Gary Hart on Rudy Giuliani

Rudy Giuliani, seen here snuggling up against the ass of his police chief, Bernie Kerik
 

I've often wondered how Rudolph Giuliani gets away with running so hard on a terrorism/9-11 campaign in his bid for the GOP Presidential nomination.

To date, my criticism has mainly focused around the question of what actions he took post-9-11 that either made a real difference in the so-called war against terror or that distinguished him from any other person with a high profile office.

Former Colorado Senator and Presidential hopeful Gary Hart, however, takes issue with the behavior of Mayor Happy Pants before 9-11 and what he did (or didn't do) with information he had that could have prevented terrorist actions.

It's not reasonable to think that Mayor Rudy could have single-handedly prevented the terrorist attacks on 9-11.  However, by running so hard on his own credentials (as yet largely unknown to me) and of questioning the abilities of those on the other side of the aisle to deal with terrorism as effectively as a Republican like George W. Bush, he simply invites these sorts of questions.

Game on.