Rudy Giuliani Places NYT Ad Taking Hillary Clinton to Task Over MoveOn.org Ad

[Woodmonkey]

Rudy Giuliani Places NYT Ad Taking Hillary Clinton to Task Over MoveOn.org Ad


WASHINGTON — Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani criticized Democratic front-runner Hillary Rodham Clinton in a full-page ad in Friday's New York Times, accusing her of attacking Iraq war commander Gen. David Petraeus' character.

The ad paid for by the Giuliani's campaign attempts to link Clinton to another ad, paid for by MoveOn.org, a liberal anti-war group, that ran in the Times on Monday. The MoveOn ad accused Petraeus of "cooking the books" on the Iraq war and played off his name, asking, "General Petraeus or General Betray Us?"

Responding to Giuliani's criticism, Clinton campaign spokesman Phil Singer said Giuliani "supports George Bush's Iraq policy and believes it is working.

"Senator Clinton knows it isn't and will keep up her efforts to end the war," Singer said. "She believes the best way to honor our heroes in Iraq is to bring them home."

Meanwhile, MoveOn's political action committee will begin airing a new ad on television Monday that accuses Bush of a "betrayal of trust." The ad will run from Monday to Friday in Washington on cable and nationally on CNN. The total ad buy is $60,000.

The MoveOn TV ad argues that, despite plans to withdraw about 30,000 troops added to the U.S. military presence in Iraq earlier this year, Bush remains mired in the war.

"Now he's making a big deal about, you guessed it, pulling out 30,000 troops," the ad states. "So next year, there will still be 130,000 troops stuck in Iraq. George Bush. A betrayal of trust."

Giuliani's ad in the Times quotes the GOP candidate as saying, "These times call for statesmanship, not politicians spewing political venom."

The Giuliani accuses Clinton, a New York senator, of participating in a "character attack" against Petraeus, citing her comments during a congressional hearing that the general's progress report on Iraq required a "willing suspension of disbelief."

Petraeus and U.S. Ambassador Ryan Crocker told Congress that while Iraq remains mostly dysfunctional, violence has decreased since the influx of 30,000 additional troops earlier this year.

A conservative group, Freedom's Watch, which supports President Bush's Iraq war strategy, also plans a print ad in the Times and has demanded the same $65,000 rate that the liberal group paid for its full-page ad. Giuliani is getting the same rate.

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[BrianK]

Responding to Giuliani's criticism, Clinton campaign spokesman Phil Singer said Giuliani "supports George Bush's Iraq policy and believes it is working.

"Senator Clinton knows it isn't and will keep up her efforts to end the war," Singer said. "She believes the best way to honor our heroes in Iraq is to bring them home."

That's this week. As the situation in Iraq improves what will Sen. Clinton's position be?

I think Al-Quaida killing the Sunni shiek was a huge mistake on their part and I hope it will be the catalyst for additional support to rid Iraq of Al-Quaida.

[las47032]

Whaat a hoot!

"Senator Clinton knows it isn't and will keep up her efforts to end the war," Singer said. "She believes the best way to honor our heroes in Iraq is to bring them home."

Singer better go back to spinmeister school cause he did a poor job in spin control.

Since when did Hillary give a tinker's damn about the troops, and where is her and the rest of the politicans concerns for the military during peacetime?! And who was responsible for decimating the military when her husband was president?!

Though Hillary didn't have anything to do with MoveOn.orgs ad, yet she hasn't said or done anything to condemn the ad. And her remarks YouTube - Hillary lectures Petraeus and Crocker about the war she made during the hearing when Gen. Petraeus gave his testimony, and Hillary called him a liar she needs to apologize to him and the troops. Yet Hildabeast chose to defend her verbal assault on Gen. Petraeus. Clinton has her shorts in a wad. wcbstv.com - Hillary Slams Giuliani Over Moveon.org Comments

She Changed
YouTube - She Changed

[Caldric]

I hope they tear themselves apart. So long.