Related: Rudy quite properly takes Hillary to task for taking that line (scroll to "not quite yet").
Republican presidential candidate Rudolph W. Giuliani yesterday blasted Democratic Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton for talking about what she would do on the diplomatic front between her possible election and inauguration, the Associated Press reports. The former first lady has told crowds she would send "distinguished Americans of both political parties to travel around the world on my behalf with a very simple message to the governments and the people alike: 'The era of cowboy diplomacy is over.' "Mr. Giuliani, pointing to an article yesterday in the Des Moines Register in Iowa about Mrs. Clinton's words, said such comments hurt the U.S. and undermine the remainder of President Bush's term, which ends Jan. 20, 2009."I think that it's important that we conduct this debate in a way that we don't interfere with the ability of the country to function in a proper way, between the now and [the election]," Mr. Giuliani said at the start of a town hall-style meeting in Peterborough, N.H."The president of the United States is president of the United States. He's going to be president of the United States from now until the time a new president takes over. Until then, he's the only one conducting foreign policy of this country," the former New York mayor said. "We can have our political debate in this country. ... But nobody should be creating the specter that we're sending emissaries out around the world before someone is actually sworn in as president of the United States."Well, why would Hillary know that? John Kerry, Jimmy Carter & even Nancy Pelosi delight in meeting with our enemies and "negotiating" against the President's wishes.
Related in a different way: 77% of the American people agree with me: Report something!
The public pines for substance. A separate survey found that 77 percent of the respondents said they wanted more solid information on candidate policies and ideas. The press did not deliver.Journalistic self-indulgence.
Instead, almost two-thirds of the coverage focused on the "game" of the political horse race and candidate "performance." Accounts of their marriages, health and religion followed in importance in 17 percent of the stories — with just 15 percent examining domestic and foreign policies. A mere 1 percent shed light on candidates' public records.
