Giuliani talks about ground zero risks

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Source: ap




Giuliani talks about ground zero risks

By DAN SEWELL, Associated Press Writer 51 minutes ago

CINCINNATI - Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani said Thursday he had exposed himself to the same health risks as workers at ground zero after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and spent as much time at the site as those involved in the recovery.


The former New York mayor has faced criticism from relatives of some of the firefighters killed at the World Trade Center, who have contended that Giuliani was woefully unprepared for 9/11.

Last month, the parents and siblings of some of the 343 firefighters killed in the terrorist attacks released a video with the International Association of Fire Fighters, which opposes Giuliani's candidacy.

Campaigning in Ohio, Giuliani defended his work, including raising funds.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070810/ap_on_el_pr/giuliani_ground_zero;_ylt=Aow1CxwUwfLvxp3Be0EgNkys0NUE

[rzemanfl]

1. Did anyone ever see him with a dirty suit? I sure didn't. n/t

[eleny]

2. People are going to get so sick of having him ram 9/11 down our throats

[uppityperson]

3. oh bullshit. eom

[zbdent]

4. I'm sure he spent as much time there as most of the

people who were searching through the rubble trying to find live victims ...
:sarcasm:

[Olney Blue]

5. Same health risk, huh?

[kirby]

9. Which one is Rudy? n/t

[Hobbs]

6. More like as much time as he has spent

at Yankee stadium.

[MadMaddie]

7. Wow he is really desperate isn't he....this is the low of lows....

guess he lost a few more points..

[Divernan]

8. Claims he was at Ground Zero "as often, if not more, than most of the workers."

Common opinion of New Yorkers I've talked to is that Rudy showed up for de minimis time at Ground Zero - just long enough to get his picture taken and record some sound bites, BECAUSE . . . he damn well knew the air was toxic. If he had spent significant time there, he would by now be too sick to have the strength to run for, let alone serve as, POTUS. This is the most bizarre bald-faced lie I've ever heard a politician make.
More from the OP link:
"This is not a mayor or a governor or a president who's sitting in an ivory tower," he said. "I was at ground zero as often, if not more, than most of the workers. ... I was there working with them. I was exposed to exactly the same things they were exposed to. So in that sense, I'm one of them."

Battalion Chief John McDonnell, head of the Uniformed Fire Officers Association in New York, said: "I have a real problem with that statement. I think he's really grasping and trying to justify his previous attempts to portray himself as the hero of 9/11."

Michael Palladino, head of the Detectives Endowment Association, the union of NYPD detectives, said the mayor's record can't compare to those who spent 12 months sifting through toxic debris for evidence and human remains.

"As a result of their hard work, many are sick and injured. The mayor, although he did a fine job with 9/11, I don't think he rises to the level of being an equal with those men and women who were involved in the rescue, recovery and cleanup," Palladino said.

[Festivito]

10. In every picture I see his nose looks too high in the air.

Heavy lifting and crawling under dust is the same as his photo op and limo ride to and fro - eh?

[KT2000]

11. Did his shoes melt like the workers'?

Did he get his hands dirty at all?
What an ass.