In the Times piece on the White House's stepping into New York's state politics by suggesting Governor David Patterson not run for office in 2010, Karl Rove is quoted as saying this move is all about sidelining former Mayor Rudy Giuliani:

The only reason they are doing this in New York is to try to strangle a potential opponent in 2012.

Rove seems to mean this as a criticism, accusing the White House of making crass political calculations which, of course, Rove himself never did. But this makes an opportune point to bring up that the politician being sidelined here is the same one who said:

Freedom is about authority. Freedom is about the willingness of every single human being to cede to lawful authority a great deal of discretion about what you do.

Yes, this "Mister 9/11" who never met an executive power he didn't like is now searching for another balcony to take yet another shot at the White House.

This man is truly the one person I truly would be frightened of as president. (Sarah Palin runs a close second.)

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Tags: Karl Rove, Rudy Giuliani

This entry was posted on Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009 and is filed under Criticism, Giuliani, Politics. Comments are closed; the conversation is kept as it was.