Giuliani Comments on GMA Prompt Debate - Gibbs mocks Giuliani, spokesman spins.

[jefferson_dem]

Giuliani Comments on GMA Prompt Debate
January 08, 2010 2:31 PM

MoreThere’s a lot of chatter out there about former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani’s appearance on Good Morning America where he told George Stephanopoulos “we had no domestic attacks under Bush -- we’ve had one under Obama.”

Obviously this ignores a certain horrible event on September 11, 2001.

This did not escape the White House’s notice.

“There were a number of things that didn’t quite seem to jive with the better part of reality,” White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said at Friday’s briefing. “I think he mentioned there not being any domestic terror attacks in the previous administration... It’s interesting that the mayor of New York had forgotten that.”

A spokesman for the former Mayor clarifies, saying that the remark “didn't come across as it was intended” and that he was “clearly talking post-9/11 with regards to Islamic terrorist attacks on our soil.”

By “on our soil,” the former mayor is not including either Umar Farouq Abdulmutallab’s failed Christmas Day attack or Richard Reid’s December 22, 2001 attempt to blow up American Airlines Flight 63 from Paris to Miami.

So the spokesman says that the “one” attack that Giuliani says took place during the Obama administration was a reference to the alleged Fort Hood shooter, Major Nidal Hasan.

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http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2010/01/giuliani-comments-on-gma-prompt-debate.html

[wisteria]

1. What. Gulliani playing boy soldier again? n/t

[Zen Democrat]

2. What about the anthrax attacks?

I think some element keeps leaving that out because they KNOW it was perpetrated by domestic, right-wing terrorists.

[jenmito]

3. Well, if Bush gets a "freebie" like 9/11, Obama gets one for Ft. Hood (which is not even

comparable to 9/11).

[DisgustipatedinCA]

4. Anthrax?

Maybe anthrax doesn't count as terrorism so long as it was mailed by orders of the Bush administration.

[girl gone mad]

5. According to the spokesman it doesn't count because the terrorist..

wasn't a Muslim.

[Cha]

6. ghouliani needs to say whatthefuck he means and

and mean what he says.

"Clearly talking post 9/11"..bullshit. You on't leave out 9/11 when you're talking about terrorist attacks, rudy. rudy rudy rudy.:silly?