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July 20, 2008 3:26 PM

Giuliani Takes McCain Out to the Ballgame, Criticizes Obama

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John Bentley
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John McCain
(CBS)
From CBS News' John Bentley:

(NEW YORK) – Even though he is an Arizona Diamondbacks fan (and owns a small stake in the team), John McCain took in a New York Yankees game today with his former rival for the Republican nomination Rudy Giuliani.

After touring Monument Park in the outfield of Yankee Stadium, they chatted with the managers from both teams, the Yankees' Joe Girardi and the Oakland Athletics' Bob Geren. Geren asked McCain what running for president was like.

"It is like being in double-A and then all of a sudden you are playing in Yankee Stadium," McCain told him. "It's great. But also, I really am a big sports nut because I was a mediocre high school athlete."

It wasn't all about sports today, though. Giuliani was asked his opinion on Barack Obama's overseas trip to the Middle East and Europe, and had some harsh words for the presumptive Democratic nominee.

"It's turned out that if we had caved in the way Barack Obama and the Democrats do, we'd now have a defeat," the former New York City mayor said.

"America would have a defeat rather than a possible victory. And I think the fact that Barack Obama is kind of making his first tour, in essence, of the world, gives you an indication that John McCain is the man with the experience."

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by kansas1946 July 22, 2008 1:02 AM EDT
Rudy would make a good attorney general.


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Posted by standlee5 at 11:22 PM : Jul 20, 2008
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Yes, it is always nice to have a morally bankrupt fool for attorney general. I doubt Obama will pick him.
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by minuteman247 July 21, 2008 4:15 PM EDT
rudy 911 giuliani and mccain now thats funny!!
It doesn''t help McCain that Obama''s long-held positions on Iraq and Afghanistan are turning out to be correct, while McCain''s are turning out to be dead wrong. It''s starting to look like McCain''s decades of experience haven''t helped his judgment one bit.
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by standlee5 July 21, 2008 2:22 AM EDT
Rudy would make a good attorney general.
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by kenbomc July 21, 2008 2:13 AM EDT
No one cares what Rudy thinks.
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by oaklynne July 20, 2008 8:31 PM EDT
Talk about semantical quibbling! If Giuliani or any other Republican could posit what a "possible victory" might look like, his remarks might be remotely relevant or interesting, but since he can''t, and since the Bush Republicans have never been able to articulate what success would look like in Iraq, his comments are empty and meaningless.
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by dnsallday July 20, 2008 8:27 PM EDT
"John McCain is the man with the experience.%u201D

That is a fact, and that is what we want to stay as far away from as we can. It is far better to have somebody with common sense, a commitment to the American people, and has the intelligence to apply logic and judgement to each situation.
Otherwise if we want the most experienced, than why don''t we leave Cheney and Bush so they can all have their feargasms together.
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