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Video: Rudy Giuliani's "Home Team" Fundraiser With Dennis Miller

With apologies for the delay, here's the video as promised from last night's "Home Team" fundraiser for Rudy Giuliani, emceed by Dennis Miller and featuring (among other entertainment) Irish tenor Ronan Tynan.  It was held at the Sheraton New York Towers, a complex I haven't been to since sitting for the CFA exam last summer.  As luck would have it, the event was in the very same room where the exam was given.  As I stepped into it, I could've sworn I heard the voice of little Danny Torrance from The Shining, asking, "Is there something bad here?"

In any event, the video below features a few minutes of both Miller's and Giuliani's comments.  Pardon the occasional rough cuts in the video.  I was recording this on a digital still camera, which can only grab so much video at a time, so you may notice the occasional non sequitur.  Just roll with it.

Dennis Miller topics: Global warming, Nancy Pelosi, Jesus, David "Idiot Liberals" Obey, hunting with Dick Cheney, Iraq, and the Global War on Terror.

Miller's best line of the evening:

We are right now, at this point in history, the world's most loved, hated, feared, and admired country simultaneously. In short, we're Frank Sinatra.  And occasionally, Jilly had to bust a camera.

Rudy Giuliani topics:  His New York track record (which is exceptional), tax cuts (33 of which he pushed through as mayor), Katrina, Iraq, homeland security, the Global War on Terror, and energy independence.

He went so far as to identify achieving energy independence as the moon landing of our time and invoked the collective commitment of Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon for the occasion, a bipartisan, multiple term-spanning blend of inspiration and dedication that enabled the country to get the job done.  I personally thought the energy independence focus was just slightly overdone.  Only McCain even comes close to Rudy's GWOT-cred and I'd have thought he would make sure that was the undisputed centerpiece of his candidacy.

As for Rudy's prospective efficacy as Terror Fighter in Chief, as Miller points out, it's a comfort to know that terrorists would be afraid of a President Giuliani.  But Rudy's dead seriousness about confronting those who threaten us doesn't diminish his optimism.  Speaking of his experiences on and after 9/11, the candidate offered up his best line of the evening.

I have come face to face with America's soul.  And I've been sustained by it.

Previously:  America's Mayor and America's Neologizing Comedian

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Video: Rudy Giuliani's "Home Team" Fundraiser With Dennis Miller

With apologies for the delay, here's the video as promised from last night's "Home Team" fundraiser for Rudy Giuliani, emceed by Dennis Miller and featuring (among other entertainment) Irish tenor Ronan Tynan.  It was held at the Sheraton New York Towers, a complex I haven't been to since sitting for the CFA exam last summer.  As luck would have it, the event was in the very same room where the exam was given.  As I stepped into it, I could've sworn I heard the voice of little Danny Torrance from The Shining, asking, "Is there something bad here?"

In any event, the video below features a few minutes of both Miller's and Giuliani's comments.  Pardon the occasional rough cuts in the video.  I was recording this on a digital still camera, which can only grab so much video at a time, so you may notice the occasional non sequitur.  Just roll with it.

Dennis Miller topics: Global warming, Nancy Pelosi, Jesus, David "Idiot Liberals" Obey, hunting with Dick Cheney, Iraq, and the Global War on Terror.

Miller's best line of the evening:

We are right now, at this point in history, the world's most loved, hated, feared, and admired country simultaneously. In short, we're Frank Sinatra.  And occasionally, Jilly had to bust a camera.

Rudy Giuliani topics:  His New York track record (which is exceptional), tax cuts (33 of which he pushed through as mayor), Katrina, Iraq, homeland security, the Global War on Terror, and energy independence.

He went so far as to identify achieving energy independence as the moon landing of our time and invoked the collective commitment of Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon for the occasion, a bipartisan, multiple term-spanning blend of inspiration and dedication that enabled the country to get the job done.  I personally thought the energy independence focus was just slightly overdone.  Only McCain even comes close to Rudy's GWOT-cred and I'd have thought he would make sure that was the undisputed centerpiece of his candidacy.

As for Rudy's prospective efficacy as Terror Fighter in Chief, as Miller points out, it's a comfort to know that terrorists would be afraid of a President Giuliani.  But Rudy's dead seriousness about confronting those who threaten us doesn't diminish his optimism.  Speaking of his experiences on and after 9/11, the candidate offered up his best line of the evening.

I have come face to face with America's soul.  And I've been sustained by it.

Previously:  America's Mayor and America's Neologizing Comedian