So Many Republican Hypocrites, So Little Time

April 27, 2007 | SEND TO A FRIEND | GET EARLY NOTICE OF THE HOTW

Rudy Giuliani

Welcome back to the BuzzFlash GOP Hypocrite of the Week.

What do Newt Gingrich and Rudy Giuliani have between them?

Six marriages – and a lot of philandering. Oh, did we mention that Rudy's third wife has been married three times too? (Until reminded recently by a reporter, she forgot one of her marriages.)

But that's not why Rudy G. -- who tried to foist his mobbed up former Police Chief Bernard Kerik on America as Director of the Office of Homeland Security -- is this week's BuzzFlash GOP Hypocrite.

No, it's because Rudy claimed a couple of days ago that any Republican presidential candidate would prevent another 9/11, while any Democratic presidential candidate would not.

Beyond being plain stupid, as Keith Olbermann noted, 9/11 happened during the administration of George W. Bush, a Republican, in a city where the Mayor, Rudy Giuliani, was a Republican.

As Olbermann also pointed out, beyond walking around the city looking defiant because the emergency command center he had placed in the twin towers against professional advice had been destroyed, Rudy G's chief memorable post-9/11 contribution was threatening to cancel the NYC mayoral elections.

Why? Because Rudy felt the city couldn't do without him in a crisis.

In fact, the city could do much better without him, considering how he helped cover up the environmental health risks that came as a result of 9/11.

Rudy G. is a legend in his own mind, an arrogant S.O.B. who deserves to be sent into permanent retirement, preferably in another country.

In a political party ripe with hypocrites, Rudy Giuliani's gross hypocrisy on 9/11 is right up there with the criminal Tom DeLay's assertion that Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi were close to treason for trying to save the lives of our GIs.

Until next week, remember our motto: So many Republican hypocrites, so little time.

Catch up with you soon.