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RUDY-RIPPING THOMPSON TRASHES APPLE

By GEOFF EARLE, geoff.earle@nypost.com
Post Correspondent, Post Wire Services
http://www.nypost.com

November 24, 2007 -- WASHINGTON - Fred Thompson said yesterday New York City isn't a model for the rest of the country and that Republican rival Rudy Giuliani should stop basing his stances on his time as mayor.

Thompson, campaigning at a New Hampshire gun store, told reporters Giuliani too often turns to his time as mayor to explain his support for stronger gun restrictions.

"He relates everything to New York City. Well, New York City is not emblematic of the rest of the country, I don't think. I think the sentiments of those people in the rest of the country are in support of the Second Amendment - which is where I've always been and I don't think he's ever been," Thompson said.

The former Tennessee senator - who portrayed a Manhattan district attorney on "Law & Order" - trails Giuliani in New Hampshire polls.

Giuliani "simply supported just about every gun-control legislation that came down the pipe. I just disagree with him on that," Thompson said.

"I saw he was at bill-signing ceremonies with [New York Sen.] Chuck Schumer and President Clinton and others for gun-control legislation over the years. Of course, he's not as outspoken about it any more."

Meanwhile, Giuliani and Hillary Rodham Clinton, two subway-savvy politicians riding atop the presidential polls, are rolling out splashy dueling bus tours this weekend as their campaigns hit full throttle.

Clinton, who spent a quiet holiday in Chappaqua, is scheduled to roll through six Iowa cities, starting in Sioux City on the Nebraska border, and taking her to Iowa Falls tomorrow evening, about 200 miles away.

With the Jan. 3 Iowa caucuses less than six weeks away, Clinton and her top cheerleader, husband Bill, plan to blanket the state virtually nonstop. On Monday, Clinton jets to New Hampshire, where she has a full day of campaign events.

Giuliani has an equally packed schedule this weekend across New Hampshire, taking him from a diner in Concord to City Hall in Manchester. The state votes Jan. 8.

Giuliani trailed the state's front-runner, Mitt Romney, in the latest CNN/WMUR poll there, with 16 percent of voters to Romney's 33 percent. John McCain has crawled back up to second place with 18 percent.