Monday, October 3, 2016

The Overdue Fall of Rudy Noun Verb 9-11



As we watch the weekly self-immolation of neo-fascist sociopath Donald "Rump" Trump's latest scam campaign, the desperate brazenness of his major surrogates in defending him has reached epic proportions. No amount of spin, smear and lying -- no matter how ridiculously transparent -- is beyond them. However, Rump surrogate and small-man-in-search-of-an-ornate-balcony Rudy "Noun Verb 9-11" Giuliani has come publicly unglued and is in a class by himself.

Over the past few months, starting with his screaming speech at the Rethuglican National Convention, Rudy 9-11 has become the ugly face of Rumpism that we see so often on the Sunday public affairs shows and cable. His willingness to repeat and amplify lies and accusations originating from Rump, and the relish he shows when attempting to bully and lie his way past an interviewer is staggering. His simmering bigotry (his unconstitutional "stop and frisk" policy was aimed at minorities in New York City) has turned to a full boil, most recently when speaking to a group of financial group executives, where his racist, off the cuff remarks about "Mexicans" in the venue's kitchen prompted the group to issue an apology for his behavior to the attendees.

All who recall the images of Rudy 9-11 walking the streets of lower Manhattan with his staff in tow to organize emergency operations after the attack on the World Trade Center should also recall the background story of why there was no emergency operations center for him to go to. There was none, because it was his disastrous decision to site the city's Emergency Operations Center right in the World Trade Center complex, a decision that cost the lives of police, firemen and countless others and hampered rescue efforts. Just remember that when this apoplectic clown talks about others' "judgement."

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