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For Rudy, It Aways Comes Back to 9/11

Posted Jun 28, 07 1:58 PM CDT in US,  Politics 

(Newser) – The Los Angeles Times tracks Rudy Giuliani's rhetoric on the stump, and marvels at the way he manages to bring just about any topic around to the threat of  terror. Fourteen seconds into in a speech in Des Moines called "Restoring Fiscal Discipline and Cutting Wasteful Washington Spending" the mayor's already stressing the importance of being on offense against terror. 

And now that there's talk of another New York mayor in the race, Rudy stresses his role as commander-in-chief of a city under attack even more. He's skipping the Iowa straw poll, where his social liberalism would be a liability, to focus  on Florida, where Cuban expats admire the tough-talker who once booted Castro from a banquet. 

Source Los Angeles Times

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Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani, center, listens to the Charleston fire chief speak about the nine firefighters killed in Monday's fire, during a memorial service at the North Charleston...   (Associated Press)
Former New York Mayor and Republican presidential candidate, Rudy Giuliani, visits the Sunseri Italian Market in the Strip District of Pittsburgh, Wednesday, June 27, 2007. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)   (Associated Press)
Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani laughs during a visit to the Sunseri Italian Market in the Strip District of Pittsburgh, Wednesday, June 27, 2007. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)   (Associated Press)
Republican Presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani visits the Sunseri Italian Market in the Strip District of Pittsburgh Wednesday, June 27, 2007. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)   (Associated Press)
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