Take that Barrack Obama!

Rudolph Giuliani rightly appeared after three widows of 9/11. It was a fitting opening and hopefully a fitting ending to their testimony. Giuliani is known for being tough on crime and an all around tough guy period. He helped clean New York of many gangs and organized crime that was so rampant before his term as Mayor of New York.

Mixing a few comic phrases with an overall uplifting account of New York as a city as well as the direction the country is headed in, Giuliani hit a tone with the delegates in attendance and made viewers start to become optimistic after the harrowing speeches by the 9/11 widows. This was not an easy task, yet one that Giuliani did well.

Giuliani struck a cord in describing the importance of leadership to get through a travesty. Bush has that leadership ability according to Giuliani. He described his first-hand experience of the events of 9/11 and rightly lauded the NYPD and the FDNY for their heroic work.

Giuliani makes the interesting comparison the the terrorists hijacking planes to Al Qaida hijacking the religion of Islam. He used the history of terrorism dating back to the 1972 Olympics and blammed the actions of Germany for releasing the terrorists from that fateful day to what has festered into what we have today. I have argued this time and time again. It is appeasement that has allowed terrorism to ferment. It is appeasement that has allowed terrorists to see their goals rewarded, thus creating new terrorists and new terrorist objectives. He uses this to explain why he believes we are in the right direction by going on offense against terrorism, and rightly so.

Giuliani slams the media’s coverage trying to belittle Bush comparing the coverage to that of Reagan. This is a justified comparison as the media slammed Reagan on a daily basis while he was in office and has given him great press after his administration on to his death. Bush, like Reagan, is not a media darling not because he isn’t charasmatic or a strong leader, but because he does not push the media’s agenda.

Giuliani attacks Kerry’s record in the Senate and even cracks a joke about his flip-flopping to the crowd’s delight. He mentions many of the changing stances of Kerry and announces that Kerry has the time now to “change his position four or five more times.” Of course there’s the crack on Kerry’s statement regarding his vote agaisnt funding our troops.

My point about John Kerry being inconsistent is best described in his own words when he said, “I actually did vote for the $87 billion before I voted against it.”

Maybe this explains John Edwards’ need for two Americas - - one where John Kerry can vote for something and another where he can vote against the same thing.

via PoliBlog

The comparison of Kerry’s indecision to Edward’s Two Americas was pricless. “One for it and one against it,” said Giuliani commenting on the Two Americas.

Giuliani rightly attacksed Kerry’s Convention speech where Kerry claimed he would respond by any attack harshly. “This isn’t the right stance to take against terrorism,” said Guiliani. The sad truth is that who knows if this is what John Kerry actually meant when he said it.

He gave great testimony about Bush’s visit to Ground Zero on September 14 noting that the Secret Service didn’t want Bush to be there but Bush persisted and of course was there. This famous speech given by Bush while standing upon some rubble has stuck in my mind like a favorite memory. This day was only a small snippet that demonstrated the leadership of this president.

Giuliani stole the night, just barely over McCain, by appealing to all the emotions of the human gauntlet. Comic relief, momentary sadness, excitement and at times anger were exalted from the pulpit of Guiliani. His continuous references to Bush’s strong leadership along with his mockery of Kerry’s voting record and public statements spoke volumes and could very well send him to the podium accepting the party’s nomination in 2008.

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