Rudy Has Pissed Off A Lot of People With His 9/11 Claims

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	Rudy Has Pissed Off A Lot of People With His 9/11 Claims

zasel

8-19-2007 12:31 AM

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giuliani, elections, presidential, 9/11, exaggeration

zasel says:

Rudy's claim that he spent as much,, has if not more time at "ground zero" as any of the rescue workers, as raised a lot of ire. This article from Salon describes how he spent more time at baseball games than he did at Ground Zero. The man is a total card-carrying phony.

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