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By Dana Milbank Opinion writer February 20 at 8:48 AM
What Rudy Giuliani did this week was stupid.
What Scott Walker did ought to disqualify him as a serious presidential contender.
As the world now knows, Giuliani, the former New York mayor, said at a dinner featuring Walker, the Wisconsin governor, that I do not believe that the president loves America. According to Politico, Giuliani said President Obama wasnt brought up the way you were brought up and I was brought up through love of this country.
And Walker, just a few seats away, said .?.?. nothing. Asked the next morning on CNBC about Giulianis words, the Republican presidential aspirant was spineless: The mayor can speak for himself. Im not going to comment on what the president thinks or not. He can speak for himself as well. Ill tell you, I love America, and I think there are plenty of people Democrat, Republican, independent, everyone in between who love this country.
But did he agree with Giuliani? Im in New York, Walker demurred. Im used to people saying things that are aggressive out there.
This is whats alarming about the Giuliani affair. There will always be people on the fringe who say outrageous things (and Giuliani, once a respected public servant, has sadly joined the nutters as he questioned the presidents patriotism even while claiming he was doing no such thing). But to have a civilized debate, its necessary for public officials to disown such beyond-the-pale rhetoric. And Walker failed that fundamental test of leadership.
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Ninga
(8,277 posts)BUT BUT BUT......he got elected, re-elected, and elected once again.
But I'm from Ohio, what the hell do I know about how cowards get elected, and re-elected, anyway.
YarnAddict
(1,850 posts)this makes it sound like Milbank is scared of Walker.