Giuliani Bashes NYT, Hillary, And MoveOn.org
Rudy Giuliani hits N.Y. Times, Hillary Clinton and MoveOn.org
Rudy Giuliani blasted the New York Times, Hillary Clinton and MoveOn.org to the press in Atlanta yesterday.
For Rudy Giuliani, it was the perfect liberal trifecta - a way to slam The New York Times, Hillary Clinton and the leftist MoveOn.org group in one fell swoop.
All Giuliani needed was one bogus newspaper story and $64,575 in campaign cash, both of which the Republican presidential hopeful used yesterday to spawn a bonanza of free publicity in the conservative blogosphere.
In one of the more transparent stunts of the 2008 presidential race, Giuliani began the day by accusing The Times of selling the Democrat-friendly MoveOn.org a "heavily discounted" ad on Monday that cast U.S. commander Gen. David Petraeus as "General Betray Us."
Republican candidates have blasted the ad as an unpatriotic smear of a revered general, and yesterday Republican Giuliani accused The Times, MoveOn.org and Democratic presidential foe Clinton - who has refused to denounce the ad - of engaging in "character assassination."
"What we should move on with ... is a civil discourse without name-calling," Giuliani said in Atlanta - after demanding that his campaign be given the same "discounted rate" to run a pro-Petraeus ad today.
But Giuliani's facts were challenged. Any advocacy group seeking to place a single, full-page, black-and-white ad in The Times on "standby" over a seven-day period - the paper picks the day - pays what MoveOn.org did, $64,575, sources said.
The New York Post reported The Times charges a higher rate, $181,692, setting up erroneous charges MoveOn got a "lefty" discount. But the higher price is for ads guaranteed to run on a specific day, said Times spokeswoman Catherine Mathis.
All of which were details-schmetails to Team Giuliani, which leaped at the chance to hit three of the right's top liberal demons.
"These times call for statesmanship, not politicians spewing political venom," said Giuliani in his ad, just above a Web address for his campaign.
Clinton responded with a statement from her office noting that "Mayor Giuliani supports George Bush's Iraq policy and believes it is working.
"Sen. Clinton knows it isn't and will keep up her efforts to end the war," the statement said.
By the end of the day - with Giuliani's challenge already scoring huge points on conservative talk radio and Web sites - his campaign released its ad. It was unclear when it would run in The Times or how much it cost, but sources indicated it was the same $64,575 as MoveOn.org paid.
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Guliani Attacks Clinton In New Campaign Ad
Hillary Defends MoveOn.org
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Way to go Rudy!! Go after ALL of them. That was definatley Character Assasination on Move On and the NYT's part and if I were Patraeus, I would sue! Move On is a real class act arent they? And Hillary, but then Hillary get's alot of money from Move On so she is going to say whatever they want her to say. When are the Democrats going to DENOUNCE this ad?!?!?!
How DARE the same Democrats that accepted him as the General on the Ground In Iraq, praise him and say he is the best man for the job, then turn around an question this Man's Patriotism? And the New York Times running this cut-throat-ad co-sponsoring it! General Patraeus has a BRONZE STAR!! General Patraeus is a WAR HERO!! This is unacceptable and Americans should be OUTRAGED on BOTH sides of the isle that the far left fringe group MoveOn.org has stuped to a new low. General Patraeus didnt deserve any of this, they called him a traitor basically. That man has fought for his Country and is fighting for it now. This is unbelievable. We should all flood the New York Times and MoveOn.org and Hillary Clinton's office with hate mail!!! This whole thing makes my blood boil.
Rudy Giuliani blasted the New York Times, Hillary Clinton and MoveOn.org to the press in Atlanta yesterday.
For Rudy Giuliani, it was the perfect liberal trifecta - a way to slam The New York Times, Hillary Clinton and the leftist MoveOn.org group in one fell swoop.
All Giuliani needed was one bogus newspaper story and $64,575 in campaign cash, both of which the Republican presidential hopeful used yesterday to spawn a bonanza of free publicity in the conservative blogosphere.
In one of the more transparent stunts of the 2008 presidential race, Giuliani began the day by accusing The Times of selling the Democrat-friendly MoveOn.org a "heavily discounted" ad on Monday that cast U.S. commander Gen. David Petraeus as "General Betray Us."
Republican candidates have blasted the ad as an unpatriotic smear of a revered general, and yesterday Republican Giuliani accused The Times, MoveOn.org and Democratic presidential foe Clinton - who has refused to denounce the ad - of engaging in "character assassination."
"What we should move on with ... is a civil discourse without name-calling," Giuliani said in Atlanta - after demanding that his campaign be given the same "discounted rate" to run a pro-Petraeus ad today.
But Giuliani's facts were challenged. Any advocacy group seeking to place a single, full-page, black-and-white ad in The Times on "standby" over a seven-day period - the paper picks the day - pays what MoveOn.org did, $64,575, sources said.
The New York Post reported The Times charges a higher rate, $181,692, setting up erroneous charges MoveOn got a "lefty" discount. But the higher price is for ads guaranteed to run on a specific day, said Times spokeswoman Catherine Mathis.
All of which were details-schmetails to Team Giuliani, which leaped at the chance to hit three of the right's top liberal demons.
"These times call for statesmanship, not politicians spewing political venom," said Giuliani in his ad, just above a Web address for his campaign.
Clinton responded with a statement from her office noting that "Mayor Giuliani supports George Bush's Iraq policy and believes it is working.
"Sen. Clinton knows it isn't and will keep up her efforts to end the war," the statement said.
By the end of the day - with Giuliani's challenge already scoring huge points on conservative talk radio and Web sites - his campaign released its ad. It was unclear when it would run in The Times or how much it cost, but sources indicated it was the same $64,575 as MoveOn.org paid.
Story Here
Guliani Attacks Clinton In New Campaign Ad
Hillary Defends MoveOn.org
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Way to go Rudy!! Go after ALL of them. That was definatley Character Assasination on Move On and the NYT's part and if I were Patraeus, I would sue! Move On is a real class act arent they? And Hillary, but then Hillary get's alot of money from Move On so she is going to say whatever they want her to say. When are the Democrats going to DENOUNCE this ad?!?!?!
How DARE the same Democrats that accepted him as the General on the Ground In Iraq, praise him and say he is the best man for the job, then turn around an question this Man's Patriotism? And the New York Times running this cut-throat-ad co-sponsoring it! General Patraeus has a BRONZE STAR!! General Patraeus is a WAR HERO!! This is unacceptable and Americans should be OUTRAGED on BOTH sides of the isle that the far left fringe group MoveOn.org has stuped to a new low. General Patraeus didnt deserve any of this, they called him a traitor basically. That man has fought for his Country and is fighting for it now. This is unbelievable. We should all flood the New York Times and MoveOn.org and Hillary Clinton's office with hate mail!!! This whole thing makes my blood boil.
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