Giuliani Loses Firefighters
July 12th, 2007 by Joe Hack
Republican hopeful Giuliani has shockingly lost the support of New Yorks firefighters. Those who lost colleagues in the 9/11 attacks in New York have issued a strongly critical video which accuses Republican presidential contender Rudy Giuliani of failures that led to the deaths of 121 men. The video says Mr Giuliani failed to provide working radios for crews and halted the recovery effort too soon. Giuliani’s campaign spokesmen have, not surprisingly, denounced the footage, saying bitterly that the union behind it was known to support only Democratic candidates.
The 13-minute footage was made by the 280,000-strong International Association of Firefighters (IAFF). The video highlights accusations repeatedly made to date by fire union officials and relatives. It says Mr Giuliani pushed for a faster clean-up at Ground Zero before all the remains had been recovered and placed an emergency centre in a building that later collapsed. It also accuses the former mayor of failing to provide working radios for firefighters, saying it made it impossible for them to learn that the Twin Towers were about to collapse. Most damningly, the no-holds-barred video says Mr Giuliani is deliberately and cynically exploiting the disaster as a theme for his presidential candidacy.
Pretty straight talking. Well what do you reckon ? Who’s right ? Lets think back to some of Mr Giulianis speeches and ‘photo-opportunities’. Has the redoubtable Rudi ever tried to play the 9/11 card to his advantage in his stuttering presidential campaign ? Would any republican politician even stoop so low ? Hmmm … thats a tough one. Answers on a postcard please ..:)Tags:campaign Democratic candidates. firefighters George W Bush giuliani gossip government Ground Zero IAFF International Association of Firefighters news Political Rants politics president presidential candidacy republican Rudy Giuliani
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