http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/02/20/obamas-white-mother-and-other-awkward-efforts-by-rudy-giuliani-to-explain-himself/
A day after Politico reported that statement, Democrats criticized Giuliani for questioning the president’s patriotism. Some said Giuliani’s rhetoric was racist, that it implied the president’s background made him different from other Americans. So on Thursday, the former mayor spoke to national media to explain his remarks.
To Fox News: “First of all, I’m not questioning his patriotism. He’s a patriot, I’m sure. What I’m saying is, in his rhetoric I very rarely hear the things that I used to hear Ronald Reagan say, the things that I used to hear Bill Clinton say about how much he loves America. … I do hear him criticize America much more often than other American presidents. And when it’s not in the context of an overwhelming number of statements about the exceptionalism of America, it sounds like he’s more of a critic than he is a supporter.”
To Bloomberg Politics: “What I mean is he doesn’t express it. I shouldn’t say that the president does or does not love anything. I don’t know, I’m not a psychiatrist, and he doesn’t have one and he doesn’t need one.”
To the New York Times: “I’m happy for him to give a speech where he talks about what’s good about America and doesn’t include all the criticism. … Some people thought it was racist — I thought that was a joke, since he was brought up by a white mother, a white grandfather, went to white schools, and most of this he learned from white people. This isn’t racism. This is socialism or possibly anti-colonialism.”
coming from a party that accuses Pres. of lying to the people like they do he now is suggesting that Pres. lie and tell us the syrupy lies they do you know "the greatest country in the world" that denies the right to vote to eat if you are poor and don't have a job because of them. no matter how he tries to backtrack he meant what he said he also knew it would get out was it that elusive 15 minutes or was he doing his part to gin up the right wing base? more from other publications in article. they still either don't care or don't realize or are willing to throe themselves on the grenade and say it intending it to get to the base but how does that work for him when he the next day is admitting it was a lie??
