Idiot Of The Day – Former NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani

Last week, Politifact, one of the most highly regarded media fact-checkers, labeled former NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani a “Pants on Fire” liar for stating that President Barack Obama said “that everybody should hate the police”.  The truth, as Giuliani knows full well is that the President said no such thing – not even close.

Politifact, another top media fact checker gave Giuliani its highest liar rating of “Four Pinocchio’s” for his outright false statements.

The sad part of all this is not so much Giuliani’s outright lying but rather how typical it is of the kind of race-baiting that right-wing conservative wing-nuts have engaged in for the full six years of Obama’s Presidency.  They take every opportunity available, true or not, to play to the worst fears of older, white Americans about a black President. It’s disgusting.

Here is what Politifact wrote about Giuliani:

Throughout all of his comments since August, when the latest unrest over racial disparities in the criminal justice system began, Obama has continuously encouraged working with police to find solutions and make change. He has also repeatedly emphasized the importance of law enforcement in communities of color and the fact that police officers have a dangerous job.

Giuliani’s claim is an outlandish distortion of what Obama actually said. We rate this Pants on Fire.

As for Fact Checker, here’s their take on what Giuliani said:

The burden of proof rests with the speaker. We combed through Obama’s speeches and can find no evidence of “propaganda” that “everybody should hate the police.”

Giuliani suggested that the president actively launched and promoted anti-police rhetoric — and that is simply Four-Pinocchio false.

Thankfully, after his disastrous campaign for the GOP Presidential nomination in 2008, Giuliani has mostly disappeared from the political scene except for the odd appearance on Faux News or radical, wacko conservative talk radio shout-a-thons. For that, everyone should be thankful.

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