John Kerry in Giuliani: Flawed or Flawless?

On Homeland Security: OpEd: Lost 2004 because wouldn't stand up to terrorists

Former NYC Mayor Ed Koch: I announced, independent of the Republicans, whom I had had no discussions with, that I was voting for George Bush & I didn't agree with him on a SINGLE domestic issue--but I believed that his position on fighting international terrorism was more important than ANY OTHER ISSUE and that the Democratic Party and its candidate, John Kerry, didn't have the stomach to stand up to international terrorism. That's what I said. So then I got calls from two people: Bush's former press secretary, Ari Fleischer. He came here with the head of the Republican Jewish Committee and they said to me, "We would like you to go campaigning in Philadelphia and Florida." Ultimately, I went to Pennsylvania, Florida, Michigan, Iowa--I don't know why they sent me to Iowa; I think there are two Jews in Iowa and I met both of them, but they wanted me to go campaigning in Jewish areas, primarily Ohio and Florida--and I went. And they say I had an impact. Source: Giuliani: Flawed or Flawless, by D. & G. Strober, p.301-302 Jan 16, 2007

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