Here's what Rudy Giuliani said about Barack Obama at the RNC last night:
"But he's never run a city, never run a state, never run a business. He's never had to lead people in crisis. This is not a personal attack....it's a statement of fact - Barack Obama has never led anything."
I was listening to that and thought, "Gee, that sounds familiar." Well, here's what Rudy Giuliani said about about John McCain on November 4, 2007:
"[McCain] has never run a city, never run a state, never run a government. He has never been responsible as a mayor for the safety and security of millions of people, and he has never run a law enforcement agency, which I have done."
What's the punishment for plagiarizing yourself? (I really wonder why Giuliani keeps kneeling at the feet of the Republican party. If this year has shown us anything it's that the party as it exists now will never, not in a million years, nominate a thrice divorced, pro-choice, gay-friendly New Yorker. What does the man stand to gain from debasing himself even further at their convention? Speaking fees from the only remaining people who think he has any credibility on national security?)
Bush and Cheney are proof positive that executive experience, be it in city hall, a state capital, or the corner office of a corporation is not the be all and end all of qualifiers for higher office. And regardless of what Giluliani says about McCain now, despite his long service in the House and Senate, the man has not run a government or a business. By Giuliani's own logic, even Sarah Palin is more experienced than Obama, Biden, and John McCain. What Giuliani went on to say about Obama applies equally to McCain: "[He] has never led anything, nothing, nada. Nada, nothing." (What does it say about the diversity of your convention when the most diverse thing that happened is Giuliani's use of one Spanish word?)
All that's left, then, is the issues. And the Republicans don't want to talk about anything that doesn't involve drilling or abortion or, of course, nouns, verbs, and 9/11.
Posted by Doug at September 4, 2008 09:58 AM