Jack_Savage
11-09-2007, 05:22 PM
Fred Thompson said he didn't know enough about Kerik to comment.
"I heard about it awhile ago; it's been in the news, obviously, for a long time, but I don't know anything about the facts of that case, and I really can't comment on it," Thompson told reporters at a Washington news conference.
On the other hand Romney and McCain take the lower road:
I don't know Mr. Kerik. I do know that I went to Baghdad shortly after the initial victory and met in Baghdad with (Ambassador Paul) Bremer and (Lt. Gen. Ricardo) Sanchez. And Kerik was there. Kerik was supposed to be there to help train the police force. He stayed two months and one day left, just up and left," McCain told reporters traveling on his campaign bus.
"That's why I never would've supported him to be the head of homeland security because of his irresponsible act when he was over in Baghdad to try and help train the police. One of the reasons why we had so much trouble with the initial training of the police was because he came, didn't do anything and then went out to the airport and left."
Among Giuliani's other rivals, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney called the indictment of Kerik "very sad and disappointing."
"You expect people who assume the public trust to abide by it and to live by high standards of ethical conduct," Romney said. He added, "It's not for me to say at this point what the implications are for Mayor Giuliani."
And then McCain tries to wiggle out of his Keating scandle:
Look, the thing I learned from the Keating thing really was never do or say anything that you don't mind seeing on the front pages of the major newspapers of America. That's the key to it," McCain said.
When I read it, it kinda made McCain and Romney look a bit smaller. See what you think.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071109/ap_po/mccain_giuliani_17;_ylt=ArdJmQJ2OHi97oJhqqSo9fgE1v AI
"I heard about it awhile ago; it's been in the news, obviously, for a long time, but I don't know anything about the facts of that case, and I really can't comment on it," Thompson told reporters at a Washington news conference.
On the other hand Romney and McCain take the lower road:
I don't know Mr. Kerik. I do know that I went to Baghdad shortly after the initial victory and met in Baghdad with (Ambassador Paul) Bremer and (Lt. Gen. Ricardo) Sanchez. And Kerik was there. Kerik was supposed to be there to help train the police force. He stayed two months and one day left, just up and left," McCain told reporters traveling on his campaign bus.
"That's why I never would've supported him to be the head of homeland security because of his irresponsible act when he was over in Baghdad to try and help train the police. One of the reasons why we had so much trouble with the initial training of the police was because he came, didn't do anything and then went out to the airport and left."
Among Giuliani's other rivals, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney called the indictment of Kerik "very sad and disappointing."
"You expect people who assume the public trust to abide by it and to live by high standards of ethical conduct," Romney said. He added, "It's not for me to say at this point what the implications are for Mayor Giuliani."
And then McCain tries to wiggle out of his Keating scandle:
Look, the thing I learned from the Keating thing really was never do or say anything that you don't mind seeing on the front pages of the major newspapers of America. That's the key to it," McCain said.
When I read it, it kinda made McCain and Romney look a bit smaller. See what you think.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071109/ap_po/mccain_giuliani_17;_ylt=ArdJmQJ2OHi97oJhqqSo9fgE1v AI