BLUE BELL, PA. – Rudy Giuliani took a few swipes at Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton yesterday while campaigning for a Republican senator.
In a speech on behalf of Sen. Rick Santorum, Giuliani recalled that for most of his mayoralty, there was one Republican and one Democratic senator representing New York.
“[For] one year, I had Hillary,” he mock-complained, drawing laughter.
After a pause, he continued: “There’s that book that just came out . . . [it] points out that one thing that Hillary and I do have in common. We’re both Yankee fans.”
“I became a Yankee fan growing up in New York. She became a Yankee fan growing up in Chicago.”
Giuliani’s reference to the latest anti-Hillary tome that accuses her of pandering, recalled his jabs at Clinton’s non-New York roots when they headed for a showdown in the 2000 U.S. Senate race, before he withdrew.
After yesterday’s speech Giuliani said his remarks were “just a joke” he made because of the new book, “I’ve Always Been a Yankees Fan: Hillary Clinton in Her Own Words.”
Clinton’s office had no comment.