Giuliani Notes: New Hampshire Today

Republican presidential hopeful, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani in his campaign bus at New England College in Henniker, N.H., Tuesday, April 24, 2007.

Rudy Giuliani waves to residents after a campaign stop at Blake’s Restaurant in Manchester, New Hampshire April 24, 2007.

Republican presidential candidate and former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani kisses the hand of Dorothy Guenther, 77, of Manchester during a campaign stop at Blake’s Restaurant in Manchester, New Hampshire.

Rudy Giuliani talks to residents, Trent Pazderka, 11, Stacey Ranfos, 32, and Lukas Pazderka, 8, during a campaign stop at Blake’s Restaurant.

Republican presidential hopeful, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani holds a town hall meeting during a campaign stop at New England College in Henniker, N.H.

Rudy Giuliani talks to students during a campaign stop at New England College.

And Hizzoner responds to a NUTTER who provokes him:

Rudy’s first New Hampshire town hall meeting was mostly typical as these things go. Speaking in the jam-packed student center of a small college here, the former mayor parried the predictable planted questions — one young lady cited what she said was a past quote of Rudy’s on partial-birth abortion; he got a couple of unexpected queries — “what are we really going to do about” sexual predators? and his stance on the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA); and he took up the usual concerns — health care, jobs and immigration.

But the exchange — so civil it could have been held in one of the adjoining classrooms — took a much more lively turn when a local man, Marty Capodice, stood up to tick off his complaints with President Bush.

Capodice cited the administration’s actions on torture, the Geneva Convention, wiretapping and warrants to make his point that our rights were “being abridged in the name of the war on terror.”

After teasing the man about his assertion regarding the administration’s accessing of telephone records, the combative Rudy emerged.

“I think you have grossly exaggerated the case,” Giuliani responded, standing with mic in hand on a mini-riser in the middle of the room. and facing Capodice 10 feet away. “You gave an extremely exaggerated presentation of things.”

Then Giuliani launched into his usual rhetoric about the importance of staying “on offense” in the war on terror. But he wasn’t done with his questioner yet. Calling the U.S. reaction to the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center “a very modest response,” Giuliani noted to Capodice that it was “the kind of response I think you’re suggesting.”

Continuing on his message, Giuliani was soon interrupted by a still-standing Capodice. “So no rights?”

At this, Giuliani raised the decibel level.

“That’s hardly no rights!” Hizzoner hit back before loudly rattling off the many freedoms Americans enjoy to the lustiest applause of the day.

Well, Rudy is NOT a wimp and a typical politico, now is he?

Score one – Rudy.

Stay tuned for more LEFTY NUTTER hecklers……..

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