Former Mayor of New York has Failtastic memory lapse

Demonique

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2010/01/08/giuliani-says-no-domestic-terror-attacks-under-bush/#more-84563

Giuliani says no 'domestic terror attacks' under Bush

(CNN) - Echoing recent comments from former Bush administration officials, Rudy Giuliani defended former President George Bush's record on terrorism Friday, saying the country was not subjected to domestic terror attacks when he was in office.

"We had no domestic attacks under Bush; we've had one under Obama," Giuliani said on ABC's Good Morning America.

Democrats and other political observers were quick to question Giuliani's comments, wondering how the former New York City mayor would classify the attacks of September 11, 2001, as well as Richard Reid's attempted shoe-bombing in late 2001.

"Giuliani seems to have forgotten about the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks and shoe bomber Richard Reid," ABC's George Stephanopoulos, who conducted the Giuliani interview, wrote on his blog.

Giuliani's comments are similar to those of former White House Press Secretary Dana Perino and former Dick Cheney aide Mary Matalin, both of whom have said in recent weeks no terrorism attacks occurred under Bush.

"We did not have a terrorist attack on our country during President Bush's term," Perino told Fox News last November.

In December, Mary Matalin - a former senior adviser to Vice President Dick Cheney - made comments that seemed to place the 9/11 attacks under President Clinton's watch. "We inherited a recession from President Clinton and we inherited the most tragic attack on our own soil in our nation's history," Matalin a CNN analyst, told John King on CNN's "State of the Union" last month.

TheDublinMan

What type of attack did they have during Bush's term so?
I really don't get people like that.

Genghiz Cohen

It was de Gubberment!
Dey did it all!!!LOL

As much as I don't like Giuliani, I believe his point about domestic terrorism is to do with Americans attacking Americans, as opposed to something happening on US soil. Although I'm sure there were school shootings under Bush.

unkel

A think with a domestic terror attack they mean an attack by an American on America (i.e. Oklahoma bombing). In that case Guiliani is right then, isn't he?

Captain_Generic

The Wall Street crash of 1929 was Obama's fault

Demonique

TheDublinMan wrote: »

What type of attack did they have during Bush's term so?
I really don't get people like that.

It has to do with the city Mr Giuliani was mayor of, can you name any terrorist attacks that took place there?

Barack Obama or Barack Hitler?

fly_agaric

unkel wrote: »

A think with a domestic terror attack they mean an attack by an American on America (i.e. Oklahoma bombing). In that case Guiliani is right then, isn't he?

Anthrax (edit: don't think they ever got anyone for that)

Captain_Generic

Deleted User wrote: »

Barack Obama or Barack Hitler?

Did you hear his original name was Barack Hitler Hussein Bin Laden? Its true, some guy said it

ejmaztec

A domestic terror attack would be carried out by some heavily armed ninja cleaning ladies. As far as I'm aware, there weren't any.

LD 50

Sounds like they're trying rewrite how people remember these events. They figure that if they get enough high ranking people saying it happened at a certain time, the general stupid masses will start to believe.

jumpguy

The amount of anti-Obama-ism with a hearty tinge of racism coming from the US is shocking tbh. I completely agree with Jimmy Carter's comments (for those interested click here) on the Obama row going on. I was glad Carter said it, finally somebody with the balls to point out the white elephant in the room.


As far as the FORMER Mayor of New York's comments go, it's laughable really. Wasn't that the guy forced out because of some scandals with him and some prostitutes were uncovered? I wonder how quickly the Americans have forgotten that. I'd love to know what he considers a "domestic terror attack". He'll never admit he said something stupid, and will try to make the most ridiculous cover-up, like saying he wouldn't consider it a "domestic terror attack". This would probably raise more heckles, could be seen as trivialising 9/11.

Beasty

jumpguy wrote: »

Wasn't that the guy forced out because of some scandals with him and some prostitutes were uncovered?

No - NY Governor Eliot Spitzer

Captain_Generic

jumpguy wrote: »

white elephant in the room.

Now who's racist?

Demonique

Former New York Mayor Rudolph "amnesia" Giuliani - We did not have a terrorist attack on our country during President Bush's term.

- December 6, 2007: Chad Altman and Sergio Baca were arrested for the arson of Dr. Curtis Boyd's clinic in Albuquerque.

- May 9, 2007: Unidentified person deliberately set fire to a Planned Parenthood clinic in Virginia Beach, Virginia.

- April 25, 2007: A package left at a women's health clinic in Austin, Texas contained an explosive device capable of inflicting serious injury or death.

- April 16, 2007 - Terrorism? Virginia Tech Shootings.

- September 13, 2006 David McMenemy crashed his car into the Edgerton Women's Care Center in Davenport, Iowa. He then doused the lobby in gasoline and then started a fire. McMenemy committed these acts in the belief that the center was performing abortions, however Edgerton is not an abortion clinc.

- December 12, 2005: Patricia Hughes and Jeremy Dunahoe threw a Molotov cocktail at a clinic in Shreveport, Louisiana.

- July 4, 2005: A clinic Palm Beach, Florida was the target of an arson.

- October 1, 2005 - Joel Henry Hinrichs III detonated a bomb near the packed football stadium at the University of Oklahoma in Norman, Oklahoma killing himself in the process.

- October 2002 - John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo conduct the Beltway Sniper Attacks

- May 2002: Luke Helder injures 6 by placing pipebombs in mailboxes in the Midwest.

- June 11, 2001: Tacoma, Washington bombing destroys a Clinic Wall

- December 12, 2001 - Jewish Defense League plot by Chairman Irv Rubin and follower Earl Krugel to blow up the King Fahd Mosque in Culver City, California, and the office of Lebanese-American Rep. Darrell Issa, foiled.

- December 22, 2001 - Richard Reid attempts to bomb flight 63

- November 2001 - Clayton Waagner mails powder-laden envelopes to 550+ Clinics, is convicted on 51 counts in 2003.

- September 2001 - 5 People Killed, 17 Infected by Anthrax laden letters, $250million spent cleaning up postal facilities.