Giuliani speech delayed by bomb threat

[Roland99]

Giuliani speech delayed by bomb threat
http://www.rawstory.com/news/mochila/Giuliani_speech_delayed_by_bomb_thr_01092008.html

The former New York mayor planned to address a town hall meeting with 200 Harris Corp., employees and Giuliani supporters. The event was scuttled when six of the company's buildings were evacuated. Instead, Giuliani began his speech an hour later in a nearby airport hanger, where campaign workers handed out water to supporters waiting in the sun as bomb sniffing dogs checked reporters' equipment and airport security workers screened attendees.

Some 50 supporters heard the speech and there was no time for questions.

...

Despite the turn of events Wednesday, Giuliani said the tax speech was a success.

"We got a lot of attention for it. We showed that we can go with the punches," he said afterward, noting that at least one national television network covered it live. "Maybe if there wasn't the threat, we wouldn't have gotten the live coverage."

Yeah, mighty convenient there, eh, Rudy?

hmmmm....

[Joe the Revelator]

1. oh come on, if this week has taught us anything, its that campaigns NEVER stage stuff...

for their political gain.

[NewJeffCT]

2. Rather Rovian event, don't you think?

yes, mighty convenient.

[groovedaddy]

3. Appropriate, given that his campaign is "bombing" n/t

[sam sarrha]

4. so will all hear about now is 10-9..10-9..10-9..10-9

[fightindonkey]

5. 911! 911! 911!

[C_U_L8R]

6. like the cell phone calls from his wife?

in other words.... staged

[rurallib]

7. the real Rudi would have put on his tights and cape

and torn the building apart and eaten the bomb when he found it.
Ironic Rudi runs from a bomb scare on the same day that 40,000 pounds of bombs are dropped on unsuspecting Iraqis.

[Roland99]

11. Who's *his* Chuck Norris?

[Benhurst]

8. Giuliani's speeches are all bombs.

Oh, wait -- the article is referring to a real bomb.

My bad.

[TheCowsCameHome]

9. The back row can't hear him with the flag wrapped around his mouth

Go away, Rudy.

[Turbineguy]

10. Maybe he needed

more time to rehearse.

[Virginia Dare]

12. 9u11dy is the epitome of an attention whore..

so 200 people were supposed to show but only 50 did? Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

[Indie Girl]

13. Convenient indeed.

Giuliani was majorly slammed in last weeks New Yorker magazine. New Yorkers don't even buy his hero of 9/11 hype. He needs to call it a day.

[gratuitous]

14. What baffles me

Is why anyone would bother to plant a bomb for a Rudy event (presuming, always presuming it wasn't staged). One of the cardinal rules of politics is never to interrupt your opponent when he's making a mistake.