Giuliani accuses Hillary Clinton of "character assassination" of General Petraeus

[wicket]

Oh SHUT UP Ghouliani! New York was ready to ride you out on the rail before 9/11. You've got nothing, give it up! :nopity:

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Republican presidential contender Rudy Giuliani on Thursday accused Democratic rival Hillary Rodham Clinton of participating in "character assassination" for questioning Gen. David Petraeus about his assessment of progress in Iraq. Clinton, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, was one of several Democrats and some Republicans who expressed skepticism with President Bush's top military general's more positive outlook on Iraq than recent independent reviews.

Petraeus and U.S. Ambassador Ryan Crocker told Congress Iraq remains largely dysfunctional but said violence in recent months had decreased since the influx of 30,000 additional troops earlier this year.

"The reports that you provide to us really require the willing suspension of disbelief," Clinton said Tuesday.

Campaigning in Georgia, Giuliani assailed Clinton for the second straight day and tried to link her to a newspaper ad from the liberal anti-war group MoveOn critical of Petraeus. The ad accused Petraeus of "cooking the books" for the White House. "General Petraeus or General Betray Us?" it asked, playing off his name.

MoveOn is an independent organization.

"We believe, unlike Hillary Clinton, that General Petraeus is telling the truth," Giuliani said. Calling the ad abominable, Giuliani said Clinton's comments followed up on it "in a very, very coincidental way." He added, "What I don't think should happen in political discourse is the kind of character assassination that MoveOn.org participated in in calling him General Betray Us, that The New York Times gave them a discount to do and that Hillary Clinton followed up on with an attack on his integrity."

Oh Rudy, you actually need integrity to be able to criticize others about it.

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[Justitia]

1. Poor little Petraeus, he needs Rudy the Fascist to stick up for him. Suck it Rudy! -eom

[Disturbed]

3. Roody talkin' 'bout Integrity ....

:rofl:

[lpbk2713]

2. Oh Rudy .... what a character himself.

He'll pull or say anthing that will keep his name on page one of the next day's newspapers.

[niyad]

4. and wouldn't "betrayus" actually have to HAVE a character to BE assassinated? I mean, his own boss

refers to him as "an ass-licking chicken shit"

[Rock_Garden]

5. I think that he'll find that attack campaigning has lost its appeal.

[napi21]

6. Whatever Hillary said, it wasn't as bad as his boss Adm. Fallon said directly

to his face! So Rudy, are you going to slam Admiral Fallon too????

[Gabi Hayes]

7. and we all know what a great judge of character he is:

[lpbk2713]

8. Ummm ... Is Bernie grinning because he likes Rudy's *wide stance*?

:shrug:

[wicket]

9. Good ol' Bernie & his tax payer funded sex den near ground zero

Wasn't he also supposed to train the police in Iraq that are now supposed to be keeping Iraq safe?

That worked out perfectly. :sarcasm:

The gift that keeps giving.

[Gabi Hayes]

10. don't forget his tax problems, one of which he was allowed to goose step away from,

but the feds are after him now

then there are all those stories about the mob connections

let's see how the M$M handles it.

so far, I've seen Jeff Greenfield's CBS encomium to Rudy, during which Wayne Barrett was allowed to say (didn't see the whole thing, so he may have given the gist of his book, which trashes him badly) that Rudy's image is that of 911 hero, and the public still sees him that way....really nauseating stuff

[wicket]

11. Kerik is the gift that keeps giving

WHAT was Bush thinking nominating him for DHS??

[AlCzervik]

12. and i accuse him of being a tragedy pimp and profiteer.

[wicket]

13. No need to accuse, it's what he is!

:evilgrin: