Giuliani Forgets When 9/11 Happened

'We had no domestic attacks under Bush,' Giuliani says. Except...
By Harry Kimball,  Newser Staff
Posted Jan 8, 2010 11:52 AM CST

Rudy Giuliani has some advice about terrorism for President Obama: Follow George W. Bush's example, because “we had no domestic attacks under Bush.” Dubbing American's Mayor "Mr. 9/11," Talking Points Memo points out that Sept. 11, 2001 was well into Bush’s tenure. As was shoe bomber Richard Reid's attempt to blow up a flight from Paris to Miami in December 2001.

What's more, "supposed journalist George Stephanopoulos does not bother to challenge this statement," Alex Pareene of Gawker notes in recapping the Good Morning America interview.
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