Bush endorses Giuliani for president

Saying he doesn't mind overlooking the fact that former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani ended his presidential bid on Tuesday, after a humiliating thumping in a state where he'd done most of his campaigning, President Bush announced today in the White House Rose Garden that he would offer the staunchly pro-war candidate his endorsement.

“Rudy's a guy of integrity,” Bush said, praising the man with whom he shared a platform of World Trade Center rubble in 2001. “He knows we need to root out the enemy and kill it, or them, the terrorists, those who did this country the most harmful.”

When a reporter from the Associated Press reminded the president that Giuliani had dropped out of the presidential race after a dismal showing in the Florida primary, Bush responded with uncharacteristic vitriol.

“Do you think I don't know that?” he asked. “That's why I'm trying to set an example, an example that politics are dirty and we need to get behind convictions. This just goes to show how broken the electoral system is in 'merica. Those justices had a clear choice in 2001, and the 'merican people deserve the same.”

An aide for the former New York City mayor told The Spotted Bass that the campaign appreciated the president's endorsement, and that it meant a lot to the candidate personally, even though it comes weeks after it could've done him any good.



Home > News > Bush endorses Giuliani for president Bush endorses Giuliani for president Saying he doesn't mind overlooking the fact that former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani ended his presidential bid on Tuesday, after a humiliating thumping in a state where he'd done most of his campaigning, President Bush announced today in the White House Rose Garden that he would offer the staunchly pro-war candidate his endorsement. “Rudy's a guy of integrity,” Bush said, praising the man with whom he shared a platform of World Trade Center rubble in 2001. “He knows we need to root out the enemy and kill it, or them, the terrorists, those who did this country the most harmful.” When a reporter from the Associated Press reminded the president that Giuliani had dropped out of the presidential race after a dismal showing in the Florida primary, Bush responded with uncharacteristic vitriol. “Do you think I don't know that?” he asked. “That's why I'm trying to set an example, an example that politics are dirty and we need to get behind convictions. This just goes to show how broken the electoral system is in 'merica. Those justices had a clear choice in 2001, and the 'merican people deserve the same.” An aide for the former New York City mayor told The Spotted Bass that the campaign appreciated the president's endorsement, and that it meant a lot to the candidate personally, even though it comes weeks after it could've done him any good.