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Giuliani: 'No Matter What the Debate Was ... I Would Have to Turn It Down'
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ABC News' Jan Simmonds Reports: Outside the Original Pantry Café in Los Angeles Friday morning, Rudy Giuliani explained his absence at last night's Republican debate on race issues by saying that his priority the last two weeks has been centered around his fundraising operation.
"I did show up last night … I showed up to the events that I was scheduled for," said Giuliani.
"I get invited to a dozen debates. I can only do one or two a month," the former New York Mayor added. "And then quite frankly I would have gone to no debate in the last two to three weeks, well the last two weeks. Cause these last two weeks have been devoted to raising money, that is just the simple reality of it."
Asked whether his failure to appear at the forum may give the wrong impression to minority voters, Giuliani said, "I would ask them not to."
"And no matter what the debate was last night or if there was a debate tonight or the night before … I would have to turn it down," he said. "Because I would have been scheduled already for these last minute fundraisers that are so important to our being able to compete in January and February."
The national Republican frontrunner though, did not shy away from commenting on Hillary Clinton’s performance this past week at the Democratic candidates’ debate in new Hampshire.
During Wednesday's debate, Clinton said that she was now against all torture – "period" – even though previously she held the position that it was okay aggressively question a terrorist to foil "something imminent."
Clinton later remarked that her change in policy was born out of conversations she has held with generals on the subject.
Seizing the opportunity to call out Clinton for changing her position, Giuliani announced he was going to now adopt a "new posture towards Senator Clinton."
"I am going to wait till she holds a position for a week or two and then I am going to comment on it. Senator Clinton changes her mind so often, that it is really really hard to critique a particular position, because by the time you critique it she may have changed it," Giuliani said.
He also took offense to Clinton now saying she thought the troops in Iraq could end up staying in Iraq till 2013. Giuliani noted that Clinton previously stated that if the troops weren't out of Iraq before she was elected president, then she would remove them immediately once in office.
"That's like a total, that's not a flip-flop, that's like a total trip around the world," he added in astonishment.
September 28, 2007 in Thompson, Fred | Permalink | User Comments (6)
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Giuliani sure has had a "phoney" week.
Posted by: Clearsight | Sep 28, 2007 6:09:28 PM
no debates in florida? how come abc doesnt talk about all the minority debates missed in that state?
Posted by: darknessesedge | Sep 28, 2007 6:10:14 PM
Giuliani seems to answer every question with... 9/11, 9/11, 9/11... turn out the lights, Rudy, and lock the door as you leave, the campaign is over for you.
Posted by: Rick_VT | Sep 28, 2007 9:06:08 PM
So in essence,what he is saying is that taking a few hours off from trying to bankroll himself, is far more important than assembling with those wanting input from him on his views of the issues, which may have won him a vote or two that just might be more important, as he put it, "to compete in January or Feburary." Smart thinking Rudy!
Posted by: GC | Sep 29, 2007 3:09:49 AM
Hey Rudy while you are quoting Jesus do not forget Jesus also said a tree is defined by it's fruit and seeing that Jesus devoted his life to the very people, the poor and the oppressed, that you snubbed over money your words are hollow and fake and your fruit is spoiled!
Posted by: Nandi | Sep 29, 2007 10:59:05 AM
Hey Rudy, ....We don't believe you!!!
Posted by: JP | Sep 29, 2007 11:50:00 PM
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