The Giuliani campaign has mnade it very clear that they have no relationship with the supporters who are throwing a fundraiser and asking for contributions of $9.11. But it’s not difficult to determine how these supporters came up with the idea. Their candidate is someone who relates 9/11 to absolutely every issue imaginable, who uses the imagery in every speech, who indeed has made it the centerpiece of his campaign. Why would these moral lepers think there would be a problem with raising money off the backs of the dead at Ground Zero, too?
Somehow, an advertisement in a paper is beyond the pale, but using the anniversary of an American tragedy to fundraise doesn’t cause anyone to bat an eyelash. The Giuliani team could do more than say they had nothing to do with the event; they could refuse the money. And they could stop making the surfeit of inferences that result in such behavior.
6 Responses to “Breeding the Authoritarian Mindset”
more fake outrage at another non-story. whats really worrying everyone around here is that these people are going to raise 10,000 bucks from just 9.11 per person. giuliani had a vital and iconic role in one of if not the most important days in our nation’s history, an iconic image that cannot be smeared or tarnished. oh how the left wishes one of its feeble senator candidates had anything close to an image like that. but look at the bright side, hillary is married to bill, so you got that going for you.
matt, name exactly what Rudy did on 9/11 to warrant such a man crush from you?
his resolve, his calm, his indomitable attitude, his unflinching decision making, his true leadership in the wake of unbelievable chaos and crisis earned not only my admiration but the admiration of people all over the country and all around the world.
man-crush? i never thought leftists would use homophobic insults to try to justify their support for their far inferior candidates.
from time:
‘In the end it was Giuliani’s performance on and after Sept. 11 that broke down those barriers, demonstrating once and for all how much he cared about New Yorkers, even if he had not always been able to show it. After Sept. 11, a good many Rudy watchers assumed he had changed–a rigid, self-righteous man had morphed into a big-hearted empath–but Giuliani’s friends and aides say his warm side has always been there. Outsiders just couldn’t see it. Countless times in the past eight years, he has sat at the bedside of an injured or dying cop or fire fighter, gently broken the awful news to the family, even remembered a widow’s name years later. The public never saw these moments because the press was not there. Giuliani, so famously thirsty for attention, did away with the custom of holding mayoral press conferences at police funerals; he felt it was unseemly. ‘
the left has no one with even 1/10th of his leadership qualities, but hey hillary was married to bill so there is always that.
In all fairness it was probably a Rudy fan that started the $9.11 contribution. Rudy wouldn’t have wanted to limit his contributions like that. ……but it adds a laugh for the day. It is comical to count how many times he says 9/11 in just one day.
Something to say?
I would make a hilarious comment about this, but 9/11 changed everything.
Left by Noah
September 25, 2007 at 12:33pm