Rudy G's comment on the Today Show this morning

[annerevere]

Rudy Giuliani on the Today Show this morning, 7:15 am:

Giuliani: "The president was cautious the president was prudent the president did what a commander in chief should do. No matter how you try to blame it on the president the actual responsibility for it really would be for the troops that were there. Did they search carefully enough? Didn't they search carefully enough?"

[Beetwasher]

1. Yes Rudy You Fuckhead, They Searched, Found the Explosives

BUT HAD NO FUCKING INSTRUCTIONS TO GUARD THEM YOU ASSHOLE!!!

[Pirate Smile]

2. What a dumb-ass! They weren't told to search for it.

[ibegurpard]

3. This, unbelievably enough, is the Republican talking point

Darrell Issa was saying the same kind of thing just a few minutes ago on CNN.

[dennis4868]

4. Yep.....

the buck stops with the troops!

[elehhhhna]

5. well you know since abu ghraib ALL our troops are self-directed and NO ONE

in the chain of command could POSSIBLY be responsible for ANYTHING, EVER. Got it?

[Oreo]

6. Wow... unbelievable!

Maybe if there were enough troops there in the first place they wouldn't have been stretched so thin

[wicket]

7. absolutely sickening

[CarolynEC]

8. Un... be.. leeeeeeevable!! The nerve of these ratbags...

... blaming the troops! :grr: :grr: :grr:

Not only does Bush pass the buck... AGAIN... now he and his minions have the gall to slam the troops?

I think my head is going to explode. :mad:

[Tempest]

9. An Iraq war veteran responds

Statement from Operation Iraqi Freedom Veteran on the Bush Campaign's Latest Excuse for Missing Explosives

http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=39043

Former West Point Professor, Bronze Star recipient and Operation Iraqi Freedom Veteran Patrick Murphy responded to Rudy Giuliani's comments about the missing explosives this morning with the following statement:

"This is another example of the Bush administration being derelict in their duties to lead and to take responsibility. As a soldier who served proudly in Iraq, I am disheartened by the former Mayor's comments.

"This country needs leadership not excuses. Bush tried to win the war on the cheap, he didn't give us the troops the generals asked for, the troops that were needed to secure Iraq, now his surrogates are blaming the troops for his mistakes."

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Rudy Giuliani, on the Today Show: "No matter how you try to blame it on the president the actual responsibility for it really would be for the troops that were there. Did they search carefully enough? Didn't they search carefully enough?" (10/28/04)

[glitch]

10. He just sealed his fate - no national political position for Rudy. nt

[rockydem]

11. there is no limit to what these monsters are capable of...

they blame everyone but themselves...

[Catfight]

12. Traitor, he is a huge sell out. n/t

[mitchum]

13. But somehow that combed-over prick IS responsible for the bravery...

of NYC police and firefighters? Hmmm...

[AP]

14. Oh, man, is that INFURIATING. What a fucker. A fucking pass-the-bucker.