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Rudy Giuliani returned to "Piers Morgan Tonight" on Wednesday and expressed his "outrage" over the latest gaffe by Vice President Joe Biden. On Tuesday, Biden attended a campaign event in Danville, Virginia and, as Giuliani described it, spoke to an audience "that was half African-American," feigned "a southern accent," and told the audience "that [Mitt] Romney and [Paul] Ryan 'are going to put y'all in chains.'"
"If Vice President [Dick] Cheney did this, if Sarah Palin did this, if Paul Ryan did this, it would have been on the front page of 'The New York Times' and you all would have been outraged. So somebody had to get outraged and it's going to be me," Giuliani said.
Giuliani did not hold back on his criticism of Biden's tendency to make "one stupid remark after another," adding, "if a Republican vice president had said that and in the space of 24 hours had also gotten wrong the state that he was in and today the century that he's in, you would be raising all kinds of questions about this man's fitness for office."
On the other end of the emotional spectrum, Giuliani was "very happy" with the addition of Ryan to the GOP ticket. "I think it was a very, very bold choice," said Giuliani of Romney's choice.
"I think what Governor Romney has done by choosing Paul Ryan is to - is to put some substance into this campaign. Substance in terms of we can now have a real debate on an issue that's really important like what are we going to do about Medicare that will go bankrupt if we don't fix it."
Watch the clip and listen to the interview as Giuliani explains why he thinks Paul Ryan as the Republican VP nominee is a "strong choice" but also a "gamble."
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Hello,
While I do not want fame and recognition like "Joe The Plumber" I would like to voice the view points of just the average African American, "Joe” and "Joann”, as well as educate Mr. Giuliani, on his comments last night regarding the comment made by Vice President Joe Biden, but more specifically on his statement "if Romney had made racist statements that people would be outraged, and speaking out against him everywhere".
I suppose being a white Republican it is hard for some to realize that the statements by Romney, most Republicans, and now his running mate, are among the worst racial slurs towards African Americans, and other minority groups any public speaker has been able to get away with, yet they do on a daily basis. Mr. Romney and others Republicans consistently make statements, such as putting America back the way it was, making it a place like the founding fathers intended, and/or fixing America so the founding fathers would be proud.
The founding fathers were a bunch of lying, murdering, salve owning thieves’, and unlike what the Mayor may have learned in his history books,Columbus did not discover America, rather he and the founders of this country, left England to escape persecution, then came to America, which was already occupied, and owned by the Indian's, and they ruthlessly, murdered, innocent men, women, and children, then stole their land, and made them slaves, and left them to live on Reservations to this day.
Now to say you want to put America back the way it was to an African and Indian American is one of the greatest insults anyone should be allowed to say. Yet Romney and most Republicans say it on a daily basis. So please let the Mayor know the statement Mr. Biden made, he made for all of us average Joe's, because we understand completely and totally what Romney means and if the Mayor would be honest, he knows this is a truth also. But like everyone else who would like to take this country back to the dark ages, it appears he too is playing dumb.
Respectfully submitted,
Your average "Jo" Ms. Taylor
Are you kidding me? You really believe that when people talk about putting America back to the way it was, that they're talking about EVERYTHING? Can you discern context in that?
Hi Johanna,
WOW, I am really surprised and I hate to admit it but I had no idea that I was starting a blog. (smile) I thought I was just speaking to someon on CNN with hopes they told the Mayor how someone felt about his comments.(LOL) Well I just answered the Truth Factory and FEDUPWITHLIBERALS, so I am sure you will find the answer to your question in one of those posts. Although I don't see Truth Factory, guess it will show up later. I answred because I saw it in my email, so I will check back later in the week and if you still need clarification I will do my best to help you understand my meaning. Thank You, for commenting..
LOL... This is hilarious. Dems say and do whatever they can to conjure up a mentality that republicans want to make "ya'll slaves again". Its a joke and its funny to see how many people blindly buy into it. The Dems love it! They know African Americans are essentialy pawns to the democratic party. Except every once in a while, rhey slip and the TRUTH actually comes out as to what they really think... For example:
"I mean, you got the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy. I mean, that's a storybook, man." –Joe Biden, referring to Barack Obama at the beginning of the 2008 Democratic primary campaign.
There you have it... In all of Joe Bidens years of service, he has never met an "articulate, bright, clean, and nice.looking black guy??? Again, IMAGINE if a republican said this!?!?!! The outrage would be incredible!!!! Instead its a democrat so it all gets swept under the rug. Thats okay... "Ya'll" keep being their minions.
By the way, one question... Out of all the inner city communities that have been flooded with federal money to create a culture and a need of dependence on the govt, how many of those communities have "improved"? The answer is none. The crime, unemployment, and drug use is highest in these areas. And yes, I have lived and worked in these communities in the past so Im very familiar with what really happens.
You say you dont want African Americans to be set back 100's of years, but you support a govt that wants to keep them as dependent minions so that they can ensure themselves easy votes and power while the communities and the problems continue to deteriorate despite being given billions of dollars of taxpayers money. Wake Up!!
You say you dont want African Americans to be "set back", but your eyes
Hello Truth Factory,
Oh my, I have never commented before, and wasn’t expecting any response to my statement. I am really excited, and glad that you responded, and you seem truly interested in why and how we could make that statement, and I feel privileged to be able to share in helping you further your understanding. I will try and put it all in the post, and if it doesn’t fit, hopefully I can put the rest in a 2nd post.
When I read your statements I realized that you were like so many others who took the comment literally so as I did with them, I think the best place to start is the beginning and that is with the complete definition of the word, slavery, okay?
Slavery – (1) Very hard work, especially for low pay and under bad condition (2) The practice of, or a system based on, using the enforced labor of other people, (3) A state of being completely dominated by another. Now on to some history to help, you further understand our comments.
Now please take a look at that the following statement’s, along with the supporting websites for your verification, and they will help reflect the views of Democrats and the state of the economy if the Republican Party wins the election.
““What the working man sells is not directly his Labor, but his Laboring Power, the temporary disposal of which he makes over to the capitalist. This is so much the case that I do not know whether by the English Law, but certainly by some Continental Laws, the maximum time is fixed for which a man is allowed to sell his laboring power. If allowed to do so for any indefinite period whatever, slavery would be immediately restored. Such a sale, if it comprised his lifetime, for example, would make him at once the lifelong slave of his employer”. (KARL MARX, Value, Price, and Profit) This is the context that we referenced the word slavery and the statement “to be put back into chains”
This quote should reflect the viewpoint of all Americans. “We work to eat to get the strength to work to eat to get the strength to work”. (JOHN DOS PASSOS, Airways Inc)
Good for you Patricia. Well said. Michelle Bachmann made a comment about 'tar babies' and of course there is the blatant racism Trump showed when he insisted that the President was not born in the U.S. What other president has had to produce his birth certificate? The GOP seemed to think this was totally acceptable. Then there is the Gov of Arizona who is defying Pres. Obama's ruling on immigration. I haven't heard any outrage from the GOP on thay either.
VP Biden was not making a racial statement when he used the term chains. Once again, it is ok for the GOP to repeatedly use the term shackles and that it quite acceptable. The hyocricy of the GOP is sickening.
Hello Beth,
Sorry for responding so late. I didn't even realize people had responded until I saw something today in my email. Well I would like to Thank you for your comments, and support in understanding that anyone can be a slave, and the essence of poor doesn't discriminate. The rich don't either poor is poor. (LOL), and anyone who works for minimum wage, and less than human standards, is and can be classified as a slave, and the boss their master. (smile).
Yes, it’s somewhat ieesrntting to know whether a candidate believes in the Bible or not—but is it the sort of question that should come up at a national debate? You can thank Karl Rove for making the Republican Party synonymous with values voters and thus cannibalizing important moments in national debates with pointless speculation on candidates' faith. Expect it to continue in even more important Presidential debates next October. Mitt Romney was also confident and poised. Wow you decided to mention Willard today. First time in months considering he's the frontrunner. First of all, I think Rudy hurt himself with his exchange with Romney. He’s the front-runner (at least nationally), Rudy's the frontrunner ..in states that are weeks or months behind the kingmaking early primary states. Unless Huckabee and Paul collectively steal Willard's thunder in Iowa and New Hampshire, Rudy will be a nonfactor by the time Florida comes around, getting clobbered with a month's worth of negative headlines about his sputtering campaign unable to find traction. Ron Paul is a nut. He's a nut who, given his massive advertising budget and unique message, I now expect to get third place in both Iowa and New Hampshire.It is going to be insanely ieesrntting to see this GOP primary battle unfold as it's poised to be the most unpredictable nomination dogfight of my lifetime in either party. Two weeks ago, it looked like Willard was on the fast-track to the nomination having worked his way into leads in all of the first four primary states. Now, the surge of Mike Huckabee, a likely pending surge of Ron Paul, and Giuliani and Thompson seemingly in decline, there's very little assurance that this is still Willard's race to lose. On the other hand, Paul is a novelty candidate with a significant but limited appeal, and Huckabee doesn't have the fund-raising capacity or the support of the party's robber baron wing, meaning he'll be unlikely to carry momentum from Iowa to the de facto national primary on Super Tuesday. I still think it's gonna be Willard. The other guys all seem poised to divide their vote amongst one another.
I really want Romney to stay in the race for many mothns. He was in Bruce's stake presidency back in the Harvard years, and dang, he just looks so good. But he is stiff as a corpse. Does he have a sense of humor? More importantly, can anyone really win a political nod unless they play the clarinet (Bill Clinton) or the eletric guitar (Huckabee)? Is it time for Romney to take up the kazoo QUICKLY and learn a rendition of Stairway to Heaven which his sons would accompany acapella? Is it time to pull in the big guns like Huckabee did with Chuck Norris? Is it time, in other words, for the Osmonds?I have good friends who are strongly in politics and hold high offices. I don't happen to agree with them politically, but I honestly like them. That's how I feel about Romney. I love talking politics to Utah's Congressman Cannon, who I find to be candid and fun, though he and I differ dramatically in politics. But I have met other politicians who are so guarded that they seem to have clenched teeth. The fear factor is real the idea that if they reveal much, it'll work against them. Sad state of affairs.
since when did "Piers morgan tonigh" become "corey booker tonigh"t? what's up piers have you gone so liberal you turn yourshow over to a small town manor and never interrupt him one time then jump all over Rudy G? You've sold out dude/
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Piers after listening to the Obama's America straight up bull author Thank you for being at the top of your game. I wish every day to get in these debates but your rebuttels were A+ on target keep up the honest tragectory
The TRUTH is the worst danger we face in AMERICA is these crazy LIBERALS that hate..hate and hate...as stated by the comments, the LEFT is a hopeless, negative group of people that want to take everything down....the "glass is half empty" mentality...what a disaster we have in our Government...time to wake up people...VOTE these FOOLS OUT....enough of having COMMUNITY ORGANIZERS LIE to us everyday...our nation is falling at their hands...it is your life and your children's life at stake...what are you going to do about it?....ASK WHAT YOU CAN DO FOR YOUR COUNTRY
I am one of those crazy liberals who gets up every day grateful!!!! I work every day and have since I graduated from college, either in the corporate world or for four years taking care of my daughter. Thanks to college loans and low interest we were able to borrow the money and pay it back!!! My daughter started her own business four years ago with MY help. I spend my spare time with children. I assure you, my liberal friends are not fools, nor do I believe I am. Sorry..you sound like the one who is negative! Have a wonderful day!
CONGRATULATIONS, to you and your family Harriet!!
Even those uneducated conservatives used student loans, borrowed money to purchase homes, and car’s and they have to pay back the money used on all those credit cards they have, and deep down in their hearts and souls, they know they are much better off with Obama than they were under Bush, and will be under Romney.
To call someone that you don’t even know stupid for wanting the same pursuit of life, liberty and happiness that even their slave owning founding Fathers finally realized was everyone’s God given right shows not only their lack of education on the subject of the economy, but if I were a betting woman, I would bet it also shows how sad they truly are. Statements like those reinforce my knowledge that what they say has nothing to do with the economy at all; rather it has to do with the fact that most of them don’t have any intelligent thoughts of their own, they are obviously the by-product of the history of racism that has haunted this country for over 400 years. It proves that they heard something that sounded good, and which fit into their uneducated ideas about racism, and like scared puppies with their tails between their legs, rather than speak up and fight for what they know in their hearts is right; they blindly, and without any educated proof follow the pack, who by the way are wolves dressed in sheep’s clothing.
So don’t bother explaining that liberals, not only work but we have been forced to work harder than any conservative can even imagine; it was the liberals blood, sweat and tears that literally built this country during the old slavery days while the conservatives benefitted from it; don’t bother to explain that we turned the other cheek, and still survived with smiles on our faces, because they won’t even understand, now will any of them bother to read, or conduct any type of research to find out the truth. We don’t have to waste our time justifying who we are, because in the end, The Truth Needs No Support and the Truth Always and will continue to Prevail.
Mr. Biden did not offend me. In fact, I actually agree with him. If Mitt Romney is elected, not only will African Americans return to chains but there will be an entirely new group placed in chains – America's poor and poverty strickened
After all, Mr. Romney said that he is not concerned about the poor
America, & New York were attacked on both Bush and Giuliani's watch, enough said. For Giulian to call Biden the dumbest Vice President, he must have forgotten about dead eye Dick Cheney shooting his hunting guest. How about Mitt Romney introducing Paul Ryan "As the next President of the United State", that happened last week, and his hilarious diplomatic debacle in the UK, Isreal, and Poland. Rudy Giuliani is nothing but a political parrot with no original thoughts of his own.
A provision of ObamaCare is set to punish roughly two-thirds of U.S. hospitals evaluated by Medicare starting this fall over high readmission rates, according to an analysis by Kaiser Health News.
Starting in October, Medicare will reduce reimbursements to hospitals with high 30-day readmission rates – which refers to patients who return within a month – by as much as 1 percent. The maximum penalty increases to 2 percent the following year and 3 percent in 2014.
Why isn't MSDNC and CNN not reporting this!
obamacare is throwing the seniors and middle class under the bus!
obama wants seniors to die!
Where are you guys getting your information from? It kind of reminds me of the Jehovahs Witnesses who DO NOT GET THEIR INFORMATION from a regular bible, but they get it from a group of people who call themselves the WatchTower. NO OFFENSE to any Jehovah Witness I believe every person has a right to believe as he/she chooses too. But when it comes to a debate, we all should base our comments and information on facts, and not on someones view point such as those who write the Watch Tower. So again I ask you Conservatives where are you getting your information from? Has anyone bothered to go to the Whitehouse.gov website, or the Pew Research Center, to get factual and statistical information. I guess that's why you guys can agree with Romney, without providing any proof whatsoever that he acutally paid taxes, we are just supposed to take your words as true also. Makes me go hummm?
After having wahetcd the debates tonight, I thought that the Republicans performed disgracefully, with the exception of Romney, whose performance was adequate. :It was all a bit much. With all the oohs and ahs in the press-filing center, it felt like we were watching a game of the dozens rather than a presidential debate. At certain moments it had the effect of making Romney look more sympathetic, at others it made him look like the only adult on stage, and at others it made him look like he must be the front-runner, since people were so determined to take him down a peg. McCain in particular seemed to go too far, looking and sounding downright snide at times.I could see the pundits proclaiming Mitt the loser since he took so much incoming fire. But my hunch is that it won't play that way among voters.I thought that Hillary's hot moment was the finest I've ever seen her have. She made Edwards and Obama look like children. If this is something that Democrats take ill, then it speaks badly of them. Perhaps American liberals ready to nominate a woman who can be as aggressive or assertive as Margaret Thatcher (who just happens to be my own political hero even more than Ronald Reagan).
Guiliani's problem isn't Iowa. It is New Hampshire. Or, more alcuratecy that he isn't likely to do well in either giving him no momentum going into Feb 5. By then he'll be running on name recognition and the misconception that he's strong on national security. But Huckabee winning isn't bad for Guiliani, or at least not as bad as a Romney win in both Iowa and New Hampshire would be. Rudy wants things to be as confused as possible going into Feb 5, which is looking like it might happen.In any case tonight is good for McCain and Guiliani. Huckabee is a disaster and even over 60% of the Evangelicals in Iowa recognize this, or at least didn't vote for him. The Evangelicals need to decide if they want to have a Republican win the general election or if they want to sabotage that in order to make a statement and exert their power. It might be a good year to do this because Republicans are at a disadvantage anyhow and it isn't clear that any of the top Democrats would lose to any of the Republicans.In both parties the story for Iowa is turnout which benefited Obama and Huckabee. The question is if this will be the case in NH as well and which party the independents will head towards. If excitement over Obama is a motivating factor he might capture those voters and win in NH as well. Or they could rally behind McCain. To me this seems unlikely, but it might be that the turnout is so high that both McCain and Obama do well.The interesting thing to me is that the differences between the Republicans in terms of positions and temperament seem much greater than the differences between the Democrats. (Ignoring the obvious differences of race and gender.) The fact that the Republicans have such a variety of options and none of them seem compelling does not bode well for them.Personally I find Romney interesting (I did vote for him for MA for gov) as I think that he is highly competent, which would be a huge change from the current administration. However I'd vote for Obama or Edwards before I'll vote for him. If Hillary is the candidate then I might have to write in annegb or something. It doesn't matter anyhow as Utah will once again be the most Republican state in the nation.
There is no recovery. Dont let the numbers fool you... they have been cooked for a long time now. Obama has wrecked the economy and added over 5 trillion to the deficit with nothing to show for it. In the first two years he could have passed any bill he wanted but didnt even think about jobs. His "laser like" focus was on the golf course and lavish vacations while Americans lost their jobs. He is the biggest clown to ever sit in the Presidency... and he is done come November. I just hope there is something left to recover.
Hi FEDUPWITHLIBERALS
I would be more than inclined to agree with you, if you could offer some proof behind your comments. You sound just like every other FEDUPWITHLEBERALS out there. The shame is that without any proof you pass on all this negative and false information. However The Truth Is Out There and it is on the Government website, where Obama has and is the only President in the history of these United States, to make the government accessible to anyone who really wants to know the truth about what he has done and what he is doing.
Let's do a little role play okay? Let's say your wife, your mom, or girlfriend, took all the money from your bank without your permission and then ran up all the charge cards. (This is what George Bush basically did). Now tell me honestly, how long would it take you to get your credit straighten back out, how long would it take you to pay off the debts she incurred, and how long would it take you to establish a comfortable amount back into your savings, and checking accounts? Be Honest now, because (This is where President Obama is) It just makes me go hummm? when people like the FEDUPWITHLIBERALS, expect Obama to be Houdini especially when it was those FEDUPWITHLIBERALS who voted Bush in 8 years in a row.... If you guys would be HONEST you know it was the 8 years you guy's put Bush into office that messed up the economy, and that was the reason Obama won the election in the first place. Now if you look at th state of the economy in the same way, bill collector's and debts to be paid, and credit to rebuild, surely you can see that he deserves the same amount of time and respect that you would expect from your bill collectors, and all those who were dependent upon the money your wife spent on herself, don't you think? . to rebuild the economy and put cash flow back into it as you would have had to do in the role play above, don't you think?. Of course you and the rest of the FEDUPWITHLIBERALS know this is true, that is why I am not convinced that your ranting and raving has anything to do wtih the economy rather it has to do with the fact an African American is the President, and nothing else., We used to just have Democrats and Rebulicans, now we have Conservatives and Liberals. Just what is it you want to Conserve, the good ole boy way of doing things? Will you be happy if we were still in the good ole days, when you FEDUPWITHLIBERALS, thought it was okay for us as a nation supposedly o intelligent thinking adults, thought it was okay for us to rob,steal, and kill Indian men women and children, and we we as a nation tought it was okay for us to enslave people? Well I hate to be the bearer of bad news FEDUPWITHLIBERALS, I just don't think that is going to happen, so just go with the flow. The Indians and African Americans have endured these unfair United States all this time, so you FEDUPWITHLIBERAL can do the same. At least with an African American in the Oval Office, everyone will and can share in the American dream, not just the FEDUPWITHLIBERALS.
Oh one last thing FEDUPWITHLIBERALS, what most of you FEDUPWITHLIBERALS fail to remember is that you guys didn't fare well under the Bush or Reagan Administration's either, that's how Obama won in the first place. So remember if he doesn't get back in then you and your middle class family and friends won't fare any better than a Liberal, and as you did under Bush, you will suffer right along with the rest of us Middle Class American's. Be careful what you wish for, and who you vote for. :}
adb67, I knew Huckabee was impressive eaielrr this year just based on my limited exposure to him, but my opinion of his skills has increased further upon closer examination. As a Democrat, he frightens me the same way McCain did in 2000 because he'd be a slam-dunk winner in a general election. Hilarious how the GOP spinsters are trying to shoot the goose that would lay them the golden eggs based upon, among other things, Huckabee's limited foreign policy experience . Goodness knows Huckabee should step aside and yield to the vast foreign policy prowess of the former Mayor of New York City and the former Governor of Massachusetts. Whenever you think Republican propaganda can't get any weirder than it's already been, they manage to reach a whole new level of delusion. Huckabee is the perfect brand of conservatism for today's times .indeed the only brand of conservatism that will sell in a nation that's drifted prohibitively to the left in the last three years. But to the true believers, the calendar still hasn't turned from November 8, 1994.
Lieberman doesn't want the position, and he's been prtety adamant about that and he'd likely be a drag on McCain rather than a help.The other three are all possibilities, though. The rumor is that Crist's endorsement came at the cost of him taking the VP slot. However, I don't know whether that rumor is reliable or not.
I agree that Ron Paul doesn't really have a chcnae at the presidency because of his lack of name recognition, but I think Romney actually does have a pretty good shot. Romney isn't very well know to most people but a lot of politically active conservatives are aware of him and support him, and at the moment he just needs to win over enough Republicans to get the party nomination.
Obama is a liberal, it's true. The prbelom for Republicans is that's not what he's defined by. Dukakis was defined, through and through, by liberalism. Hillary is defined by libealism even though she is not much of a liberal.Another prbelom is that the GOP has invested so much energy into hating Hillary that they can never hate Obama that much, especially after he delivers such a humiliating loss to her. It's a bizarre spectacle to see Fred Barnes and Rich Lowry basking in the Obama win why? They admit that it's schaudenfreude for Hillary. Softer conservatives like David Brooks write that you have to have a heart of stone not to be moved by Obama's story (which is not your average black liberal story). You can't peg him with all the resentment that people have built up against people like Sharpton and Jesse Jackson. If every liberal were as easily dispatched as Dukakis, the Dems' prospects would be grim indeed, but they're not. And if we elect a black to be president, hee2€™ll be a conservative. I think this, like all of your predictions so far (as far as I can tell) have coincidentally been things you desperately wish will happen (not that this is an uncommon pattern in prognosticating). But Romney's not as great and appealing a politician as you think he is, nor is Huckabee so manifestly repulsive or Obama so manifestly far to the left as some Mormon conservatives think they are. I'm also having trouble figuring out where your repeated bible-vomiting reference is directed. It sounds like something my atheist liberal-secular friends would say about Bush or Huckabee or any other politician who talks about Jesus. Huckabee is really flaky on some issues and probably stands no chance in the general election, but ideologically he's roughly in the center and theologically he's on the liberal side of his denomination (he's not a fundamentalist). On the issues, it's his grasp of them more than his positions or orientations that pose the big prbelom. Romney's prbelom is that of George Bush I he's a smart, pragmatic, accomplished moderate who is promising to change and be a good conservative (e.g. by signing tax pledges, etc.). He'll end up being both tied to the conservative agenda that the public doesn't like and abandoned by conservatives who always suspected that he wasn't one of them. He would stand a chance of winning one term, if 2008 were 1988. But it's not and he doesn't.