Jul 12 2007
IAFF attacks Rudy Giuliani
This just in from the Drudge Report.
(CBS) NEW YORK The International Association of Firefighters has gone on the offensive against “America’s Mayor” Rudy Giuliani, releasing a 13-minute video that viciously rips into the former New York mayor, who has been using his leadership demonstrated on September 11th to urge people around the country to support him in his quest to become President of the United States.
The video, released early Wednesday evening, is titled “Rudy Giuliani: Urban Legend,” and offers testimonials from various members of the organization and family members of firefighters lost in the terror attacks.
“We have the remains of dead heroes at the garbage dump because of Giuliani and his administration and they’re still there today and they won’t remove them,” claims FDNY Deputy Chief Jim Riches on the DVD, which was released to CBS 2 HD before its public debut.
You can read the rest here.
Perhaps I’m paranoid, but I smell the stench of another Clinton Machine original here. Close observers of the Clintons will note that they attack their political opponents through surrogates two or more times removed from them. Admirers call this method, “Triangulation”.
I’ve done some preliminary digging on this Firefighter sight, and just on the bare surface facts makes the source of this video suspect. IAFF has close ties with the AFL-CIO, a leftist union organization. It also has a “political action” arm and a “Political Training Academy”.
Please note this, all their listed trainers in their Political Training Academy are liberal self-proclaimed Democrats. Also note that all the people their trainers listed as having worked for are liberal Democrats:
Senator Carol Moseley-Braun
Governor Gary Locke
Attorney General Patricia Madrid
Agriculture Secretary Mike Espy
— to name a few.
Isn’t it funny that Tom Lindenfeld, one of IAFF’s instructors worked for Hillary Clinton? Isn’t funny how Agriculture Secretary Mike Espy worked for the Clinton Administration?
I’m not saying absolutely that the Clinton Machine is behind this smear attack, but it smells like it. Furthermore, I find it dubious that “testimonials from various members of the organization and family members of firefighters lost in the terror attack” have the necessary perspective to have a balanced view on the necessities of being Mayor of New York.
From the video I’ve seen so far, it’s about 70 percent emotionalism, 20 percent dark insinuation without evidence or support and about 10 percent facts. To me, this makes this entire video suspect off the top.
I’m going to reserve further comment on this until I read more, but this looks very suspicious…