Say Anything Blog

Rudy Giuliani made a visit to Fargo during lunch yesterday, and not surprisingly, Rick Gion at the ND Dems blog is already upset about his visit. They first tried complaining about the price - which was $250 for lunch and $1,000 for lunch and a photo-op with the former Mayor. I’m not particularly pleased with the price because its certainly out of my budget as a high school student, but there’s no way that Rick Gion can tell me with a straight face that Hillary Clinton wouldn’t charge the same amount if not more. This is the same double standard talk that we can expect from the ND Dems. Gion then used the price of the lunch to pose the question: “Does Giuliani share North Dakota’s interests?” To be honest, I don’t know how one can decide if Giuliani shares our interests based solely on how much he charges for a campaign lunch. Rudy Giuliani is the Republican front-runner who is running a vigorous national campaign - he can’t fly around to cities hosting free lunches. Why the ND Dems want to judge a candidate based on how much they charge for a lunch is beyond me.

After some half-truths relating to Giuliani’s support of Bush’s tax cuts, and some grumbling about Bernard Kerik, Gion got back to the issues that really matter when he said “also, Giuliani’s own daughter is not supporting him for president.” Well, I’m glad I know how the ND Dems judge candidates - by whether or not their children support them and how much they charge for lunch.