As Rudy's poll numbers continue to shrivel on this seventh day of the "Sex on the City" scandal, Rudy pulls an unbelievable move. He apparently has no idea on how to respond to these irrefutable charges (is there any excuse except for "I'm really, really sorry?"). Instead of an apology, he touts a fiscal conservative record that we all now know he does not have.
From The Wall Street Journal:
With economic uncertainty weighing on the minds of many Americans, Congress is preparing to recess after another year of profligate spending, protectionist talk and promises of higher taxes. No wonder some people feel like we're moving in the wrong direction. But I'm optimistic as I look to the future. It's not our country that's moving in the wrong direction -- it's Congress, and Washington's culture of wasteful spending.
Over the last decade, nondefense spending has increased by 65% -- the federal government currently spends $24,000 per household -- while the number of earmarked pork projects rocketed from close to 1,000 ...
LMAO!
Wasteful spending? Really now Rudy, how many shovels are you going to use to dig yourself out of that hole? New Yorkers wastefully (and unwittingly) spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to ferry both his ex-wife Donna Hanover and at-the-time mistress Judith Nathan with NYPD security they clearly did not need. Paying cops to walk Judi's dog, if that is fiscal conservatism, then I want my own copy of City Hall's AMEX card. I need to finish shopping for the holidays and what the hell, I guess that would be fiscally conservative in Rudy's eyes.
Oh and by the way, Rudy also wrote about wasteful pork projects...he wouldn't be talking about the pork that was handed to him, now would he?
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