I can't believe so few news outlets are covering this story. It's pretty much nowhere to be found in the news beyond Newsday - while a Bloomberg candidacy that likelly wouldn't be announced until next year, should it ever occur, is all over the morning press. Anyway, Newsday has a follow-up piece today. Giuliani's excuses remain lame - if he was worried about the panel appearing partisan he wouldn't have joined it in the first place and his resignation letter didn't mention those concerns, only his other time commitments (to got make masses of money speaking at events, which was more important to the former mayor than trying to fix US policy in Iraq). Two people are defending Giuliani in the piece, Senator David Vitter (R-LA), who, though the article fails to note it, has endorsed Giuliani for president, and Giuliani's campaign manager. The campaign manager is given the last word in the story, and it's a bizarre word:
"I don't think anybody can question the mayor's commitment to the Iraq war, or the mayor's commitment to the war on terror in general. This is somebody who for the last 30 years of his life has spent time working on and studying the Islamic terrorist threat to America," DuHaime said.
What. The. Hell? Can any of you enlighten me on this 30 years of work former mayor Giuliani has been doing on the Islamic terrorist threat to America? I'm genuinely curious. Quite.
Posted by armand at June 20, 2007 09:18 AM | TrackBack | Posted to Politics