FACTS 4, GIULIANI 0

New York Sun:

...The former mayor ... said nuclear power would increase America's energy independence. "We don't have to buy it from anybody else.... We have it right here in the United States," he said.

While there are uranium mines in America, imported uranium accounts for 84% of the market here, according to the Energy Department.

That's one.

The former mayor also bashed the Democrats for being "defeatist," particularly when it comes to the emerging economic power of countries such as China.

"Isn't this what we always wanted, that China would come out of poverty and have some hope of coming out of political oppression?" Mr. Giuliani said. America simply needs to ask, "What to sell them? … It's not that hard. It's not brain surgery," he said.

Western companies have struggled to make a profit in the Chinese market. Some have quit the market after seeing their brand names and proprietary technology stolen with near impunity.

That's two.

San Francisco Chronicle:

Specifically mentioning Clinton of New York, Edwards of North Carolina and Obama of Illinois, Giuliani charged that they "want to raise your taxes 20 to 30 percent, and it could be more'' -- a claim that is not supported by public campaign statements from any of the Democratic top candidates.

That's three.

"... New York kind of had a socialist government,'' Giuliani said. "We had four cable channels, gosh, I don't know what we didn't own ... the only other places you hear of governments owning things like that were in socialist countries.''

Er, England? Canada? Australia? Should I move on to the non-English-speaking non-socialist countries that own TV networks?

That's four fact-challenged statements from Rudy.

And that's just from one day's news.

Gee, maybe he really is the second coming of Ronald Reagan.