White House Takes Another Jab At Giuliani: We 'Feel Sorry' For Him

[DonViejo]

Source: TPM

White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said Friday that he thinks Rudy Giuliani's reputation has taken a hit since he said he didn't think President Barack Obama "loves America." He added that he felt "sorry" for the former New York City mayor.

"It's sad to see when somebody who has attained a certain level of public stature -- and even admiration -- tarnishes that legacy so thoroughly," Earnest said in a press briefing. "The truth is, I don't take any joy or vindication or satisfaction from that."

"I think really the only thing that I feel, is I feel sorry for Rudy Giuliani today," he added.

White House spokesman Eric Schultz had pointed out Thursday that Giuliani made the same attack against the President during his "fleeting 2007 run for the presidency."

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Read more: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/josh-earnest-feels-sorry-rudy-giuliani

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[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. Ha!

One of the most effective ways to insult someone is to express pity for them. Well played, Josh Earnest.

[Fred Sanders]

3. Pity is the only proper humanist response to the sad hatred and bigotry. A sad, sad, man.

[JI7]

19. he brought up the failed presidential run

It reminds me of some of the southern way of insulting.

"Bless his heart"

[GreatGazoo]

23. to which I would add the failed Senate run against Hillary Clinton

Giuliani was doing well upstate until he went upstate. The more they saw of Giuliani the less they liked him. He pulled out when his doom was certain.

By the beginning of April, Hillary had pulled ahead of Rudy in the polls for the first time in months—by up to 10 points. Rudy had lost among all his core groups: fellow Catholics, city residents, suburbanites, even among white men. His striking loss of support was summed up by analysts in one word: Dorismond. But to those who know him best, it may not have been the racial crisis that provoked Giuliani’s eccentric behavior but, rather, Giuliani’s eccentric behavior that provoked the crisis.

http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2000/06/rudy_hillary200006

[CTyankee]

25. "Fleeting." That was good. That was very good.

I think is the "more in sorrow than in anger" response. I hope it makes Rudy throw up.

[totodeinhere]

2. I don't feel sorry for him at all. I loath him.

I guess that the White House must be more magnanimous than I am. And besides, all he's doing is trying to attract attention to himself before he announces his 2016 presidential campaign.

[Elmer S. E. Dump]

16. Yes, the White House is more magnanimous

than you, I, and most people on this site. That's probably why they are there and we are here!

[Chemisse]

4. Perfect tone.

Don't EVEN respond to the disgusting comments themselves.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

5. It was kind of like that expression - "Well, bless his heart!"

[El Shaman]

7. Or

in Southern vernacular : “ Bless his pointed head”.

[Enrique]

6. two-term President of the United States

has pity on the loser who failed miserably to even come close to that accomplishment.

[Paladin]

8. Beautiful response. (nt)

[BlueStater]

9. No one "admires" this nasty motherfucker.

Most people don't even give a damn about him anymore.

So congrats, Rudy. You actually succeeded in making yourself briefly relevant again in the news. Now back to political obscurity with you.

[TeamPooka]

10. "tarnishes that legacy so thoroughly" BOOM thats how you attack an egotist like Rudy! nt

[central scrutinizer]

11. "The truth is, I don't take any joy or vindication or satisfaction from that."

wink, wink, nudge, nudge, giggle, snort

[C Moon]

12. Ouch. That one's gonna hurt.

[quadrature]

13. is it a slow-news-day?

?people at the WH don't have anything better to do?

so they talk about a has-been, fringe celebrity?

[RoccoR5955]

14. Maybe folks could boycott

the company he shills for, "Lifelock." It's one of the few times I see the bastard on TV any more.

[Cha]

15. "...tarnishes that legacy so thoroughly," Boom! Whatever "legacy" ol rudy had built up is gone

gone gone.. Most of us know it was fake anyway.. he's always been a ******.

[mountain grammy]

17. I like this response from the White House.

Pity the poor, irrelevant fool.

[Ruby the Liberal]

18. LOL!

Very well done! Don't fight him - diminish his credibility.

[freshwest]

20. The Obama Administration is generous. I have no pity for Rudy. He desreves a shit storm.

[SunSeeker]

21. What a brilliant and devastating take down.

"Feel sorry for him because he has fallen so far" has got to rip a megalomaniac like Giuliani to bits. It also spotlights Giuliani's pathetic desperation for attention, which is why he said those ridiculous things in the first place.

[eridani]

22. Please proceed, Mayor n/t

[MH1]

24. I saw someone blaming "early dementia".

I'd say "VERY early" (as in, started long ago).

It's possible I guess.

But where does dementia begin and "normal asshole republican" end?