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Romney Says Giuliani Would be Wrong for GOP
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ABC News' Matt Stuart Reports: Former Gov. Mitt Romney pushed back on former Mayor Rudy Giuliani's comments yesterday regarding his appointment of Massachusetts Supreme Court Judge Kathe Tuttman, claiming Giuliani was acting out of "a level of desperation perhaps born out by the polls in New Hampshire."
Romney claimed that Giuliani was coming from a "glass house," in regards to attacking Romney on appointments because of his support of former. New York City Police Commissioner Bernie Kerik . "I did note with interest yesterday that Mayor Giuliani decided to attack me on the basis of a judicial appointment," Romney said, "I must admit that of all the people who might attack someone on the basis of an appointment. I thought he would be the last to do so."
Romney added, "I appointed somebody who was a 17 year prosecutor who had every inclination and every part of her history to suggest that this would be a law and order judge. And this judge made a very poor decision and that’s why I’ve asked for her to resign…. In a very different case, he put somebody in place as commissioner who had a very questionable past and then recommended to the President of the United States that this person be made the Secretary of Homeland Security despite the fact that he at this point was under investigation."
Romney also suggested that he could of taken a shot at Giuliani but chose not to. "When the Bernie Kerik story came out I basically kept quiet on it. I said, look I don’t have any comment on it, it's sad and disappointing that Bernie Kerik has done this, I didn’t make an attack on Mayor Giuliani. And then, to have him attack me, selecting an individual who’d served as 17 years as a prosecutor I thought was a very strange turn of events."
When asked about Giuliani's claims that crime went up in Massachusetts during Romney's turn, Romney said that Giuliani was "making up facts." "You know, he has a real problem with facts," Romney said, "The truth of the matter is that during my administration the FBI crime statistics show that violent crime was reduced in Massachusetts by seven percent. So he’s wrong again on the facts. He needs to go back to school and look at the facts and add the numbers up properly."
Romney went one step further, saying that "Mayor Giuliani would be the wrong course for our party," and if "you wanna have contrasts with the Republican nominee you’re gonna have to have somebody like myself." Romney tried to tie Giuliani's positions to Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Hillary Clinton's, "He is pro-choice like Hillary Clinton. He is in favor of civil union like Hillary Clinton. He is in favor of sanctuary cities like Hillary Clinton. And the record of ethical conduct from in this case from in this case Bernie Kerik reminds us very much of the administration that Hillary Clinton was a part of in Washington," he said.
Romney later reiterated his comment, demonstrating his effort to tie Sen. Clinton's record to that of President Clinton. In speaking about similarities he claims Giuliani had with Sen. Clinton, Romney said Giuliani had "an ethical lapse in his administration just as her administration did," apparently referring to the Clinton presidency.
Giuliani campaign manager Mike DuHaime responded to Romney's attack saying, "Essentially what you are seeing is, I believe, a distraction," he said. Adding, "….what you have is Governor Romney, who is essentially without much of a record. Essentially a mediocre one term governor, who didn't even run for re-election." Read more of the Giuliani pushback HERE courtesy of ABC's Jan Simmonds.
November 25, 2007 in Thompson, Fred | Permalink | User Comments (7)
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Wasn`t it Romney`s hero Bush that nominated Keric to be the head of Homeland Security? And wasn`t it the dastardly media that outted Keric to the Chagrin of Keric`s good friend, Giuliani? As for Giuliani, to call the promotion of his one time chauffer and good friend while not knowing the true character of the guy is a lapse in judgement of monumental proportions. To recommend Keric to head the Agency responsible for Bush`s war on terrorism, a war that Giuliani now tells us that he is best able to prosecute, shows the shallowness and incompetence of Giuliani.
Posted by: Luke | Nov 25, 2007 6:00:07 PM
Amateurs stay longer in a position trying to accomplish something but a professional or an expert takes only a short period to accomplised a lot.Mitt Romney is an expert that doesn't need much time and public fund to waste just to fiddle with a project that can be done in a short period of time.And that's the problem many in leadership role seems to show lack of experience is the time frame they should have accomplish a project or achieve a set goal.
Posted by: kmjjp | Nov 25, 2007 10:52:29 PM
In the end when all is said and done Mitt Romney will be the lightning rod that lighten up both Democrats and Republicans.He is the only Presidential candidate that can perform to the highest volume and standards that produce magnificent results for the good of the nation as a whole.
Posted by: kmjjp | Nov 26, 2007 2:56:27 AM
Well it looks like Rudy''s going to break Ronald Reagan''s 11th Commandment of not attacking other GOPer''s.
Bottom line is the GOP nomination is Mitt Romney''s to lose.
He leads in Iowa, New Hampshire, and South Carolina and a close second in Michigan and Nevada and down only 8% in Florida, Rudy''s "firewall" state.
Mitt''s tsunami is going to "wash out" Rudy''s firewall in Florida by the time that state votes on January 29th.
The race for the GOP nomination should be over by the morning of February 6th.
Mitt Romney is clearly the most qualified candidate running from either party this year.
That''s why I''m voting for Mitt!
Posted by: Allen Ridge | Nov 26, 2007 11:01:10 AM
Personally, I will vote for democratic anybody, the rally monkey would beat out any republican sock puppet they have. Now, once again my plea...What does Mitt stand for???? Not his policies, his first name????? answer please???? Insert "gurgle" search results here_____________________
Posted by: daddy | Nov 26, 2007 12:35:48 PM
Mitt Romney is clearly the most UNQUALIFIEAD candidate running from either party this year.
Posted by: Jackson | Nov 26, 2007 6:54:01 PM
Both of these men would be horrible choices for our president. They both lie constantly and decieve by omission.
How about we elect someone that has nothing to hide? How about putting someone in power that isnt a member of the CFR?
The responsibility of being an American seems to escape most of us. That responsbility is to hold our Leaders responsible for the decisions they make.
We also need to hold our media responsible for reporting on little spats between premadonna politicians the way they do.
I am pretty sure we are still "at war" and there are young men coming home in caskets that we should be talking about!
But, I guess I will just drink another thought depressing beer made by my media chosen manufacturer and watch another episode of fox/abc/cbs favorite mind numbing programming! Go back to sleep America. You are still free to do what they tell you!!!!
Posted by: Johnny | Nov 26, 2007 9:00:24 PM
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