Giuliani is "really frustrated by the lack of urgency that is shown about these terrorism matters."

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Mr. "A Noun, A Verb and 9/11" Thinks "Political Correctness" Led To Missed Signals In Failed Times Square Bombing

By Nicole Belle Sunday May 09, 2010 6:00pm

What frightened little children these Republicans are. The same man who thought that smart terrorism moves were to locate the Office of Emergency Management in WTC7 despite NYPD opposition, keep the same ineffective radios for FDNY from the '93 WTC bombing, recommend scandal-laden Bernie Kerik to Homeland Security and the extension of his mayoral term worries about "missed signals" by the Obama administration.

GIULIANI: I really at this point am frustrated by the lack of urgency that is shown about these terrorism matters. I mean, we've had three now where we've seen, you know, big breakdowns: Fort Hood, Christmas Day, and now -- and now this one.

It's about time that we stopped thinking about it and we stopped studying it. I don't know how often the attorney general said he was
studying things. How about we stop studying and we start doing things,
like we change Miranda, like we fix what appears to be a policy of
political correctness in which we missed every signal that related to
Major Hasan and promoted him in the military?

And here we missed some very big signals that Shahzad was giving us,
going back to Pakistan, remaining there for five or six months, bringing
in -- I've forgotten exactly how much cash he brought in from Pakistan,
but I think it was something like $60,000...

(CROSSTALK)

TAPPER: It was something like -- I think it was $80,000...

GIULIANI: Eighty thousand dollars in cash.

TAPPER: ... but it was several -- several years ago, yes.

GIULIANI: Yes, but that doesn't trigger an alarm, even several
years ago?

Well, Rudy, several years ago, the Obama administration wasn't in charge. Why should they be blamed for that? And how scary you think it's time to start acting--doing something, anything--rather than take a studied course of action. Haven't we seen the consequences of this kind of unexamined action enough in this country? Of course this is the guy so untethered to reality that he has no problem saying that there were no attacks on GWB's watch.

I have to ask the question: what would it take for this to have been considered a success by Republicans? The plan was foiled and the suspect was caught within 72 hours. I'm not seeing political correctness hampering anything. Is Giuliani suggesting that we shouldn't be afraid of profiling? Sorry, Rudy. That's just plain un-American.

[Skink]

1. Atleast Holder was on...

I woke up early and actually had been thinking maybe this guy Holder is going to become important in the future. Up till now I did not even remember having seen him.

[Mz Pip]

2. lack of urgency

I guess that means that Obama isn't running around like a chicken with his head cut off screaming "9/11! 9/11, 9/11!"

Rudy doesn't know diddly squat about what is going on in the Obama administration regarding terrorism, so he really isn't in any position to criticize.

[MadMaddie]

12. That's exactly what he is saying "No one is shitting in their pants"

so they must not be effective.

Rudy just wants to try to recapture his 15 min of fame that's all.

[no_hypocrisy]

3. I dunno. The PRESENT mayor of New York City, Michael Bloomberg,

seems satisfied with all that's being done locally, regionally, statewide, and nationally.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

4. I remember when Bloomberg was elected...

...and Giuliani offered to stay on for a while as some kind of "terra expert adviser," and Bloomberg gave him a polite "thanks, but no thanks."

Giuliani is going to spend the rest of his life offering armchair quarterback advice to those who neither want not need it.

[Historic NY]

16. and thats all thats counts...rudy is done here.

[RB TexLa]

5. He wants urgency over a bomb that didn't go bomb? WHY?

[Rex]

6. Rudy will rot in hell one day.

Worthless repuke.

[Canuckistanian]

7. It's not even worth the effort to laugh at him any more

He's beyond pathetic.

[saltpoint]

8. Giuliani just makes me puke.

He just makes me puke.

Thank you.

[Drunken Irishman]

9. He totally should have bombed someone.

[Rex]

11. I think that is what Rudy is hoping for.

Then it would have happen on someone elses watch and he can bring up You Know What again 5 million times a day. Rudy must be hurting for money, not.

[spanone]

10. pffft

[marmar]

13. And he forgot to add.......

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[Brickbat]

14. Who cares what this former mayor thinks about a bomb that didn't go off?

Why doesn't he give Bloomberg a call, instead of vomiting all over the airwaves? Oh wait.

[muntrv]

15. Hey Rudy! 9/11/01 happened under yours and dimson's watch!!

[Johonny]

17. yah but he cleaned up time square

no one wanted to bomb it when it was full of strip joints...