| When the New York Times endorsed Hillary Clinton and John McCain, there was certainly a noticeable snub in the group: The Times choosing McCain over former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani for the Republican endorsement.
After the (appropriate) snub, Giuliani had this to say:
"I probably never did anything the New York Times suggested I do in eight years as mayor of New York City, and if I did, I wouldn't be considered a conservative Republican," Giuliani said during a Republican debate Thursday night hosted by MSNBC in Boca Raton, Florida.
"I changed welfare, I changed quality of life, I took on homelessness -- I did all the things that they think makes you mean and I believe show true compassion and true love for people."
First off, conservative Republican Rudy? Really? That's news to a lot of people - including the Republicans. Rudy also played the "New York Times is a liberal rag" card when explaining why he didn't get the endorsement.
No, I think the New York Times did just fine in saying why they didn't give the endorsement to you:
"The Rudolph Giuliani of 2008 first shamelessly turned the horror of 9/11 into a lucrative business, with a secret client list, then exploited his city's and the country's nightmare to promote his presidential campaign," the paper writes, describing Giuliani as "a narrow, obsessively secretive, vindictive man."
That hits the nail on the head. The man who is running on one issue: Sept. 11, 2001. |
