Rudy Attacks Hillary For -- Gasp! -- Wanting To "Go Back To The Nineties"

meegbear

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Fri Jun-01-07 01:16 PM
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Rudy Attacks Hillary For -- Gasp! -- Wanting To "Go Back To The Nineties"

A great catch by Steve Benen. Check out Rudy's latest attack on Hillary, this one over her call for tax hikes on the rich:

In a potential preview of next fall's presidential contest, Mr. Giuliani, who is seen as the front-runner for the Republican nomination, directly attacked the leading Democratic candidate, Mrs. Clinton, over a speech she gave Tuesday in New Hampshire bemoaning the return of "robber barons" and promising to pursue "shared prosperity" by increasing taxes on Americans making more than $200,000 a year.

"This would be an astounding, staggering tax increase," Mr. Giuliani told reporters yesterday after a visit to a restaurant on the edge of California's Silicon Valley. "She wants to go back to the 1990s. � It would hurt our economy. It would hurt this area dramatically."

Back to the nineties? What a truly awful prospect.

As Benen notes, attacking someone for wanting to restore the peace and prosperity of that decade -- in Silicon Valley or anywhere else -- perhaps isn't the soundest political strategy.

After all, the President who presided over that era enjoys a favorability rating that is nearly twice that of the current White House occupant. Large majorities see that President's marriage to Hillary as an asset, to boot. Dems can only hope that Rudy keeps saying this.

http://electioncentral.tpmcafe.com/blog/electioncentral/2007/jun/01/rudy_attacks_hillary_for_gasp_wanting_to_go_back_to_the_nineties

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Smarmie Doofus

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Fri Jun-01-07 01:18 PM
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1. Peace and prosperity.... it sucks. nt

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SammyWinstonJack

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Fri Jun-01-07 01:23 PM
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2. Talk about open mouth and insert foot......wtg Rudy!

:evilgrin: Kinda a dumb move politically too get everyone thinking about how much better off they were under a Democratic President wouldn't ya say Rudy? :rofl:

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madinmaryland

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Fri Jun-01-07 01:25 PM
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3. Hurt the economy? What an idiot!

It was Clinton's robust economy that allowed Rudy to soar as mayor of new york.

WHAT AN IDIOT!!

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deepthought42

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Fri Jun-01-07 01:52 PM
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4. Won't someone please think of the children???

:eyes:

Back in the 90s I was a kid...summer vacations, birthday parties with friends, christmas presents, my little sister was born, I was finishing high school, our President wasn't a war-mongering idiot, gas prices were cheap, we had a surplus...the only thing I'd change is the (r) majority in Congress after the '94 elections.

Oh yes, the 90s were rough... :sarcasm:

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YOY

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Fri Jun-01-07 01:55 PM
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5. As opposed to going back to the 50s like a good Reaganite

The 1250s...

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no_hypocrisy

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Fri Jun-01-07 02:13 PM
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6. NYC was swimming in money from the revenues produced during

Edited on Fri Jun-01-07 02:14 PM by no_hypocrisy

the Clinton economy. Stocks were seriously up, employment good, revenues (taxes) were plentiful. With that money, Rudy expanded the police force, "cleaned up Times Square", and he enjoyed popularity built on the money from the 90s.

P.S. If democrats were sooooo bad for the economy in the 90s then why did Rudy endorse Mario Cuomo for the governor of New York over republican George Pataki?

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bamacrat

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Fri Jun-01-07 02:28 PM
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7. Taxes should be raised on the super rich.

Any household earning less than 50,000 a year should get a cut and any making over 250,000 should get a hike. the other way around is not right, or fair.

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Rosa Luxemburg

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Fri Jun-01-07 03:09 PM
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8. sometime in the 90s we had a surplus

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d_b

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Fri Jun-01-07 04:13 PM
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9. Take me with ya, Hillary!!

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windy252

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Fri Jun-01-07 04:28 PM
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10. Ah, The 90s

I miss them. When the biggest scandal did not involve shredding the Constitution and people's rights to have their votes counted.

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Grandrose

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Fri Jun-01-07 04:44 PM
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11. I am packed and ready to go!

Since 2001 it has been a nightmare!:mad:

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