Once upon a time, there was a man named John Kerry who wanted to be the President. Unfortunately, he didn't have looks, charisma, or name recognition. But he did have something the other guys didn't have: purple hearts. John Kerry was a decorated veteran of the Vietnam war, and he soon found that he could win support by emphasizing the fact that he was a war hero. Then the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth burst onto the scene: a bunch of guys who served with John Kerry in Vietnam and thought he was a low-down varmint who didn't earn his medals and betrayed the United States after his return. Whether or not the allegations were true, they stuck to him like some kind of ridiculous-looking adhesive baboon, and managed to destroy one of the most powerful pillars of the Kerry campaign. Needless to say, President John Kerry wasn't sworn into office on the 20th of January, 2005.
Flash forward to the present day, where a man named Rudy Giuliani is seeking the presidency. He should be a long-shot candidate: he sides against the vast majority of his own party on just about every hot-button issue out there. But up until now, none of that has mattered, because Giuliani is a decorated veteran of the War on Terror; the man who heroically led New York City during it's darkest hour. Running solely on his record as a hero, Giuliani, a liberal, east-coast politician, has managed to capture the heart of a party that's been controlled by bible-belt conservatives for over four decades. But now, Giuliani will have his own Swift Boat Veterans to deal with: the disgruntled firefighters of New York City. Yes, those firefighters. The ones you always see in pictures of 9/11, the ones standing at Rudy's side by the rubble of the twin towers. As it turns out, a lot of them actually think that Giuliani was a low-down varmint who mismanaged the response to 9/11 and caused the deaths of hundreds of NYC firemen. And they're going public with those allegations. This video, entitled "Rudy Giuliani: Urban Legend", was created by the International Association of Firefighters to shatter Giuliani's seemingly unbreakable reputation as the hero of 9/11. Will this be the beginning of the end for the Giuliani campaign? We'll see...
Very interesting...history does repeat itself.
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't count Giuliani out yet, but I think this will definitely hurt him if this movement really starts moving.
ReplyDeleteHere's to hoping the Giuliani campaign does indeed go down as badly as the Kerry campaign. (But preferably in the primaries, not the general election)