rudy. And meanwhile, Rudy continues to poll ahead of John McCain, at least for now, the latter currently dealing with problems of his own...
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Labels: 2008, presidential elections, Rudy, Rudy Giuliani |
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