| | Moderator: Mayor Giuliani, how does the Constitution comport with your view of what you call "the necessary powers of a centralized state"? For starters, please defend your position on the Patriot Act and the Department of Homeland Security.
Giuliani: Well you know, as mayor of the great city of New York, I had the third most difficult job in the world. That's what Time magazine said. Mayor of New York City--one of the toughest jobs imaginable. I'm sure not a one of my opponents could have done it. I can show you crime statistics that show that while I was mayor, crime actually disappeared in The City, and New York City became the safest place in the western hemisphere--safer even than outright mountain-people redneck wildernesses like Oklahoma and Virginia. You were more likely to be sexually assaulted, harassed in a drug-related crime, and shot with an illegal firearm by a gang of Muslim penguins in Antarctica than you were to just feel scared in the Bronx while I was mayor. I turned the healthcare--
Moderator: I'm sorry, sir, but you haven't--
Giuliani: I'm gettin' there, I'm gettin' there. So as I was saying--
Moderator: You have 15 seconds remaining.
Giuliani: Right, so as I was saying: As mayor of New York City, I singlehandedly saved the City from global terrorism through my incredible leadership during and after 9/11. I was Cincinnatus reincarnated.
Moderator: Okay then. Next question. Governor Romney: who ya figure--Yanks or Bosox in the American League East? |
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