Rudy Channels Alice Cooper and Tom Petty: He's a Nightmare Who Won't Back Down

Rudy Giuliani, leading candidate for the GOP presidential bid (assuming the U.S. still exists by next summer's convention), is taking it to those hate-America-firsters at MoveOn.org:

Rudy Giuliani's presidential campaign is up with a radio ad in Iowa claming he is liberals' "worst nightmare" - an effort to get early voters to think ahead to November when they caucus in January.

The spot, called "Nightmare," shows that last week's MoveOn.org ad bashing Army Gen. David Petraeus is the gift that keeps on giving for Republicans.

"MoveOn.org is the most powerful left-wing group in the country," the ad, which is running statewide, intones. "They spent millions electing anti-war liberals. And publicly brag how the Democratic Party is theirs - bought and paid for. Why is MoveOn attacking Rudy Giuliani? Because he's their worst nightmare."

"They know Rudy is a Republican who can beat the Democrats," continues the narrator, in the style of a disaster movie voice-over. "And they know, no matter what they say - Rudy will never, ever back down."

More here.

Alice Cooper, rumored to be a Republican, bids welcome to his nightmare here. (Btw, is there any more of a educational-choice anthem than "School's Out"? I think not.)

Tom Petty, channeled before by other Republicans but not one hisself, on not backing down here. Question: If Rudy is ripping off Tom Petty, when will he enter his execrable "I'm a bad boy" phase?

Come see the softer side of Rudy here, in this hilarious ad from one of his runs for NYC mayor (and in which, as one commenter notes, Rudy inexplicably is playing catcher behind a T-ball tee).

Comments

Randolph Carter | September 18, 2007, 1:26pm | #

But is he a fast talking cheetah with a fist full of napalm?

Randolph Carter | September 18, 2007, 1:29pm | #

excuse me, a heart full of napalm.

Jennifer | September 18, 2007, 1:37pm | #

If "liberal" is synonymous with "civil libertarian," then claiming to be their "worst nightmare" may be the most honest political ad I've ever seen.

Franklin Harris | September 18, 2007, 1:39pm | #

I think Rudy Giuliani should live like a refugee.

Franklin Harris | September 18, 2007, 1:39pm | #

But is he a fast talking cheetah with a fist full of napalm?

No, but by 2009 he'll be the world's forgotten boy.

The Runaway Son of the Nuclear A-Bomb | September 18, 2007, 1:40pm | #

just as long as you don't forget...

Lost_In_Translation | September 18, 2007, 1:40pm | #

Rudy really needs to have one last dace with Mary Jane, or maybe take some Free Fallin lessons.

Franklin Harris | September 18, 2007, 1:43pm | #

Hey, Rudy! Don't come around here no more.

Ska | September 18, 2007, 1:44pm | #

But is he a fast talking cheetah with a fist full of napalm?



No, just one of the Stooges.

Jennifer | September 18, 2007, 1:45pm | #

This post is nearly a half-hour old, and Dondero's not here yet? He must have paid today's hooker in advance.

highnumber | September 18, 2007, 1:45pm | #

You are all on my "Search & Destroy" list for getting that song stuck in my damn head.

Wanna be your dog | September 18, 2007, 1:46pm | #

1969...

1970...

Randolph Carter | September 18, 2007, 1:47pm | #

wait, is there war across the USA?

Ska | September 18, 2007, 1:47pm | #

And it's a street walking cheetah....

heart full of napalm is correct sir.

VM | September 18, 2007, 1:52pm | #

all night - til it blows you away!

Episiarch | September 18, 2007, 1:54pm | #

Maybe they will have a change of heart...

Pro Libertate | September 18, 2007, 1:55pm | #

Last dance with Rudy G.,
One more time to kill the free.

Franklin Harris | September 18, 2007, 2:02pm | #

Jennifer wins!

Awik Dunder(head)ooooooooooooo | September 18, 2007, 2:07pm | #

hay! I'm pretty hep and cool with some smooth tune-age.

I'm down true dat. Diversifitation.

Episiarch | September 18, 2007, 2:09pm | #

This post is nearly a half-hour old, and Dondero's not here yet? He must have paid today's hooker in advance.

Jennifer wins!

To paraphrase Quagmire, "hey, Donderrroooos need love too...they just gotta pay for it."

Gaggidy Gaggidy Goo | September 18, 2007, 2:11pm | #

oh right!

Franklin Harris | September 18, 2007, 2:22pm | #

You are all on my "Search & Destroy" list for getting that song stuck in my damn head.

There'll be nothing left alive but a pair of glassy eyes.

But don't blame me. I'm just a passenger.

Warren | September 18, 2007, 2:24pm | #

Btw, is there any more of a educational-choice anthem than "School's Out"? I think not.

I'll just assume 'Another Brick In The Wall - part II' just slipped your mind. Even better for the British school setting.

joe | September 18, 2007, 2:59pm | #

It's amazing how the beltway press remains so stubbonly delusional over anything Iraq related.

To the Politico, ...last week's MoveOn.org ad bashing Army Gen. David Petraeus is the gift that keeps on giving for Republicans.

In the rest of the country, David Patraeus is considered roughly as credible as Tom Delay, 70% of the country still wants us to do Tha Cut-N-Run out of Mesopotamia, and the same number disagree with Guiliani and the Beltway press's position that invading Iraq was a good idea.

Craig | September 18, 2007, 3:18pm | #

Maybe America's worst nightmare. Or is that a Rudy vs. Hillary general election contest?

I could actually see Ron Paul winning as a third party candidate in that scenario.

Alice Bowie | September 18, 2007, 4:11pm | #

Rudy will be America's Worst NightMare....not just Liberals.

Eric Dondero | September 20, 2007, 8:08am | #

Rudy will be America's greatest President. He is a dream candidate for libertarians.

Thanks for the info on Alice. First Ted Nugent, than Gene Simmons of KISS, now Alice.

Follows a trend. USTL President Phil Blumel and friend of Brian Doherty was once a lead singer of a hardcore Punk Band in Florida. Now he's a Palm Beach, Florida Republican stock broker, with two kids, and a set of golf clubs.

Can Doherty be too far behind?