robert greenwald

The real rudy

Wednesday, September 12th, 2007

Is candidate Giuliani expecting a boost in the polls this week, trading on his image as one of the heroes of 9/11? Not if documentary filmmaker Robert Greenwald has anything to say about it. Giuliani, according to the short films at Greenwald’s Real Rudy website, made all kinds of mistakes in security planning and response that worsened the effects of the attacks and then lied about those mistakes afterward. There’s agreement, though, among NYC firefighters and their relatives and emergency rescue teams and security analysts, that Giuliani overwhelmingly succeeded at giving good television that day. In other words… not bad for a presidential candidate.