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Dean Kamen getting Rudy Giuliani to promise to let "anyone who wants" come to the White House if he wins.
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05-01-2008 17:24
ahecht
Re: pic: Dean and Giuliani at Kickoff
Giuliani's appearance got a mention on NPR, where the reporter sounded very skeptical about whether the appearance was a good move for him. Audio of that story should be available at 7pm EST at http://www.npr.org/templates/story/s...oryId=17872698
05-01-2008 18:06
Cooley744
Re: pic: Dean and Giuliani at Kickoff
I think it's great he is appearing and seems interested...but I won't like it if it's just to get votes. We will see if he continues to show up to these types of events. (I'm not trying to put him down, he has many good policies, just being realistic) 
05-01-2008 18:49
BanksKid
Re: pic: Dean and Giuliani at Kickoff
go to the white house anytime i want......he has my vote (if i could vote) or does this just mean if rudy wins Dean will rule over us for 4 years....i mean he did get rudy to make that promise..........DEAN KAMEN FOR PRESIDENT!!!
05-01-2008 19:19
ahecht
Re: pic: Dean and Giuliani at Kickoff
Dean had asked him if the winners of the Championship could visit the white house, and he said something like "sure, the winners, the second place team, anyone who wants!".
The audio is up on NPR at http://www.npr.org/templates/story/s...oryId=17872698. The bit on Giuliani at Kickoff starts at 3:07 into the audio clip:
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Originally Posted by NPR reporter Audie Cornish
Yes, former mayor Giuliani was back in New Hampshire. He went to an event today for a [slight laugh] robotics competition and entered on a Segway, and sort of made this [laugh from anchor] jerky, bump and go entrance, which was probably not the best photo op, but that's what he did.
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Giuliani rode into the gymnasium on one of these electric, self-balancing human transporters. The reasoning was obvious: Dean Kamen, the device's inventor, is also the founder of today's robotics competition (he introduced Rudy), plus the crowd was packed with people who are, you know, into robots. Fun, I suppose, if more G.O.B Bluth than Jed Barlet. (No one looks presidential on a Segway. Or sane.) But Giuliani overdid it. First, he joked that he could "shake three times as many hands" aboard one of Kamen's contraptions. No one laughed. Giuliani then launched into full pandering mode, using the Segway--which he called "what I rode in on, the thing I just rode in on," unable to remember its name--as an example of how American innovation can keep us competitive in the globalized economy. "It's as needed in China and India as it is in the United States," he said, stretching the definition of the word "needed" to its breaking point. "I can tell you that it's needed more in India with the number of people and the crowded streets." Right. Because putting one billion people on giant two-wheeled scooters is the perfect way to decrease congestion. But Giuliani wasn't finished. Repeating his joke that he "could've done twice as much campaigning if I had that thing"--again, no one laughed--Giuliani pledged to "introduce it as a necessary part of campaigning." "Wait until you see me going up and down the streets wherever we go next," he said. "South Carolina, Florida. I'll try it even on Fifth Avenue. That'd be pretty cool, right? The ex-mayor going up and down Fifth Avenue on one of those things." We're going to hold him to that. |
| There were so many candidates and so little time that some of them were forced to go to unorthodox ends to win attention. Rudolph W. Giuliani of New York, whose campaign has shown little signs of traction here, rode into his first speech of the day, at a robotics convention in Manchester, on a scooter.“This is fascinating,” he said. “Unbelievable. I think I’m going to keep it.” |
05-01-2008 19:28
Boothy180
Re: pic: Dean and Giuliani at Kickoff
Didn't like the dismissal of it by the speakers, but it was awesome he was there nonetheless.
Someone's last minute homework?
05-01-2008 19:42
lukevanoort
Re: pic: Dean and Giuliani at Kickoff
Wow, those reports seem rather rude. I would expect better from Newsweek and NPR.
05-01-2008 19:55
aksimhal
Re: pic: Dean and Giuliani at Kickoff
When did Mr. Giuliani appear at the Kickoff? I watched the webcast at VCU, and I never saw him on screen!
05-01-2008 20:00
Joe Matt
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Originally Posted by lukevanoort
Wow, those reports seem rather rude. I would expect better from Newsweek and NPR.
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05-01-2008 20:01
Billfred
Re: pic: Dean and Giuliani at Kickoff
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Originally Posted by aksimhal
When did Mr. Giuliani appear at the Kickoff? I watched the webcast at VCU, and I never saw him on screen!
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05-01-2008 20:09
ZZII 527
Re: pic: Dean and Giuliani at Kickoff
More NYT coverage:
http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/200...MPAIGN_14.html
And also this from Thursday?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qf3JL_qREjQ
05-01-2008 20:26
Arkorobotics
Re: pic: Dean and Giuliani at Kickoff
I figure it's for votes and I do not support his ideas... at all (not a fan of fear driven propaganda). Non the less dean has the most power in this picture, and it his power to change peoples lives for the better, and thankfully... it's in the right hands.
but hey, these aren't political forums. 
14-01-2008 02:20
Swan217
Re: pic: Dean and Giuliani at Kickoff
This topic is discussed on FIRSTruth this week.
Watch it at:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...74444323&hl=en
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