Who's a respected leader?

From today's Salon: "In an email to reporters, Bush-Cheney spokesman Steve Schmidt said that Giuliani is a trusted leader in the war on terrorism, and he offered some advice for John Kerry: 'Mind the stature gap, Senator.'"

Stature gap? Maybe El Commandante Busho and crew needs to be reminded that many of the deaths of police and firefighters at the WTC might have been avoided had they had equipment that worked and allowed them to communicate with each other. Isn't the mayor responsible for equipping them and making sure the departments were cooperating? Who was it that put NYC's emergency command post inside the WTC after the 1993 bombing attempt? Now that's leadership.

His popularity as a leader was lower than a snake's ass when disaster struck. Way to gain stature, have people die on your watch. Then there's Iraq.