Speaking of Rudy’s 12 commitments, he apparently flubbed the speech in which he unveiled them today by totally omitting one. Transcript (taken from video shown on Hardball) below:
GIULIANI: Apparently I skipped over one of my 12 commitments. And the one that I skipped over was…how could I skip that one, oh my goodness. [beat...uncomfortable pause...takes off glasses...wipes brow...wipes brow again...glasses back on...] Yes, I will cut taxes and reform the tax code.
He forgets to promise to cut taxes in New Hampshire? Good one. But in the end, even after all 12 were listed, there was one glaring hole in his 12 commitments: Iraq.
When asked about the omission of the most important issue to voters this campaign season, he said:
“What I was trying to do was to look at the things, as best as you can predict it now, that are going to be there a year and half from now,” he said. “Iraq may get better. Iraq may get worse. We may be successful in Iraq. We may not be. I don’t know the answer to that. That’s in the hands of other people. But what we do know for sure is the terrorists are going to be at war with us a year, a year and half from now.”
In other words…
Iraq: sooooo not my problem. La la la, I can’t hear you…
That’s what you call a real leader there, folks.
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