Giuliani attempted to explain to CNN's Wolf Blitzer what he meant when he said that America had no terrorist attacks while Bush was president (Media Matters details the list of attacks and attempted attacks that happened under Bush). And, big surprise, he lied again.
Let me walk you through the day of lies:
1. Giuliani this morning:
"We had no domestic attacks under Bush; we've had one under Obama."Other than September 11, the shoe bomber, Anthrax, the attack against El Al at LAX...
2. Giuliani this afternoon:
The Mayor’s spokesman says that the remark “didn't come across as it was intended” and that Giuliani was “clearly talking post-9/11 with regards to Islamic terrorist attacks on our soil.”No, the shoe bomber took place three months after September 11, and was Al Qaeda. Then there was the attack against El Al (since now Giuliani has apparently redefined terrorism to only be mass murder committed by Muslims).
3. Giuliani "clarifies" (and lies again) on CNN’s The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer:
BLITZER: So at -- at this point, given what you're -- what you're saying in terms of terror attacks since 9/11, there have been no -- no terror attacks since 9/11 under President Bush, but one terror attack, Fort Hood, under President Obama...Again the obsession with "Islamic" terrorists. But putting that aside for a moment, there were not "zero" Islamic terror attacks after September 11, you buffoon. Shoe bomber, three months after September 11. Then the attack on El Al at LAX. And the SUV attack at UNC. And let's not forget the DC sniper (whose last name was Muhammad - come on, Rudy, you know you're just itching to call that an Islamist terror attack). As for the Anthrax attacks, yeah, we don't know if Muslims did it. Though it's not totally clear why sending Anthrax to US government officials isn't an act of terror, according to Giuliani, so long as Muslims weren't behind it.
GIULIANI: Islamic...
BLITZER: ...President Obama. Islamic terror attacks...
GIULIANI: Islamic terror attacks.
BLITZER: Is that what you're saying, zero to one, in effect?
GIULIANI: Correct.
Then again, I hear adultery is okay too, so long as Muslims aren't involved.
