Rudy Giuliani asked about AIDS, responds with “9/11!”

Posted on July 23, 2007 by probabilityZero

Well, not literally, but he did manage to completely dodge the question by randomly bringing up homeland security and being mayor during a terrorist attack.

While Rudy Giuliani was in Iowa on Thursday, he was asked about federal support for HIV medications, starting his answer with:

I don’t want to promise you the federal government will take over the role.

He then abruptly shifted the focus of his answer to terrorism:

My general experience has been that the federal government works best when it helps and assists and encourages and sets guidelines; on a state-by-state, locality-by-locality basis. It’s no different from the way I look at homeland security. Maybe having been mayor of the city, I know that your first defense against terrorist attack is that local police station, or that local firehouse.

This reminds me of a .

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2 Responses to Rudy Giuliani asked about AIDS, responds with “9/11!”

  1. thedude says:
    August 1, 2007 at 2:08 pm

    I love that episode.

  2. fruitbythefoot says:
    August 5, 2007 at 11:12 am

    i can’t believe people fall for that crap

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