Ron Paul Slaps Back: Deems Rudy Giuliani 'Unqualified' to Be President
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By Keith Walters Jones
May 24, 2007

Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul has been the butt of many jokes in the mainstream media since he came up on the short end of a verbal battle with GOP frontrunner Rudy Giuliani at the debate in South Carolina. Paul said during the debate, "They don’t come here to attack us because we’re rich and we’re free. They come and they attack us because we’re over there."


Ron Paul Slaps Back: Deems Rudy Giuliani 'Unqualified' to Be President

Rudy Giuliani answered: "That’s really an extraordinary statement. That’s an extraordinary statement, as someone who lived through the attack of September 11 that we invited the attack because we were attacking Iraq. I don’t think I’ve heard that before, and I’ve heard some pretty absurd explanations for September 11th.â€