Giuliani: McCain "was right about Iraq when almost everybody else was wrong"

[Amerigo Vespucci]

July 20, 2008

Giuliani: Obama trip highlights inexperience

Posted: 05:05 PM ET

From CNN's Steve Brusk and Tasha Diakides

NEW YORK (CNN) – Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani said Sunday Barack Obama’s overseas visit is only serving to highlight the candidate’s inexperience in world affairs.

On the field before the Yankees took on the Oakland A’s, Giuliani told reporters, “the fact that Barack Obama is now making his first tour, in essence, of the world is an indication that John McCain is the man with the experience. John doesn't have to go for the first or second time to these places. He has been going there for 20-30 years. He knows the world. He understands the world.”

Giuliani said, “Without any disrespect to the other side, he's just so far more experienced that I think America will elect him. I think the American people are going to take a look and say we have got to be very serious about this…we need a man that has experience and John McCain has that experience."

Criticizing Obama’s strategy on Iraq, the former mayor said, “I think if you look at Senator McCain's record on Iraq - you don't fail to elect him president. He was right about Iraq when almost everybody else was wrong. It has turned out that if we had caved in the way Barack Obama and the democrats wanted we would now have a defeat. America would have a defeat rather than a possible victory.”



Rudy Giuliani visited Yankee Stadium with John McCain on Sunday.

[BlooInBloo]

1. 9/11! 9/11! 9/11!

[Ron Green]

2. Giuliani is a shit-bag,

IMHO.

[Raineyb]

3. Giuliani's an asshole

He's also the same man who put his emergency headquarters in the World Trade Center after it had already been attacked once.

I'd tell him to kiss my ass but I don't want his nasty lips anywhere near my behind.

Regards

[thenext8seconds]

4. excuse me?

what?????????????????

No, how could McCain be the one who was right when everyone else was wrong when he was pushing for war with Iraq long before even 9/11 came about.

This is ridiculous.

and what is this going on and on and on about experience this experience that. how does judgement not trounce experience?

[givemebackmycountry]

5. Nice Picture...

Dumb and Dumber.
Old and Older.
Corrupt and even more corrupt.

All that's missing is Bernie.

[EVDebs]

6. Spare me, Rudy

"John doesn't have to go for the first or second time to these places. He has been going there for 20-30 years. He knows the world. He understands the world.”

Spare me any further McCain flights of fancy. The US has become a worldwide pariah thanks to Bush's, and now McCain's, foreign policy moves.

[27inCali]

7. I just left one of the meanest little messages on there

all about Ghouliani using the graves of the 9/11 victims as a soapbox.

how he is an adulterer and so is McCain and about how McCain left his wife.

I think I was among some of the first respondants so hopefully those comments will be right up top. haha

[fascisthunter]

8. Republicans will say anything

what a bunch of souless shills.

[zbdent]

14. and the fact that people buy into this shit (when the speakers don't even believe it)

really says something about America's educational system ... which really cranks out people unwilling to think critically ...

I mean, ignorance favors conservatism, right? The smart kids are breaking away from the pack, so let's beat the crap out of them and steal their lunch money, they're ruining my coasting through high school until I can vote for a Republican, ya know ...

[fascisthunter]

16. I Would Blame Education for not teaching Critical Thinking Skills

they try but many in our country don't want public education to teach much of anything.

The media is rightfully to blame for selling lies on a daily basis, lies which form most adult voter's decisions. Public education doesn't even teach Civics because right wingers think it's government brainwashing.... pretty slick huh? Keep the poor in the dark so they don't even know how their government works.

[Mz Pip]

9. McCain has more experience

at consistantly making the wrong decisions, the wrong choices and supporting the wrong policies.

So yeah,McCain has more experience than Obama.

How is that a good thing?

[TheCowsCameHome]

10. You'd know about defeat, if anyone would.

How's the GOP primary race coming along, rat teeth? Still banking on Florida?

[stray cat]

11. McCain was wrong about invading Iraq and Obama was right

[kentuck]

12. Liar!

Big lie! He supported the invasion from the beginning. When the bus ran off the road, he said he had an idea of how to get it out of the ditch? That is not being right about anything!

[Labors of Hercules]

13. And he would know that, how exactly?

Cuz he's such an "expert". :eyes:

[bulloney]

15. And when McCain does return from Iraq, he reports that everything's hunky-dory

even though he was walking around Baghdad in a bulletproof vest and had protection overhead from Blackhawk helicopters and protection on the ground from over 100 Marines.

There's your credibility from McCain.

[kevinmc]

17. As the WTC was falling, Giuliani "Thank God GW Bush is the President".....

that guy is so full of it I can smell him all the way here in CA.

[World Citizen]

18. That's their strategy now.

This is their defensive maneuver to combat all the positives that Obama's trip is incurring.

Problem is... I seem to remember that McSame was all over the map regarding the war.
Now it is OUR TURN. Let's gather to document ALL the hypocritical flip flops and lies from McSame regarding Iraq.
It shouldn't be too hard.
Who will do the honor of starting this OP. Maybe it should be a contest of some kind.
The DU Activists can use this. Perhaps it should be the action of this week, or next week at the latest.

o yeah... i almost forgot... as a New Yorker that lost a dear friend in the WTC I would just like to say...

SHUT *SLAP* THE *SLAP* FUKK *SLAP* UP *SLAP* RUDY *SLAP* you slimey piece of shit!!!!!

[BlueStater]

19. Go away, Rudy, you turd.

Your 15 minutes are up.

[President Decider]

20. Rudi is about as "used car salesman" as they come . . .

[americanstranger]

21. Did St. 9/11 wear his World Series rings to the game?

Corrupt SOB let the Steinbrenners slide for millions in taxes so he could get World Series rings.

Punk-ass thief.

- as

[applegrove]

22. McCain was just tooting the original battle plan numbers for Iraq that had

been drawn up under Clinton. Rummy refused to put in enough troops. Bremmar undid the bathists in the army. No wonder the Sunnis were fighting.

[Johonny]

23. He knows the world. He understands the world.

Which is of course why he talked about the Pakistan/Iraqi border today.