Scandalous, if true. According to claims by the DNC, Mayor Rudolph Giuliani actually had a pre-9/11 mindset in regards to fighting terror prior to 9/11. As we all know, the mayor should clearly have had a post-9/11 mindset about 7 years before 9/11 ever happened.

Giuliani went after Obama this morning:

“These are not isolated criminal acts,” Giuliani said. “They are a loosely defined conspiracy and an act of war. For Sen. Obama to suggest ’93 is the best example of how to deal with this is a good example of him wanting to go on defense.”

He added, “The real problem with Sen. Obama’s answer is he seems to think the 93 situation was correctly handled. It’s the failure to recognize that you had to go further than.” He said it was treated as “a criminal act” when it should have been treated “as an act of war. We didn’t recognize that even as late as the Cole. …It seems to me Sen. Obama is of that mindset.”

To which the DNC responded:

In an e-mail, entitled, “Giuliani v Giuliani: 1993 World Trade Center Bombing Case,” the Obama campaign points out that in 1993, Giuliani said at the time, per the New York Times, March 5, 1994: “Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani declared that the verdict ‘demonstrates that New Yorkers won’t meet violence with violence, but with a far greater weapon — the law.’”

Also from that day’s Times: “Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani said he hoped that the verdicts would lessen tensions rather than increase them. ‘It should show that our legal system is the most mature legal system in the history of the world,’ he said, ‘that it works well, that that is the place to seek vindication if you feel your rights have been violated.’”

So basically their claim is that like countless millions of Americans, Giuliani didn’t maintain a post-9/11 mindset back in 1994.

What exactly is the DNC’s excuse for maintaining a pre-9/11 mindset in 2008?